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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doghead" data-source="post: 2059830" data-attributes="member: 8243">Some interesting ideas. I had at good laugh at this:Reading the thread, particularly some of the little ic bits, I find myself tempted to play 'the straight guy'. [bq]Background snippet: Ulum'ak was at the Battle of Two Rivers as a spear carrier. He was at the Battle of Half Hill as well. As were many others. What marks Ulum'ak out was that he survived both those disasters. Twice he watched the Horde forces throw away numerical and tactical advantage and spectacularly self distruct. Again and again he saw Horde warriors drawn out of  formation by tempting targets, only to be cut off and slaughtered. He saw Horde bands fighting amoung themselves. He saw huge mobs of Horde warriors repeatedly and pointless throw themselves at coordinated formations of Alliance archers and spearmen, who casually cut the howling warriors appart. And at Half Hill he saw a troll eat a quarter of their Tinkers cos he missed breakfast. Personal prowess may make for a great warrior, Ulum'ak acknowledges, but it doesn't win battles in the face of monumental stupidity.The experience marked Ulum'ak. Two nights after Half Hill, Ulmat quietly slit the throat of the hungry troll as the stupid beast lay in a drunken stupor. And since then he has doggedly dedicated himself to mastery of the art of war. One day, he dreams, he will gather to him those that, like him have grown tired of the chaos and stupidity. He will forge them into a mighty army. And he will lead them to victory. If I can just live long enough, he usually finds himself concluding with a shrug.[/bq]Of course, this might work so well if everyone else likes chaos and stupidity :\</blockquote>

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