Feint Whispers Chapter 7: Blood, Sweat, and Fears.

[Festy_Dog]

Norri cheers, and throws a tiny fist in the air.

Mighty inspirin' he is.

 

[Mirth]

Tarowyn watches the men of Evenwood from Jericho's side, thinking to himself, You poor, misguided bastards ... to throw your lives away for one such as your 'lord.'

 

[jasamcarl]

Jericho gets astride Saladin, and canters into the court at the head of the men, inspecting their ranks, and gauging their resolve. He makes quick corrections and commands and then proceeds to center himself on the gathered formation. He gazes over the gathered crowd, before nodding to the knights, saluting them in their custom and fashion.

“Sons of Evenwood, vassals, and knights, today we fight a common enemy. We march on the woods to route out the goblins that infest those lands. We fight to head off any possible organized resistance from these ‘green-skins’. But before we can face the enemy without, we must squash all prejudices within,” Jericho draws his enchanted bastard sword and raises it high, the blade glowing an eerie red, “I am a son of the lands of D’or, a foreigner in your lands, but by my sword I have proved my strength time and time again. Now my blade fights along your side, as brothers, as soldiers, and as men.”

Jericho levels his enchanted blade towards the men, moving it slowly from left to right as he speaks, “You must all decide now, to put aside your petty views and realize that we fight for your lord’s land, for your land, and for your families! To this end I have pledged my sword to Lord Evenwood, and to you my men, till victory or death! I have given my pledge to you, and I will not falter. I know our enemy, and it is together as one mighty Fist, one mighty Hammer, and one mighty Sword that we will be VICTORIOUS!” the D’orite raises his blade once more in a mighty roar, trying to encourage the men to follow suit…

The common infantry respond with a resounding "Hurrah!!!" raising their weapons up and down in near unison. This abates only to be replaced by a mixture of yelps, chants, and loud prayers that is so forceful as to threaten to bring down the walls of the castle itself.

Farthest away from the castle, the Knights remain stoic, a look of mere indifference used as a response to the D'orite's words. One does raise a cupped hand to is mouth and yells "For the Evenwood!!!" The others just shrug at his enthusiasm.

All infantry units will recieve a +2 on their morale checks in the coming battle.

ooc: Let me know when you want to begin the march.

 

[Tokiwong]

OOC: On my command unleash hell...

Jericho smiles smugly, and sheathes his blade, and speaks to his officers, "Get the men to marching, I want to put some time on the road before dark! Move it!"

He speaks to Tarowryn, "It may be prudent to have you either take the rear or scout ahead... I will let you decide elfy."

Jericho will take his place at the head of the marching force.

 

[Mirth]

One does raise a cupped hand to is mouth and yells "For the Evenwood!!!" The others just shrug at his enthusiasm.

Tarowyn makes a mental note of the knight who showed support, planning to approach him later.

He speaks to Tarowryn, "It may be prudent to have you either take the rear or scout ahead... I will let you decide elfy."

"I'll scout ahead with Norri. He's the only one who can keep silent," the elf replies and glances over at the halfling. "Of course, we will have to ride quite a bit ahead to distance ourselves from the thudding cacophony of this army's hooves."

 

[Krug]

The dwarf is comfortable travelling with the main bulk of the army. "Should we not deploy them in such a manner to take advantage of their powers? And we have scouts amongst them no?"

 

[jasamcarl]

ooc: fyi, both the pikemen and archers are each assembled as singular formations composed of four 100 man units. You can choose to arrange them as either a square or a line such as:

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or

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Krug just reminded me.

 

[Festy_Dog]

"I'll scout ahead with Norri. He's the only one who can keep silent,"

Norri salutes then scrambles up onto Tarowyn's horse.

"Ready when you are," he says.

 

[Krug]

"I'd arrange them those archers in front of the Pikemen," says Bhartus. "reminds me of some toys I used to play with," the dwarf says, surprisingly admitting he had a childhood.

 

[jasamcarl]

ooc: just waiting on Jericho's reply to the entire marching order thing. I'll post tommoror regardless.