Dying in the Canyon

The humans were glad to see them when they believed they were human. That Ty saw the first time he laid eyes on them. The Ruling Council enforcers allowed him to go with them if he stayed in the background.

It was a good thing he’d listened to the Ruling Council Enforcers because once the humans realized they weren’t their people. They’d been abandoned by the people they expected to be saved from the humans who were anything but friendly.

They drew weapons, and they forced everyone to take cover until a mage and druid teamed up to disarm them.

That was something you didn’t normally see. The mage’s magic created a distraction. While the druid used their magic to manipulate the foliage around the humans. This caused the very earth beneath their feet to heave and writhe until the humans could not do more than cling to the solid boulders and such they hid behind. Vines whipped and tore at the guns. When successful, it forced the guns from the humans’ hands to d