Post by High General Mythrog on Apr 28, 2014 17:24:04 GMT -8
Here is my Vignette Entry for GC7: Starting the Siege
GC7: STARTING THE SIEGE
Carnox stared down at the map on the table in front of him listening to the rain fall outside. Nine hours had passed since Mythrog and Endrol had left to stop the enemy reinforcements, and now it was almost midnight. A steady rain had started a few hours ago, and had turned into a downpour. He was still in the same tent that he Mythrog and Endrol had planed the siege from, having only left to get dinner and to have the sides rolled down to keep the rain out. He had spent the nine long hours plotting ways to get rid of the wizard. So far he come up with a dozen ways not to get rid of him. maybe we could… his thoughts were interrupted one of his commanding officers, Thran, entering the tent.
“Sir there is someone here to see you.” Carnox thought for a moment, and then nodded to the dripping wet officer.
“Bring him in.”
Thran nodded, turned and left the tent. He returned a moment later with two guards and a unarmed queens scout. Carnox looked in surprise at the scout.
“Whats he doing here?” He directed the question at Thran.
“I have decided to betray the queen do to recent discoveries. I came to see General Mythrog, to both get and give help. Where is he?”
“He is out hunting.” Carnox lied smoothly. “I’m Carnox captan of the Blood Legion, and I am here instead”
He pressed for more information. “So why do you want to betray the ‘queen’? What kind of help do you want, and what do you have to offer?”
“Two years ago I was framed for doing magic, and was outlawed from my village. I came down here, to the only place were outlaws are welcome. I wandered from city to city and eventually became a member of the queen’s army. Two weeks ago I learned that the queen had heard a rumor that one of the blacksmiths in my village was giving weapons to rebels in a nearby city. She had the entire village burned to the ground and everyone killed, including my brother and his family. As for help I know why the wizard is here.”
Carnox thought for a moment.
“I never got your name.”
“Gordon.” He extended his hand for Carnox to shake.
Carnox ignored it.
“What do you want in return for the information?”
“I want to live in peace on troll land were I’ll be safe until the conflict with Galainir is over.”
“I’m not the one to make that decision, Mythrog is. Now what is the information.”
“I will give you the information if you agree to put in a good word for me in front Mythrog.”
“Fine.” Carnox replied, knowing he could always go back on his word if he had to.
Gordon cleared his throat.
“For starters Fort Dragon Skull is under the command of Sir Flork…..”
Not him again, Carnox thought, remembering the last time.
“…and he knows your here, there is also a large force of reinforcements arriving two days from now”
“What about the wizard.” Carnox pressed.
“The wizard, I don’t know his name, is here looking for a Moss-Squirrel he needs the feet for a spell, or something like that, and I found the trail of one earlier today.”
As soon as Carnox heard why the wizard was here, he had a plan.
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The next morning Carnox put Mythrog’s original plan in to action, the only difference being he was leading the platoon of Blood Legion, and Thran was leading the rest of the army. As he jogged down the secret passage Carnox thought about what he would have to do. He quickly reached the hidden door that led to the main keep. Three minutes after arriving at the door he heard a horn in the distance. So far everything was going according to plan.
GC7: STARTING THE SIEGE
Carnox stared down at the map on the table in front of him listening to the rain fall outside. Nine hours had passed since Mythrog and Endrol had left to stop the enemy reinforcements, and now it was almost midnight. A steady rain had started a few hours ago, and had turned into a downpour. He was still in the same tent that he Mythrog and Endrol had planed the siege from, having only left to get dinner and to have the sides rolled down to keep the rain out. He had spent the nine long hours plotting ways to get rid of the wizard. So far he come up with a dozen ways not to get rid of him. maybe we could… his thoughts were interrupted one of his commanding officers, Thran, entering the tent.
“Sir there is someone here to see you.” Carnox thought for a moment, and then nodded to the dripping wet officer.
“Bring him in.”
Thran nodded, turned and left the tent. He returned a moment later with two guards and a unarmed queens scout. Carnox looked in surprise at the scout.
“Whats he doing here?” He directed the question at Thran.
“I have decided to betray the queen do to recent discoveries. I came to see General Mythrog, to both get and give help. Where is he?”
“He is out hunting.” Carnox lied smoothly. “I’m Carnox captan of the Blood Legion, and I am here instead”
He pressed for more information. “So why do you want to betray the ‘queen’? What kind of help do you want, and what do you have to offer?”
“Two years ago I was framed for doing magic, and was outlawed from my village. I came down here, to the only place were outlaws are welcome. I wandered from city to city and eventually became a member of the queen’s army. Two weeks ago I learned that the queen had heard a rumor that one of the blacksmiths in my village was giving weapons to rebels in a nearby city. She had the entire village burned to the ground and everyone killed, including my brother and his family. As for help I know why the wizard is here.”
Carnox thought for a moment.
“I never got your name.”
“Gordon.” He extended his hand for Carnox to shake.
Carnox ignored it.
“What do you want in return for the information?”
“I want to live in peace on troll land were I’ll be safe until the conflict with Galainir is over.”
“I’m not the one to make that decision, Mythrog is. Now what is the information.”
“I will give you the information if you agree to put in a good word for me in front Mythrog.”
“Fine.” Carnox replied, knowing he could always go back on his word if he had to.
Gordon cleared his throat.
“For starters Fort Dragon Skull is under the command of Sir Flork…..”
Not him again, Carnox thought, remembering the last time.
“…and he knows your here, there is also a large force of reinforcements arriving two days from now”
“What about the wizard.” Carnox pressed.
“The wizard, I don’t know his name, is here looking for a Moss-Squirrel he needs the feet for a spell, or something like that, and I found the trail of one earlier today.”
As soon as Carnox heard why the wizard was here, he had a plan.
—————————————————————————————
The next morning Carnox put Mythrog’s original plan in to action, the only difference being he was leading the platoon of Blood Legion, and Thran was leading the rest of the army. As he jogged down the secret passage Carnox thought about what he would have to do. He quickly reached the hidden door that led to the main keep. Three minutes after arriving at the door he heard a horn in the distance. So far everything was going according to plan.