The flying dragon is savagely assailed even as it snatches and gobbles down its prize! Talsien and Zarina both streak up into the air, the shifter trailing fire behind him and both savage the dragon with a great slice of claws or the swing of the flaming Sword of Aqaa and massive rents are torn in the dragon, a single image of Zarina's vanishing into flickering motes of light as the dragon swings its head around trying to bite her. Flapping weakly it tries to gain altitude, confident it can outpace the slowly falling Talsien and soaring Zarina but before it can make good on its escape a trio of javelins streak upwards striking it in the head, the force of the magically powered skewers penetrating the lizard's eye socket and plunging into its brain. The beast collapses from the sky, the impact on the water a sudden shock in the constricting and corrosive darkness for Merrick. the water filling the stomach is more worrying but he is able to climb up the slack water filled gullet and pull himself free and float above the brackish water. A muttered “There is no dignified way to emerge from a body that swallowed you.”.... to the others

On the the darkbridge of force the final dragon lets out a high pitched roar of pain as its claws suddenly harden and bounce of Mirriana's solid armour before her own sword becomes wispy and plunges through its scales. Even as it recoils from that Elkist swoops in and slices down with a brutal blow in a shower of crackling lightning sparks.

The dragon roars more before turning and in a great splash of water that soaks Mirriana and Elkist flaps it batlike wings before flapping into the air streaking down the river bed trying to gain altitude even as it trails blood in a shower behind it.... A great agonised shriex of "Naximarra shall have her revenge! I will come return and you, or your children's children will be mine...."

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Withdraw action to avoid the AoO from Elkist and Mirriana
Flap 160ft away (currently 130ft horizontal and at 40ft altitude) - silly clumsy flyer