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Arvious, now perfectly fine, says, "We should wait until we reach the far side.  It will take a while, but we will catch them off guard rather then be spotted in the most predictable area to land."

Ernie was walking on the deck when Erunion and his team suddenly flew into a pile of feathers and were back on the ship....

"How the hell...."

[[OOC: Tell the flashback after you return to the ship on how you got back]] =p

Ant suddied that map carefully and said they would arrive behind the island in 1 day.

After doing that he studdied Septim, and when he saw Arvious he said "i think he will get better, but it could take a while"

"the curse of the dark elves is very strong, and the power of the junbl is strong, and i am not trained as a medic. I am trying my best" ant paused for a second then continued "as we move further for the Junbl the chance he will get better increses, he looks like he is getting better but this is the first time i have ever seen this happen"

Ant rushes out of the cabin yelling "HE'S CURED". Ant was happy that he help same the captain but is worried about the dream he was told about.

Ant went back to sailing the boat now that no other people were need to be looked after.

Septim walks out holding a staff for support, he grabs the mead bottle, pulls the cork out, and begins drinking. He drinks the whole thing...

"That's better", says Septim.

"Now, we're at the bandit fortress, so lets bring out the ballista and show them what happens when they take an Emperor!"

Ernie gets to his station and would have to congratulate Septim on not losing his mind forever

It was just not Ernie's day....he had been on the top of the mast...in his usual observation spot....when suddenly it gets snapped off in the middle part and Ernie went flying with the top part into the water.  Ernie then waded to shore....wet as a drowned rat...and began firing arrows at the people responsible.  He then drew his sword and cut a man's head off....and then proceeded to fire arrows and dismember parts of people while walking steadily through the enemy.  In short...he was pissed

*Killer gets fed up with all this fighting while he's trying to prepare meals. He wallops a few enemies with his stick over the head while trying to prepare some trout. The bones are a bit annoying. One of them nearly stabs him in the side, and he whacks him over the head with the fish, which proceeds to slip from his grasp and hit another. He fetches the trout, figuring the hot water will clean it. Killer then gets his cutting knife, and stabs a couple of them, but he i*beep* by someone with a plank, and knocked unconscious. Odd, he thought, before he passed out, they had perfectly decent swords.*

Arvious ran into battle with is sword and staff drawn out, whether slashing or using spells or just hitting men in the head, Arvious was trying to thin the nubers around him.  Then suddenly, a man walked through the battle, and Arvious looked at his face...

"Bloody hell, I know that face..."

"The gates are breeched!" yellled Ragnarr over the noise and terror of the battle. He finished off his current opponent with a finsihing hack, going into the rogue's shoulder and down to his chest, and rushed towards the broken gates, where Erunion's elves were now in their bloody sword dance - that was how it looked, they used their weapons with such grace and swiftness, it was as if they were not fighting, but dancing.

Septim smashes a bandit's face in with the bottom of his staff and stabs him through the chest with his sword, he then leaves the sword in the bandit and pulls out his spatha. He slashes another's throat and trips another with his staff, he cuts his throat as well before seeing a battleaxe coming down at him, he puts his staff up to block and the axe enters the staff and chops it in half, but Septim had already rolled to the side, he stabs his spatha into the bandit's leg and cuts off his head. Septim looks down at his staff before pulling his longsword out of the other bandit's chest. He cuts a bandit's head off before finding that Ernie has an enemy sneaking up behind him. Septim then draws a dagger and throws it, it zooms towards the enemy and the hilt hits him in the face, the enemy falls to the ground with his nose bleeding before Ernie notices him and cuts his throat (sorry! :D). Septim then blocks a sword and stabs his spatha through an enemy while blocking another slash from another enemy with his longsword, he then turns, kneels, and stabs his spatha through the enemy. Septim rises to see two enemies charging him with spears, he ducks and the enemies plow their spears into eachother. Septim then rolls forward and rises, he turns to see the battle is over. Septim wipes the blood from his face and approaches Ragnarr.

"I am going to check the prisons for the Emperor, you get our wounded taken care of, kill the wounded bandits", said Septim.

Septim runs to the prison to see an old man sitting on a stone block in the corner of the room. Septim walks over to the desk, grabs the key, and unlocks the prison door.

"Emperor?", asked Septim.

The Emperor, startled, turns to see a blood covered Septim.

"Well hello there Duke!", says the Emperor.

"We've come to rescue you", says Septim.

"I'm sure you have, well, lets go", says the Emperor as he rises, Septim hands him a cane and they begin walking to the Stormborn.

Erunion stood in the ruin of the gate, splinters were everywhere, many still smoldering and some still burning.
Blood bathed the courtyard.
"Second and third squads, aid Septim and secure the Emperor! First squad, head into the dungeons and release whomever else is held captive here. Be wary, they may yet have troops."
Erunion himself turned towards the dungeons, to aid the first squad, when he saw Ernie, the light of battle no longer in his eyes.
"Ernie! Come with me, with have prisoners to set free."
Ernie stood there, non-responsive. Then he collapsed.
"Ernie! Ah bloody typical. Why do they always have to collapse when I've already sent the rest of the troops somewhere else."
Erunion rushed over to the archer's side, did a quick scan for injuries, healed those he could find then slung the unconcious sailor over his shoulder and started jogging towards The Stormborn...

mean while ant look after the ship and organised a party to repare the mast sense the battle was over

Septim walks into Ernie's quarters to find his master marksman in a coma.

"Me insane, now Ernie's in a coma, this doesn't look good...", says Septim.

Septim walks to the captain's quarters, where the Emperor is staying, to find the Emperor gone, he looks around the ship and finds no trace of him. Septim runs into the fort and continues searching. He finds the Emperor, dead with a stab wound in his chest, in the prison. Septim walks close and feels for a heartbeat, but feels none. Septim finds a book by his side, but doesn't understand the letters. Septim begins searching for the assassin, but he doesn't find him. He then picks up the Emperor's body and starts walking back to the ship.

"I wasn't going to ask that...", says Septim, "There are rather large differences between going insane and going into a coma...even I know that..."

The Stormborn begins a long voyage back, stopping a few times for food and water, but they make sure not to visit the Dark Elven island again. As the Stormborn reaches the main continent, a fleet is seen on the horizon. Eastern ships, a massive fleet of at least five hundred ships, all heading towards the Stormborn, but as Septim looks the other way, he sees a massive coalition of western frigates and northern longships. Septim steers towards the western and northern longships and makes sure to put up his western flag. As Septim reaches the flagship, Admiral Hussius waves his hat at them.

"Well, if it isn't Duke Septim! The famous western sea voyager! Well! It seems as if you arrived at the right time, two days after you left, the East delivered a declaration of war, we've been fighting land battles, their land troops aren't as advanced as ours, but they have been researching better ships, we've had to enlist the help of the north and their longships", says Hussius.

"Well, our ship is yours, where is Rufus by the way?", asks Septim.

"I'm afraid he died two days ago of the Hosoda virus...speaking of which, you were sent to find the Emperor, where is he?", asks Hussius.

"He...he is dead", says Septim.

Hussius looks down at the waters sadly, then looks up at Septim.

"How?", he asks.

"Assassins...", says Septim.

"Well then, I'll be sure to tell the Prince after the battle, prepare your ship! This will be a good one!", yells Hussius.

Septim turns to his crew.

"Alright! Prepare for battle!"

"You heard the man on the commander's deck, battle stations, move!" yelled Ragnarr towards the crew, which was rushing to grab weapons, put on armor and prepare the longship for a hell of a battle.
While the Stormborn was taking its place in the massive fleet formation, they passed by a few other longships, whose captains where surprized to see the northerner.
"Ragnarr, is that you? You're not dead?"
"Not yet, Sigurd."
Ragnarr palced his strong, yet light ring-mail shirt on and prepaered himself for the coming naval battle - he had led a fleet of not more than fifty longships against invaders from the south, but never had he ever participated in such a massive sea conflict.
He kissed his charm hanging around his neck (Thor's Hammer) and carved a few runes for good luck on the closest plank on the longship, after which he went towards Septim.
"Just like the good old days, eh Septim?" Ragnarr grinned. "Only this time we have no powerful enchanted objects and the scale of the fight is much larger."

The Stormborn, with the northern-western fleet, goes at the eastern fleet in formation, the ships meet, ballistas begin firing, and ships begin sinking. The enemies begin throwing grappling hooks at the Stormborn and climbing over, but Septim cuts the grappling hooks down every time the enemies throw them.

Ant trys to keep the ship from being raked while getting it in position the rake other ships he called to the captain that a ship was see to the port side of the Stormborn and could be an enermy ship from the crows nest. Ant kept the ship at the edge tof the fight to help protect one side of the ship

Ernie began eating some food that was sat next to his bed and began trying to recover his strength faster.  He heard the fighting on the deck and locked the door and barricaded it until he could figure out where his weapons were put.

*Might peeks out from ship and sees fighting.*

Septim blocks an attack, ducks under another attack, and slices off an enemy's leg, he stabs his sword through the enemy's chest and pulls out his spatha, he then turns, about to strike a bowman, when he sees that it is Ernie.

"Well, congratulations", says Septim before resuming his battle.

The Stormborn and the rest of the fleet seems as if it is about to lose, with dark elven ships and bandit ships arriving to aid the Easterners. But, from the south, Elven ships approach, over three hundred, each with a large amount of spellcasters. The Elven ships enter the battle, burning enemy ships to ash. In the end, the Northern-Elven-Western coalition defeats the Bandit-Eastern-Dark Elven alliance in the battle that would be known as the Battle of the Trinforth Sea. Septim is given the rank of Commander in the Western Navy, as well as his rank of General in the army, and Duke of Cidel. Septim pilots the Stormborn into the harbor of Erovorn, capital of the Western Empire. Where Septim pays each of his crew members, he then attends the coronation of Emperor Cellor Verdilon II, son of the late Emperor Vestor Verdilon IV. Septim gives his speech, and leaves moments later, not wanting to be in the same room with the other selfish Dukes and Lords any longer than he had to.

Septim returns to his castle in the city of Cidel, and climbs the stairs to his room, where he puts his longsword on it's stand, his spatha on it's, and his gladius on it's. He then lays down on his bed, and eventually falls asleep to thoughts of the recent sea battle...

[[OOC: I will make a new thread soon, I'd like all former RPers to be in it. The new one will be centered more around naval battles than adventuring, as a war will be taking place...]]