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QUEST! WANTED: ONE WARRIOR

To the east of my house, were i live a long way away from anyone else, there is a cave. I have grown concerned, for From that cave sometimes comes the sound of howling. I believe a wolf may be in there, but it sounds huge. if you rid me of this nuisance you will recieve:

thirty gold coins, a can of C.B/ Sp@m depending on which you prefer, and a extra skill level for morale

(depending on how good your post is will depend on what you recieve, so if it is poor you may not get everything)

lol revenge...you could call off the invasion, and negotiate peace with septim. then you could take it, once you had got peace with septim

fine then

[night will be in one hour killer, and will end in eight after that

might, you havefive thousand troops ya know. and his soldiers can act inependantly. so, as you have only used one thousand of your troops, they were east to take out, and only 123 of the one thousand survived

Erunion arrives at the barbarian outpost, and walks carefully forward, Trendarat at the ready. He went in during a cloudy night, where his elven eyes could outdo any of these humans eyesight. He carefully moved forward, with longbow at the ready. A few silent arrows took care of the sentries, then Erunion moved forward towards the main entrance...

Vengence, Killer said he was unconscious. I can also get through them pretty easily if needed sense I have men near me and he doesn't.

3 days? hes dead! He can play again next game.

*Might takes the reward off Killers body.*

Post a list of what I got please. What the hell? I can't turn of italics!

 [ Its been two days, Septim hasn't posted his response therefore I can attack him, If he doesnt respond a day after this post then I will slaughter his troops right? ]

" FOR FREEDOM!"
Revenges men charge down the steep hill with their arms drawn and their large golden shields at hand, they are ready to engage into the Septims...

Hmm, is the debate from earlier over? And if so, did I win? And if that's so, what did I win?

Erunion slipped into the camp, it looked like he had chosen a good night. The sentries had been half drunk and the rest were in a stupor because of it. They had obviously had some sort of celebration.
Erunion stalked quietly over to their massive storehouse, and found a great deal of plunder, everything from chain mail vests to gems. Then he heard a whimper in the corner, and saw a group of women and children, obviously slaves.
"What happened to you?"
One of the older women replied:
"We were taken earlier today in a raid. What, what are you doing here?"
Erunion spoke again;
"Getting you out of here. Quick, grab whatever you need, but don't make much noise." Erunion then pointed to the three oldest boys, ans said:
"You three, come with me. Silently."
The boys nodded in agreement, and followed Erunion. Erunion shuffled through the stores until he found the barbarians supply of lamp oil. Handing the boys each a weapon and a share of the lamp oil, he spoke:
"The roof's are thatch, pour some oil on each of them. Only, I repeat only use those weapons on barbarians who are awake. Do not make any noise whatsoever. If you do, were all as good as dead."

Quickly the three boys and Erunion went throughout the village, pouring oil on the thatched roofs. Once this was completed, Erunion spoke once more:
"Quick lads! Run out of the town, find your mothers and follow them! I'll deal with the rest."
Once the boys were out of the town and had disappeared into the woods, Erunion lit a torch, then ran from house to house lighting the roofs. One of the barbarians heard the clamour, and was sober enough to jump out of his home. Erunion cut off his stunned head, grabbed it and ran. Once out of the town, Erunion bagged the head and jogged on over to Vengeance's abode, the sounds of a burning town behind him.
Once Erunion arrived in the home, he placed the head on Vengeance's table.

I find it unfair that I even lost 1000 men. You were just unprepared.

...
Right Might, you better be prepared.

{"warrior wanted to go on a quest, reward is new weaponry for them and if they have one their army. the weaponry may be chosen by the person who completes the quest." A lousy 25gp is all I get after being promised this... Well, maybe not so lousy... :P}

Upgrading morale to level two. Costs 30 gold, and I have 35. I know have 5 gold left over.

Alright then, I have a Naergothrendarin noble Trendarat. (Trendarat that has a spell imbued into it causing a burst of flame when it touches a target.)

I choose quality over quantity in the debate.

Quantity then... [It depends on how skillfull and where they are.]

Quality. Definitely. The only time a horde of basic training troops would beat an elite army would be in an open field conflict where they could completely surround the elite army and fight all at once. That would still be risky however.
Why would they lose? Morale. First off, the elite army would work together well, they would use ranged weapons effectively and they would have a reputation.
Let's look at it from the perspective of the basic training soldier.
He sees an enemy army facing him down. He's heard about what happened to all the other armies that faced this one. He's peed in his pants before the battle begins. Once he sees a flight of arrows heading towards him, massacring his friends all around him, while his own armies archers are being entirely inefficient, he'll be terrified. Then when he sees the enemy army charging towards him and letting out their world renowned battle cry, he'll turn tail and run. Far, far away. And whatever troops are brave enough not to run at the start we'll see all their friends running, and will decide that they don't stand a chance after all. Which will start him running. Which will have a domino effect, routing nine tenths of the army, leaving the numbers about even when all is said and done. If anyone stays at all.
Now that the numbers are near even, the elite army will wipe the floor with the few poor fools who stayed to fight, then they will have their light cavalry chase down the routing troops, further scattering and demoralizing the few who survive.
Therefore, the only way the larger army will win is if they manage to surround their opponents. Seeing an elite force in a little knot in the center, while you look at the vastness of your own army encircling it is a definite boost to morale, which should give your men the strength and courage to keep fighting.
And I haven't even started on forest, hill or city conflicts...

Might, you forget morale.
As the commander of an elite force, I would use it as one body of men, slamming it into weak points. I would also use my superior mobility to gain advantageous terrain and avoid being surrounded.

If the enemy army did not run, as a commander I would have a line of "Retreat" I would have some of my men "Flee" from the battlefield, then the others follow. The undisciplined horde (I'm assuming that troops out of basic training would be undisciplined.) would make chase. I would run to a forest, then when I was at the eaves of said forest, I would have the troops who "routed" first fire a volley or two of arrows, and I would then have my troops charge into the now exhausted enemy force (again I am assuming that the force have less stamina and endurance than my own). The tired and strung out troops would be easy pickings.

everything happens while im ofline, your all in like opposite time zone... this isn't working... *Meowman attacks all the armies put together by himself and dies.*

[How the hell did he win? Quantity can beat Quality with 10000 vs 1000 easily. I don't care HOW good your guys are.]

Might, it doesn't matter which would win. A truly unbiased spectator would agree with me, because I out-debated you. (Un-biased being someone who knows nothing about warfare. A biased spectator might even agree with me. Hey! I'd agree with me!)