You decide to take down some outliers before you move in to fulfill your pledge.
6
They never see it coming.
You get up real high, plunge-- careful to keep on the blindside of any watchful lopers-- and
FWOOOSH. An entire camp's worth of raiders falls to ashes in an instant, and you fade back into the clouds to find another.
4+1
Your
fear precedes you, once you've wiped out a few camps: the lopers break into panicked routs, scattering in the general direction of the castle. You dive in and out, hurling fire, letting a mad, flame-distorted cackle rip through the sky. Your enemies fall to pieces-- soon there's only a few terrified survivors in your wake. You loop around, and soon there are none.
What fun! Your siblings used to terrorize these creatures all the time back home.
You fly high over the castle, and the small town surrounding. Smoke rises from many of the buildings, and sounds of battle erupt from streets and side alleys. The castle stands silent, two or three lopers standing watch at each tower. Their hair is green; their spears are long.
3
Near what's left of the town gate, you see a sizable contingent of-- judging by their armor, and their bright-colored banners-- imperial knights and soldiery. Some of them are pointing at you, with fingers not weapons... for now.
A)
!!To the castle, with fire and fury!!B) Through the town, with tooth and claw!
C) Let's check in with the knights first.
?) Something else?