Nice updates.
You really have a talent in "re-playing" historical battles.:2thumbsup:
The White Lady has picked quite a good moment to reappear.
I Wonder what will happen in Konstantinople....
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Nice updates.
You really have a talent in "re-playing" historical battles.:2thumbsup:
The White Lady has picked quite a good moment to reappear.
I Wonder what will happen in Konstantinople....
:thinking2:
Thanx:laugh4:Quote:
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Eh well i have studied about 2/3s of the Late Roman era superbattles to some degreeQuote:
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Maybe she has maybe hasn't. You will have to see about that.Quote:
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2 words: PURE EVIL!!!!!!! (Insert Super Evil Laugh Here)Quote:
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And you have done it quite well:thumbsup:Quote:
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Now you've got my attention:yes:Quote:
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Really? Well then what am I waiting for???Quote:
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(grabs weapons, jumps on his horse and rides of with full gallop in the directing he hopes to get to Konstantinople...:laugh4:)
Chapter Twenty: Hatred's Destiny (Part One)
(From the Runic book:)
Winter 381AD
We have pursued the Huns from the site of their destruction. As we closed in however Attila sent all of his remaining demons and undead to stop or at the very least slow us down. However we would NOT let them escape us again, not when we were so close. So the Romans voted to go after the undead as we went around to continue the pursuit of the Hunnic elites.
They formed battle lines to the south and used the scent of fresh meat to lure the undead towards them.
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They came with a vengeance.
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Their army was so massive and yet it had few demons to control all of those undead, at least that what i was told after it ended. With such little control the undead required herders top guide them towards the Roman lines.
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These poor bastards were of the unfortunates that had not crossed the river to freedom. As such they acted as guides and food for the undead. However the Roman general Aetius had been working on his tactics since the battle of Chalons. He had developed a type of horsebow corps for his army. His plan was to test them here. He had them ride to the far side of the field and hide within some trees to ambush whatever they could.
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As the battle began the hurtled forward towards Roman lines.
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However one of the two groups of herders moved to close to the woods and the commander of the Roman horsebows decided to attack them. The ambush was a total success. The herders fled the filed and threw the entire right flank of the Hunnic undead into chaos. The horsebows took the opportunity to assault them as well. Many, many undead fell. Then the demons used what control they had to force the undead to surround the horsebows. However the horsebows fled before they could become pinned down. They made the mistake of fleeing into trees and getting slowed down.
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Most of the army continued onwards toward the main Roman line, but several groups of undead went for the horsebows.
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The horsebows rode as fast as they could for the exit of the treeline. Many did not make it. The rest fled for the rear.
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The main Hunnic forces closed in on the roman footmen. However they made the mistake of send the other group of herders forward first.
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They paid in blood for their mistake.
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However by this time the undead were focused on the Roman line enough for this not to matter anymore. The Huns then attempted to surround the Roman's line with their numbers. As the underlord and demons attacked from the front the undead surged in from behind. But the Roman countered by splitting their forces and taking on the undead behind them.
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These undead were pitifully armed and put together so they fell like flies before the Romans. The demons were cut off from their support and with each death that support became less and less.
Then their underlord went down. And all turned into chaos for the undead. The shattered and dissolved left and right. The battle quickly ended after that.
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As for the horsebows some survived the battle, and amazingly enough they killed the most number of undead during the battle.
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General Aetius declared his test a success and order many more of these men to be recruited and trained. They wont be ready int time for the final battle with the Huns however. We have pined the Elites down north of the ruins of Colonia Aggripania. Soon we will destroy them.
Chapter Twenty: Hatred's Destiny (Part Two)
(From the Runic book:)
Spring 382AD
Its over. Finally, its over. As i sit here and look at the clear skies i see peace and beauty in the restored Sun. And as i look over the field of chaos i see death and destruction all over, burning trees, dessicated corpses, and the burning bodies of undead and demons. I think to myself that at least no one will ever have to go through this again.
Attila is finally dead. And the Huns in the Roman Empire destroyed for good. I will do my best to relate the events of the past days in this book to the best of my abilities.
About a week ago we continued our pursuit of the Huns towards the coasts of Gaul. We finally caught up with them outside of a forest only 30 miles from the coast, which i believe they did not know to be there. Otherwise they would have outflanked us to continue towards Hispania or Italy. Anyways the Huns took up positions outside of a forest to try and funnel us towards their undead.
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However what they didn't count on was the fact the the Roman infantry could manage to fight within the woods well. They were to march through the woods and ambush the Huns from behind...
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...while we were to hammer them towards the ambush.
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I rode with the High King's guard and the other cavalry. As the battle began we surged forwards towards the Huns.
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The fighting was brutal. These were no slaves or undead but pureblooded Huns, and they fought like it. Many good Germans were killed bringing down the Hunnic heavy cavalry.
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However in the woods things were not going as well as we expected. The Huns, seeing what was about to happen, sent their undead into the woods after the Romans. This light troops moved twice as fast as the Roman heavy soldiers could within the dense trees. As such they pinned down thee Romans. It was then that Attila must have gotten the idea to use his cavalry in what is possibly the most insane stroke of brilliance since Megas Alexander. His cavalry poured into the woods and somehow got the upper hand on much of the Roman army. This forced us to move into the woods to save the Roman army from total destruction. It was barley enough for we rescued a Roman army torn to bits, but still willing to fight on. The fight then shifted again. The Veiled Elves, the highest order that an Elf can aspire to, came under heavy attack by a band of Heavy Hunnic cavalry. We expected them to be destroyed. however they fought off their attackers. rallied the rest of the archers to them and started raining death amongst the Huns. The Huns in return rained death upon the archers.
Then Attila himself entered the field. Immediately the battle swung in their favor as his guard destroyed a full band of spear men, and a cohort of Romans as well. However the High King saw this and immediately charged Attila's men. When we collided with them it was the most brutality i think i have ever seen.
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Then the High King was flung from his horse. He fell to the Earth and was immediately stomped upon by one of the demon horses. The hoof crushed his skull in. And so, Harmazez, High King and defender of Germania, was taken into the next world. Even so the men kept fighting, for they refused to give in when they were so close to finally putting an end to the Hunnic threat to their families once and for all.
There was death everywhere. In desperation the demons set the trees aflame. Many, many men, undead and even a few demons, burned to death due to this act. As the Huns fled out of sheer terror, Attila broke off and went after them to rally as many as he could.
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He began braking harsh, evil words. Immediately the entire force halted and regrouped. However this is what in the end doomed them. For they had stopped in front of the burning forest, and the archers, led by the Veiled Elves and Runic Hand, had surrounded them. They poured three sets of arrows into the grouped Huns. Attila died from one of those arrows.
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The sky immediately shattered and began to return to normal. The undead exploded or turned on the Huns themselves until they dissolved all the way. Black flames erupted from nowhere. Trees shattered, bodies exploded. All was chaos on the battlefield.
The arrows didn't stop until all the Huns were dead at that point.
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And so it ended. It finally ended. We spent the next three day resting in the cool spring air and regrouping form our wounds. The Roman had lost many, many brave men to these demons. This was probably their greatest victory in ages.
However i must go now for there are many things left to attend to. One of the biggest ones is the Ascension of the new High Queen.
Congratulations on your victory.:2thumbsup:
High Queen?!?! - I wonder if the Germans will follow her..... ore is there a chance of a german Civil war?
Chapter Twenty One: Thermopylae the Second
(From the Greek book:)
Winter 381AD
As i write these words there is Chaos in Hellas. The barbaroi are seeming to repeat the Akkadian invasions of old. They were first met on the fields before Thessaloniki. Unfortunately both they and the city were destroyed. The next fight was a near total repeat of the first one. With that Makedonia fell.
The next site where the barbaroi were met was Thermopylae. The site of the greatest triumph and tragedy of those old wars. Where the brave Leonidas and his Spartans stood against the might of the evil Akkadians. Until they were surrounded and crushed they were doing an excellent job too. This time around however it was the advance forces of General Agenor that held the pass. Against them were 30000 barbaroi horsemen, and an untold number of slave soldiers. The barbaroi also have a habit of defiling graves and raising the dead to fight for them. These monsters force sons to fight long dead fathers and grandfathers. How can God allow such an evil to exist?
Anyway as the battle began the barbaroi outright charged the spearmen that held the pass, probably expecting to mow them down and force the pass. However Mount Koliodromos made sure that they could not out flank our forces. The barbaroi were flung back with HUGE losses. As they fled out of the pass in terror their commander whipped them back into line. He then decided to send in his slave forces to displace the Greeks within the pass. All this got him was a lot of dead slaves and risen. While his evil witchmen brought the corpses up again and again nothing was going to get through the pass like that. As the day ended the commander was forced to call off all important troops. He let the risen continue for they didnt not care that night had come. So Greeks were forced to fight these risen for many hours into the night. The next day the rest of General Agenor's forces hadnt arrived yet. So these worn and tired men were forced to continue fighting the risen for much of the day.
In fact it was almost two more days before the first of the generals troops arrived. By this time the barbaroi had found the goatpath behind the pass. However some brave citizens of Phoica had blocked it as well. The risen however did manage to brush them aside unlike the main force. They then proceeded to surround the poor advanced forces. At least one of those men survived the battle and lived to tell me of the story. The barbaros commander then demanded the surrender of the Greeks that held the pass. What was said next i will record here.
"FOOLISH SLAVES!!! LAY DOWN YOUR WEAPONS AND YOU WILL NOT DIE A SLOW PAINFUL DEATH!!!", the barbaros commander roared. The Greek commander, a man named Parotes, came forward and said to the monster, "We, like our ancestors before us will never surrender this pass to the likes of you! If it must be then we will lay down our lives like the Spartans before us." The monster looked perplexed. "Why is it that you resist my will dog?", he said to Parotes. Parotes looked at the thing and said,"do you honestly think this is the first time that we have fought beasts like you? NO!!! Once before in this exact spot another man was made the same offer you make to me, vile barbaros. This man was surround by monster and demons as i am. And he stay, fought and died, to save his country. So honestly why would i let my people down and submit to your slavery or the long and painful death that awaits me if i do?" The barbaros looked at the commander enraged. "Dog", he spat,"you WILL serve me in this life or the next it does not matter. And when i finally get my hands on you i will make sure to do the most unspeakable things to you that are possible, rest assured of that."
And with that the battle began. The Greeks fought the risen for nearly an hour. However they were getting pushed down the pass ever so slowly. At the point it looked like they would get pushed out completely.
However it was then that the main body arrived. They immediately assaulted the risen at the eastern end of the pass. They went for the surrounded troops in a desperate attempt to save them and the position. However by the time that they reached the troops, they had already lost the pass to the risen. It was then that the barbaroi charged the pass. All seemed lost. However Parotes had sent a few men onto the lookout position on Mount Koliodromos to keep a watch on the enemy and gather boulders for just such an occasion as this. The men dumped many of the large boulders onto the barbaroi as they hit the pass. Death was everywhere, almost 3000 died in the first landslide, nearly 5000 in the second and third ones. However they also hit many of the advanced men as well. However this stopped the barbaroi advance dead in it tracks. This allowed the main Greek army to advance back up the pass and onto the western plain. They drove the devastated barbaroi back into Thessaly. My cousin has given what men that survived the pass the greatest riches the Arche can offer. These men are the greatest heroes of the day. As the barbaroi are forced back toward Konstantinopolis we will soon be receiving them. The attacks are growing more evil and fierce by the day as well. Ive seen them attempt to fling monsters over the walls to create chaos. In one instance one of them almost opened the gates before we could stop it. Also there has been attempts on the lives of many of the leaders of this city. Three attacked my cousin.
But i have to go and organize the award ceremonies now for the heroes of the second Thermopylae.
Chapter Twenty Two: A New Beginning
(From the Runic book:)
Autumn 382AD
As i write these words, i watch our new ruler, Mezthenalza being crowned. She is a young girl, barley eight winters old. But she is the only remaining blood of Ansuharjaz the Great. Even as she is surrounded by her guard of Veiled Elves, she is receiving the crown from the High Rune Priest. Honestly to me she looks absolutely terrified. However she will learn, for it is i whom has been appointed her tutor and guardian. However the regent is the Jarl of the Franx, Juzarlez. His father was killed during the first attack by the Huns. However he has proven a capable leader, and trustworthy as well. We should be fine until she comes of age.
Events beyond our borders however are continuing to move far faster than we'd like. The remaining Huns under the second brother, whose name we now know to be Bledda, are continuing attacks on Greece and Constantinople. The Huns out on the steppes are also still attacking us as well. However a solution has presented itself. The slaves of Attila's former hordu have been freed. They seek revenge upon the Huns and to reclaim their ancestral lands. We are going to provide them with the funding, weapons and support that they need to do this. If we can overthrow the Huns on their own lands then we can end this evil forever.
Im afraid that the Lady has not been reawakened. When her image appeared at the Rhine she was doing all she could to protect us. However the signs show that it was not the right time for her to leave the crystal. But she kept her promise to us and came back to save us in our hour of need.
But i must leave off for now for the High Queen is seeing her supplicants now and i want to get in line early so i am not stuck waiting for hours.
Just posting here to tell you you're doing a great job, keep it up:thumbsup: Unfortunately though, I just manage to read some past fragments of your posts and have not yet caught up (God, there are many AARs out there:dizzy2:).
Maion
Chapter Twenty Three: Demon's Rise
(From the Greek book:)
Spring 382AD
The coming of spring this year has changed many things. The skies cleared up quite a lot about three weeks ago. We have heard that the warlord of the barbaroi in the west has been soundly defeated and killed. The people of this polis cheered their hearts out at this news. For it not only means that men are now free to come to our aid and that crops will now grow in some part of the world, as well as health can return, but that these monsters are NOT invincible as they claim to be to us daily. In fact my cousin, emboldened by the news, told this to the barbaroi spewing their horrid tongue at us earlier this week. The "conversation" went like this, as far as i can remember.
The barbaroi were spewing their rhetoric at us in a vain attempt to get us to surrender as they had been for almost a year now. Then my cousin appeared upon the walls. The barbaroi's ambassador came up to the walls to greet us. "Greeting dog", the barbaros said in poor Greek, "you wish give up yourself? Or must pain continue" "Tell your foul leader that his days are numbered", my cousin said to the monster, "He will not survive this year!" At this the barbaros began laughing a hateful laugh. "And why this is dog?", he said after he was done laughing. "So you have not heard then filthy one? Well look at the sky. THAT at least should tell you something, that is unless your brains are to addled after gelding your mares to your pricks.", my cousin spat at the fool. He became very angry and started yelling at my cousin in a language i didn't understand nor, from the sound of it, did i WANT to understand it either. After he was done he looked at the sky and said, "I see nothing, just pain and hate, as sky should be dog." At that my cousin started laughing, really hard at the idiot. "You...you honestly do not see..", he said before he burst out laughing again. At this the barbaros became angry again. "WHAT TO SEE DOG?!?!?!", he roared. "You FOOL the Sun of course", my cousin told the barbaros. He looked up and saw the Sun, then he said to my cousin, "So, Sun always there, God Attila using more magic to beat you Rome friends down. When he finish them, come for you." "Not if he is DEAD idiot", my cousin said to him. "What you mean dog? He is God, he not die!", the foul one said to us. At this my cousin became enraged and yelled at the fool, "HE IS DEAD MONSTER!!!!! THAT DEMON HAS BEEN PUT DOWN AND SO WILL YOUR "MASTER" BLEDDA ALONG WITH YOUR WHOLE FUCKING MISBEGOTTEN RACE!!!!!!! SO RUN BARBAROS! RUN AS FAR AS YOU CAN, FOR YOU CANNOT ESCAPE THE WRATH OF THE ALMIGHTY AND ONE TRUE GOD!!!!" At this the barbaros was too stunned to speak and immediately fled back to his camp. "Well", my cousin said, "I think THAT got the message across."
And with that the conversation ended. Id say it went over rather well. The number of barbaroi attacks has been significantly curtailed since the announcement. We think that the barbaroi might actually retreat. But i can only guess at this outcome.
But i must go for now, for i need to attend to courtly matters.
I smell a plot twist:beam:. Great writing there Olaf:2thumbsup:. You should make this into a novel. It't really great stuff:smiley:.
Chapter Twenty Four: The Fangs of Evil
(From the Greek book:)
Summer 382AD
I write these words as i take a break from prayer. The events and insanity of the past few months have really nearly destroyed me.
Let me begin. This chaos that currently consumes the poleis started at the end of spring. At first we assumed that the barbaroi had finally planted another plague amongst the masses and that it would pass in a few weeks, because God was watching over His faithful flock. This plague manifestes itself with bluish boils over the eyes and noses, as well as a reeking odor of garlic. We prayed to God to aid us and end this foul incursion.
However it did not end. It got worse, for most of the infected were driven insane by the infection. I saw a priest get ripped apart by a woman that he was trying to treat whom finally gave in to the disease. Ive seen children eat their parents and people tearing their heads off and other such.....things.
The worst of the infections i have seen so far was a woman at the market whom was infected. She was one of the wandering homeless in the poleis. Her signs of infection were deep but all she did was mumble incoherently and wander around blindly. However she was clearly a danger of spreading the infection to the people around her, so i ordered some of my guards to arrest her and have her flung from the walls. However as they advanced upon her she started screaming the same scream as the other victims. I though she had finally broken, as did my guards, whom pulled out their swords to protect me. The people had fled by this point so we were alone in the square. As i considered turning back and running too, she stopped screaming and started howling. We looked at her, very confused at that point. However the confusion soon turned to terror as all of a sudden she grew three feet, hunched over, and her clothes started splitting open. She then proceeded to...well i cant describe it in any other way...expand. She also started to grow fur all over her body, as well as wolf-like ears. She then grew a wolfen tail, and to top it all off, a wolfish face and muzzle. By the time she was done with her transformation she had lost everything human about her. She was some kind of wolf or dog thing that "stood" on its hind legs.
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As my guards recovered they began to advance on the thing, swords and spears drawn. To the beast they might as well have been statues of river clay. I watched as it destroyed the first man to come near it in barley a second or two. It then turned on the other three guards with surprising speed. However one of my guards got in a lucky spear thrust before he got disemboweled. This hit the thing's left leg. While a small wound it was apparently enough to disengage us from its interest. It took off down a side alley, towards the walls. As it ran i got a VERY good look at it. I suddenly realized that it was heavy with child. In fact it was VERY heavy with child. I was as shocked then as i am now writing about it.
Needless to say it got away from me. It then later proceeded to climb the walls, slaughter a few guards and then make a near suicide leap off of the walls, with no difficultly at all. The last we've heard of it, it is fleeing north towards the steppes.
This is only ONE of the numerous problems that we face. After the plague began food riots occurred all over the city for almost a week before order was restored. People believe that it is the foreign grain that is causing the infection and many refuse to eat it. Other have taken to murdering the infected and burning the corpses within the walls. This has causes several small fires. There have also been several revolts by the poor of this poleis out of fear of the plague. Even the palace is no longer safe, for three days ago i was almost killed by an assassin. I was walking down the halls of the palace with my guards when i noticed something out of the corner of my eye. As i bent down to see what it was something flew over my head and shattered the glass vase behind me. My guards immediately shoved into the nearest room and then went after the assassin. They did not find him though.
So now i am sitting in the safe rooms that the Emperor Constantine had built under his favorite church, the Hagia Sofia. I usually go up to pray during the day and will occasionally go onto the higher balconies to see what is going on now in the city. Honestly though, i really dont see WHY i do this anymore, for all i see is chaos and death with the walls as well as without. The ONLY reason that the Huns have yet to breach our walls is because of the fact that so many soldiers that could be used to put down this trouble are being kept there and the foreign troops are instead being used for this task.
However i must go and return to my prayer now, for i have spent to long away for the altar.
You really are going well. Its a great story just keep it up:2thumbsup:
Just one note about Thermopylae: That hunnic "Warlord" deserved what he got - surrounds the enemy and then tries to convince them to surrender after suffering heavy casualities for 2 days because of them - What a FOOL:whip: he didn't deserve Hadúr's blessing...
Chapter Twenty Five: The Burning City (Part One)
(From the Greek book:)
Autumn 382AD
As i write these words i can feel something else is about to happen, I KNOW IT!!!!!
It started to rain a month ago and it hasn't stopped since. The rain at first was welcome for it provided much needed fresh water to our cities aquifers. But as the weeks passed the people began to get depressed, as if the rain was affecting them. I think it has affected me in the same way for i have been feeling depressed and lonely for about two weeks now.
Then, about a week ago, the rain suddenly turned from water to a black, oily substance. This stuff has gotten almost everywhere in the city. This stuff is also poisonous to drink. We found this out when the soldiers reported that the people that drank the stuff began to melt into puddles of goo. We then rushed to seal off the aquifer and found that only one had been spared. We were forced to dump the rest and set their inner compartments aflame to burn away the black oil. This quickly got out of control for the black stuff exploded into the air and set a full third of the city, including the palace aflame. However the fact that everything was so wet make sure that these flames didn't last for any real length of time, thankfully. Now no one has anything to drink at all and many people are still sick with the plague. The grain shipment have been infected with the black rain as well so they have stopped coming.
Out in the barbaroi camp, meanwhile our lookouts report the barbaroi to be restless. Strange lights and sounds have filtered out of the camp. It would not surprise me if the black rain was the work of the barbaroi.
SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN SOON OR WE WILL ALL DIE!!!!! I KNOW IT!!!! (tear stains dot these pages)
(From the Greek book:)
Two Weeks Later
As i sit here in mourning and nursing my wounded arm, i think about what has happened over the past weeks.
Five days after i wrote my last entry it began. The barba....i cant even CALL them that now. Not after what ive seen. Anyways the things began to chant an evil sounding chant outside of the gates. The chant continued for nearly half the day. Then, as suddenly as it started, the things stopped. Then what i would have to describe as the personal servant of Lucifer, came forth from it's horde of things. It called up to the walls for my cousin in Slavic that was very good. My cousin responded after a few minutes. The "conversation" i shall record here to the best of my memory.
"Foolish dogs", it spat,"Send your leader out to where i can see him." My cousin walked up to the top of the walls and out onto the edge of the balcony over the gatehouse, with me behind him. "Here barbaros, i am here. Now what do you want?", my cousin said. "I am here to congratulate you on resisting me for so long. But now i come before you to insist that you surrender your people to me.", it said. "And why would i even dream of doing that barbaros?", my cousin said to it. "Your people starve and your city burns with death rot, black rain and fire. The longer your wait the less merciful we shall be in our victory. Even your floating wood things have stopped coming toaid you in whatever way they did. Your allies have left you, your people will soon be put to a horrific torture. SURRENDER OR DIE LONG AND SLOW!!!!!!!!", it roared at my cousin. "You will not be able to defeat us.", my cousin said to it,"Your brother couldn't defeat the westerners and YOU certainly wont humiliate us by forcing us to lick your boots." It looked at my cousin, clearly perplexed. "And what do you mean by that, Attila has surely beaten your friends into the dirt by NOW!!!", it said to him. "Did i NOT explain this to your emissary already?!?", my cousin said to it, "Well if i didn't then LISTEN YOU FILTHY MONGREL! YOUR BROTHER IS DEAD!!!!! HIS ARMY IS GONE!!!! And you are next." The thing looked at my cousin with a glint of mirth in it's eyes. "Do you honestly expect me or any of my warriors to believe that, little dog?", it said to my cousin, "We are the Huns, we do not die. WE KILL!!!!" At this his whole army roared. My brother sighed and looked at it with glee in his eyes. "Well then if you require proof...", he said to it. The he yelled for his servants to bring him a ring in Greek. I asked him,"Cousin what ring are you talking about." "Attila's signet ring, it was found on his corpse and i received it about three months ago. I think now is the time to use it on this monster.", he said to me. I agreed wholeheartedly. His servant arrived with the ring in a handwrap a few moments later. Then my cousin turned back to it and said,"HERE IS MY PROOF!!!". With that he flung the ring in the handwrap down at the monster. When it opened the handwrap, it looked stunned with disbelief for a second. Then it began making cries in its horrible language. After a few cries much of it's army began to make other panicked cries of terror and disbelief. Then after it had finished it lament, it looked back up at my cousin and said,"So you have killed my brother then DOG!?!? Well now we will see whom is the victor here today. YOU WILL WISH YOU HAD SURRENDER WHEN YOU HAD THE CHANCE BY THE TIME I'M THROUGH WITH YOU!!!!!!!" It then started roaring commands in its native tongue.
And with that battle began. My cousin immediately ordered me off the walls and troops into positions along the walls.
However i must leave off for now for i need to get back to praying.
Chapter Twenty Five: The Burning City (Part Two)
(From the Greek book:)
Later That Day
Well now i am fully rested and able to devote more time, i can continue the earlier entry.
As the things began to chant their war-cries again. I retreat from the walls, so i was not in danger from the things attacks. As i fled towards the Hagia Sofia. I could hear the chants and screams getting louder and louder. I also heard cries of the risen and slave soldiers as they were shoved toward the walls and slaughtered like cattle and sheep. I reached the great church about twenty minutes into the attack. As i climbed up to the balcony i heard screams of terror from our own troops as well. I got onto the balcony and saw why this was happening. However what i saw also looked utterly impossible. It appeared as if the things were sucking the very LIFE from the land itself! The lands around the things' camps were turning from lush farmlands and forests into desolate wastes. The life-force that was being drained seemed to be going into a large ritual circle in the middle of the things' camps. Around this circle many of those monsters were chanting an awful chant. The more life-force that was drained the faster the chanting became.
Then, after about five minutes of this, the chanting reached an incredible pitch, and then, it suddenly stopped. Then the ground began to rumble within the circle. As the rumbling got louder cracks began to form in the land within the circle. And then suddenly the markings that formed the edge of the circle lifted off the ground as a HUGE mass of blackened soil and some other things flew out of the ground. The mass of marking formed a circle around the mass of soil. Within the soil began to transform into flesh. The fleshy material began to take shape as well. I was not the only one whom noticed this as the commander of one of the towers' balistae ordered his men to fire at the thing before it could become whatever it was trying to become. That didn't work for the mass of symbols protected the forming flesh. The flesh formed and shaped itself gradually. First it created a body that was long and ended in a long tail. Then it grew bat-like wings out of its upper back. Then it grew a scaly, lizard-like head. At that point i recognized something about it. What i thought it was frightened me so bad that i leaned over the balcony and threw up for almost twenty seconds. When i picked my head back up i saw that my fear were being confirmed by the second. It grew four scaly legs with four claws on each foot. Its whole body became covered in black scales that emitted blue-black fire from the pores in its body. Horns grew out of the back of its head. It got two lizard eyes.
When it finally completed its transformation, it let off a HUGE roar. It was a DRAGON! A personal bodyguard hound to Lucifer HIMSELF!!!!! The beast stumbled as if it was unused to walking around. The things that surrounded it then started chanting once again. This chant seemed to steady the monster. After about a minute of this the Dragon spread it wings burst forth from the circle of symbols, which promptly faded into nothing, and tore off into the air, roaring in its delight. Soon however the leader of the things called something, i believe it is commands, to the monster and it came down allowed several riders onto its back and the took off again, towards the walls this time. My cousin ordered all of his reserves towards the outer walls to counter this new threat.
The men on the outer walls became incredibly frightened at the sight of this monstrosity. But the commanders, i don't know HOW, managed to keep order amongst their troops. As it flew towards the walls, the tower balistae turned their attention from the waves of undead to the Dragon. However the beast was far too quick to be caught by the few balistae the remained on the outer walls. It flew up and over the outer walls. As it got over the outer walls it let out a HUGE burst of fire from its black jaws. The black rain that had been soaking this poleis for a week is highly flammable. What happened next was not a mere flame, or even a large fire. Nearly half of the Outer Quarter EXPLODED! Flames flew EVERYWHERE, some pieces hit the outer walls with such force that men fell from the battlements. The Dragon then landed amongst a cohort of men and proceeded to flame broil them and eat many of them before fly onwards towards the inner walls of the city.
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However the inner walls had MANY more balistae than the outer walls did. These forced the monster to turn around and try to get away. However, we got several lucky hits on its wings, shattering bones. This forced it to crash into the streets. Unfortunately this blocked the only safe routes to the outer walls for the relief troops. Most of them turned around and head for the inner poleis and what safety it provided.
However the Dragon got back up. While it was still alive and dangerous, its wings were clipped. It had crashed near the Flavian Gate of the outer walls. Immediately my cousin ordered troops to start firing at the thing. Its handler things saw that they were doomed, trapped and without help or escape, but they forced the beast on anyways. They pointed its mouth at the Flavian Gate and kicked it in the back of the neck. A huge blast of fire shot out of its mouth. The Flavian gate was annihilated, as were about one third of the buildings surrounding it. Several building around the Dragon collapsed upon the monster after the impact set their already tottering foundations over the edge. This several the Dragon's head from its neck, killing it instantly. However the damaged had been done. The outer walls had been breached.
But i must leave off for now. The priest that is taking care of my wounds says i need my rest.
Plz use the save I sent you.
Well i will use it but idk how to use saves that other ppl made. Do you just open it or do i gotta do something fancy with my code?
Finished Ch. 25 (P2)
BTW @gamegeek2: im having a problem with ur save game. Whenever i try to open it it say something about needing a set association or something like that. What am i doing wrong?
Chapter Twenty Five:The Burning City (Part Three)
(From the Greek book:)
The Next Day
It is hard to find room to write with all of these people crammed in here but i finally found the space and time. Maybe ill be able to finish this entry today.
After the destruction of the Flavian Gate, the hordes of risen poured forth. The ruins of the gate QUICKLY became a bloodbath. The troops that had been stationed to guard it had been mostly killed in the explosion. But several reserves from the walls that were no longer needed due to the fact almost all of the risen were assaulting this weak spot had come to take their place. However they could not get into position fast enough and got hit HARD by the risens' first assault. My cousin knew that at this point he was in trouble. So he ordered the outer walls abandoned. As the surviving troops poured out of the other two gates onto the ground, the men at the Flavian gate were slowly being pushed back. Things looked as if they were going to fall apart. However it was then that some of the barbaroi from Germania hurtled into the fight. It was more of those strange sword-priests of theirs. With their bodies and swords aglow, they burned through the ranks of the risen. This bought my cousins forces time to get off of the walls.
However as they began to retreat the thing sent some HUGE risen bodies, maybe 20 or 30 hands ((15-20 feet)) high to attack the gate. However once they had engaged the sword-priests, the things RAPIDLY formed up a battle line behind the huge risen and charged. At a loud barking noise the huge risen collapsed forward, allowing the things to surprise and annihilate the sword-priests.
The regular risen then poured around the things horses and into the poleis.
At this point i began to be unable to see large parts of the battle due to a huge amount of smoke that was pouring from the burning parts of the poleis. From what information i managed to gather from the survivors of the retreat, i REALLY don't think i want to know what it looked like. Almost all of them were insane from the trauma that they experienced. The few that were still coherent could barely remember what happened. I was told stories of women being eaten, families being slaughter, whole cohorts being ambushed, both by pure blooded things and risen, the former something that all of them refused to remember. What i saw was smoke with intermittent flashes of the sword-priests light. What i heard was far more frightening. I heard screams of men, women, and children. I heard more explosions. I heard sounds that sounded as if they were straight from the pits of Hell itself.
The street fighting lasted for the rest of the day, and, due to the fires, deep into the night. In fact when i awoke the next morning i heard the sounds of battle all over the place. However they were MUCH closer to the inner walls than they had been yesterday. The risen were screaming their insane rage at every living thing around them, and killing that much as well.
At about mid-morning the first of the surviving units made it to the Julian Gate. We opened the gates for them. After that a small, but steady stream flowed into those gates. I had to dispatch my personal guards to keep order at the gates, and to watch for risen or things that attacked it while it was vulnerable.
After a while, i saw my cousin fighting a large group of undead. He and some of his men were slowly being pushed back towards the gate. The risen were threatening to overwhelm them. However they had come into range of the balistae of the inner wall, which promptly opened fire upon the ranks of risen. We had also managed to get our hands on a few catapults. Which opened fore as well. The large rocks and balistae bolts hit the risen hard, hard enough to force them back. However some of the pure blooded things saw what was happening and charged my cousin and his men. They went under after the second charge. However the balistae commander ordered his men to open fire upon the things. The withering fire forced them back. My guards managed to get my cousin within the inner walls. However he was bleeding profusely.
About ten minutes later we were forced to close the gates. Out of nearly 10000 men that were stationed upon the outer walls, less than 3000 made it to the inner wall.
However i have to go and pray now, so i must leave off once again.
Why noy just post the entire chapter at once?
Oh, and I've been meaning to tell you for some time:
this might interest you >_>
Two things keep getting in my way.
1.HW and other RL issues
2.I make half of this stuff up as i go. So i need to find the right mood to be in. Sometimes im in said mood when i dont got the time to do it. Others i got the time just not the mood.
BTW nice board.
EDIT: WOOOT!!!!! 200th post
Chapter Twenty Five: The Burning City (Part Four)
(From the Greek book:)
Later That Day
I WILL FINISH THIS NOW!!!! Ugh!
I'm sorry for my prattling but thing have just gotten so crazy today. The Royal Army, or what's left of it, is patrolling the burning ruins of the outer city for any remaining things, risen and demons. Ive been getting so many reports of riots, insanity, carnage, and chaos out there. Of course repairing the Church isn't going as well as i had hoped either. But i need to get back to the entry. I hope i have the time to finally finish it.
As we sealed the gates after getting my cousin in, we heard the sounds of fighting still going on outside the inner walls. Small groups of men tried their hardest to survive the hell below the walls. The gates crashing closed was a signal for the people outside to stop trying to get in and find a place to hide until it was all over. I watched groups of people go into the sewers, into unburned house and flats, and i even saw a small group go into a granary.
Wherever they went the demons and risen chased them. Blood, slaughter, and chaos were everywhere. I heard men scream, women being ripped apart, and other sounds that i cant even describe, nor do i want to.
It was near the end of the second day when the things had gathered enough of their forces back together that they were able to advance upon the Julian Gate. The balistae commanders opened up upon the ranks of things and risen. But the risen continued their advance, blocking many of the shots from touching their sickening masters. How we had boiling oils ready for them when they tried to breach the gate. And try they did. They surged towards the gates in wave after wave, only to be shot down, or set aflame by the oils.
This was not what the things wanted. For our defenses quickly consumed their ranks. The more that poured in, the more that died. It was then that the things leader, Bledda, came forward and roared in some evil, demonic language. It then got off of its horse and marched towards the gates. The balistae opened fire immediately. However before they could touch it, it said other sickening words, and the bolts bounced off of a bubble of fire that could only be seen when something hit it. We tried EVERYTHING to break it, balistae bolts, javelins, dead bodies, EVEN onrager rocks. NOTHING worked. It kept coming closer and closer. The waves of risen pulled back and out of its way. It came closer and closer.
It finally got to the gates. Then we dumped nearly all of the remaining boiling oils, large rocks, and javelins we had onto it. When the smoke cleared, we saw that we had not even touched it. It laughed a demonic laugh at us. Then it raised its hand, and began a vile chant. After nearly an HOUR of it doing this, with us throwing everything we had at it, it finished its chanting and put its hand to the gates. The gates exploded.
When they went down, it also blasted the troops behind the gates into the dust. Thankfully many of the men had the sense to get out of the way of the flying gates and subsequent fire blasts. However it was then that the risen POURED into the gates. Many of the men guarding the gates fought like mad dogs. However it was only a matter of time before they were overwhelmed by the mass of risen. The people in the streets fled screaming for the catacombs beneath the Hagia Sofia. I ordered my guards to protect the doors once we got in everyone that we could.
At this point i descended the stairs to the ground floor to try and organize the removal of my cousin from the monsters path. But Bledda came STRAIGHT for the Hagia Sofia. However when it tried to open the doors and found them locked it tried to attack the doors with its magics. Somehow its magics had no effects on the building. I silently prayed thanks to God. However it then became enraged and started grabbing risen, and, with inhuman strength, it began to fling them at the doors. After nearly five minutes of flinging risen at the doors they finally gave way. It then tried to walk into the Church. However the hands of God pushed it back. At this it became enraged, and barked a harsh cry. Then the power that had protected the Church shattered into a million shards of light which rained onto the floor. At this point i began to cry, a pleading desperation took a hold of me. I prayed as the thing approached. At that moment i thought that i was going to die.
It stepped around the light fragments, but it did not kill me. It didn't even seem to see me. It appeared to be hunting for something else instead.
But i must once again leave off for the pile of reports to sift through has grown too large for the priests whom are helping me with it.
Ch 25 pt4 finished. Next part WILL be the last one, and an epic climax:yes::beam::yes:
Chapter Twenty Five: The Burning City (Part Five)
(From the Greek book:)
That Evening
Well maybe now i might be able to finish this entry. Most of the work that i had to do was taken when the administration council showed up outside of the Hagia Sofia. So i have nearly three days to get this done.
When the thing, Bledda, blasted down the doors and the holy barrier on the Church it entered with an insane look on its face. As he walked through the doors, angry shards of light swirled all throughout the air. These shards passed through the innocent and normal people without effect. However the undead and lesser things could not enter the Church without being torn into tiny, blood soaked shreds. However, Bledda managed to keep them out with ease, using powerful black arts that i had never seen before and hope never to see again.
As it approached me, i froze. My mind kept telling me to run, but my legs would not move at all. It kept coming closer and closer, but i simply could not move. At that point i pray for God to forgive my soul and save me in the hereafter. However all it did was throw me out of the way. I hit a wall and almost broke my back. I also lost control of...other parts of my body. As it moved on i played dead until i was sure that it was gone.
However, as it continued down the nave towards the altar, it began to sniff, YES SNIFF, the air as it moved past me. It was as if it was hunting for something. It quickly passed through the main halls of the Church. It then beat the door into the catacombs below open using more of its black arts. As it descended into the stairs and rooms below i got up and followed, making VERY sure that i did not get too close. The screams... i can't even begin to describe the screams that i heard down there. The...bodies were utterly ripped to shreds, bits and pieces.
It finally stopped outside of the chamber where my cousin was being healed. It immediately killed all of the guards and then advanced upon my cousins sleeping form. The only one of the healers to stay behind was a VERY young Rune-Priest of the Germans. She was standing up to this...MONSTER with a fire in her eyes. It laughed at her and spoke to her in a language that i had never even heard before, and yet could understand.
"So little one", it said," you wish to defend this dog?" The little girl, she could NOT have been more than ten or eleven, said to this beast in the bravest tone i have ever heard someone take,"Foul one your time will soon end, as your brother before you, you WILL die!" At this the monster laughed and it said,"HA! Me? Dead? HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! The very idea of this amuses me. Let me explain to you how the world is going to work after i am done with it. You are all little curs, while i am a GOD!!!! You will bow before me and lick my boots if i so desire it. You will willing give yourselves to me and my warriors. I will dictate to ALL my will and wishes. And there will not be a thing that anyone can do about it." Then it started laughing again. The young priestess said to the monster,"You will see the folly of the madness that has consumed you filth!" She then started chanting a strange chant. It didn't seem evil or corrupt like the monster's did. It was a calming and soothing thing. The monster finished laughing and said to the young priestess, "And what is it that you are trying to do little one? Stop me?" She did not answer him but kept chanting. At this it got REALLY angry and said,"Well if you are then you won't succeed!"
It then said a few harsh words in the language that i didn't WANT to understand. And after it had said these words it brought its hand up to the little girl's face and blasted her into a wall, blowing away all of the defenses that the young priestess had set up. It then approached the sleeping form of my cousin and violently woke him.
"Now then dog",it said,"tell me who killed my brother and your death will be painless." My cousin was incredibly weak for his injuries but he still stood up to this thing and said,"And how the hell would i know this? Or better yet WHY would i tell you?!?" It looked at him ans simply said,"Wrong answer." Then it started to speak more of its horrid arts, and my cousin, whom was already incredibly weak began to scream and writhe in pain. Even though nothing was happening to him visibly i heard the sound of organs crunching and grinding. After nearly five minutes of this it said to my cousin,"Are you ready to tell me yet, dog?" My cousin couldn't speak at all by this point but to this monster i don't think it mattered. "No?",it said,"well that's far too bad for you little cur!" It then pulled out a red stone that was about the size of my cousins fist and chanted words that even though i couldn't understand made me retch. Thankfully this beast was far too absorbed by what he was doing to heard me. But honestly as i think about it now i wish he would have stopped for what happen next will haunt me forever until death. Something bright came up out of my cousin's body. The more that came out the paler he got. After a few seconds i realized that he was sucking my cousins soul out of him. At this i retched again. And then it all came out and my cousin died right there on his pallet. His soul however did not ascend, it instead flowed into this demons stone. He had been robbed of his soul's true reward. I began to cry.This time it heard me and turned around and spoke to me, "So little cur you miss your master? Well i think i can rectify your little 'problem' right now."
However as he advanced upon me i heard a soft but steady chant coming from behind him. The little Rune-Priestess had survived his onslaught and was still chanting her comforting chant. At least it was comforting to me. When the monster heard it, it immediately turned around with a look of pure pain on its face. It roared like the pits of Hell itself and advance upon the little priestess with balls of black flames pouring out of its hands. The little priestess did not flee nor falter in her chanting. The closer it got to the young one the more and more pain it felt. Also the flesh on its body began to warp and twist and ripple as if it was not attached anymore. Silently i prayed for this little girl to succeed. As she continued chanting the monster warped more and more. As it approached within striking distance of the young one suddenly it was hurtled back by a wall of light so bright it though the Sun itself had descended upon us. As it got up it was buffered by winds and flying light shards. This was underground by the way. I though that the little girl was winning. However the monster began to throw black flames at the young one. As they approached the little girl, they were lashed away by the winds and light shards.
Then the thing roared so loud i thought my head would explode from the sound of it. Then its flesh dissolved away from its body into a puddle around its feet. What was left behind was a DEMON! It had scaly skin, three horns on its head, one on each temple and one on is upper forehead. It had one eye in the center of its face that burned black. Starting from above its eye to below its eye there was a long scar that glowed an evil black-red. It had large fangs in its mouth and three arms, complete with claws, two where they "should" have been and coming out of its back. Out of the two side arms came leathery skin-flaps, like bats wings but far too small to be used as such. At he base of its spine was a long scaly tail that beat the ground in rage beneath it. It legs had claws and positions of those that a lizard would have, except MUCH larger.
When it saw itself it screamed in rage. And when it roared at the young priestess it spoke in a MUCH deeper tone,"YOU BITCH!!! HOW DARE YOU EXPOSE WHAT I DO NOT WANT EXPOSED!!! YOU WILL DIE FOR THIS!!!" Then i heard another voice, that of a woman, that was probably the most beautiful that i have ever heard,"NO!! You will die here and now!" Suddenly a huge blast of pure white light hit the beast from behind. I turned at about the same time as he did. I saw an angel standing there. She had beautiful white wings that radiated pure white light. She also had a feathery tail. She was dressed in a simple white cloak with the cowl up. She had beautiful blue eye that were made like those of a hawk. And she had very long blond hair.
She had her hand pointing towards the demon. She said to the thing,"So you wish to make someone pay for your pitiful misfortune? Well try your luck on me bastard!" At that She summoned a great sword that glowed white from thin air. The demon pulled two lesser sword that were stained black using the same technique. Then they started fighting, she hurling shards of light, white fireballs at the monster and swinging her great sword at it, trying to pin it down. And the monster doing much the same with its techniques of darkness and death. As they began to move around the chamber, i moved out towards the little priestess. I got to her as a ball of black fire hurtled at her and scooped her up. By this point she had fallen unconscious due to the extreme effort that she had put into the revelation art that she had used to unmask the monster for what he really was. I quickly got her out of the chamber and began to head for the surface, thinking that the battle might bring the catacombs crashing down. As i got back into the naive of the Hagia Sofia i heard the sound of battle outside the Church as well it seemed as if the battle had reached a stalemate. I then saw several survivors that had taken shelter with the naive of the church and ordered them to come and help me with the young priestess. At first they did not recognize me but when they did they came running over to help. They were terribly frightened of what was happening but i calmed them and told them that God had sent us help. As we moved behind the altar we also heard the sounds of the battle beneath the church rise higher and then the trapdoor that opened into the catacombs was blasted open by dark arts.
((Due to MASSIVE post size i need to break this apart))
((Continued from last post))
Several of the maids screamed as the monster appeared from the bottom of the catacombs. It turned to see us and began advancing. However then the angel appeared from below as well blasting it away from us. The monster roared but ducked as the angel's great sword came whirling around to cleave its head off. The mass of light shards that were whirling around also got a LOT more strength from the angel. They began to seriously affect the demon. It hurtled black fire all around itself in an attempt to halt their advance upon it. This attempt failed utterly. It then blasted the doors of the Hagia Sofia open and fled out into the street, destroying a whole cohort of Roman troops in front of it in the process. At the sight of it, all of the other things and monsters gained power and strength. In a rage they hurtled forward into our lines.
However it was then that the angel appeared outside of the Church. As she hurtled he shards at the demon once again, it grabbed all of the creatures around it, including some of its own warriors, and consumed their souls. Using this power it created a whirlwind of pure blackness and hatred, which of course VERY effectively blocked the light shards. However as the two supreme forces began their titanic duel, i heard the sounds of fighting behind me diminish. I turned and saw EVERY single German barbaroi had turned his or her head to look at the clash, and many had stopped fighting, something that Germans NEVER EVER do. I was amazed, but before long they got right back into the fighting, and they upped the pace by about, well A LOT! They charged the ranks of the risen and slave soldiers and hurtled them back, nearly to the gates before the minor demons stopped them. Using their dark enchanter powers they stopped the Germans from flinging the thing's ranks back through the gates. However the fighting got even more fierce and chaotic.
Atop the walls the angel and demon were fighting with everything they had, the demon still attempting to beat its way through the angels defense, and the angels attempting to entrap the thing with her white arts, so she could destroy it. Explosions were raining from the walls into the ranks of men below, chaos ensued as both sides fled before the furious rain of death, As a result the Germans managed to push the things back through the remnants of the Julian Gate. However it proved nearly impossible to approach the fight between the two greater beings upon the wall. The black whirlwind was still stopping the angel from effectively severing the demons head off. As the fighting, more and more of the city around them was destroyed.
Finally the demon made the mistake of moving too slow next to the other edge of the wall. As the angels great sword hit his black whirlwind, it dug into the whirlwind and flung the demon from the inner wall using it to her advantage. As the demon fell into the burning part of the city, the Germans surged forward and sealed the Julian Gate. However as they tried to proceed into the outer city the minor demons and risen began to attack them fiercely, preventing them from emerging.
As i followed this action, i wound up in one of the towers of the inner wall. I saw the burning city below me, i saw the Greek citizens that had been hiding in the underground spaces of the city emerge to fight the risen, for they had run out of air and other supplies. The soldiers that had not made it to the Julian Gate before it closed and had not died, emerged with them. This threw the things' ranks into utter chaos. As the militias attacked from behind and below, the main army, or what was left of it at that point, charged forward, hitting the things' lines and forcing them back into the burning city. The greatest action, however, was between the angel and demon.
As she attempted to break the black whirlwind off of the demon, she continued to hurl attacks at it while it danced around them like they were nothing, and simultaneously blasted black fire back at her.
((Once again another post is needed for this HUGE chapter))
You surely have a lively fanatsy Olaf:idea2:
Fanatasy?
So your saying im a fantasy fanatic?
Well while this may or may not be true i dont think thats the main issue right now:laugh4:
What a minute: stating that you have a lively fantasy ergo you seemingly can't run out of ideas has nothing to do with beign you a fantasy fanatic (I don't think you are fanatic). I actulally meant it to be a praise but ir looks like I didn't tell that clearly.:wall:Quote:
Originally Posted by Olaf Blackeyes
Hope its cleared up now:embarassed:
((Continued from the last post))
As the fires raged and the battles grew bigger, they also got more and more chaotic. The lesser demons and slaves of the things' armies began to topple whole buildings upon groups of our men. This threw our lines into chaos. However the enemy were in much the same state. The things lines were in a total state of confusion as well. The militia were carving the unprepared things to pieces. However there was no real order to the fighting. Everywhere it was men, lesser demons and things fighting each other.
However the main action was with the Demon and Angel. As the angel tried to get a hold of her foe, the demon continued to dodge her blows and fire black flames at her. Building collapsed all around them, chaos erupted from the ground beneath them, explosions occurred above them. But they stayed focused upon each other.
What finally ended the stalemate was the fact that the demon happened to wander to close to a few explosions, knocking him senseless for a few seconds. This was all that the angel needed. Her great sword began to glow golden-white. She swung and hit his black whirlwind. However instead of bouncing off or passing through it, the sword got stuck within it. She probably wanted this to happen for she twirled her wrists and ripped the black wind off of the demon. As this happened, the demon was flung through a few buildings as well. It got stuck under the last one which collapsed upon it. The angel then approached the demon.
At that point i cant remember anything else because i have been told that i got hit. The demon was struggling to get out from under the fallen building. However the angel approached it too quickly for it to be able to get away. So it used a HUGE amount of power to fire one massive black chaos blast at the angel to delay her or kill her. However the angel managed to parry it easily, with her great glowing sword. However it headed for the tower that i and several other people were hiding in. We all tried to flee but apparently i wasn't fast enough and took a direct hit. I also fell through the hole that had been left in the battlements, towards the pavement below. Apparently i was saved from death because i landed on top of a soldier, whom broke my fall and saved my life. I almost killed the poor man i have been told. But he has recovered and i have added him to my guards.
But i digress. After the demon had fired his last big black blot at the angel, she had taken him and torn his red stone off. At that point the demon nearly went berserk and tried to gather up as much energy as he could in order to kill her. However she split his red stone on her sword. As soon as it broke open, the souls of all of those that the demon had slain poured out and attacked the demon.
What happened next no one would tell me in full, but the general consensus was that the souls ripped him apart. The screams, i am told, were sickening. And it lasted for quite a while. However as the demon was torn to pieces so was its army. The risen dissolved the minor demons melted, and the living slave warriors fled into the midst of the burning city. The burning sky also exploded and finally cleared, or so everyone tells me.
However at this point, as far as i have gathered, i was in really big trouble. The demon's final bolt had poisoned me. My blood was blackened, i had lost any trace of sanity and was screaming like a demon would. In my crazed state i killed two men before they got control of me. They brought me into the church, then tied me down and began a ritual of Exorcism upon me. It took them three days to rid me of the poison. When i finally woke up however the first thing i saw was the little Rune Priestess that had summoned the angel to our aid. She calmly explained what had happened.
As we rebuild the city and restore order, the rain has returned, as has sanity to the minds of the people. There are still a few rebel bands out there, and the eastern provinces are still in chaos due to the amount of troops we withdrew from the area, but i am confident that we shall soon restore order.
Chapter Twenty Six: Revival
(From the Runic book:)
Winter 382AD
There is great news from Greece. The second great demon has been destroyed, his army is shattered. As the Greek rebuild their Arche, the free steppe tribesmen prepare to reclaim their brethren, ancestral lands, and freedom. We have already given them many weeks worth of food, plenty of weapons and many horses. We will also be accompanying them during the campaign with some of our finest warriors to aid them in their fight.
The High Queen is doing as well as can be expected for a ten year old. She learns quickly, and tries her hardest to make the right choices. Her regent is doing a fine job, so there is not very much to worry about at the moment.
The warriors, elves and the free tribesmen are read to go and fight. It seems that the High Queen has requested to go along, and for some incredibly strange reason, the Regent has approved. I shall have to talk with him about this when we return.
(From the Greek book:)
Winter 382AD
As we have cleaned up the city, we are closer and closer to restoring the Arche Byzantiou to what it was before the things showed up. The rebellions and peasant riots in Greece have been put down. But the northern reaches of Mikra Asia have yet to submit to our rule as is proper. We have to send the armies there next. We are also going to reclaim the lands of Syria from the Langobardi and the Persians.
In news closer to home, it appears that im the only member of my family to have survived the invasion of the things' armies. Therefore many high ranking generals and politicians are vying for my hand in marriage, for a woman cannot take the throne. I have tried but no one would give the me the support i would need to take the reigns of the Arche. This doesn't mean im going quietly, mind you. I will pick my husband, that much no one can deny me.
But for now i must go for i am required at court.