[Battle For The Four Islands] Chapter One- Artic Misadventures

"Noon!?! We're leaving at noon and you woke me at this gods-forsaken hour to leave at noon? Does your tribe have a taboo against sleep or something? Well, I for one will be back in my room reclaiming the sleep that I need. Wake me around noon. That means within an hour, not within seven hours". With that Marcus tromps up to his room and back to bed.

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Goli nods and exits, talking fast and calmly to his sergents.

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Several hours latter you all meet Goli at the edge of the town. He is dressed in his same armor as the morning. The two sergents stand at his side, and behind them are about 12 goblins dressed in studded leather with Rifles, Axes, and shortbows.
 

Rak'al arrives, his armour and weaponry cleaned, but not gleaming. Axe across his back and bow slung across his shoulder. "Allright, I'm ready to kill some Orks."
 

Bokaru joins the goblins, fully equipped, and ready for battle. He looks pleased as he quickly inspects the troops, and turns to Goli.

"These look like a fine group of men. But as my friend says, let us delay no longer. Victory awaits us!"
 


Marcus shows up decked out in his chain shirt, and his bandoleers of pockets. He begins to distribute things to his comrades in arms, with instructions on how to use them.
"Now who was to shoot the sleep gas? "
From these people he takes one arrow each, and uses some tarlike substance to stick the ceramic container to the head of the shaft. "Right before you are ready to fire, twist this ring here, that will activate it."

"Now who wanted that hardened air elixir?" To this person he hands what looks like a small perfume sprayer. "All you do is sqeeze the bulb, and squirt the mist into a shield shape in front of you. "

"I'll keep the rest of my toys for use as I see fit. "

He then hefts up his crossbow, and makes ready to move out. He has left his dogs at the Inn.

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Philip arrives with his weapons and equipment all stowed under his cloak. It does look as though he has now been on this continent a little longer that he might like, but he smile tightly. "Let us be done with this group of raiders before the sun sets. It will get cold quickly after dark"

With that he moves his rapier from under his cloak and with his other hand pulls out his caltrops. ...
 

The five of you, Goli, all the goblin soldiers begin marching in a form of military structure that is all basically familiar to those of you that have been in, or seen military formation.

The flurries patter among your armor in the late morning, leaving drops of water to drip upon your pants, or your hands, to your slight annoyance.

Goli leads the way his head up, a commanding and purposeful aurora about him. When you first met the small and wounded goblin, you were not likely to have guessed his power in his village, and now, well you are at least slightly impressed.

Meanwhile the goblins behind you are chatting a small bit in their native tongues, but a few seem to be watching the hills and flatlands intensely, eerily you or they spot nothing.

Then after an hour and half (perhaps a little less if any of you were tracking time intensely) you reach the end of a small group of hills, about 200ft in the distance you spot it. The raised platforms of the orkish archers, and the snowy gravelly hill it rests upon. It is just as described to you, a small three story (not counting weather or not there is a basement) stone building, surrounded by a continues low hill that encircles it, with archer plat forms approximately 5 ft above the hills or 10ft off the ground.

You can spot three archers on the platforms, all facing this direction, it appears they have not spotted you yet.

Choose your actions wisely.
 

"Phillip, Sergeant, with me and the axemen. Jofre, Rak'al, Goli, you're leading the archers, and starting our assault. Marcus, with the Sergeant and the riflemen." Bokaru says quietly. "Right my friends, the best of luck, and my ancestor's blessings go with you all."
 

Jofre

On the march there, Jofre quickly cycles through the languages* he knows, to see if any of the archers share a common tongue.

*Common, Zugain, Gisen, Trisil
 

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