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[chosenbylight]

[Anduin appears over the broadcast, his face set in a grim expression. It isn’t clear at first where he is, but something is clearly wrong. The air around him is filled with the sound of falling rubble, and the anguished cries of injured men.]

There has been–

[He’s jostled by a group of people who run by, a frantic sense of urgency to their movement. Anduin’s attention drops from his broadcast for a moment, the pendant falling to his chest as he runs to join them. The base of one of the watch towers is just visible in the background as it moves. It seems they are attempting to rescue a man who has been trapped beneath a pile of debris.]

Hold! Lift that beam, I will pull him clear! On my count! One, two, three!

[The men move together as one, struggling to lever a large wooden pillar off the top of the pile. Once it has shifted enough, Anduin murmurs a spell, and a pair of golden wings appear on the injured man, dragging him out of the rubble to land gently at Anduin’s feet. Anduin bends, the bright light of a healing spell filling the pendant’s frame.] He needs further healing. Bring him over to--

[A terrible noise sounds in the background. The sound of something large crashing into stone, and the groan of ensuing collapse. All of the men in the foreground freeze, their attention turned up toward the tower above as the sound of screaming begins. Stones crash to the ground around them and Anduin turns to look himself just in time to fling his hands up and cast – a pair of men gently levitating down, cradled in a soft golden light, where moments ago they were falling.

When at last he has the time to address the pendant directly once more, his expression is as stone, his voice just as hard.]

The Northern Watch Tower is falling. Any hands that can be spared for civilian rescue. Triage. Healers that can be spared from areas of the fortress. We need your aid on the ground. Here, now.

[He cannot do this on his own.]



((ooc: replies will be distracted from Anduin for obvious reasons BUT if you’re on the Northern Tower or are planning to take up his call for assistance, feel free to set up an action thread for such purposes!))

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[chosenbylight]

[Honestly, he probably should have, with all the soot and smoke in the air. But he had not been thinking of himself, when Wrathion had given him those things. (When does he ever...)

Anduin breathes out a sigh as Wrathion speaks.]

It can't be helped. Unless you have a better suggestion? My own abilities -- I can pull them out once we have them partially uncovered, but there is a chance that may do them more harm in the process.

[blackscales]

Tactical coordination. It's tempting to have everyone run around, digging as fast as possible, but that does increase the risk of instability. Ideally, we want to move as little as possible, to reduce the risk anything becomes unstable and falls further. Search for people closest to the the surface of the collapse first, try not to have too many people climb the rubble.

[ A mage might be useful, to help carefully levitate pieces, but he's not sure how many people in their party have that form of ability. Pure strength will work. ]

[chosenbylight]

[It's true, a mage would be useful. Anduin gives Wrathion a tight nod, casting a sideways glance to where he had seen Wanda disappear to last. Later. He has Wrathion here now, to hand, and it's true that pure strength will work just as well in a pinch.

He glances out across the grounds, toward the newest pile of debris, where a group of men are scrabbling to try and clear -- just that, as quickly as they can. They need direction, as Wrathion has said. But...]

I -- don't have commanding authority here. [As Licyn so tactfully reminded him.]

[blackscales]

You don't.

[ On that, they're in agreement. ]

They can ignore you or listen, as they so choose. If there are lives on the line, however, and they want to save people -- then I suspect anyone already here to help would be willing to listen to the best way to save those lives. If they don't agree, and they have better ideas, we can listen to them instead.

[chosenbylight]

Yes, of course.

[He shakes his head, as if to clear his thoughts, before steeling his resolve. It doesn't matter who is right or wrong, or who is in command or who is not. It only matters that there are people who need help, and they are here to see it done.]

Come, this way.

[He steps forward across the fray, with renewed purpose. Wrathion has not said much that was not the truth, but it was enough to remind Anduin of the task at hand.] This was the last section of the tower to fall. There were men at work on a section nearby during the collapse, and several are trapped here now. It's likely more of the tower may come down and bury them further if we do not act quickly.