Snippet collection:

[Star Ranger4]

The Iberian knight before Phoebus inexplicably started… Singing? Was the Don that insane?  Or just that mad at Claude Frollo?

“HEAR ME MINIONS OF FROLLO!  THOU SERVANTS OF SIN!  THY DASTARDLY DOING ARE PAST!!!!  For a holy endeavor is NOW TO BEGIN!  AND VIRTUE SHALL TRIUMPH AT LAST!!!”

Phoebus had heard one or two of the new fangled ‘Operas’ since he’d received King Louis’ commission.  Something about them prompted Phoebus to jump as hard as he could, and was rewarded by something akin to a cannon blast without a ball passing below his feet.  Later, when asked, he’d described it as *THUMP BA DUM BA DUMP BUMP bad um ba da dum![2]*  behind him; a syncopated pattern that matched the song this… Don Quixote? was bellowing about the shortcomings of Judge Claude Frollo.

But with each… Blast?  Phlug?  Perhaps the description was secondary to the effect.  Frollo’s troops, men Phoebus had thought of as his troops only a day ago, were sent tumbling away by whatever it was the catalonian Don was using.  Not dead, but clearly driven back, stunned by whatever that was.  Yet, behind that front line were more troops.  Un-stunned, still willing to fight for Judge Frollo, perhaps willing to believe the catalonian was the daemon and not Frollo?

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[2]  I’m going to refer you to my favorite version of this, an a Capella arrangement done by the Ambassadors of Harmony.  https://youtu.be/pdKTX_BuD0w