Spintir
Skade’s axe swung in an arc before planting into the belly of a rather rotund Tof. The blade dragged through as it cut, viscera and blood spilling out. As the hulking monster hunched over, it was finally level with her, and she jammed her other axe up to bury into its face. She yanked both axes back and stepped back to kick it in the chest, making it collapse backwards into the ground.
“FALL BACK!”
She shouted at the top of her lungs, as she rushed back towards the settlement. They were vastly outnumbered and in the open. The walls had come down from the Tof assault, and the invaders all scrambled in to destroy the settlements within. The human settlers had a stronghold up the hill, but it was not enough to support the population. All able bodied men had taken up arms, the women and children sent back to the stronghold.
They were fighting a losing battle, but she wouldn’t give up on them. Her hair, armor and weapons were drenched in blood. Bodies littered the ground, blood stained the grass and the stench of death hung all around her. Hopelessness, despair, chaos, the men surrounding her reeked of it all.
“We will get through this day!” She shouted as the Force blasted a group of Tof back to allow some of the men to fall back further. Archers were behind them, prepared to release a volley to stop the advance. The battle had been long and brutal, but this was only a skirmish. She knew more strikes would come after this. The enemy knew they had the humans cornered.
Skade rushed back to regroup with the other men, watching as a few of them were tossed aside like rag dolls from a sweeping blow. The Tof had a giant club and he made short work of everyone around him. Skade channeled the Force and sent him bodily flying into a nearby well, causing him to topple backwards and into it.
She turned to look at the Jedi Knight next to her, another brave adventuring type that had the misfortune of coming along, “I thought you said the Order was going to send help?” She shouted moments before she took an arrow to the shoulder, “Freya’s tits!” Skade growled before snapping the arrow and pulling out both ends, “We can’t hold them! We need to be able to get the women and children away from here!”