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The place...
17:41:06 Dec 5th 07 - Prince Lucias Septim II:

"Heavy armor, chainmail, platemail, scalemail. Something of those types. I would also like a good kite shield or round shield and a longsword of some type..."


17:45:11 Dec 5th 07 - Mr. Might:

*Might sits in the middle of the road and gains 5 billion gold pieces.*


[OOC: I got them because whenever I talk like this I gain the powers of Killer.]




18:11:54 Dec 5th 07 - Mr. Killer:

Eh emmm... nothing much has been happening here so...

*A huge mass of men come down from the north at the place. Killer sees the masses upon masses of men. He quickly runs to the guards. "Who are these people?" he roars at them. "We don't know sir, they came out of nowhere." "Who was looking across the land recently?" "Ehh... Hsadsogihdaugg" "What?..." Another guard appears by the guard's side. "He meant Hsadsogdaug" Killer looks at them. "Errr... bring this guy to me..."
         The man is brought before Killer. "What is your name?" The man is quaking before Killer, who looks extremely angry. "I have no name, sir. I am called Hsashogledauginor, which in some ancient language means,  the person." "Ok, and you were on viewing duty?" "Yes, sir." "Ok, and how did these masses upon masses of people appear?" "Oh them, they're just coming to take over this place with me... Oh wait... Uhhh..." The man runs away. Killer takes out his blowpipe in the blink of an eye, and the man has fallen in another one. "Prepare our defences, rush everyone into various places." *

And no Might, sorry now, you weren't talking, you were typing...

*The blacksmith takes out some iron and steel armours of some of the list that Septim said. "They're of good make. The iron heavy armour is 400 gold, and steel, 600 gold. Iron chainmail, 500 gold, steel, 550 gold(worse make then the others). Platemail, iron, 650 gold, steel, 800 gold. No scalemail, sorry". He takes out a large steel kite. "Very nice make this, so 350 gold, but it's a bit heavy." He lays out a range of longswords before Septim, of different qualities and sizes, as well as different metals. He then points to a magnificent sword in a glass case. "I doubt you'll be able to buy that, but if you can at some stage, it costs 22,000 gold. It is magnificently light, strong and durable. It is made of a magic metal, the name I could not pronounce. Long and strange. Tell me which sword you want, and I'll tell you the price. I can make you other armours as well, of course, but I am a bit low-stocked on metal ores."  *


18:18:58 Dec 5th 07 - Prince Lucias Septim II:

"I will take the steel platemail, the steel kiteshield, and a steel longsword...and I might eventually be back for that sword..."

*Septim pays for the good, takes them, and goes home. He then goes out again and buys an armor stand for 50 gold coins and takes that home, he places the set of ar*beep* the stand and places the kite shield standing upright at the armor's feet. Septim unbuckles his old iron shortsword and places it in his closet. He buckles the steel longsword to his belt and goes downstairs to eat dinner.


18:23:22 Dec 5th 07 - Mr. Erunion Telcontar:

Erunion is walking to the school, scrolls under his arm, ready for another days lessons. As he's been training for quite a while, he is fairly proficient with his sword and with magic (how much so depends on Killer). He sees a few guards running to somewhere or other, one of whom he recognizes from the attack.
"Hey, Jenkins! What's all..." Words died stillborn on his tongue as he saw the horde. Great. Just bloody fantastic. Blood and ashes! What's wrong with these people! Must they be so bloody bloodthirsty around here? Running back to his rooms, Erunion quickly put on his armour, belted his Trendarat around it, and then ran to the scroll shoppe.
"Master! We're under attack! We need combat spells, for ourselves and to hand out to those proficient in magic! We must make haste!"


18:31:51 Dec 5th 07 - Mr. Killer:

*Killer strides down between the streets. "We're under attack! All repost to my palace now, and make it snappy." All the people rush towards his palace. He sets out who is good at magic, who is good at fighting, who at archery(and other ranged weapons). He brings all the others down to a dark secret room in the palace. "Archers! Make your way to the wall, and place yourselves around it. We shall hail arrows down at this horde. Mages!" Here he pauses and thinks. He seperates them into two groups. "Group A mages(Combat Mages)! Go with the archers! Group B mages(healers) and Fighters(meleé) go to the gate(only one, in the northern part) and stand ready. GO! GO! GO!" The people rush to their designated places(you can pick your own) *


18:40:58 Dec 5th 07 - Prince Lucias Septim II:

*Septim is sitting eating dinner when a soldier suddenly runs in.

"We're under attack, King Killer wants every man capable of fighting to defend the city! That means you...the Master of Melee combat...", says the soldier.

"Alright, alright, let me go get my armor...", says Septim, "I will go to the gates to defend when I am ready"

"Alright", says the soldier as he turns and walks off, Septim walks upstairs to his armor stand and puts on his armor. He lowers the helmet onto his head and picks up his shield, he then goes to his closet and grabs his old iron shortsword. He goes to Verll's room and places it on his bed, he then pulls out a quill and some paper and writes a note to him.

Verll,
This is my old shortsword, I no longer need it and thought you might want a weapon for the upcoming battle. Good luck.
Signed,
Septim

*Septim places the note on the sword and goes downstairs, he walks out the door and over to the gates where he stands ready.


21:13:37 Dec 5th 07 - Sir Verll:

Verll walks into the house and looks for Septim, when he can't find him, Verll runs up to his room to get some gold he saved away. He get in the door and sees the sword on his bead, he walks over to and grabs the note on the sword. He read what it says and smiles, he grabs the sword and fastens the sheath on his belt. When he is done he draws the blade and smile at the look of it.

 "With some aid, this sword could become very nice."  says Verll to himself.

He gets some of the gold he has saved up and goes out of the house, and while he is walking towards the wall he is readying powerful magic to cast on the enemy.



21:16:30 Dec 5th 07 - Mr. Might:

*Might grabs his stcik and charges toward the nearest soldier.*


"I wanna fight them! Where should I go to fight those panzies out there?"


22:28:52 Dec 5th 07 - Mr. Erunion Telcontar:

Erunion, Seeing the witless loobie ask the guard where to go calls out.
"We need someone to guard the other side of the gate! So that they can't get a battering ram in! Hurry!"
Well, if he falls for that, one less, ermm... rather less than intelligent person here.


22:37:37 Dec 5th 07 - Mr. Might:

*Might runs over and hands Erunion a gold coin and runs the opposite way.*


"THANKS!"


23:10:19 Dec 5th 07 - Mr. Erunion Telcontar:

Erunion looks at the guard.
"Well, at least he Might hold them off for a couple of seconds..."


04:44:10 Dec 6th 07 - Prince Lucias Septim II:

Septim readies himself as he hears the marching of troops on the other side of the wall, a few seconds later he hears the sound of arrows zooming through the air. Septim draws his sword.

"They'll be here soon...", says Septim.


17:47:36 Dec 6th 07 - Mr. Killer:

*Killer marches down to the gate. "They shall be here soon. Ready yourselves!" he roars above the clatter. Killer, seeing Might running at the enemy madly, thinks that he should be killed for being so stupid(or is that bravery...? I doubt it...) but opens the ground beneath him with some magic, which slants back towards to behind the gate, which he rolls down through, and Killer opens a hole above him and pulls him up. He then makes sure they can't tunnel through that, but leaves the hole there and starts creating more. The mages upon the wall, seeing this, help him. There are dozens and dozens of holes across the landscape. Killer then speaks to the leader who he put in charge of the mages through his mind. "I want you to focus these mages power upon creating a wall now, to stop the enemy for a while." The leader of the mages thinks back to him, "But that is a waste of energy sir." "Just do it, trust me." Killer then sees a wall of air forming before the horde. That should keep them back for a while, he thinks. He then prepares to do a great magic of summoning... *


18:28:02 Dec 6th 07 - Mr. Erunion Telcontar:

Standing in the gatehouse, Erunion wonders what happened to the gullible dolt. Maybe I shouldn't have, ermm... sent him to certain death. Sure I can't stand gullible dolt's, but, hey, he's still a sentient being, he can still learn... I think.
Deciding to make sure Might was alright, Erunion took a look around. Then he saw Might rolling down towards the gates.
He's alright.


18:30:42 Dec 6th 07 - Mr. Might:

*Might continues trying to charge the enemy screaming his mighty battle cry.



"SOUP!!!!!!!!"


18:48:24 Dec 6th 07 - Prince Lucias Septim II:

*Septim continues waiting, knowing that if he were to try to lend any of the magic he learned from Verll, he would get in the way.


16:19:11 Dec 8th 07 - Mr. Killer:

*Killer finishes his pell, just as the wall is weakening. It is one of huge power and he collapses into unconciousness before he sees the result. The spell summoned a pack(?) of dragons. They were completely black, like most dragons, and they flew at the enemy. They destroyed alot of the troops, but some smart mage figured out that they were shadow dragons. He got some mages around him to cast a bright light upon them, and they were destroyed(Well, sort of...) but there was a high loss of men amoung them. They were about half what they were. One would not think that they would create so much havoc, as there were only around twenty or so. The troops drew back, expecting more to come. However, Killer had collapsed, and there was confusion at the wall...*


19:34:14 Dec 9th 07 - Sir Verll:

Verll Ran up on the wall and conjured a shield to protect from magic attacks and arrows. Searching for one of the enemies mages he soon located one. He raised his hand towards the mage and a fireball the size of  a horse head  flew at the mage with lighting speed. The Fireball came to fast and was to strong for the enemy mage  to block and it burned a hole right through his chest. It continues to go and burned five other men to death.


19:53:05 Dec 9th 07 - Mr. Killer:

*Klisonka, seeing Killer on the ground, rushes to the captain of the guards. He sees an arrow protruding from his stomach. He knows this can't be good... He checks some other people nearby, but it seems only the captain of the guards is killed. He thinks upon who should lead the army. He remembers that Relic, Killer's brother, had left the previous day on a horse, and can't have gotten too far. He rushes to the stables, steals a horse, and gallops to where Relic was going, which was to the town Killer had taken with is men. Since he is a stable-hand he had picked a mystical horse, the only one there. A Pegasus. He flies over the wall, and though the enemy hordes shoot at him, they cannot hit him. He flies towards where Relic should be about, and spots him a while away, as he has the eyesight of an eagle. The horse flies fast towards him. He informs Relic of what has happened, and Relic and he rush back upon their steeds. Klisonka flies over the wall, while Relic casts a spell to bring himself inside the walls. He prepares himself for the worst, as there are a great number of troops...


20:53:00 Dec 9th 07 - Sir Verll:

Verll still stand on the wall and kill the enemy mages when he can, and block their attack on him.


21:08:46 Dec 9th 07 - Prince Lucias Septim II:

Septim continues waiting for the gates to be broken down, when suddenly an archer on the wall looks down at the warriors.

"BRACE YOURSELVES!!!"

Septim ducks behind his shield and the gates are utterly destroyed by thirty fireballs combined into one. Septim whispers a shield spell and looks out from behind his shield to see troops pouring into the city. Septim runs into battle and slashes one down and cuts off limbs of two more soldiers before they even know what happens. Suddenly two blades come down upon Septim and Septim blocks them both in one swift movement. Septim stabs one while he is recoiling, but then he sees the other's blade coming down at him. But then, a blade went through the enemy's throat and Septim looked up to see Skorg standing there.

"Hello Skorg"

"Hello Septim", says Skorg.

Septim jumps up and places his back against Skorg's to form a good defense. Many men were slain by their blades.


22:58:45 Dec 9th 07 - Mr. Killer:

Damn, you've made this difficult Septim...
*Relic sees the destruction. He spies Killer, about to be killed by being trampled. He rushes over to him, and casts upon him a spell of revival. Killer revives, and sees the battle. He orders everyone to go onto the wall, as it would be easy to defend, as it's only wide enough for 3 people abreast. All of them retreat onto the wall. Of course, nothing is preventing archers and mages firing at them. He orders the mages to cast a protective wall, one which stuff can go out of, but not into, no soldiers or anything. However, it is a hard spell, and Killer knows he hasn't much time. Klisonka, the only man of Killers outside tries to get in, and is hurled back. He puts his hatchets in a defensive position, and he happens to be a very good fighter. He kills many, but an arrows is shot towards him. Killer swerves it from it's direction. He creates a small gap in the defesive magic, and brings Klisonka through, and closes it again. He gets some of the best mages, 9 of them, and orders them to recite a powerful spell. He wonders if it will work...*


00:32:29 Dec 10th 07 - Mr. Erunion Telcontar:

Blood and ashes! Battles are no place for any sane man!
Erunion was leaping about, using all the skill he had learned, in battle or at the school, to keep the enemy away from him. Which involved chopping a few down. This one was more annoying then usual, using a sword and shield to great effect. Erunion's Trendarat hacked into the shield, the Erunion leapt forward, using a forearm guard to hold the sword at bay, he kicked into the mans shin, shattering it with the blades. He then yanked his blade free, and lopped the mans head off. Using the fireball spell, Erunion sent a few through the local enemies, then heard the order to climb up, and quickly obeyed.


17:08:57 Dec 11th 07 - Mr. Killer:

*Klisonka saw the spell being incanted. He knew immediately that it was going wrong. Killer too, knew it was going wrong, but if he broke off it might seriously injure anyone near. Klisonka, just before they finished the incantation, rushed beside them, and drew the power unto hisself, knowing he had little chance of survival. He averted the magic from being completed, but there was no chance of stopping it completely. He used the half-finished spell, which was just raw power without any finish to it, to blast away many enemies, but alas, he had no chance of survival. He was hurled out of the magic shield, and hit many enemies, who all turned to ash at a mere touch of him. He burned and shrivelled to a crisp. Killer looked on at this brave act in wonder and awe.  *


18:00:28 Dec 11th 07 - Mr. Might The God of Cows:

*Might smacked a (What are we fighting?) with his mighty stick braking the enemys skull.*


"That'll teach ya not ta muss upe my dinnar!"


23:32:08 Dec 11th 07 - Prince Aesius Septim:

Septim turned to Skorg.

"This is a battle of mages, warriors have no place here..."


23:46:22 Dec 12th 07 - Prince Aesius Septim:

[[OOC: BUMP!!! THIS SHALL NOT DIE!!!!]]


18:05:35 Dec 14th 07 - Mr. Killer:

Of course it won't die!

*Killer looks at the failing magic shield despairingly. He knows they will lose soon. Then, he sees a fantastic sight. He sees many rocs, griffins, dragons,  and either mythical beasts flying overhead, and many other mythical running across the land. He knows the war will end soon, and depending whose side these beasts were on, the other would lose... He saw the first beast, a griffin, dropping straight at him...*


01:41:00 Dec 15th 07 - Prince Aesius Septim:

*Septim looks up.

"..."


16:30:04 Dec 15th 07 - Mr. Killer:

*Killer is picked up by the great beast. He is brought before one of the enemy's people, an important one it seems, as everyone is a bit away from him, or perhaps they just scuttled away before Killer was thrown on the ground before him by the griffin. "No..." he moans, as he now knows they're doomed if the beasts attack them. The enemy person squats down in front of him, "Well, well, well" he says, "Is this the pathetic leader," he spits in front of Killer. "I am a great mage, and these beasts are nothing but illusions. Look above you." Killer looked up. The beasts wre disappearing. The mage in front of him laughs. "Now witness the destruction of your people, starting with yuo though, so you won't see them die." The mage takes out a ceromonial dagger, with many jewels encrusted upon it. He then stare past Killer, who has risen to his feet by now. Killer takes this pause as an advantage, and whips the dagger from his hands in a split second, and plunges the dagger into the mage's stomach. He turns around to see what had shocked the mage. There are still various beasts flying and running across the land. He turns around to the mage again, who is still alive, but only for a small while. "Looks like those illusions attracted other beasts" he says to the mage, and the mage dies with this very thought. And this was true, it was exactly what had occured. The enemy was frightened by the beasts, and panicked and ran. Killer's own troops stood together, and made another magic forcefield around them. The beasts started to pick off the enemy, who was running away. They continued off far into the distance. It was the end of the battle. Killer started towards his men.*


22:18:06 Dec 15th 07 - Mr. Killer:

*Killer reached the troops, in a slight daze. He surveys them. Some are injured, both severely and minorly. "Ok! Mages that can heal, and who are in good shape, start healing these troops!" He sets about doing this task himself, though he isn't in the best of shape himself. After all have been healed that can be healed, with unfortunately many dieing, he comes to the last man. He has fatal injuries, but his cuts are unlike the others. They give off a horrible scent, far worse then the others, and it looks like decaying material. Killer sees that he was affected by a spell of some sort to get these scars. He quickly works, and recites a powerful incantation, not one of healing, and the other mages around him what he was reciting a spell for. The man's clotted blood around the scars fades away, yet no more blood of his is spilled. The decay starts to leave his flesh. He is healed, but still wounded, but only for a while Killer reckons. He wonders how the spell only affected one man alone. It must have been cast by a poor mage, myabe taking the effects of it himself, and this man was near, and got affected by it. Killer looked up at the remaining troops, of meagre numbers. Three quarters of the men and women who had fought had died. Killer had seen the gold that had filled the enemies pockets, and had seen the chests of gold they had left in their fleeing. They must have been plunderers. Killer brought his troops inside the city, knowing that there was no purpose of them knowing it was there yet, as with their greed they might be dangerous with their losses. He would soon collect it to give out evenly. He calculated a generous sum of money for every single person in the place...*


00:04:23 Dec 16th 07 - Sir Erunion Telcontar:

Erunion walked over to Septim, his combat instructor, and gave him a slap on the back.
"Septim! Good to see you alive. Damn, it's good just to be alive..."


01:41:27 Dec 16th 07 - Prince Aesius Septim:

"Yes it is Telcontar, yes it is...I must be going back to my house now, if you would like to come for dinner tomorrow, that is fine. Skorg will be coming too, and a friend of mine, Verll, will be there. Anyways, I will see you later."

*Septim approaches Verll.

"Lets go home..."


23:02:04 Dec 17th 07 - Mr. Killer:

*Killer, after resting for a few days, gathers the gold with his people, and piles it up. There are near 1,000 people altogether, and around 8,630,000 gold upon the looters, giving all the people 8,630 gold each. He retire to his mansion again, to rest. *


00:46:46 Dec 18th 07 - Lord Verll:

Verll nods to Septim

"Yea lets go home...I need to take a bath..."


01:53:42 Dec 18th 07 - Prince Aesius Septim:

Septim and Verll go home, and the next morning Septim found two large chests. One says "For Verll" and "For Septim". Septim took them both inside and put one in front of Verll.

"This is for our services to the city. You can get your own house now, and it will be better than this! I will save this a bit more and buy myself a castle!"

Septim takes his chest to the bank and deposits all of the money, he then deposits his own savings of one thousand gold coins.

[[OOC: I now have about 9,600 gold coins, I need two more day's work to buy myself a large castle!]]

Mr. Killer

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11/1/2007 5:24:44 AM
Eh yeah... thanks Septim. They're a *beep*eap though...

Shack: 400 Gold
One room house: 600 Gold
One room house/w Kitchen: 750 Gold
Two Room house: 900 Gold
Three room house: 1,000 Gold
Mansio*beep*r>Small castle: 6,000 Gold
Large castle: 10,000 Gold

Erunion, you can get scrolls and lessons if you do well enough, but you won't get a raise... He's paying you quite well anyway.


07:16:23 Dec 19th 07 - Prince Cephorus Septim IV:

Septim walks down to the Real Estate offices and drops an enormous sack of gold in front of them.

"This is ten thousand gold, give me a large castle!"

*Septim is given the deed and names his new home Septim Castle. Septim moves all of his old furniture to his new castle. Afterwards he sells his old home for three quarters of its original value, 750 gold.

"Time to throw a party!!!"

*Septim invites everybody who took part in the battle and their loved ones to the party.


18:02:24 Dec 19th 07 - Mr. Killer:

Nice castle... Who said you could sell it for 3/4 quarters of it's price? It's ok though...

*Killer has agreed to build a race course in the place. It will be absolutely massive, and all types of mystical creatures will race in it, as well as ordinary types. People can bet on the races, or race them themselves, and get some money... In the stables the mythical creatures arrive(They aren't really mythical if they excist, I know, from the points  of view of Killer, but I don't know how else to describe them...) Griffins(Otherwise splet gryphons, and some other vasious spellings), Pegasi(Singlular Pegasus, not sure about the plural...) (Flying horses. Normal horses will also race in the track), Phoenixes(everyone knows what these are... though usually there is only one of them...), Rocs (birds, large ones...), Nazguls, and many other creatures... probably... They'll be very expensive to buy though, but it'll be pretty cheap to race in the race thingy...*


18:12:21 Dec 19th 07 - Mr. Might The God of Cows:

*Might runs to Septim*


"Partey!"


07:27:36 Dec 21st 07 - Prince Cephorus Septim IV:

*Septim holds a grand party with a lot of his food. And the guests leave with full stomachs, Septim cleans up and goes to sleep, the next morning he goes down to the city and into the blacksmith.

"Hello, I would like to buy a few of your supplies. I need a few whetstones, an anvil, two hammers, a pair of tongs, and some ores. I am sure I will need to go elsewhere for ores...but I would like to buy those items.", says Septim.

*Septim buys the items for however much Killer thinks is right and takes them home, he then walks down to the school where the receptionist greets him.

"Hello Master Septim", says Cesil, the receptionist.

"Hello Cesil, I need some basic lessons in smithing, such as sharpening blades, repairing armor, and making basic weapons", says Septim.

"Rugar should be able to help you, he is in forge 2C", says Cesil.

"Thanks, did you have fun at the party?", asks Septim.

"Yes I did", says Cesil.

"Alright, well...bye", says Septim as he turns and goes down to the forge. He gets some smithing lessons and is able to do basic smithing.

[[OOC: I wanted to do all of that without a price check, so I will guess that it all costed about 400-450 gold coins.]]

After a long day, Septim goes back to his castle and sets up his forge in a room of the castle, he orders a furnace and some minor ores (Bronze, Steel and Iron are minor, Silver is medium, and Mithril is major). Septim repairs his armor and sharpens his sword, he then puts the armor on the armor stand in the castle armory before hanging his longsword up. He then goes down to the furniture store to buy some training equiptment for his training room.

[[OOC: I am guessing the ores and furnace came to about 400 gold, so I have about 200 coins left.]]


16:08:19 Dec 21st 07 - Mr. Killer:

Oh, you guessed now... did you? I suppose you would be roughly correct... I'll see now...

Whetstones, hammer, anvil and stuff is 70 gold, without the ores, as I'm afraid the blacsmith doesn't give his away, as he doesn't have much, and *whispers* he doesn't like the dark too much, and it is very dark in the mines...
Lessons cost 30 gold...
However... furnaces aren't cheap, in fact they're expensive. The furnace and the ores cost 1000 gold, so you've about 0 gold... Errmm... I don't know about that training equiment with so little gold...

Nice guess...


16:17:02 Dec 21st 07 - Prince Cephorus Septim IV:

*Septim goes to work for the next five days.

[[OOC: I will be gone until Wednesday...]]


16:18:07 Dec 21st 07 - Lord Verll:


Thats the castle(small) I'm buying ^^ Perfect position for me to work my magic!

And with Furniture and all!

So how much?


16:20:47 Dec 21st 07 - Prince Cephorus Septim IV:

Mr. Killer

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11/1/2007 5:24:44 AM
Eh yeah... thanks Septim. They're a *beep*eap though...

Shack: 400 Gold
One room house: 600 Gold
One room house/w Kitchen: 750 Gold
Two Room house: 900 Gold
Three room house: 1,000 Gold
Mansio*beep*r>Small castle: 6,000 Gold
Large castle: 10,000 Gold

Erunion, you can get scrolls and lessons if you do well enough, but you won't get a raise... He's paying you quite well anyway.
That is how much it is listed as.


16:27:00 Dec 21st 07 - Lord Verll:

Ok, so with -6000 and then with Furnitue(Furniture for a wisard) and some
 herbs and staffs....How much all together?


16:28:13 Dec 21st 07 - Mr. Killer:

Errmmm... 6500 I suppose.


16:33:57 Dec 21st 07 - Prince Cephorus Septim IV:

[[OOC: Is there any way I can become Head Professor? Like, maybe he died in the battle in the city or something...]]


17:35:50 Dec 21st 07 - Mr. Killer:

I'm afraid he didn't die... But he will probably die eventually... You could hurry it up, but I wouldn't try that if I were you, he is pretty intellignet.


18:20:59 Dec 21st 07 - Sir Erunion Telcontar:

How much money do I have?


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