The hexes fall upon him, perhaps not all of them entirely effective, but enough to buy them some advantage.

As for Kain, he's focused on whichever of the enemies is causing him the most trouble and at the moment it's the dog. As Garahel pounces and latches on to a leg, Kain makes a hideous sound of pain in a disturbing twist of the real Kain's voice. He retaliates at once, jabbing those long, red lyrium-encoated claws down at the mabari.