"Yes and no," I answered at first. "Most of the clan was saved, but they suffered heavy losses of their fighters." Most of them had solemn looks at the loss. "We learned valuable information though. Not only is my old apprentice still alive, but the two cultists who tried to kill me seemed to be part of some "elite’ cadre of cultists. The one who injured me was a beast of a man who was easily twice as big as me and  withstood my attacks."