Thurston is about to climb the fence but he sees the Firebolt surrounded by three of the bandits and he runs towards them. 

- hey you!! - he says - want to keep all the fun for you my friend? - 

He, however calls for Thor’s favor while getting closer and before they all could hear him

-Hear me Thor, God of Thunder. You are pleased by acts of bravery. Show that kind and brave soul there that you are pleased, and grant him the strength to give you a good fight, I implore you - 

( He cast divine armor on Dorno) 

The three bandits converge on the armoured shouting man running at them. Two draw short swords and stab at Thurston, but their strikes don't pass his heavy chainmail. The dwarf pulls his axe and strikes true, but the power leant to the Norscan man by the bear spirit wards him from the blow.

Inside the compound one bandit moves up to take cover behind a log and fires a crossbow bolt at Valaith, but the shot is wide.

Bründir breaks into a run with his crossbow, moving to Thurston's aid.

Meanwhile, inside the compound Val has drawn the attention of the bandits and two more shoot at her, but enraged as she is the bolts barely scratch her.

Vark's action.

Vark looks bewildered as the lightning of his spell fizzles when Val obliterates his target. Running up next to her he just stammers "N-nice!"  Now looking around, he spots the woman below. The talk about the morrigan, sisters, and dark magic flashes through his mind. An arm automatically raises up, frost coalescing around his focus, and he lets loose a freezing ray into the woman.

The woman staggers under the blast of cold and glares back at Vark with eyes full of malice. She is slowed by the ice but manages to get close enough to the palisade to weave an incantation and send fire billowing up at the half-orc and his goliath friend. Valaith manages to dodge the majority but Vark fails to. Fortunately for him the bear spirit shields him from the bulk of the heat, before its protection evaporates.

Another bandit shoots at Valaith and as she fends off the bolt she notices that this exertion is starting to get at her, gradually sapping at her vigour.

Valaith takes 5 fire damage -> 17/25 Vigour

Vark takes 10 fire damage -> 11/14 Vigour

Valaith'saction.

Val glances over her shoulder at Vark with a grim, cool smile as suddenly she spots an unarmored woman rush towards them, flames licking her fingertips. Val ducks away and starts to shout a warning to Vark, but is not fast enough as the wall of fire sears her half-orc companion! She glances over at his smouldering form and sighs in relief that he seems to mostly okay. She grits her teeth as steam rises from biceps and leaps from the wall with her hammer held above her head! She slams the weapon down, using her momentum and smiles at the wide-eyed fear of her enemy as she raises her arms up protectively. Time seems to slow as the massive black hammer rushes down towards the unprotected face of the woman beneath Val's massive form, steam leaving a misty trail behind until suddenly the hammer impacts! ...but there is not a satisfying crunch of bone, but rather a resounding thud as the weapon impacts a translucent barrier that shatters with the powerful blow! Val's hammer recoils and she catches it as the woman is knocked to a knee. Val sneers, but nods in respect. "Well done, mage, how many of those can you do?" And she cocks her hammer to bring another swing to bear!

With a war cry Thurston hits the dwarf with his warhammer in the head, hoping to knock him uncounscious and getting a little more space to fight the others.

Dorno feels the unfamiliar presence of Thor's blessing upon him as he dashes forward in cougar form trying to get there to help his new friends.  He speeds to within 20ft of the nearest bandit, slowing just a bit as he circles around to get a good angle in preparation to pounce on one of the bandits.

The group of bandits surrounding Thurston all thrust and swing at him with a flurry of attacks, but the Norscan is a talented warrior and lets his armour take the blows. They glance off of him with every strike. Vark is less lucky and winds himself on the palisade as he throws himself sideways to avoid a well aimed crossbow bolt.

Bründir advances, loosing another bolt at the babdits, but it sails far overhead.

Vark is shot at twice more, but the bolts clatter off of the top of the palisade besides him.

Vark takes 5 piercing damage -> 6/14 Vigour

Vark's action.

Vark rises with a huff, now really feeling the exertion of the battle. Gritting his teeth, he lets loose another beam of icy cold magic at the enemy spellcaster, hoping to finish her off. Without looking to see if it hits or not, he turns and sinks back down, covering his head and going prone, hoping to become less of a target for the ranged attackers.

Ray of Frost: 18 Damage: 8

Vark's ray sends the caster stumbling over their heels. They throw up their hands, summoning more fire to throw at the Goliath in front of them, but Valaith's close proximity throws off the woman's aim and the firebolt just sails off to the right, impacting on the inside of the palisade where it leaves a charred, black circle. One of the men in the towers takes another shot at Vark, but the half-orc is a slippery target flat on the ground.

Valaith's action.

Val smiles grimly as the hastily fired bolt spirals off into the distance as she continues the side-ward attack of her hammer! The black head slams hard into the torso of the mage with a satisfying crunch of broken ribs and what Val can only image is severe internal damages. With a gasp of pain, the caster is knocked from her feet and collapses to the ground in a heap of cloth as Val turns towards the archer on the tower and begins rushing towards it as quickly as her legs will take her. "Vark, do not let that one back up! Kill her if she rises!"

As the woman crumples to the ground before Valaith, the fierce barbarian sees black sparks of dark energy leap back and forth, arcing across the surface of her maul's head. They fly from the woman's body as she falls and flow down, along the haft and up Valaith's arms, before she can even react. A power surges with the goliath's huge frame and she feels her fighting strength returning, driving her to push on and continue the fight.

Valaith regains 7 vigour -> 24/25 Vigour

Thurston and Dorno's actions.

While Val has no concept of this strange energy, she does not turn down any boon in battle; she would deal with the ramifications of it later. For now, she had a battle to win and enemies to fell as the air fogs from her heavy breathing...

Thurston calls upon Thor's and hit's again the same bandit as before shouting a war cry. 

When his hammer hits the fury of the thunder is unluashed upon the dwarf, throwing him away from the paladins side.

The dwarf digs his feet into the ground hard, resisting Thurston's blow, but it costs him significant power and energy.

Dorno's action.

Dorno finishes covering the distance to the pack of bandits, closing on the thinest one with great speed and pouncing on him.  The cougar's claws dig into the man's chest and back as he is taken down by the cat before a bite targeted at the man's neck settles for taking flesh and blood from his collar bone area.

OOC  Bandit is now prone and 8 damage to vigour.

The bandit Dorno pounced upon pushes himself to his feet with a backwards stagger and thrusts at the cougar with his short sword.

Dorno's panther form takes 5 points of piercing damage -> 8/13 Vigour

Thurston fends off a stab from the other bandit, but is unable to avoid the dwarf's axe coming down hard towards him... only for it to be repelled by Thor's blessing at the last moment!

Inside the compound the bandit by the fire moves back to take cover behind a building and hits Valaith in the back, but she barely notices the impact on her armour in her rage.

Valaith takes 5 points of piercing damage divided by 2 -> 22/25 Vigour

Bründir continues marching towards the melee where Thurston and Dorno are fighting, but the bandit dodges his shot.

Inside the compound shots are loosed at both Valaith and Vark. Valaith takes another minor hit.

Valaith takes 5 points of piercing damage divided by 2 -> 20/25 Vigour

After several attempts, Archie finally mounts the palisade and Vark slips deftly down from the palisade and hurries to cover behind one of the shacks.

The bandit Valaith is climbing towards tries to shoot her at the base of the tower, but misses completely.

Valaith's action.

Valaith dodges the incoming crossbow bolt as she continues to quickly climb the tower towards her opponent above! With a quick rush she grabs the lip of the tower and with a grunt of effort pulls herself up into the tower, using the momentum to jab forward quickly with her hammer. The bandit brings the crossbow down and blocks the head of the hammer enough to deflect much of the force, but it still strikes hard enough to knock the wind out of the bandit's lungs with a pained grunt! Val yanks the hammer back and prepares to finish the man!

Thurston swings his hammer in a heavy overhead arc, bringing it down on the dwarf and sending him reeling backwards.

Dorno's action.

Cougar Dorno snarls at his previous target, the blood of the man still on his teeth and the fur around his mouth.  The bandit tries to put his weapon between himself and the attacking beast and succeeds, the weapon taking a few bite marks as intended in favor of more blood from the man himself.