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Purraj: HP = 74, PP = 47, EP = 47, Status = Fine
The walls of the ancient city towered over Purraj as she silently crept toward them. Moonlight streamed down upon her still form, not nearly enough to reveal her to any but the most acute of eyes. Her tightly wrapped robes clung to her body, and despite the cool night air, Purraj was sweating slightly. This fortress had been a stronghold of her su-ku-ta ancestors for over four thousand years, its walls impregnable and its sentries ever vigilant as it kept watch over the road that ran across the Expanse.
No longer. This fortress was one of the key guard-posts on the road to Shry-Kuth-Lus, and as such it had been one of the first things that the invaders had taken following the fall of the City of Opal's. It had not been the last. Since the invasion, the monstrous things had slowly pushed their way East, toward the human empire that bordered that of her own people. Ever since then, she and the few members of her kin had joined the humans that lived in the desert in trying to push them back, the continuation of their lives, their identity, and even the very existence of their race hung upon the outcome of this conflict.
She was here to scout out the defenses of this fort, and if possible to sabotage them. Any damage she did while she was here would make retaking the fort easier for the small group of fighters that Purraj had become a part of. They had barely been able to pay the amount that it took to hire her, but as they had, her task was clear.
She had to get over the wall, and she had a number of options open to her. Going over the walls was one of them, but once up there she would be out in the open to any of the sentries that patrolled them. She would only have a few seconds to reach cover at most, and without the ability to see over the lip of the parapets, she would have no way to plan her route, and would therefore have to operate on pure instinct.
Alternatively, there was a small grate at the base of the wall not too far from her. That would take her into one of the cells in the dungeon, but she didn't know whether those cells were open, or what the invaders might be using them for. She would at least be able to see inside before climbing down, however, which would allow her to change plans if she didn't like what she found. Against the wall would leave her more visible to the guards than she was in her current position, though it was easily the least risky of her options.
Finally, she might try to make it through the opened gate, but there were a pair of guards standing next to it. She could probably deal with them, but the struggle might very well be heard if they weren't neutralized extremely quickly.