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<blockquote data-quote="elfstone" data-source="post: 5674053" data-attributes="member: 83937"><p><strong>Session One 7/29/2011</strong></p><p></p><p>Belrix the Macedonian Warrior</p><p></p><p></p><p>Cursed? There be little doubt of it, but by who? Our enemies? I know little of the Sicilians, but could they could bring such misery on us? The battle went against us quickly. My unit had just entered the battle when the rout began. I shook with fury and nearly slew the captain who ordered the retreat. We made for the ships and everything was chaos. Then the storm hit. I remember little of what happened but I know I'll never board ship again if I have a choice. Then it was the stinking beach of dead and dying. </p><p></p><p>No gear left, no wine, nothing worth salvaging on the dead save their tunics. Just the sun. That sun! I would slay Apollo's horses and break his chariot to make that sun drop from the sky for a time. There was nothing but sand beyond the shore, no shade, no plants, no water. The curse must come from the gods, but which one? Poseidon? Hades? </p><p></p><p>Those of us still living came together after scouring the shore for anything that would help us survive. A Briton, no bigger than a boy, lent me the use of a spear and I was able to catch a couple fish in the shallows, it took too long for to little gain. It was fresh water that we needed most. With what little we found we quickly realized we had to walk inland or die of thirst.</p><p></p><p>We found tracks of men and beast in a old river bed. They must have been other survivors that awoke before us and scavenged the best goods from the beach. We tried to dig in the low spots of the dry bed to get water but there was none. We followed the tracks with damp tunics wrapped around our heads showing nothing but our eyes. We walked and the sun beat down on us like a hammer. We grew weak and our eyes played tricks on us. One of the two mules who belonged to a Carthaginian scholar was the first to die. The Roman priest prayed for hours but little good it did us. We kept following the tracks, trudging forward like oxen with the sun ever burning down on us. Then one of us spotted water and trees! Our hopes soared, until we reached the spot only to find the corpses of the men and horses who's tracks we followed. There we gathered more weapons and gear but the water skins were dry. It looked as if they had killed each other over them. I knew I would kill for one drink at that point and by the look in the eyes of the others, I'd wager they would as well. We were doomed if we did not find water soon.</p><p></p><p>To be continued...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elfstone, post: 5674053, member: 83937"] [b]Session One 7/29/2011[/b] Belrix the Macedonian Warrior Cursed? There be little doubt of it, but by who? Our enemies? I know little of the Sicilians, but could they could bring such misery on us? The battle went against us quickly. My unit had just entered the battle when the rout began. I shook with fury and nearly slew the captain who ordered the retreat. We made for the ships and everything was chaos. Then the storm hit. I remember little of what happened but I know I'll never board ship again if I have a choice. Then it was the stinking beach of dead and dying. No gear left, no wine, nothing worth salvaging on the dead save their tunics. Just the sun. That sun! I would slay Apollo's horses and break his chariot to make that sun drop from the sky for a time. There was nothing but sand beyond the shore, no shade, no plants, no water. The curse must come from the gods, but which one? Poseidon? Hades? Those of us still living came together after scouring the shore for anything that would help us survive. A Briton, no bigger than a boy, lent me the use of a spear and I was able to catch a couple fish in the shallows, it took too long for to little gain. It was fresh water that we needed most. With what little we found we quickly realized we had to walk inland or die of thirst. We found tracks of men and beast in a old river bed. They must have been other survivors that awoke before us and scavenged the best goods from the beach. We tried to dig in the low spots of the dry bed to get water but there was none. We followed the tracks with damp tunics wrapped around our heads showing nothing but our eyes. We walked and the sun beat down on us like a hammer. We grew weak and our eyes played tricks on us. One of the two mules who belonged to a Carthaginian scholar was the first to die. The Roman priest prayed for hours but little good it did us. We kept following the tracks, trudging forward like oxen with the sun ever burning down on us. Then one of us spotted water and trees! Our hopes soared, until we reached the spot only to find the corpses of the men and horses who's tracks we followed. There we gathered more weapons and gear but the water skins were dry. It looked as if they had killed each other over them. I knew I would kill for one drink at that point and by the look in the eyes of the others, I'd wager they would as well. We were doomed if we did not find water soon. To be continued... [/QUOTE]
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