Taalia Giovanni

Taalia's keen eyes watched the shrapnel of her shot rake across the rear ranks of the goblins, careful to keep the line of fire away from the ogres. Her prudence was rewarded as she watched a wave of red mist and torn green flesh launch into the air with a chorus of screams, even the goblin boss disappearing into the pack of his own mob as a bloody, pock-marked mangled mess. The violent whir of the melee continued, however, as the towering ogres started to receive the attention of the wolves that, proving more adept combatants than their wicked riders, swarmed them and gnawed and savaged at their legs; one particularly daring and athletic one leaping up and going straight for the face of Giorno.

Taking stock of the engagement, seeing how the bandits were still relatively unscathed while the goblins had taken significant casualties, including their leader, Taalia knew the cowardly creatures would only need some more pressure to break and rout.

Knowing her pistols would be far less accurate from this range, Taalia dropped her blunderbuss and withdrew Daybreak and her shield. Her stamina restore and her vision focused on the nearest goblin, her tall, armored figure burst from the light forestry and charged into the melee, her beautiful blade coming about in a glittering arc...