The furthest troll roars in a combination of fear and anger, screaming bloody murder at the bell's intonations. It's torn, torn between the desire to taste on the supple flesh of the party but pushed away by the clang that pierces its heart with terror. Sam's spell is just as effective, forcing the central troll to immediately flee to the north. It gets to roughly as far away as it had been when it started, before stopping, looking around for a moment, and then turning to move back towards the party. None of you are experts in troll expressions, but the look on its face could be taken for one of confusion.

The closest troll, befuddled not by fear or confusion, is instead struck by flames and steel. Caelyn's firebolt makes it scream in agony, the damage seemingly more potent than usual due to the scorching sun overhead. The flames seem to have an added effect however. When the flower-crowned Vala strikes with shining spear and Melian with spellsword the skin doesn't knit back together, the blood doesn't stop, and the gashes remain as gashed as ever. It is not regenerating, the singing of the flames seemingly 'turning off' its power to do so, if only temporarily. Adding its screams to the cacophany of its feared companion it slashes with claws and jaw at Melian and Vala, trying to force its way. Melian slips past the troll's clumsy attacks, though Vala takes a scrape on the shoulder from one of the claws.

Rosc Roche, and Loog, both step back hesitating, Loog glancing around at the forest around you. For better or worse, Rosc Roche can't easily move through the trees, and bolting with the wagon attached seems unlikely, but Loog's concern seems to be passing to the horse, and neither seem exactly

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Vala takes 6 damage (after resistance) from a claw, updated on map. 51/66. Right-side troll failed his save to remove Cause Fear so he's still stuck in place (or rather, can't move forwards at least). Central troll ran away and then immediately ran back which is why he's not 'moved' on the map.