The Tangible Thing That is Sacae's Future

[Selibas]

Selibas rode in the shadow of th mountains. His tribe should be here around this time of year. After his absence he was unsure how his tribe would accept him as chieftain. He knew Chlane wouldn't be looked at as Chief but maybe the families would recognize him as a leader, and he needed to be seen as his tribes leader. He had three weapons at his side. One sword of Ostian make, one Sacaen that had been traded to an armorer in Bern, and a blade of Bernese make. Selibas decided the Sacaen one might be best to show more often.

Selibas had five men at his back. He was now friends with all of them, and hoped they could be accepted by his people. There was Trace, Primary Leader of the Poliar Army that would be coming, under Selibas of course. He was a bit gruff but friendly to someone once he got to know them.

There was Fu Cerin, a Veteran Violet Axe. He was about fifty and Carried only axes for throwing, but he knew how to use them. He was quiet only speaking up to scold his son.

There was Erikye Cerin, a Private in the Violet Axes. He was about twenty three, and asked questions all the time. He used two axes at once instead of an Axe and shield. He was larger than his father, but also much more open and cheerful.

Mervin Henskey was a heavily armored Red Lance Rose. He was Thirty Five and Talked a normal amount. He was the strongest man Selibas had ever met, and he never admitted he was wrong.

Yusif Garth was a light Red Lance Rose. He was Twenty Eight and laughed constantly but not in an annoying way. He was a father so he was cautious and always took time to asses situations.

So when the six saw smoke, Selibas kicked his horse into full gallop. Trace was able to keep up decently, although his Large Bernese horse was no match for Lightnings speed. The others had to sprint behind them. Selibas would have to remember to get them good Sacaen Horses. Selibas was met by many blank stares, people who didn't really know him. He trotted toward a large tent in the center of the camp.

He dismounted Lightning and waited for the others to catch up. He told all but Trace to wait outside and the two entered. Chlane was busy writing lists of supplies, and weapons the Sacaen's had. So Selibas said, " I'm here to take my position as Chief, old man." Chlane looked up with a rare smile. The two walked and met in an embrace. Selibas introduced the two to each other. "This is Trace O'Grady, he's my First Captain of a large force I have coming to meet us in a few weeks. And this is Chlane, my second in command, and my teacher." The two shook hands and talked a bit about Chlane's days as a Mercenary, seeming that he had come to Poliar on a Mission to kill a Politician on a Mercenary Mission.

Then Chlane said, "Selibas, it's time for you to address your people." The three exited the tent, Selibas heard Fu telling his son not to pick a fight with any of the Sacaens. Selibas saw that the Majority of the families had come to see what the return of their chief meant. Chlane got down on his knee and bowed his head. He whispered, "Tell me to swear all my loyalties, my horse, my sword, my bow, and my family to you and the tribe." Selibas was about to repeat the words that he guessed was some sort of oath, when his older cousin Dale ran through all the Sacaens. Selibas kicked his iron sword enough to grip it.

But Dale never struck at Selibas. He dropped to his knee next to Chlane. However he left his head up to whisper, "I am sorry for my mistreatment of you, you are my chief. I will always follow you." Selibas placed both hands on the warriors heads, and whispered the oath Chlane had told him. The two repeated in unison, "I swear all my loyalties, my horse, my sword, my bow, and my family to you and the tribe." The two got up and walked back to all the other Sacaens. Then all the other Warriors moved up and kneeled to the young chief. Selibas swore in each man and in turn his family, and that's how Selibas cut the ties to the weak boy he had been and became his tribes true Chief.

[Selibas]

That night the whole tribe came to the campfire. Selibas did something no Chief had ever done. He had given up his tent. As he had walked about to better aqquanted with the families, he noticed that sick members of the gers were left to infect their relatives. So he set aside his large tent as an infirmiry. Selibas now watched the bard of the tribe who spoke of Fregalane, an illegitimate grandson of Hannon. He had been the smallest member of his tribe, so he had left to escape the ridicule. He at one point made his way to the mountains in between Sacae and Bern. Fregalane was a master swordsman, although he was not as fast as the other Sacaens. One day, under the shadow of the mountains, he locked eyes, with the alpha of a pack of wolves. Fregalane drew his sword out of fear, but didn't use it on the wolves. All heads turned as a roar was heard, and a gang of bandits descended from the mountain. Fregelane fought against the bandits alongside the wolves. As he felled the last bandit, he noticed the howls and growls of his ally pack had seised. So when Fregelane collected his followers, he named his trie the Sumis, s his people would never forget the Wolves that died Under the mountains.

When the bard finished his tale Selibas stood. He projected his voice over the whole procession, "My people, what is the largest threat on our horizon?" He heard a voice pipe up, "The Aurumiaf?" Selibas smiled at the thought of the small rival tribe who's dispute with his own was over a horse fifty-nine years ago. "Bandits?" "Hunger?" All things Sacaens knew and had faced before. Then a gruff Illian accent voiced, "Etruria." Selibas nodded and said "Exactly. Now, why is Sacae always such an easy target?" Silence.

"I will tell you why," Said Selibas, "If a small Etrurian army wanted to force the Sumis into submission, or exterminate us, they might not be able to do it so easily." Many of the proud older Sacaens lifted their arms and wooped. Selibas slowly spoke up again, "But, what if they had another force of Sacaens? How would we fare against a trained army, and the Aurumiaf? That is how it's been since the very beginning. We turn on eachother, although we are all Sacaen. How many of you all can tell me which tribe Hannon was a member of?" Selibas paused, "We, Sacaens turn on eachother, and ally ourselves with someone of a completely different life. How are Sacaens to be as strong as any other people? By being on people. understand it might not be ideal, or what all of you want. But, I, and you all as my tribe, am going to unite the tribes of Sacae."

[Selibas]

Shouts wer fired. Selibas had expected it from the older tribe members but not the amount he got from the younger people. This fued had been going on since before all the tribe could remember, yet they all couldn't stand the idea of joining any other tribe, especially the Aurumiaf. Selibas knew it would take some time before he would be able to have full support. He quieted the tribe and spoke again, "Who remembers Salvation Point?" Silence. "Etruria was battled then. Was that an army however? No, do you think Etruria hasn't benn angered, you think they don't have plans? Because I'll tell you they do. I served with a group of Ostians some time ago. One man said, and I quote, Sacaens are savages who would rather have their tribe be the only humans on this planet. So, do we live as savages?"

No one said anything. Luckily Dale jumped out to save Selibas again. He walked into the center of the gathered families and said, "What seperates Sacae from the other Nations? Other than what my cous- my chief has said? We aren't a strong nation, yes. But we also don't have spies, we have honor, we don't lie. Do you all forget the oath you made earlier today? I will follow Selibas til he dies and if you all don't? You are no better than the Etrurians." Dale took a stand next to Selibas, and the crowd of Sacaens roared approval now that it was shown as an act of honor. Selibas smiled and said, "You all might need to get to sleep soon, we have an early rise if we are to catch the Aurumiaf." The chief of the Sumis tribe, made his way to a tree near the edge of the camp, and went to sleep."

[Selibas]

The next day Selibas, Chlane, and Trace rode at the head of the tribe. Something was clearly bothering Trace, so Selibas decided to ask what it was. "What's the trouble?" Trace turned, relieved, and asked, "Why the tribe your tribe hates first? What if they're one of the ones you said were so stubborn, you would have to take them by force? Are you sure the current size of your tribe would be able to handle that?" Selibas nodded, he had a good point. He had hoped someone would have brought it up last night He said, "Well, our fued is well known to almost all of the tribes in Sacae. So seeing warriors and families of our tribes united will make anything seem possible." Trace nodded, although he didn't fully understand Sacae.

Selibas saw a group of figures on the horizon. At first he thought they had caught the Aurumiaf that fast. But as they got slightly closer, he realized it was two people at a camp. Selibas decided he should investigate by himself. He turned to Chlane, " When the tribe catches up to you, slow down but follow me. I'm going to find out why there are people with no tribes simply wondering." Selibas set Lightning at full gallop. After accelerating, Lightning showed that while young and small, he was one of the fastest horses in Sacae.

[Selibas]

Selibas rose his right hand as he got within earshot and yelled, "Peace, I am here only to talk." As he got close enoguh to see, he saw a maybe thirty two year old man and his wife, but no tribe. That shocked Selibas, he knew that some Sacaens wondered the plains with no tribes, but he didn't remember seeing any in the path of his tribe when he was a child. The man had his hand on his sword, and seemed ready to fight the boy.

Selias dismounted Lightning, and introduced himself, "Hello, I'm Selibas, the chief of the Sumis." He paused to see how his rank would affect the man. It didn't. "I feel it is more suspicious to see someone in the plains and not talk, and you seem to be directly in my tribes path." The man nodded, "Name's Bekter." Selibas was surprised by his bluntness. He said, "Well, while I'm here, may I ask why you don't have a tribe? Or why you aren't with them?"

Bekter sighed, he didn't want to talk more than was neccesary it seemd. However he did, "My wife and I, used to belong to to the Quaital, but they gave up our culture, and allowed an Etrurian Priest to lead simply because of his threats of the Inquisition. My wife and I agree'd that was not how we wanted to raise our child so we packed our supplies, loaded our ger, and rode off." Selibas saw that the woman was pregnant, and saw a way to further he could help the people and, although he felt bad for looking at it in this way, help himself.

"Well, although we're not the Quaital, I plan to do sove the Etruria problem. If you wouldn't mind joining my ranks, I plan to have your old brethren join me later. So, would you ride with me?" The man thought for a second and said very bluntly, "Yes." He and his wife began packing things, and Selibas murmured under his breath, "What a popular man you must of been with the Quaital. Selibas rode back to the Sumis and shouted, he was beginning to lose his voice a little bit, "The man is Bekter, his wife is with him. They will be riding with us, though they were formally Quaital. Get well aquainted." The Sumis had no problem with the Quaital, but he didn't see Bekter and his wife fitting in imediately. As he rode on with the tribe on his back, Bekter and his wife Horum fell in.

[Selibas]

Ooc: Timeskip

Ic: Selibas was preparing for battle. He had thought the Aurumiaf would be more understanding of his wishes. But they were not. He strapped all three blades to his hip, but drew out the heavy iron sword he had bought. He exited his tent and the Sumis cheered ready to fight. Selibas marched at the head of his force, ready to show which tribe was stroner, and hopefully win them over with little blood shed. He broke into a run as the other army marched forward. He ran and barely hit a myrmidon of the enemy tribe,but received two light blows before hi enemy danced away.

Then all hell broke lose. Selibas locked eyes with a Nomadic Trooper as he rode toward him, sword drawn. Selibas received a heavy blow to the chest, breaking his armor, Selibas swung and missed unable to recover his blade. He got another blow, this time to his right shoulder muscle, rendering his sword arm useless for the time being. The Nomadic Trooper quickly sped away, but Selibas' hard time was not over. Sacaen's can develope accuracy that of a modern Sniper, and one of the Aurumiaf had done so. Selibas fell, arrow in his side, to the ground.

Chalne and Dale both saw Selibas fall. Chlane rushed toward him to help him, but Dale, the new acting chief of the Sumis, yelled retreat. You don't lose a chief then keep fighting. The Roses ran and pulled Chlane back, and Selibas' body was left to the enemy tribe. The Aurumiaf wooped excited at their easy victory. The chief said, "Leave his body and weapons, he's still a chief and deserves honor." Selibas was not dead however. Not yet.

End of thread

Ooc: If I decide so or don't RP him again Selibas will die on the grass.