For the love of Lyannna!!!

I cannot catch a break today!
I briefly think about climbing up onto the large boulder but notice the stains. That is obviously where this Tower Eagle likes to eat his meals. A crimson sheen runs down the sides.

I can hear the Orcs getting closer

I glance upward just as the Tower Eagle dives in for an attack. Luckily I trained with the Children of the Forest and deftly dodge the evil birds talons.

I know where to go.... The pond!
Something looked very familiar about this pond. I have seen ponds like this in Tortisian villages. The farmers use these ponds to grow rakku rice. In its deepest spot it will be no deeper than two chickens.

I frantically plunge my hands into the water and muddy soil pulling up handfuls of redish brown mud. Splat! Splorph! Quickly I smear the mud all over my body hoping that it might deter this crazy bird that seems to have some sort of problem with me. At the very least, it will help against a sunburn in places I don't want burnt.

I slog off through the muddy pond waters as the Tower Eagle circles around and climbs back into the sky....