The Ancient Way

Vaarin roared as the arrow lodged itself deep in his back, but like the wolf he was, he lifted his sword and unleashed himself on the line of soldiers who raised weapons in front of him. Kaizan lunged on his left with a guttural snarl and Ileus on the right flung beams of white and gold over the rebels.

A sneaky archer rebel who was in the midst of all the other rebels, had drawn a string and fired the arrow. His shot was precise towards Vaarin. All he wanted was some distraction on what was going on so that Luke could be given some vantage. And his strategy worked.