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"Yes Might, we will build some defenses (Wooden walls) and organize a town militia, there have also been sightings of renegade scout units outside the city. I fear an attack soon, Might, would you care to donate a few of your swords. I will buy them for 50 gold a piece..."

*Septim sets an order for twenty iron longswords and twenty leather armor chestpieces for 4000 gold total, then he orders one hundred spears to be made from trees. Septim buys 100 iron spearheads for 10 gold apiece and after about three days, a militia is prepared, twenty men armed with swords and leather armor, and one hundred wielding spears.

[[OOC: This should protect against small renegade units, but if a big one comes, I may need a bit more.]]

*Septim orders the guards to train the militia into a formidable fighting unit. And Septim also trains ten to use fireballs.

"I have spent over fifty-thousand gold coins colonizing this area, I thought it needs a good defense with the new threat...we have twenty farms on the outskirts of town producing food, a town square with stalls for trading and commerce, and many other things...if the raiders attack most of the settlers will go to your castle, and the soldiers will come to mine. Mine is more suited for combat as it has thicker walls and a catapult on top of the gate for defense."

[[OOC: You have four iron longswords from the Ringleader's questline, one steel chainmail shirt, and a crate that contains three thousand food...the food could come in handy in case of a siege. And if there is an attack on Killaria (The place's main city where we started) I will have to go to the school to lead the defense there...so if there is an attack on Erabor at the same time I will place you in charge of defense of the settlers, and I will have the Captain of the Erabor Guard lead the guards and militia...]]

"They will not defend your castle...they are defenders of the people, not us. If you want a personal guard hire a mercanary. The town militia is currently armed with wooden, iron tipped spears, and some are fitted with leather armor and iron longswords. Melkor!"

*A servent enters.

"I want the spearmen to also be armed with clubs and wooden shields, which can be made for free out of the trees."

Melkor: "Consider it done!"

*Septim sits back in his throne.

"The settlers will only be in your castle if the raiders attack Erabor, and if they do they will feel the wrath of Count Septim of Erabor."

"Every settler will have minor military training, I have also begun construction of an iron mine outside of town and a forge here. The smith is doing it for free on the condition that he doesn't have to pay taxes. He will forge ten iron longswords a day and four chainmail shirts a day for my army. I already have the first order in a crate inside my armory. Melkor!"

Melkor: "Yes?'

"Make sure they are distributed among the army, but as a prize to the best of them...that way the best have the tools they need..."

Melkor: "Yes sir!"

"Now, Might, any other concerns?"

"Of course..."

*A steak and some potatoes are given to Septim and the same is given to Might.

{Verlls gettin some action eh?)

Erunion had been wandering around the town of Erabor (Bored...) when he heard the news of the attack.
Grabbing a boy from out of the crowd he ordered him to send the message to Killer that Erabor was under attack.
"Take my horse, it's in the stables!"

Erunion then ran to Septim and asked him where he should be deployed to aid in the defense.

Egnever a private for the army
Waited orders once he and his ellow patriots heard the news
He shook, it was his first war at the age of 19
He held his worn sword his father gave him at 16 in his right hand, heavy it was
The grip was worn and his thin vest plate sat slighty to the right
He looked ahead at the leader....

[[ Can I join please ? ]]

*The one hundred man unit quickly retreats when they see the size of the defense of Erabor, and they return with the main bandit army of 9,000 men. The bandit leader, Quickslash, comes forth and gives his men a charismatic speech before sending his men, in formation, to attack Erabor.

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*Septim quickly has the other half Might ordered return to the battle, while having his soldiers from the academy to guard the civillians.

[[OOC: As Headmaster, I called some of the combat Professors to battle, about one hundred. Not much, but they are some of the best trained men in the Empire.]]

Count Septim stands before the combined force of the Erabor town guard, the Erabor militia, and Killer's army.

"Men of Erabor! The Cavarian Bandits have come to pillage Erabor, they have come because they expect that a new town like this will be an easy fight...well...they are wrong! Erabor is not only protected by the guards, but by the militia too! Some of you are great enough with spears to join Killer's elites! And, soldiers of Killer, you are the bravest of the brave, the best of the best. Cesil chooses his men well. So! This day will henceforth be known as the day that Erabor told the world, we will not fall! We will fight to the last man!"

Cheers erupt before Septim, and Septim turns and walks down to his Captain.

"Xarxes, ready?", asked Septim.

"Of course...nice speech...", says Xarxes.

"Thank you. Now I will join the archers on the north wall", says Septim as he walks away, taking his bow and quiver from Melkor he climbs the ladder and prepares for war.

A half an hour later...

An earthquake seems to occur as the bandits march, archers line the wall and the catapult is taken from Septim's castle to the gate.

"READY! LOOSE!!!", yells Septim as the arrows are shot down upon the bandits.

The more I kill now, the less we will have to kill when they reach the gate...

When the enemies reach the poorly made gates Septim has his men pour burning oil on the enemies, but does not have them light it for fear of burning the wall down. The enemies scream in pain, but they are soon replaced by more men, they bring a battering ram to the gates, and almost break them down before more oil falls on them, with the third team the gates break open, and the legions of bandits pour through. Septim, Xarxes, and the rest of the soldiers are there to greet them.

[[OOC: About a thousand died on the initial charge, now only 11,000 remain.]]

*Septim cleaves ones head off and blocks a blow with his shield, he then plows his spiked shield through a bandit's chest and rips it out, the bandit falls to the ground. Septim calls for the men to regroup into a shield wall, then Septim has the spearmen go into porcupine formation, spearing all bandits who come near. After the spears break the spearmen pick up the weapons and shields of the dead bandits (which range from rusty iron daggers to steel shortswords) and continue fighting. Xarxes had trained them well, for they fought as well as any of Killer's soldiers. Septim plowed his sword through two enemies at once, could not pull it out, and drew Icengard from its sheath, he defeated all nearby enemies, then pulled Firengard out of the enemies, yet was then clubbed in the back by an enemy. Septim fell to the ground and was about to be killed before Captain Xarxes drives Quickthorn through the enemy's back.

"You're right, this is a fine blade!", says Xarxes before continuing the fight.

Septim gets up, picks up Firengard, and continues fighting as well.

Verll is in the middle of the combat, having a protective shield around him and crushing skulls with his staff. He couldn't move as fast as normally cause of that darn hangover thus the extra powerful shield. He was about to bring his staff down on a enemy soldier when something hit him in the back hard enough to throw him several meters from where he stood, luckily the shield had taken most of the hit. He stood up and looked back,&nb*beep*an was looking at him and the enemy soldiers stepped back, obviously they were gonna let the man deal with Verll on his own.
The man raised his hand and a bolt of lighting struck out at Verll, Verll just managed to strengthen his shields enough to take the lightning. Verll raised his hands and threw two fireballs at the man, but they stopped right in front of him and were sent back with twice the strength.
Verll muttered something and the fireballs evaporated. He looked at the man again, he was obviously dealing with a Master  in magic here.
Verll made his shield even stronger, raised his hands and gathered energy for some seconds and shot two energy bolts at him, he sprinted after the bolts at the man and even though the bolts stopped at the mans shield, his staff did not. He had put a spell on it before he went into combat to make it go trough shields just in case. The staff crushed the mans head and he died in a instant, Verll was exhausted and with a hangover, he could barely stand up right so he put his last effort into teleporting himself from the combat to a safe place.

[How many men did I lose? How many men did I even have?]


*Might receives the letter from the messengers and reads it. It is a invatation to Septims castle.

Might makes sure his castle is in order and then leaves to Septims house.*

[[OOC: None, they never made it to your castle to kill anybody...they were kept at the gate...but of the 150 militiamen, thirty died...and four of the town guards out of five died...]]

Septim greets Might, Skorg, Xarxes, and Verll and takes them in.

"Well done, I understand that your brothers in arms didn't make it through the battle Xarxes. You can get to work on hiring some more when you are ready...now, it is my duty as Headmaster to inform you of Master Zarisus's untimely death. He was my friend and your boss. And we need a new Magic Master. Might, Verll, as both of you are Magic Masters you must compete, along with the thirty other teachers. But, back to the topic at hand. We have collected many weapons from the dead bandits, and our militia and guards will be armed well now. I have rewards for your valor as well. All of you are to be Knights of Erabor, and if you do not already own one, a house in Erabor."

"I am renting a small shack right now...", says Xarxes.

"A three room house for you, and one for Skorg..."

Just then a man in black robes enters.

"Hello, I am sorry for interupting, but Zarisus's will must be taken care of...his belonging were left to the Academy, and as headmaster you will be in charge of them. His powerful Staff, Aechon, his house, and his gold..."

"The gold is to be put into the school treasury, and I will hold on to his staff...and will give it to the next Magic Master...and as for his house, I will hold onto that..."

*Septim takes the staff, key, and deed and puts it into his vault, then returns to the table.

"Now, what shall we do to replace the population of the militiamen?"

"An army? We now have the weapons...and Erabor has around 2,000 people living in it...we could make one if it grows a bit..."

A messenger runs in and informs Septim that 100,000 gold was taken from the bandit camp. (I am sorry Killer, but I am guessing that it would be quite a bit...if this is not ok then we can all rewrite everything that happens after this point. I am not going to keep it all, I am going to use it to upgrade Erabor...)

"Give one hundred hundred to each of the militiamen and guard's families..."

Septim uses the rest to upgrade Erabor to a small city, then to a large city, then to a massive city, costing ninety thousand gold coins. Septim then puts the remaining seven thousand into his vault. Septim sends the guests home and a few weeks later, Erabor stands as a massive city guarded by a huge stone wall. Septim then forms an army of four thousand troops, the soldiers from Sergeant up armed with steel and the soldiers from Sergeant and down armed with iron. Septim gives Xarxes the rank of an Eraborian General, Septim then sends him with three thousand of his army out to conquer cities and lands not held by King Killer, and that when they conquer a town, a Mayor under the command of Septim must be sent and will send 30% of all taxes back to Septim. Soon the armies of Septim manage to conquer the bandits former cities of Falca, Welto, and Qisi. Septim sends a mayor to each one.

Verll walks in to Septims office while he was talking to Egnever and hears his name and that Egnever should ask him about restoring his fingers. He walked up next to Egnever and looked at his hand.
"Come down to my office in the school tomorrow and I'll have the potion ready."

Verll looked at Septim, "When will this competition about Magic Masters stand?"

Erunion is back in the barracks, playing cards.

Blast! My first chance for excitement in ages and I trip over a loose cobblestone and knock myself out...

Egnever's fingers were healed due to verll being so great
His hand was also healed in the process
Egnever was thereafter promoted to Captain by the great Septim
He would lead the main sqaud through Seafaring Empire and take over Oceania its main city...
With him he took fine troops of around 10 thousand strong and about another 5 thousand to head to the other smaller cities...
In a simple siege and blast battle manu-scripted by Septim , Captain Egnever was able to capture  Seaestia.....
They stationed there for 4 days....
It was a simple attack on such a small town lasting no more than a few hours....
Its total income was no more than 400 gold per day and with that 29% going to all powerful Septim and a furthermore 21% to the King Killer

Egnever began what would become a 4-5 day attack upon the city of Oceania....
In the meen time , the other 5 thousand launched and successfully took over Forra and Fosilor bringing in 900 gold a day between them
I send 200 to Septim and 210 to King Killer, giving me 590 extra gold per day....
The assault upon the land of Seafaring continues!

[[ 500 + 790 = 1290 gold per day ]]
[[ Septim gets Oceania, I get the little ones! ]]

Gordia is massive, and will take about two real life days to conquer. Septim's navy quickly takes Coastia, Arcadon, and Essilonia. Septim's north army takes Resstion and Syl while his south army takes Foltor. Killer's army takes Gorin and Gorditia.

Back in Erabor Septim makes Egnever Lord of Archillon for his services in conquering the Essilian Empire.

Killer's army takes Gordolon and attempts to take Gordaria alone and they fail, retreating back to Killaria with only a thousand men. Septim's army takes half the cities over six months and loses only a thousand men. Septim then manages to break through Gordaria's outer wall at night and sacks it. Afterwards the taking of the rest of Goria takes two years, and after a long while Septim's armies return home with half of their original number. Septim pays each of them five hundred coins, and then turns his sights on the weakened Killarian Empire. He launches an invasion from all sides, and within two weeks Killaria falls, Septim declares himself Emperor of the United Empire. Septim makes Egnever Duke of the Bandit Lands, Might Duke of Killaria, and makes Xarxes Duke of Gordia, Septim pays Might, Egnever, and Xarxes 3000 gold coins a day for their service as Duke and takes the money into the Imperial Treasury. Septim then upgrades the cities of the province of Erabor to massive status. Septim also adds 2 million gold coins from Killaria and ten million gold coins from Gordia to his vault, along with three thousand mithril plate armor sets and three thousand mithril swords, which he uses to arm his elite army.

COOL!

Egnever uses 10k coins to buy a large castle...
He twindles his thumbles and with the rest of the money he has creates large walls around his largest cities.... The capital of the bandit lands has been renamed   Bruntopia after his father Bruno....
Egnever decides to learn the arts of magic, he heads down to his libary to go through the books of the Ancients that once rules these lands before we inhabited them....

Nice one  ^^

This is a little easier for us Dukes..... But of course Septim owns all   x]