Winter, 233 B.C.
The Gates of Alexandria
Last summer, Flavius the Cunning, who was Flavius the Killer, was obliged to lay siege to the great city of Alexandria in order to save time as had pursued a defeated Egyptian Army led by a foolish young prince, whose wits were rattled by the plague, into the city's zone of control. Now he is obliged to assault its pathetic wooden walls in order to gain the city before a huge army led by Meryre the Mad crossed the bridge and fell upon his rear.
The Roman-Egyptian war was a direct result of Flavius' meddling in Egyptian affairs and sending hordes of spies into the Pharaoh's realm. Of course the Pharaoh was not pleased to discover this and was even less amused when some of Flavius' spies "accidentally" incited a riot in Alexandria which somehow escalated into a fell fledged revolution. In retaliation, the mighty Pharaoh decided to blockade the magnificent port of the large town of Siwa!! That was a few years back and Flavius had been turtling while mustering a rather large stack of post-marian units back in the Scipii home provinces. Which are well on their way at the moment, which is good, for Flavius needs the reinforcements. So Flavius thinks as the sun rises high and the battle begins.
But lo and behold!~:eek: A sign is upon the field of battle, a great omen. A huge long blue-black blob lies upon the eastern wall of the city. It appearance is that of foul water, dark blue and translucent, but all of Flavius' wise men cannot tell from whence it came, for the River Nile is all the way on the next tile and the body is connected to no stream. Moreover the strange apparation gives of a most frightful pulsation of light. None of the brave men of the Roman Army dare to enter its boudaries, for it seems that it reeks of pure evil.
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Fortunately it did not command the attention of the men for long, and had no noticable physical effect other than to bar the way to the city's eastern. Flavius' men scored a great victory over the foul rebel filth and crushed them into the dirt. In the tradition of the Scipii family, three out of four inhabitants of the city are slain, and their belongings looted, for daring to resist Roman might. After this great victory, the scribes saw it fit to rename Flavius the Cunning to Flavius Victor. Flavius quickly marched off to defend the river crossing with as many men as he could spare. A scribe remained behind to record more information of the strange omen, for it seems that it had not faded after the battle was won.
Here are paintings based on what he saw:
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On stilts wading in water
http://img148.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img1...rdblob22ft.jpg
Northern end of the anomaly
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Strange shimmering pulsation
http://img148.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img1...rdblob46ef.jpg
Painting made by a painter who was paid by the scribe to climb one of Alexandria's sacred obelisks to get a better view. He had quite a good balance and buns of steel. Needless to say the local inhabitants were not pleased at this violation and hurled him into the anomaly, where he immediately began sizzling and smoking until no trace of him was left. Luckily for him someone had killed him already on the way there. The scribe fortunately retrieved the painting before the angry mob set upon him. ~;)
Okay... nevermind. ~:)
Is this wierd blob thingy supposed to be there? As said before, it is impassable to man and beast.
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hmm it would seem that these pictures arent coming out in the preview, only as links. Rather unexpected. Oh well. And the links are a bit slow, but they work mind you. It would be nicer if they could actually be there instead of links.
