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Gaius walked towards the fort, he noticed that not many of the patrons had arrived, and he knew that not many would arrive, because at least three quarters of them had given false names. Gaius walked through the front gate and waited fifteen minutes until finally, Captain Hosvalt arrived.

"Well, Evus?" asked the Captain.

"Erus", said Gaius.

"Yes, Erus, welcome to Fort Honor", the Captain turned to face the five others that had arrived, "I am Marius Hosvalt of the Belivian Army! For the next two months you will be trained to be footmen and archers. Good luck men."

With that, Hosvalt walked off, and a young Private approached the group.

"Follow me men", said the Private before leading the five men off to the mess hall, after eating lunch with the new recruits he showed them the training field, the armory, the officers' quarters, and finally, the barracks. Erus began resting.

"Hey, with the dagger", said the soldier to his right.

"Yeah?" asked Erus.

"Nice dagger", said the soldier.

Erus looked over.

"It was my grandfather's", said Erus.

"Can I see it?" asked the soldier.

"Well..."

"I won't take it", said the soldier.

"Alright", replied Erus, he got up, drew the dagger from it's scabbard, and handed it to the soldier. The soldier examined it for a bit before looking up.

"The runes are around sixty years old, probably from the Silver War", said the soldier.

"What are you, a scholar?" asked Erus.

"No, my grandfather was in the war as well" said the soldier before passing the dagger back, "So, what's your name?"

"I am Gaius Erus, you?" asked Erus.

"My name is Ernest Signum", said the soldier, "But everybody calls me Ernie."

"Well, nice to meet you Ernie", said Gaius.

Ernie passed the dagger back, Gaius sheathed it, and they both layed down. They played a few games of checkers, mostly ending in stalemates, before eating dinner, they then went to bed, knowing a long day of training was ahead.

"Alright recruits! Let us begin training!"

Those words marked the beginning of two months of painful training, and by the end Erus was ready for war. The training had included push-ups and situps while wearing armor, laps in heavy boots, and beatings to increase tolerance of pain. The drill sergeant rewarded recruits who showed strength, and punished those who showed weakness. The training was brutal, but it payed off, Erus was a true swordsman at the end of the two months, Ernie proved to be a great marksman. The drill sergeant was proud of them both.

The Farillians had adapted to survival in their jungle, but the Belivians hadn't. The first Belivian soldiers to arrive had been defeated within two weeks, as their armor and weapons had rusted. The Farillians used a special coating on their arms and armor to prevent rust, and soon the Belivians found out the secret. The Farillians also knew the jungle better, which proved a massive disadvantage for the Belivians, who were used to open grasslands and woodland.

Erus hated the jungle, he hated the Farillians, and he hated the rain. He sat in a small wooden fort with Ernie sitting in front of him. A checker board was on the table. Erus double jumped Ernie, but Ernie triple jumped Erus. Erus then moved his king into position, and Ernie was trapped, but Erus couldn't jump him.
"Another stalemate!" yelled Antonis.
Suddenly, a loud noise interupted what another footman was about to say, followed by a resounding crash. Erus grabbed his blade, buckled it, and ran outside to see Belivians pouring through a hole in the wooden fortifications. Ernie shot one in the neck and Sergeant Gravis yelled out orders to Erus, Antonis, and the other footmen, suddenly, an arrow zoomed forward and hit Gravis in the throat. Ernie shot the archer who had killed Gravis, and Erus took the sergeant's place.
"Get to the inner wall men!" yelled Erus.
The unit ran back and up through the inner gate, they saw no more soldiers running so Ernie used a wheel to shut the gate. Erus then ran up to the central building to see Major Jorvus Nullus discussing the battle with his second in command, Captain Kevis.
"Sir, my commanding officer is dead, I led my unit to the inner wall, orders?" asked Erus.
"I'm giving you a field promotion to Sergeant, hold the gate, we need time for reinforcements to arrive", said Major Nullus.
Erus ran out to see Ernie in a tower shooting out into the outer area while the soldier were preparing a ballista. Erus ran to the armory and pushed a cartload of bows and arrows out to the soldiers. Erus and the soldiers equiped themselves and climbed the towers, they began shooting any Farillians. A large projectile struck part of the wall and destroyed it, Erus and the few soldiers ran down to hold them back. Captain Kevis joined the battle to help. Erus stabbed his blade into an enemy, he then pushed the enemy off and turned to his right to block two blows with his shield. He then slashed an enemy's throat, blocked another blow, and stabbed his sword through a soldier's neck. Erus left the blade in the soldier as he jumped out of the way of a strike. The enemy brought his sword down at Erus, but Erus rolled out of the way. Erus then drew his dagger and stabbed it into the enemy's leg. The enemy yelled in pain, dropping his longsword, Erus caught it and cut off the enemy's legs. Erus stabbed the blade into the enemy's neck before retrieving his dagger and sheathing it, he then blocked two blows with his shield before slashing at the enemy, the enemy blocked, but Erus bashed him twice with his shield, knocking the enemy out. Erus then retrieved his longsword, tossed the enemy's aside, and continued fighting.

After five long minutes of fighting, the reinforcements finally arrived. The enemies, attacked from both sides, retreated back into the jungle. The day had been won, but the war was far from over.

Septim peeked around a corner and saw two guards, one was sitting in a chair sharpening his sword, the other was on patrol. The patrolling guard approached Septim's hiding place and Septim grabbed his mouth around the corner, he pulled him back and held his dagger to the enemy's throat.
"Where is the General?" asked Septim.
"W-who?" asked the guard.
"The General, where are his quarters?" asked Septim.
"Over there, I was guarding them", said the guard.
Septim smashed him over the head with the hilt of his dagger, knocking him out, and turned to Semit.
"You distract the guard, I steal the maps", said Septim
Semit nodded and picked up a rock, he leaned around the corner, threw it at the guard, and hit him in the temple, knocking him out.
"That works too", said Septim before running into the General's house. Semit dragged the body into the house and hid it under the bed while Septim put the maps inside into his green sack. The two then went back to the wall, evading one enemy patrol, and slid down the grapple hook. They ran back to the rendezvous point. They waited twenty minutes, and eventually Panus returned with Duas over his right shoulder. Duas was missing his left leg and his right ear.
"What happened Ernie!?" yelled Septim as Semit began dressing the wounds.
"We were caught. We killed the General, but a guard saw us. He called for backup, Duas killed all three, the last one got his leg", said Panus.
"Well, hold him up, we can't stay here. The fort is a long way for a man with one leg, but we'll make it", said Semit as he finished dressing Duas's wounds.
"Alright", said Septim as he lifted Duas up. Duas held himself on his remaining leg, Panus gave extra support and Semit led them off, back to the base.