The Story of Souls: A Sweboz AAR

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Chapter Twelve: The World in Flames (Part Two)
(From the Runic book:)
Summer 377AD
The Huns are fighting hard to try and kill us once more. However it isnt just us anymore. They have made large scale raids into the Roman Empire, via the Danube....

.......and the lands of the vile Alemannez on the Danube's southern banks. It has also coem to our attention that these filth have even stopped worshiping their foul version of Christianity and instead worship demons.

How they do not just succumb to the demon-gods of the Huns we dont know at this time.
While both sets of raiders have been repelled, it has proven that the peoples beyond the rivers are just as vurnerable as those of Germania and the steppes. I can only hope that this provokes the Romans' ire enough to aid us in our plight. If the battles keep up there wont be much left of our people, even if we DO survive.
There is news of the world beyond Germania as well. The Sassanids have attacked the ancient Akkadian Empire over holy issues. The Akkadians are currently holded up in Babylon and Charxis. The city of Ur is coming close to being obliterated, only the foul godess Ishtar keeps that city proped up. They will soon fall. The Gauts have taken Egypt and the Subez have crushed Carthage. And the Saxonz have completed the conquest of Britannia. They currently hold the entire coast up to the former wall of Hadrian, to the Moutains of Wales, and everything in between.
Soon however there will be a summit of all the major European powers that wish to meet and discuss the threat of the Huns. I can only hope that this will secure an alliance with them.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Chapter Twelve: The World in Flames (Part Three)
(From the Greek book:)
Autumn 377AD
I HATE Germania. This land is cold, wet, marshy and impossible to see in. My brother, in all of his wisdom as Basileus of the Arche Byzantiou, hs sent me here to negotiate a treaty with the barbaroi and westerners. The Huns have been destroying many lands around ours and my brother believes that good Greeks will soon fall to those monsters swords as well. After all they have raided the Romaioi northern most borders on the Danube. When we heard that the barbaroi called a meeting of all the great powers of Europa to discuss the Hunnic threat, our Basileus sent me to be his royal emissary to the meeting. Now i kind of wish he hadn't. While i wanted to get away from the palace, i did NOT want to catch fever and die while doing so. And i fear that is what may happen if i stay here for much longer.
The trip up here was hell, PERIOD. After leaving the city, we boarded a ship across across the Mare Mesogeios. We landed in Aquileos, and began our march north. On the south side of the Alps the climate was fair and dry. However once you pass those mountains it becomes cold, and wet almost everyday. I cant understand HOW the barbaroi survive in this kind of weather, it would drive me insane. My guards said much of the same thing. However once we reached the Danube we were put on a boat the headed up the river, to its stream base in the Alps. We marched to the Rhenus and boarded another boat to sail to the coast. There we left the dinky little boat to board a German vessel, although looking back it really wasnt that much of a trade off. The "ship" was only marginally bigger than the river boat and only a bit more water tight. Of course this made me ill for most of the trip. My guards did all they could but all the barbaroi did was laugh and say what i THINK to be, "All she needs to do is get her sea-legs." I never managed to find them.
Our final destination was the city of Arhus. If this placer is what the barbaroi call a city then they have never seen a village, much LESS a place like Constantinopolis, in the civilized world. All this place is a jumped-up village with stone walls to be honest. And a DAMN poorly constructed village at that, its FAR too drafty here. The main hall is at the bottom of a hill, atop which is their temple to whatever gods these heathens worship and their "Fighting Hall" or barracks.
I must go for we begin negotiations tommorow.

(From the Greek book:)
BAH! These negotitations are going to take a LONG while if this is how the barbaroi expect us to behave within them. The emmisary is a barbaros named Aioulfus. He is a tall, lanky fool with dirty red hair and a pair of smallish eyes. This man was appointed by their High King try and make a del to save thier nation without cost to themselves. He wants us to lend them troops to fight of the Huns before they can reach the inner portions of their homelands. The only thing they offer us in return is the same deal towards us. If that barbaros thinks its that simple then he is a true FOOL. We have wages and repair costs to consider, as WELL as the transport issues and how would we feed all those men so far from our supply lines? I guess we shall have to continue negotiations tommorow. I hope can make this fool see sense.

[desert]

Ok, I'll make some preliminary corrections until someone more qualified arrives.

Arche Byzantium = Byzantium is Latin; Arche Byzantion (Arche Byzantiou?)
Romanoi = Romaioi
Mare Mediterraneum = also Latin; Mesogeios
Constantinopolis = so is it called Byzantion, still Constantinopolis, or both used interchangeably?
she =

[Olaf Blackeyes]

@ desert Thx for those corrections.
The Constantinopolis one however i believe is correct cuz i have seen it spelled that way on greek maps of the mideval era so im going on assumtion till Maion can correct my stupid ass.

[Maion Maroneios]

Ok, I'll make some preliminary corrections until someone more qualified arrives.

Arche Byzantium = Byzantium is Latin; Arche Byzantion (Arche Byzantiou?)
Romanoi = Romaioi
Mare Mediterraneum = also Latin; Mesogeios
Constantinopolis = so is it called Byzantion, still Constantinopolis, or both used interchangeably?
she =

Arche Byzantiou is not wrong, but I'll tell you what's wrong here. You see, the word "Byzantion" wasn't used at that time. The Byzantine Greeks called themselves "Romaioi" (Romans) and their Empire "Imperium Romanorum" or "Autokratoria Romaion" in Greek. They still considered themselves descendants of the old Roman Empire, not a new Greek Empire. The Greek element just happened to be prevalent.

As for the capital, it's Konstantinoupolis (ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΙΣ=Η ΤΟΥ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ ΠΟΛΙΣ or Constantine's city) in Greek.

Maion

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Chapter Twelve: The World in Flames (Part Four)
(From the Runic book:)
Autumn 377AD
Well all i can say is that it has been one INSANE day. The Huns managed to get a force of their subject peoples onto stolen boats and attack the negoitations. We drove them off of course. However this event may set back negotiations by a bit due to the fact that the obsitnant Greek princess that is their offcial emmisary is an idiot. I believe the girl's name to be Zoe at least that is how they say it. She is a rather short woman with jade green eyes and light brown hair, as well as a broken nose that appears to have healed wrong. She is a clever opponent that is for sure, always on the lookout for ways to benefit her people and herself at our expense. As we tried to work out the terms she insisted that her people could not feed and resupply the troops that far from the supply lines of their kingdom without recompense. And when we asked if they could do the same for us she started giving dogy answers to try and trick me into signing her agreements. The Roman ambassador is a military general that has almost no experience and is a very forgettable type of person. He generally supports the princess rather than see sense. All that i can say is WHY on earth are "civilzed" peoples so hard to deal with? We shall just have to see how negotiations go tommorow.

(From the Greek book:)
Same Day
I am frightened at this point. I expected the negotiations to go the same as yesterday. They were until a messenger broke into the cuncil room saying that the city was besieged by Hunnic forces. I was shocked and turned to vent my anger on the idiot that was in command of this city, Aioulfus the emissary. However he stopped me RIGHT before i could begin and told me that if i wanted to survive the day a free woman that i needed to shut my mouth and get every soldier that i had in my guard to the walls as soon as possible. I began to scream at him some more for his sheer insolence. However it was then that i heard sounds of panic from the streets. As we raced outside i saw the surrounding villagers fleeing into the city gates. The barbaros then turned to me and said these words.
"Like i said, we will not survive the day if you continue to carry on like a drunken mule." I realised that he was right for the moment and planned on making him miserable once we defeated the rabble that were currently raiding this place. I summonded my guards and told them to report to the walls. As we moved up to them i saw several group of those pointy eared people that the barbaroi call "Elves". They certainly are a graceful people, that much i can say, even if they are not human. Many of the elves i saw were arming themselves for battle, grabbing spears, bows and armor, in general, preparing themselves for death. I then reached the walls with my bodyguards and saw Aioulfus ordering many troops into place upon and behind them. He saw us and told my men to stand behind the gates to prevent the ram from reaching the walls. I looked at him confused. "If they JUST got here, how can they have a ram?", i asked him. He turned to me and said, "Are you being serious? Or do your people really know NOTHING about Huns?" "The latter im afraid", i replied. "Well then please go atop the walls and view them for yourself. Maybe then you will see how much of a threat they REALLY are.", he told me. I did this. When i reached the top i saw several thousand warriors that did not ride horses. "Dont the Huns ride Horses that are black with the blood of the slain?" i asked the barbaros. "These are merely Hunnic enslaved raiders, attempting to break up our meetings here.", he told me, "But see those horsemen at the back?" I looked in the direction he was pointing and saw, to my eternal horror, black horses decked out in human skulls, with twisted creatures atop their back. "THOSE are Huns, obivously the slave masters and the cause of the black magics that are being performed before us.", he said to me. I then looked and saw ladders, a ram, a siege tower, AND a tunnel base. "How.....", I began. "Black magics.", he responded. Then it began.
I was afraid at this point for we had few soldiers here.

And while the enemies numbers, which were nearly three time that of our own, usually wouldnt matter due to the stone defenses, the siege weapons that had appears before the walls made thing FAR harder on us.

The battle began in eanest with the rams and ladders making a quick march to the walls. However the elven archers, who are INCREDIBLE shots as it turns out, began to fire into the slave soldiers en-masse, as did the Guard Archers that had accompained me here. It made little difference. As soon as the ladders got close me and three of my bodyguards ran to the gatehouse tower to hide with some elven archers, and stand more of a chance. Aioulfus took the royal guards that had been sent to the town up to the walls to repel the enemy, as well as some strange looking swordsmen. They were covered in drawings upon thier persons and looked as if they glowed with white light. The ladders came up. He taunted and jeered at the men climbing them.

Then i looked out to the front and alomost cried for joy. The enemy ram was aflame

I ordered my men below the gatehouse to stand down, for there was no longer a ram to worry about. However we then heard a THUD on the wall to our right. The enemy siege tower had landed troops atop an underguarded section of the walls.

The enemy also began to pour over the walls from the ladders. The sounds of battle quickly turned to screams on insantiy that you would not normally hear in battles.

I have witnessed a few battles during my brothers rise to power. What i saw then did not even come CLOSE to what i witnessed today. The brutallity, the chaos, the PURE RAGE!!!!! The Germans FLUNG their enemies from the walls. The men they failed to throw over GOT BACK UP with heads, arms and other body parts MISSING. The bloodshed was enourmous. However it was mostly on the enemy side. I the witnessed a group of soldiers with picks and shovels that glowed black.

I warned my guards and as many German commanders as i could of the danger. Troops began moving as a result. However not enough archers could target them to be effective. The engineers began digging, and they approached the walls at a rate i though impossible. It only took them ten minutes to get halfway to the base. I ordered my bodyguards to be ready for the walls to collapse, as did Aioulfus. The fighting atop the walls got even more firece as the slave troops poured onto the walls. I was forced to flee twice across the walls. However the enemies were finally pushed off. However this had bought the sappers enough time to do their works. And they did them WELL.

A massive breach was opened up, however i barley remember it for i was flung from the walls due to the violent shocks that they reiceved during the collapse. I awoke atop a German corpse that i had fallen upon. As i dusted myself off i heard a BOOM behind me. The main forces of the Germans, Romaioi and my bodyguards met the enemy head on at the breach.

I had recieved minimal sword training some years earlier, and i saw a sword on the corpse. I grabbed it and his chain mail shirt to armor myself. It didnt fit properly but i was too scared to really care all that much. I met up with a few of my bodyguards and we tried to fall back. However the fighting caught up with us and we got pushed forward. The enemy infantry fell back, thankfully. However it was then that the Huns came forward. The German spears and the main unit of my bodyguards went forward to meet them while i and two of my guards stayed at the breach to try and organize a suitable defense. The Romaioi commander went to the gatehouse to sally forth and try to outflank them, a suitible tacit for any situation BUT this one. We watched as the two forces met.... and the Huns MELTED German spears away. The slave infantry the took advantage of the situation and chased them back to the breach. I ordered my bodyguards forward to try and halt the Huns before they got to the breach. The two forces met... and i watched proud Greeks get obliterated almost to a man. One of those demons saw me and came at me full speed. He blasted my two guards into the dust and then charged me. I dived under his horse and raised my sword. I managed to hang on to the sword as his horse was disembowled all over me. He got up from the fall while i was throwing up. He was still dizzy and somehow i managed to take him down. Then.....i just.... lost it, i guess, started attacking him and then kept hitting him with my sword, grinding him into a meat pulp. It took me some time to finally fall down crying at the HORRORS i had just witnessed. I thought,'This is not battle, this is EVIL.'
The German swordsmen went past me towards the battle, their bodies glowing like midday. The Hunnic cavalry them began to shine the darkest black i have ever seen before. The two forces collided and id SWEAR it on the Bible, the world around them exploded.
The German spears had managed to rally at this point and were again fighting off the slave soldiers. The Romaioi general came forward with his bodyguard to aid the Germans. however he was side tracked by some Hunnic mercinaries, effectivley rendering him useless for the battle.
The Huns and the Germans swordsmen were going at it full blast, LITERALLY. White and black lights were causing explsions all around them. It was pure chaos. However after a little while has passed, a blast of blackfire happened amongst the Huns and the whole Hunnic army collapsed. I later learned that the general had finally died an BLOODY death, and with him went the slave soldiers and the undead ones as well. Most either burned to ashes or fled the hellfields.

At this point, covered in gore and horseguts, i stood there looking at the scene before me. Aioulfus came up to me and simply said, "You might want to reconsider the treaty, your highness." At this i started laugh like a possesed person. I spent ten minutes laughing so hard it would have killed me in any other situation.Then i started crying until i finally passed out. I just awoke a little while ago.
I am considering with Frightening certainty that we may not survive this EVEN IF we are allies. However i do believe that i will sign the treaty now, damn the details.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Arche Byzantiou is not wrong, but I'll tell you what's wrong here. You see, the word "Byzantion" wasn't used at that time. The Byzantine Greeks called themselves "Romaioi" (Romans) and their Empire "Imperium Romanorum" or "Autokratoria Romaion" in Greek. They still considered themselves descendants of the old Roman Empire, not a new Greek Empire. The Greek element just happened to be prevalent.

As for the capital, it's Konstantinoupolis (ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΙΣ=Η ΤΟΥ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ ΠΟΛΙΣ or Constantine's city) in Greek.

Maion

Ok i understand where you are coming from with that. However in my timeline, after the chaos of Adrianople the Roman rulers were overthrown and Greeks took up as much of the former ERE as possible so in my timeline they consider themselves Greeks rather than Romans. Thanks for correcting my stupid ass btw.
Sorry for any confusion caused by my changes to history.
Also I WANT MY @!#%@#%ING keyboard to do stuff like ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΙΣ (damn my American stuff)

@ desert: AS FOR THE SHE PART: Many Dark Age women of class took up missions for their husbands and brothers when they were far to busy with other affairs to do it themselves.

[desert]

Not usually as diplomats, discussing important matters of state!

These aren't the Dark Ages yet anyway. Maybe soon...

Finding out she was female just surprised me; I certainly wasn't expecting it.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

@ desert: Have you never heard of the Empress Zoe of Constantinople? Around the year 1056 she was crown after her brother was "removed". She fell in love with Harald Haldgraad, whom wandered Eurpoe before he went home to claim his throne. This same Viking crippled Saxon England JUST before William invaded, (Battles of Stamford Bridge and York, 1066).
She was were i got the first name from, as for the other Greek names....well go-go Wikipedia

[Maion Maroneios]

Ok i understand where you are coming from with that.

What do you mean, did I sound too Greek or too Italian or something?

However in my timeline, after the chaos of Adrianople the Roman rulers were overthrown and Greeks took up as much of the former ERE as possible so in my timeline they consider themselves Greeks rather than Romans. Thanks for correcting my stupid ass btw.

I see, then Arche Konstantinoupoleos would be just fine

Sorry for any confusion caused by my changes to history.
Also I WANT MY @!#%@#%ING keyboard to do stuff like ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΙΣ (damn my American stuff)

That's not you to blame, but my lazy arse that hasn't (yet) caught up with your story Anyway, it was just my 2 cents mate As for the Greek letters, I think they are downloadable from the Internet, not sure though I'm not great at computers

Maion

[desert]

Yes...emphasis on Empress.

Hey, did you just reveal a major plot twist?

[Olaf Blackeyes]

1. What do you mean, did I sound too Greek or too Italian or something?


2. I see, then Arche Konstantinoupoleos would be just fine


3. That's not you to blame, but my lazy arse that hasn't (yet) caught up with your story Anyway, it was just my 2 cents mate As for the Greek letters, I think they are downloadable from the Internet, not sure though I'm not great at computers

Maion

Answer 1. No i meant that i knew what it is you was talking about cuz i read in books bout Byzantium that said those near EXACT words of how the Byzantines thought of themselves until 1254.
As for too Greek or Italian, You are a Greek person are you not? If so you cant help sounding that way cuz it was how you were raised by your people and culture. (BTW i hope the Riots all over Greece right now aint affecting you too much.)

Answer 2. THANX!!!!!!!

Answer 3. Well it IS my fault for posting so damn much. But thats another matter entirely. Anyways i accept all peoples 2 cents as long as they aint being morons or just outright hateful. So thanx for your interest and i hope to continue to provide you with fun stuffs to read for a while yet.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Yes...emphasis on Empress.

Hey, did you just reveal a major plot twist?

Ok time difference:
My story 350AD- 450AD
Empress Zoe IRL life span 1042AD-1070AD
So unless i make my character immortal then no srry. As for magics, the Chirstians of my timeline believe magic to be demonic and evil and most have never even heard of it due to the cultural elimination of magicians by the "civilized" peoples. So sorry no go there either.

[desert]

You say that as if it's the one thing that would make your story implausible.

I was thinking that the Huns would assassinate/slaughter the basileus, and she would take over. No time travel/magic involved.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

@ desert: Well...... that thoughdid not even cross my mind till u said it. Hmm... it has poteintial. i may look into it. Thanx.

[desert]

It's nice to know that my words have the ability to change the history of the world.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Chapter Thirteen: Carnage at Rest
(From the Runic book:)
Spring 378AD
We have signed and sealed the treaty and even managed to get a few more signatures at the same time.
The Getia sent about five or so emmisaries to the meetings. Only one made it past the Hunnic patrols and demon guards. This man had the luck of the Gods. They agreed whole heartedly with us about the Hunnic threat. This probably had to do with the fact that the Huns have their lands utterly surrounded, the Iron Sky Mountains being the only thing that keeps the Huns from a butchers feast.
The Saxonz, surprisingly enough, also offered their help, even though I almost killed their emissary when he walked into the room. That is how shocked i was. apperently the Saxonz did NOT convert to Arianism like the other rebel tribes did. They still worship the High Gods. However they do NOT call themselves Germans. They dont even speak a recognisable form of German anymore. The Romans also have issues with them having taken the Britannian provinces away from them, even though the Romans had abandoned them long before the Saxonz invasion. It has taken awhile but they signed the treaty as well, for all that really separtes them from the Huns is a half-loung strip of water, not all that hard to cross en-masse.
It didnt take long for the Greek Princess to sign. Honestly i felt sorry for the poor girl. After what she had witnessed, im amazed she didnt go insane. But then again she managed to kill a Hunnic warrior at full charge, so she may be stronger than first glance will tell.
The Roman general signed it out of sheer nessecity. No issues there other than the Saxonz land rights.
A strange set of reports has come to our attention. The Huns have moved off of our borders. Mostly we are seeing their undead slaves in battle, for now at least. The best that our spies can get is that someone important amongst the Huns died. There may be a civil war amongst them. While many of our allies advocate attack at these reports, we know that it is nowhere NEAR that simple. For a Hun is powerful on foreign soil, but IMMORTAL out on the infinite steppes. You can march an army onto the steppes and not see ANYTHING for three years, only to be ambushed from plain sight after many of your men have starved to death or fallen to disease. They cannot be touched and will not come to battle if they can run while firing arrows at you. The reason we have not attacked them yet is because they are FAR weaker in the forests of Germania and its far easier to kill them when their arrows are useless and they cant run away from us. Here it is we whom have the advantage, because the swamps and trees slow the Hunnic horses into nice, BIG walking targets.
The meetings continue, soon we will be ready for the Huns again. And with them out of sorts for the moment, everyday is worth its weight in gold.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Chapter Fourteen: The Rise of the Brothers
(From the Greek book:)
Spring 380AD
DAMN THESE FILTHY HUNS!!!!!!! They have shattered the barbaroi to the north of the Balkans, have crossed the Danube river in force AND are now threatening Greek lands. Those Alemannoi filth are being oblierated as i write these words. My brother has called up all available forces to Constantinopolis and is having the southern Balkan passes that lead into Hellas fortified. However the area north of Constantinopolis is a flat and open land, perfect for the Hunnic invaders. My brother is taking almost all of our available armed forces to this area to fortify it. My cousin has been left in charge of the city defenses, but all we have here is militia. I can only pray that my brother is able to defeat these monsters, and maybe even save those foolish Alemannoi, for while they are foul barbaroi, they make useful shields for true Greeks against the steppes.
We have also recieved disturbing reports from our spies within the Alemannoi. The Slave soldiers the Huns bring along with them have becomed far more crazed and bloodthristy. There are even reports of outright blood-drinking amongst them after battles. Also they, as well as the Huns, have started chanting two words during the battles, "Hellmaw" and "Bledda". We do not know what these mean at this point. However hearing these has frightened me to no end.
However, I must go now and perform important functions.

(From the Runic book:)
Spring 380AD
We are at war once again. The time of the Huns' "indecision" has passed for we now fight many warbands of their slave soldiers. We have reports of the main body of this Hunnic Hordu beyond our reach is in Poland. This means that they are trying to clear us out of our forests with the slaves so they do not lose anymore of their trueblood soldiers. These beasts will never learn, will they?
However we have also recieved bizarre reports from the frontlines, and i have heard and seen this myself. The slaves soldiers have become FAR more crazed and have begun chanting two things, "Scourge" and "Attila". The first reference, we think, is a chant to frighten us. As for the second, i honestly do not know who or WHAT an "Attila" is.
There will be battle again soon so i must go and prepare.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

OK i need ur help guys in getting a scrolling error in EVERY battle i fight. The camera wont stop scroll either forwards or backwards, depends on teh battle. whats going on?

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Chapter Fifteen:The Skies Ablaze (Part One)
(From the Greek book:)
Spring 381AD
I look at the sky with terror as i write this. THE SUN IS GONE!!!!! The skies have turned dark red and black. Noone can tell if it is night or day. The priests know not what is causing this at all. This is not a good sign for the Arche, or for that matter from all God-Fearing peoples anywhere. Many good Greeks are scared out of their minds at this turn of events. This has cuased rebellions and chaos all over the Arche. The troops that are available are being use to full effect against these rebel filth. However plague has also started turning up within many settlements and villages.
My brother reports the final defeat of the Alemannoi, as well as MASSIVE Hunnic forces on the amassing. These are not just slaves either. These are pureblooded Huns. They chant the word "Bledda" as they march to battle. We have agents looking into what this "Bledda" is.
Battle will be soon to come to us. I can only hope that the army is ready. All of the changes we have made after the disaster at Adrianopolis, all of the money and time spend refitting so MANY horsemen. If this has had any benefits, we will soon see it against the Huns.

(From the Runic book:)
Spring 381AD
Evil is upon us. I awoke this morning to see the sky ablaze with pain and rage. The seers have determined that a force of purest evil has come unto our world. They point to the steppes as the origin point. This cannot be good. I fear the Huns have summoned something into this world that should have stayed buried. But we have no time for that right now. The Huns are on the move once again. The slaves are tripling attacks all along the river. We now know who Attila is as well. He is apperently a high chieftan of the Huns, along with his brother, a man named Bledda. Attila is in charge of obilterating Western Europe, while Bledda is to crush the East. This may very well soon be thecase. We shall just have to see what happens i guess.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Chapter Fifteen:The Skies Ablaze (Part Two)
(From the Greek book:)
Summer 381AD
The whole damn world has gone insane. Plague is everywhere. Revolts have become incredibly widespread, not just in the Arche, but in the West as well. Crops refuse to grow almost worldwide. Reports of Demons and black magics are widespread. The dead rise from their graves, people are transformed into monsters by some plagues, soldiers riot, rebels destroy all before them, and we even have had reports of five mass suicides within the Arche's borders within the past four months. And all the while the skies grow darker and darker.
My brother is still fighting the advanced forces of the vast hordes of Huns to our north. As expected they have largely avoided the passes and are charging straight toward Konstantinopolis. The army is infront of them and ready for a full scale attack. My brother writes that many of the men are frightened by the occurences of late. Several of them have had to be executed to keep order. This is shameful, Greeks acting like fools and savages. Then again it isnt just us either. The whole world around us is having these problems. These Huns have created something, something evil, something that should NOT be here. Im frightened for my brothers saftey, he has to FIGHT these things. I pray everyday that God will see us through this, for there are DARK days ahead for us all.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Chapter Fifteen:The Skies Ablaze (Part Three)
(From the Greek book:)
((Tear stains dot these pages))
Summer 381AD
DAMN THE HUNS!!!!! DAMN THEM TO HELL!!!!!!!! We have just recieved word that my brother has been killed and much of the army destroyed. All that managed to get away was the Thessalian cavalry and the nobles that fought on that accursed field. Our scouts and survivors report the battle as such:
The Huns formed up in their usual manner, none at all.

My brother was trying out a newer formation, the cavalry on the wings and the infantry as the target in the center.

This has proven effective against other tribes and rebels since the destruction of the Romaioi army at Adrianopolis. However the Huns are simply NOT one of these rebel tribes or pitiful armies. i am forced to see that now.
As the battle began the Huns hurtled forward towards us. However the Thessailan cavalry also took the opportunity to attack their flank.

My brother cavalry attempted to do the same. However the Huns burst forth from the trees and attacked his bodyguards and the nobles with him.

The nobles were either killed or fled immedaitely. Some of the Thessalian cavalry went to my brothers aid. The infantry raced towards the Huns in an attempt to save the Basileus. However before they could get there my brother came under assult again.

In an attempt to escape those demons he turned and rode like a madman for the infantry. He didn't make it.

And so Basil Archias, Basileus of all Greece, Mirka Asia, Lord of Konstantinopolis, and servant of God himself, was pulled from his horse and torn into little bloody pieces.
Seeing this the Thessalians turned towards the center, determined to avenge their lord. However some Hunnic warriors spotted them and went after them. It didnt really end well for the Thessalians. When the remaining horsemen had fled the Huns went after the infantry. Their horse-archers surrounded the poor infantry. After they fired several times the main Hunnic body cavalry charged them. The infantry fought for almost ten minutes against these demons. However in the end it wasnt enough. A charge from the Hunnic horse-archers sealed their fate.

And so it ended, a near total defeat for the Arche Byzantiou.

There is chaos in the streets of Konstantinopolis now. It came with the survivors. It is simply frighteneing to see Greeks acting like barbaroi. My cousin, Anthimos, has arrived with what reinforcements he could get. The islands of the Agaion, Rhodos, Kyprus, and Krete are now nearly abandoned, and all of those troops are here in the poleis. He has declared a state of emergency for the Arche and is taking major step in bringing down the rebels and quarinting plauged areas. I have given him my personal household bodyguards to protect the poleis. I can only pray that God will have mercy on our souls, for we may soon be with him.

(From the Runic book:)
Winter 381AD
Things have fallen apart on the northern fronts of this war. The Huns began to realise that they may not be able to defeat Germania head-on, as is their usual tactic. So they decided to outflank us. We suffered a HUGE attack from their slave soldiers about five months ago. The sheer mass of this attack took all of our available reserves to fight off. As a result we did not see the Huns and several of their subject tribes rode into the mountain passes south of the forests of Germania and began to try and battle their way thourgh the Roman defenders. The Roman drove them back each time until they came across and unguarded pass into Gaul, which they promptly poured through. They wiped out a guard detatchment on one of the briges across the northern Rhone river.

When we learned of these events we turned all of our best men around to head for Gaul and stop the Huns, for the Romans have seffured several defeat at their hands in Gaul itself. However we had been delayed by several forces of undead and slave soldiers that had been left behind as sacrifices for our blades.

They are currently besieging a city called Chalons. As they have little experience with such things it is taking them a LONG time to figure out what works for them. As well as all of that many of the pureblooded Huns became bored and are now penetrating even farther into Gaul, merrily killing, raping and slaughtering as they go. We will be within Roman lands within a day, Gaul proper within a week. I can only hope it is enough. The Romans might be weak but they have supplied us with men and weapons that are CRUCIAL to our efforts. If we were to lose them, it would all be over. Not only for Germania but for the Greeks as well, for it is the Roman Empire that is paying for and keeping both of our states on their feet.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Chapter Sixteen: Konstantinopolis
(From the Greek book:)
Summer 381AD
The Huns have arrived. They came yesterday, late in the evening to try and catch the gates open. However we managd to close them in time and halt their advance dead in its tracks. They have begun to try and besiege the poleis. They are clearly inexperienced at such things, for the first tacticthat they tried was sending slave soldiers at the walls with simple rams and ladders. All that got them was a huge number of dead slaves. They look to be really stupmed to me. However if given enough time they may break through. However the defenses of Konstantinopolis are HUGE, intricate, and hard for even seasoned engineers to break down. All that i can say is that i pray that we can outlast the Huns. They are nomads, they need to hunt and steal to eat. However their evil magics may keep them well fed or simply not hungry at all. Meanwhile our poleis is a port, meaning we recieve food from other sources, like the Romaioi for instance. We also recieve reinforcements and news from the ships.
There has been an invasion of Gaul by Hunnic forces. The Huns apperently used black magics to trick their way past the barbaroi and invade the heartland of our greatest allies. This is NOT good news at all. For if the Romaioi fall we are totally cut off and will eventually starve to death. The barbaroi are assisting the Romaioi in every way possible, including providing them with their finest troops to repel or destroy the Huns. I can only hope for the latter.

Autumn 381AD
This is wrong. This is just WRONG!!!!! I mean what sort of creatures can do what these Huns are now doing. They ride outside the walls all day and night, baying like demons. Some of the one thatare capable of dark magics, are throwing fire, plague, and severed heads over the walls. They also preform sickening rituals of human sacrifice before the gates, what these are for we dont know. They tear pregnant women apart with demons that they summon. They eat the unborn children. They even feed people to their horses. I am on the walls now watching all of this as i write. It has been going on for about 2 months now. It seems to our observers that they are trying to do something and failing at it. I think they are just trying to intimidate us and get us to surrender. This CANNOT happen. Most of the people within the poleis know that all they will do is more of the same to us.
There is a more disturbing development that has been occuring in recent weeks. Several citizens have tried to open the gates. We captured one of them alive. What we learned from the raving lunatic was that the Huns are able to take control of people at random. There have also been incedences of plague breakouts far from the quarintine zones at the walls. It seems that these black arts are coming into play more and more. Much of the citizenry, including myself and my cousin have taken to wearing Holy Crosses at ALL times. This has subsided most of the strange occurences and black magic. However the fires and plagues continus to be launched at us. Parts of the outer poleis have either been quarintined or burned down.
This isnt right, these monsters are evil. The demons that they serve must be put down, God himself wills it. I just have no idea how to do so. Nor does anyone else that i know. I can only pray that the answer will come soon.

[HunGeneral]

I see the AAR is going quite well. Good chapters as always.
What I don't understand is that in you last book both germans and romans used magic. Now only the Huns seem to - and only the evilest kind of magic

[gamegeek2]

Have you tried Invasio Barbarorum? Excellent mod for BI.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

What I don't understand is that in you last book both germans and romans used magic. Now only the Huns seem to - and only the evilest kind of magic

@HunGeneral In teh last act, i BARELY mentioned Roman magics, greek magics, ect. German magics are also CLEARLY defined as conservative and inflexible. Magic is a HARD, HARD thing to learn. The "civilized" peoples never really found a greater use for it than applying it to menial tasks. After all ive only described a handful of Roman magic scenes in all of act 1.
Once invention and Chrisitanity took off, magics were displaced.
As for the Germans, they still use the same magics that the White Lady did. They still use them the EXACT same way, to armor themselves and make their physical attacks more powerful or allow ranged seers to shoot fire at ppl. Runic magics are the most conservative form of magics on Earth in my timeline. It is hard to develop new ways of using them. There have also been no great magicians since the Lady's "freeze". Th only other applications for runic magics are non-combat, such as healing ppl, prediction, and cleansing the infected. As such there has been no ability to or incentive to change these magics over the past 300-400 years.
As for teh Huns. The Huns are....well evil in my timeline. IDK WHAT their intentions IRL were but i do know that Attila IRL call himself teh "Scourge of God" to intimidate his Christian foes. This applied to the Huns in general means that they use WHATEVER works for them, including demons and evil magics. Not only are such magics frighteneing to ALL potential rivals, but they WORK too. This is a double bonus to the Huns whom, after centuries of using them, have come to be like their demonic masters. So yes they use only the evilest kinds.

@gamegeek2 I have heard of it but i dont think that i could get INBV and EB on the same comp.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Chapter Seventeen: The End of the World (Part One)
(From the Runic book:)
Winter 381AD
As i write these words the armies of Rome and Germania are recovering from what i can only describe as utter hell on Earth. What has occured today, upon the fields of the village of Catalunia, can only be described as the forces of all of humanity fears, failings and foes arrayed against it. Evil that is unspeakable has occured here.
The day began bright and glorious, well as bright and glorious as a sky of fire will allow anyways. We saw the Huns and their slaves marching towards us at full speed. So we formed up into our predetermined positions, the High Kings forces were on the far left.

The Emperor of the Romans, a young man named Valentinan Thremoius, was in comand of the center. He had brought with him his Legio V and elements of the Legio IX.

His greatest general, a man named Flavius Aetius, held the right.

This general had brought with him a strange new invention. Everyone knows that Romans LOVE to use their artillery, especially those balistas they invented over 200 years ago. However the set up for said weapons is ponderous and ineffective against moblie cavalry armies, ike the Huns and their slaves steppe tribes. so in an attempt to bring the effective ness of said artillery to bear on the Huns horses, this general invented a carriage to put the balistas in, effectivly giving a moblie firing platform for these weapons.

I thought it a clever idea at that moment. Honestly it turned out to be a saving grace for the Romans, probably the only reason half of them are still alive.
Out front the Huns and their slave tribes formed up.


However we faced the slaves, the Romans took on the Huns. As it was the titanic Hunnic horde didnt all come onto the field. Only a part of it was deemed nessacery to wipe us out. Even so this morning there were almost 50000 warriors all told.
Both sides marched forward, Romans were marching as if they were fighting infantry, i quickly realised. But before i could send a runner to correct their mistake, i heard a scream of a million souls come from the ranks of the Huns. Then, to our front, it looked as if that many corpses rose from the earth. The bodies then turned to us and screamed rage, pain and chaos, as they hurtled into our lines.

These undead were ancient, as everyone know that Romans burn all of their dead. As such they were fragile, and were easily destroyed. However they kept coming, and then steppe slaves attacked our flanks.The slave's overseer also took the time to expose himself to the fires of battle.

All his bravery did was get him killed. As soon as he died, his army went berserk, attempting to do everything to stave off defeat. I saw one young, living man's eyes crying in fear and rage at the fact that he might lose his soul to these monsters as well as his freedom. At least i think that was what he was crying about. After a few minutes of this they started hurtling themselves at us in way that we could not avoid killing them. After a few minutes of this i realised something. They were trying to kill themselves, to escape their chains the only way they could. However a black explosion erupted from the rear of the slaves. Their commanding demon had died. Suddenly the undead dissolved and the living fled like lunatics.

We did not pursue them too far for we had to turn and help the Romans. They were quickly being overwhlemed by the Hunnic forces.

I was with the High King's guard at this point. We and the Karl's cavalry rushed to their aid, with the infantry in hot pursuit. However i saw to my horror that Valentinian had come under direct attack. He had become bogged down by the undead of the Huns. Suddenly i saw his horse burst in half as an undead flung it skywards. The Emperor was flung upwards, and then came crashing down to earth in a tangled mess of undead in a feeding frenzy. For a few seconds it looked like he could get away in the confusion. However he was soon pulled under and ripped to utter shreads, blood and body parts everywhere. We heard him scream once, then he was gone.

However at that moment the undead began, well.... exploding. The commander of the carrige balistas heard his Emperor scream, and had turned his weapon upon them in a desperate attempt to save him. For a few seconds it looked like it would work. However it was then that a LARGE portion of the Hunnic cavalry that had been held back by the balistas, launched forward and wiped the horses pulling the carts out. Without the horses the weapons lost all mobility and effectiveness. They were quickly destroyed. Then all of that cavalry turned it attention to the disheartened Roman infantry. Most of it was broken immediatley. Even general Aetius went under not to be seen again.

However the centurion, (i hope thats the right word for commander in Roman), that was in command of the Eagle of the Legio V managed to rally a lot of Romans to him. As well as that our infantry finally got to the Roman postions. With that the tide of battle turned towards us as we drove back several Hunnic cavalry sections.

The Hunnic commander saw this and screamed at some of his men. Then suddenly we heard the dead scream again. And bodies unimaginable arose from the earth. The bodies of not only men, but animals of every woodland shape and size as well. I realized that the Huns were desperate to win. Those undead must have numbered in the millions. However we kept on fighting like the true warriors we were. It was then that the Huns turned our flanks and tried to press us. However the High King's Karls stopped the Huns in their tracks. The Hunnic warlord became enraged and charged with all of his remaining cavalry at us. Then the High King spotted the monster himself. We charged him at full speed. Our two forces soon collided with each other. I got a good look at him, and he at me. I then recognized the bastard. It was the commander of the first Hunnic hordu to attack Germania. We screamed at almost the same time, "YOU!", whilst pointing at each other.

Then we locked into intense combat. After a few seconds both of our horses had been killed out from under us. We both got up and began hammering at each other. After a few minutes of this it becames clear that his guards were being overwhelmed by the horsemen of the High King. He looked around and saw this and began looking for a way to flee again. I was adamant not to let him. However then an explosion of black flames happened behind me. A demon had died. A full thrid of the undead dropped, and dissolved. The bastard took the opportunity to flee. However i quickly recovered and took off in pursuit. However it was thenthat another black explosion occured behind the fleeing fool. Many undead dissolved once again. This knocked me back. He gained ground on me. I chased him as fast as i could. However a third explosion occured in front of me and halted my progress completely. the remianing undead went down freeing a LARGE portion of our warriors. At this he fled the fighting, stole a horse that was unattended, and galloped off.

I screamed in rage. But then i saw a group of idle archers close to me. I order them to open fire at the lone man on the horse and kill him. They did so with a vigor. First his horse was killed out from under him. Then he hit the ground in a way as to break his legs. As he tried to crawl away the archers opened fire once again. A few hit his arms, stopping him completely. However it was an elven archer that sent an arrow straight up his spine and into his brain that finally killed him. As i looked at his lifeless corpse i muttered, "So, where is your 'strength' now, eh fool?"

At that point any sembiance of order amongst the Huns collapsed and they fled like lunatics as well.

The day was ours, but at a horrific cost. Out of 15000 Romans at the begining of today, barley 1500 were still with us, and their Emperor had died a horrific death as well. We di manage to find general Aetius under a pile of corpses, by some miracle still alive, but he was far gone. We are currently trying to heal him. Our forces had taken hits too, we lost almost 2000 warriors out of 11000. Not nearly as bad as the Romans but still. We have DAYS worth of more of this slaughter ahead of us if the size of the Hunnic force still before us is any indication. I can only pray that we get help or we will all die, HORRIBLY!

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Chapter Seventeen:The End of the World (Part Two)
(From the Runic book:)
The next morning
Last night i had a strange dream. In this dream i was sitting at the side of a lake in the middle of some woodlands, it was summer, and the sky was beautiful and clear. Next to me was a woman in a long white dress, with a white cloak with the cowl up over her face. She turned to me and spoke. I will record what i can remember of the conversation here.
"I have a message for you", the woman said. I looked at her, surprised. "Is this why my dreams are invaded by beautiful women? To bear messages?", i said. At this she laughed a clear, joyous laugh and said,"Only this once my friend. The High Father gives you and yours his blessing, as do the other High Ones. Go forth in their names and destroy the evils before you." She spoke of Odin and the gods. I said, "Many thanks for this. But that may not even be enough to defeat these demons and evils before us." She looked at me surprised and scared. "Do you not accept the blessing?", she asked. "Oh yes i accept it and am very grateful. I just know that come tommorow there may not be any of us left.", i quickly said. She looked into the lake and said, "Do not lose hope or faith. Help is coming." "I can only hope so. But we still need something to turn the odds in our favor, for if this evil escapes us this cycle will repeat again and again. Death will overwhelm the world.", i said to her. She looked thoughtful for a moment, then said, "I will see what can be done about this. But for now rest. You will need your strength come tommorow." She then turned and kissed me on the forehead, and i fell into a state of bliss that not even sex can offer. As i was feeling good, she stood and said,"Till tommorow good one, till tommorow." Then ligh that glowed of the purest white emerged from her back and formed into shapes i could not recognize in my current state. Then she flew off into the bright sky.
I must go now for the day's battle is to begin soon.

That evening
Well the help that i was promised did arrive today. And it was promptly butchered into an inch of its life. As we formed up our lines for the fight the sky suddenly went dark. Then a thousand arrows landed amongst the Hunnic forces from the north. The Saxonz had come at last. However their entire force was made of infantry!
The Hunnic warlord saw this and ordered a portion of his forces to thwart their advance. Upon seeing this the Saxonz formed into a strange formation. It looked like a cresent moon.

The Hunnic underlord ordered his forces to surround them expecting an easy kill.

His horsebows formed up at the flanks of the Saxonz.

However the Saxonz commander had anticipated this and had had his archers gather many extra arrows. The sky to the north of our battle field grew dark with arrows. however the saxonz archers were far more steady with their aim and were able to kill more of the Huns than they could return. Seeing this the Hunnic commander became enraged and ordered his forces forward at the double.

The gap between the two sides QUICKLY closed. As the Hunnic cavalry slammed into the wall of Saxonz everyone held their breath. But the wall held! IT HELD!!! Many of our men cheered at the sight of this.
But the Hunnic bastard was smart. He ordered his men to flee for their lives, or so we thought.

Much of his army did the same. However the Saxonz commander was overconfident at that point. he ordered his men to break rank and attack the fleeing enemy. Almost as soon as their rank was broken the Hunnic horsebows charged the Saxonz. This allowed the Hunnic commander to rally all of his horsemen to his side. They then charged into the rear of the Saxonz army. Most of it was killed, including the Saxonz commander. However his housekarls were far stronger than anyone gave them credit for. They somehow single handedly saved that battle. They broke the horsebows, and then carved their way through to a few spearbands that had not been outright oblierated, and saved them as well. Then, with a cry of "FOR ALBION" upon their lips. they turned the Hunnic cavalry upside-down and tore it to pieces. The slaughter was insane. During this fight the Hunnic commander fell from his horse and had his skull crushed in by a Saxonz warhammer. The Saxonz that had killed him didnt stop beating his skull until it was nothing more than a bloody pulp. Upon seeing the sickening death of their commander the remaining Hunnic forces fled.

However the Saxonz didnt stay and rest, they got up and followed the Huns.

I thought that they must have been mad! However in the end they wiped the Hunnic force from the face of the Earth. But the carnage they left behind them would be more than enough to fill the bellies of the carion-birds for YEARS to come.

The remaining Saxonz then marched for our lines. They made it before the fight on our end began. however seeing that nearly all of the forces he had sent to deal with the Saxonz had been annihilated, Attila though twice about it and didnt engage us today.
So i am left with the mess to clean up it appears. I must go now and question the scout and survivors about the battle.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Chapter Eighteen:Blood Winter
(From the Runic book:)
Winter 381AD
It has been nearly three weeks since i was able to write in this codex. We have been hunting the Hns since they escaped the killing fields at Chalons. Damn them and their dark magics. The day after the disastrous battle with the Saxonz, their warlord Attila ecided to flee before he became too pinned down to be effective, and escaped with dark magics under the cover of darkness. While the Romans have managed to block off the passes into Italy and Hispania, Gaul remains a killing field. Many villages and towns have fallen. Even some of the Major cities such as Burgidalia, Samobrivia, and the Colonia Fresbia, Aggripa, and even the mighty citadel of Lestuoia have burned. I have seen so many dead innocents, women and chidren strung up and disembowled, men castrated or torn limb from limb. However what worries me the most is that even with all of the death that they have left behind, the Roman records show 9 times the number of people, as to the dead bodies that we are finding, lived in this area before the Invasion.

Only three truely great cites remain. They are Augusta Treverorum, Avaricum, and the ancient port of Massalia. We have picked up the trail going east. We think it is Treverorum that they are after. The city however is well garrisoned and supplied and we have sent warning birds to their commanders, so they should be ready for the Hunnic filth to arrive. I hope we can make it time for the festivities.

Three Days Later
DAMMIT ALL!!!!!!! The Huns have tricked us. DAMN THEM!!! They bypassed Augusta Treverorum and continued east, they are heading for Germania. With most of our forces in the east fighting the Huns on that front or chasing them in Gaul, we have nearly no forces along the Rhine. The fact that it is Snowfall doesnt help anything due to the fact that the Rhine can freeze solid during cold winters like this, allowing the Huns full access to our homelands. If they burn our homelands we will die a horrible death this winter. The Romans will also be put into a situation that they cannot win, with so much of Gaul aflame they will have next to no defenses or soldier sources for the Hunnic invasion that will occur as soon as Germania is broken. And if Rome falls we lose this war for Constantinople cannot hold out against these demons without support and weapons, and food of course. DAMN THAT ATTILA!!!!!!! He is far smarter than i ever gave him credit for. We are currently hurrying without rest towards the Rhine. I can only pray that we make it.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Chapter Nineteen: Savior
(From the Greek book:)
Winter 381AD
This is not a good sign. The masses of this poleis are starving. Many more strange signs have been occurring. Yesterday i walked down the streets and on my way back to the palace i saw lights coming from beneath the pavement stones. When i ordered the stones removes to see what was the trouble the lights exploded killing several guards. During what we can determine to be the night from how badly the sky burns the fires glow green or blue rather than red and black. Commoners have been reporting strange shapes and sound in the night sky as well. Some call it demons or dragons or some other such thing. Many have reported having strange dreams as well, myself included. In my dream at least i see our city aflame and the monster outside tormenting the poor survivors, They then turn the survivors into some sort of slimy material and throw them into a flame pit that glows with black flames. Its frightening. Many people are losing health and sleep due to these events. I can only hope that help arrives soon.

(From the Runic Book:)
Winter 381AD
Well somehow we have avoided total disaster. The Huns were kept out of Germania by a miracle. We could not catch up to them in time to halt their crossing of the river. We were barley three days behind them at the point of the crossing. They formed into three HUGE waves to prepare and cross VERY quickly or so the scout that was watching this event told us. The first wave was mainly made of slave soldiers that were to clear the eastern bank for the rest of the horde. This they did. However as the second wave crossed the ice underneath them suddenly glowed the purest white the man had ever seen. This light somehow froze the undead and their controlling demons. And try as they might those demons could not free themselves. This was a HUGE portion of Attila's horde that had become trapped. Attila, fearing for his campaign, ordered all the demons that had stayed with his portion of the army to to free the demons and their undead. As they tried to do this the ice glowed brighter and brighter till it looked as if it was midday under the purest of Suns.
Then the ice shattered all at once. Nearly all of the ones upon it died, many blackfire eruptions occurred. Control over the undead ended right then and there. The slaves on the other side of the river saw their opportunity and fled into the woods,doing their desperate best to flee Hunnic wrath. All of them got away.
After the ice shattered a figure rose from the waters, it turned to the Huns and spoke to them in Slavic, as this scout of our is a Slav, i am able to record what was said.
"FOUL ONES!!!!! YOUR END IS NIGH!!!!", the white figure said in a feminine voice. Attila came forward to confront this apparition, and he spoke to it in Slavic as well, "Filthy bitch how DARE you destroy so much of my army. And to go about making threats to me as if you are superior to me. HA!!! My end eh? Well we will see about that. ATTACK HER!!!!!!!!"
The Hunnic demons then began to attempt to attack the figure with their black arts. However she repelled them with ease. And then she began to attack the Hunnic monsters, her powers taking much of their strength to defeat. As she fought the demons she began to take a more solid form. When she finally took shape the scout told us that she was a beautiful young woman that had golden hair, and blue scars over eyes that looked like blue hawk eyes. She also had a pair of white birds wings on her back and a white birds tail at the base of her spine.
I stopped him at this point and made SURE that this was true. He swore on the grave of his family that it was. I was stunned at this. The White Lady had come back to us. I immediately ordered the highest Runic-Hand member to my tent and made him contact the Ring of Light within the capital. When i told him why he became overjoyed. He tripled his pace to confirm the news. I also had the High King informed. He recieve the news with elation as well.
The poor scout did not know why we were in such a frenzy but i calmed down enough to inform him that and important sign had just been revealed to us from his words. And i asked him what happened next. He continued to say that after she had taken shape she bombarded the Huns with shards of light. Under the relentless assault, Attila ordered his warriors and demons to flee. So they fled north along the river attempting to find another crossing point. However the lady shattered all of the ice on the river for the whole winter. They wont be finding their point anytime soon. Or at all for that matter. I must go now for we continue the hunt.