[u]As she nears Balthazar, the flames suddenly roar to life, coating his armor and blade in a brilliant orange flame. The heavy rain only seems to make it worse, the flames lighting up the dark plain. Raising his hand, he reaches out and grabs for the tip of the pole. With a sickening crunch it enters one side of his left hand and comes out the other, blood coating the latter side as the armor splays at the impact of the hit.[/u] "[i]Fuсk yeh, yee' ignorant whоre![/i]" [u]Holding on to the pole, Balthazar swings his axe one-handed in a horizontal slice, the blade itself almost completely behind Kiera. Only the back edge will hit her, but he intends for her to try and jump back into the center of the blade.[/u]