Two Kingdoms [Group 2]

[Caros]

The Overview

The great Principality of Shay had ever been the ally of her neighbors. Established in ages long past by a Paladin so devout he could not bring himself to be crowned king when, in his words “There is still one above me, and only he can be king.”

The largest goodly kingdom along the southern portion of Rasa, with borders stretching from the divine sea nearly to the ocean, Shay was a bulwark against the evil of the north, standing, with the help of her allies, against those who all to often sought more land, more power.

It was with great sadness then, that saw the end of those blessed times. With careful, deliberate intent the duplicitous High-Priest Damien eliminated the heirs to aging prince Derek. Descending into his grief with the death of his four son's, It was all too easy for Damien to bespell, and eventually kill the mighty Prince, the common men believing their monarch dead of grief.

Without a line of succession, the goodly nation turned to religion, the charismatic priest, with aide of his 'Priestess' Celes, ascended to rulership, even going so far as to turn the god's signs of displeasure into a rallying cry for his people.

It was the disbelievers! The gods were angry at them for consorting with fools and heretics, for allowing the evils of the north to live.

It began slowly, the 'way of peace' building, starting as a movement to encourage their neighbors to change, it soon became a demand that they do so. And when that inevitably failed, came force.



The Begining

“You have only just recently crossed the border into Lyra, making best time towards the capitol city. While you are expected in three days, the trip itself will take only two, allowing you to take a more leisurely pace. Or at least, that was your thought.

Settling down for a night's rest your evening watch is scared nearly out of his skin by a tap on the shoulder, the pale white face of Tim Messenger framed by black hair, staring down at him. His opposite hand was extended, a manila envelope enclosed within, pressed into your sentries hand before the man vanished as quickly, and as silently as he came.

Curious as can be, you tore into the package, waking your companions.”

[sblock=ReadMe]Fear my stock text ^_^. For the purposes of this.... Sharptail will be the one on watch.

In case you're curious, this is the only time the two groups will be similar. Opening is the same for everyone =)[/sblock]

 

[Arkhandus]

Buddy snores loudly at the slight rustle, and mumbles something in his sleep, followed by a small snort of what might be chuckling, before snoring again. The gnome's right hand twitches a bit.

 

[Walking Dad]

Cyrus

Cyrus stares at you as you wake him. "What did I say the last time; Wake me again, when I have to prepare spells and it is nothing important, and you will die from old age... tomorrow.

Your lucky I'm already prepared. So, what happened?"

 

[Guest 11456]

Elaine 'IcyHot' Sharptail

Startled by the sudden appearance of Tim Messenger, Elaine glances down at the manila envelope and as she looks back up, he is gone. First she decides to tear into the package. Seeing the contents she decides it would be best to wake the others. The first one she wakes is the human who seems annoyed. “Perhaps next time I should use the dagger in the back alarm.” Without allowing a response she holds up the manila envelope and contents, and points to them. Then she proceeds to rouse the gnome showing him the manila envelope and contents. Finally she wakes the hobgoblin. Once everyone is awake she presents the manila envelope and contents to them. “Tim Messenger appeared and gave me this. Then he disappeared as quickly as he appeared.”

 

[Caros]

With everyone awake and settled, the envelope was opened. It contained only a single peice of paper, stamped with the personal seal of Tim Messenger himself. Peeling away the seal, the group would read the following:

Eleventh Company,

As pertaining to your current contract, I have conducted forward investigation to locate a series of objectives that you will accomplish while en route to the capitol.

Tim Messenger

Eliminate Enemy Stores

Due to the speed of the enemy advance, they, understandably had to travel light. The food and supply caravans are only now advancing to meet the army. I've located the most likely places a recent caravan will be attempting to stop for the night, so traveling up the line they forge you should be able to locate them.

Negate these supplies by and means you feel necessary.

[sblock=ooc]Giving you guys till wednsday or until you're all talked out before I skip ahead to the first encounter. Feel free to discuss any tactic/other stuff in the ooc thread, this is meant to be a 'hard' campaign, so I'll allow a touch of metagaming if need be to stay alive ^_^[/sblock]

 

[Arkhandus]

"Hmmmm... I know! How about I send a squad of badgers to dig under the wagons while the caravan's asleep, gnaw a hole under each wagon, and carry away the supplies back to us! Then the army has to retreat when their food has all disappeared!" Buddy exclaims.

Then, after a few moments of nodding and mumbling to himself, he sighs and adds "No, wait, that'll never work. It'd take too long to burrow that far while they sleep, and they'd hear the badgers digging." He goes back to mumbling.

 

[Avalon®]

Startled by the sudden appearance of Tim Messenger, Elaine glances down at the manila envelope and as she looks back up, he is gone. First she decides to tear into the package. Seeing the contents she decides it would be best to wake the others. The first one she wakes is the human who seems annoyed. “Perhaps next time I should use the dagger in the back alarm.” Without allowing a response she holds up the manila envelope and contents, and points to them. Then she proceeds to rouse the gnome showing him the manila envelope and contents. Finally she wakes the hobgoblin. Once everyone is awake she presents the manila envelope and contents to them. “Tim Messenger appeared and gave me this. Then he disappeared as quickly as he appeared.”

"I hope waking me up at this time of night is not on a lark Ellie. What is this all about? Have we gotten our orders?"

"Hmmmm... I know! How about I send a squad of badgers to dig under the wagons while the caravan's asleep, gnaw a hole under each wagon, and carry away the supplies back to us! Then the army has to retreat when their food has all disappeared!" Buddy exclaims.

Then, after a few moments of nodding and mumbling to himself, he sighs and adds "No, wait, that'll never work. It'd take too long to burrow that far while they sleep, and they'd hear the badgers digging." He goes back to mumbling.

"Blast it Buddy, all you talk about is badgers. I know you can do many things with those 'pets' of yours but even I think that plan won't work."

 

[Walking Dad]

Cyrus

"But you think you can summon something with a duration, tht would allow your plan?" Cyrus ask sceptically.
"If there food supply is a living herd, we could frghten them away. I know caretain spells for this. And if you, Buddy, could something dangerous looking... perhaps a dire badger?"

 

[Arkhandus]

"Blast it Buddy, all you talk about is badgers. I know you can do many things with those 'pets' of yours but even I think that plan won't work."

"Not true. Sometimes I talk about" he says, counting off his fingers, "rocks, pretty rocks, fuzzy bunnies, puppies, hammers, hitting things with hammers, clovers, shiny shinies, or" he looks at Elaine for a second and winks in mock-flirtatiousness, "the ladies." He whistles once, then can't help but fall into laughter for a minute.

"Seriously, though," he says while calming down, "badgers are useful. The only thing they can't do is fly, and that's only until a bigger badger tosses them. Heee, badger-tossing....dangerous but fun!" he adds with a snort and a shorter chuckle.

"But you think you can summon something with a duration, tht would allow your plan?" Cyrus ask sceptically.
"If there food supply is a living herd, we could frghten them away. I know caretain spells for this. And if you, Buddy, could something dangerous looking... perhaps a dire badger?"

After Cyrus' question, the gnome replies "Oh, suuure, dire badgers are easy! Cuddly! And friendlier than you'd think! They'd only bite your face off if you looked at them cross-eyed. Or farted in their general direction. Or kicked them. Or had crumbs on your face from suppertime. Or made googly-eyes at them, unless you were a girl-badger, then they'd be all over you like a dwarf over free beer, or a halfling over free anything. But dire badgers are great!"

After a moment of looking lost, Buddy says "Oh, right. The plan. Um, I could probably do it, but each badger will only be around for a few minutes. Maybe tunnel a hundred or two hundred feet I guess? I could summon them maybe half a dozen times, I guess." he says while scratching his head.

 

[Guest 11456]

Elaine 'IcyHot' Sharptail

Elaine listens to the others talk a while then she adds her thoughts. "Without knowing what we are up against we cannot formulate a viable plan. I suggest we find the supply caravan and scout it out. Then we can decide on a proper plan. If there is livestock involved, we can simply kill it. If we frighten them away they can simply recover them. Dead livestock translates to more cargo and thereby will slow the caravan down considerably."