Let those who worship evil's might

[Borgus]

Here we go again, thought Borgus to himself as he and a group of bandits prepared to attack a small village. Borgus and the gang had managed to secure Wales patronage, and the legal selling of weapons was on the way. However Borgus still needed customers and by customers he meant Bandits. The bandit leaders were happy to have a place to spend their ill gotten gold, but many of them were skeptical about it, and to make things worse some of the smaller gangs were thinking about trying to raid them for loot and plunder. The best way to clear ups skepticism and to ward off the smaller gangs was to prove their own strength and ally themselves with another gang of brigands. Borgus plan to do all of that today with this raid.

Near the boarder of Sacea there was a group of brigands known as the Flash gang. They were large enough to make other small gangs think twice, but small enough that they could uses some extra man power on a raid. Borgus approached them because they were skeptical about his market. Some of them had pinned him and his operation as a Ilian trap to pinpoint bandits hideout location and a ambush point for hot marks. In order to prove this not true he and min were going to join one of their raids. A member of the Ilian army would not be caught dead aiding bandits and doing so would gain him a boost in reputation.

"Alright lets see this thing through", spoke Borgus as he opened his room door and walked out into an Inn. It was Borgus bright idea to have the bandits infiltrate the village a week beforehand as travelers and merchants instead of simply gathering outside and attacking. Now they could assault and hit their positions with little resistance of the guards. It was a new tactic to the Flash gang, but so far it seemed to prove advantageous.

[Minerva]

"All right, let's do it."

Following behind the acolyte bandit, Minerva smiled. The Flash gang was all right in her book. They were decent people, as bandits went, and hadn't tried anything funny. In fact, they seemed simply glad to have the noblewoman bandit and the Boss-man along for the ride. After all, their magic was a hidden weapon few expected, and even fewer were able to handle. Together, they were strong -- Minerva could handle the anima magic that Borgus so despised, with it being his weakness, and he could blast any dark-magic creeps into oblivion with his light.

"So what's the plan? Do we have men stationed throughout the city? I think an excellent way to catch them off guard would be to light fires all over in various locations, drawing their attention, and allowing the boys lying in wait outside to storm through. We could also open the gate while they're not expecting it, since they guards will be easy to kill if we can sneak up on them."

The mage had run through many plans, and this one was by far the best. With a surprise attack, they could easily overpower the puny guard force and raze the village. In fact, she wished for a brutal fight, so that she could unleash her fire upon the masses of the village and watch their screams of despair and anguish as they burned alive, their skin slowly crisping as they blackened and dried out, becoming naught but burning husks of the men and women and children they once were... Mmm. What a beautiful image. Consuming flames, her magic bringing pain to everyone. What a glorious possibility!

[Duma]

Duma was resting in the room of the village Inn. It was a small room for a man his height but he didn't mind and welcomed it all the same. It was a lot better then sharing this room with total strangers as was often the case with mercenaries. He had arrived only two days ago and was taking this time in between jobs to take a break for himself. It wasn't often that he got a chance to visit Sacae. The air here was clean and was always full with the scent of the grass. It was oddly therapeutic. He admired the resolve of the nomads whom are native here.

"I could step out for a bit and work on my sword arm." Duma told himself that but his body refused to move. He had spent a considerable amount of time getting himself comfortable in the small cot. And like hell if he was going to get up so quickly after all that effort. The sword master was starting to both bored and sleepy, as he kept staring at the uninteresting ceiling. There were little patches of moss in the corners, and a few cobwebs, he had been in worse. Or we could nap. Yes. Nap. He thought to himself, and began to close his eyes.

[Gabe]

It was a nice day in sacae . The sky was clear and the town was busy ,but Gabe couldn't admire the surroundings cause he needed to get some supplies for his journey to find the bandits that killed his friend a couple years back. He want so badly to kill the fiends responsible for her death and wouldn't rest until they paid for their crime but for now he could relax as that time wouldn't come for a while and he needed to prepare. Gabe also thought that he couldn't do it alone and ended help in order to accomplish this task but he didn't know where to look for help.

[Borgus]

"Your suggestion is probably the best Mineva", spoke Borgus. "We need to start a distraction in the center and draw everyone's attention. At that time we open the gates and let our boys in. We will have our hidden troops ambush the guard patrols as they move through the city. This will cripple the guards ability to organize and counter our movements. Minerva I would like to have you take the distraction. Your fire magic will prove useful in setting structures on fire and causing chaos in the center of town. Take some of the Flash Gang with you as your guard. Don't over do it. If things get to dangerous get out of there. I do not want to loss you on this simple mission. We have far more important matters to deal with after this done."

As Borgus finish speaking to Min he walked up to a couple of their boys having breakfast. "Green Eggs and Ham", spoke Borgus with surprise as he looked down on their plates.

"Oh yeah it is a specialty here", spoke one of the Brigands as he continued to east his green egss.

"Well once you are done here go aid Min", spoke Borgus as he pointed to mage. After talking to the brigands Borgus descended into the streets. He was going to need to be in position to open the gate once she brought the fire. Still he needed to inform the boys to attack the guards on site while they moved to respond to the crisis.

"Hey kid", spoke Borgus as he called to one of their runners. The kid was a bandit, but he was disguised as a traveling musician.

"Yes Mr.", he spoke ready to take Borgus message.

"Tell me, is it fox hunting season yet", Borgus asked the boy knew the code and responded in kind.

"Sorry sir, but you missed it. That was last mouth. Now people are hunting deers and wild horses."

"Crap", spoke Borgus as he flip the boy a coin. The messenger moved off to deliver his message and Borgus moved to the gate.

[Gabe]

After thinking about his task he decided best not to think about it , it was almost noon and was getting hungry so he decided to go to the inn to get some fresh food and good drink rather then use some of his recently bought supplies. When he arrived at the inn he ordered he ordered his food and took a seat in the corner away from the other people in the building but after a while a man stumbled towards him looking like he had one to many cups to drink. Foreseeing trouble Gabe tried to move away but the man went right to him.

"You look a bit to young (hic) to be traveling alone (hic)" said the intoxicated ruffian


" it is none of your business how old I am and what I chose to do now please get out of my way." Said Gabe


" now listen here I decided it is my business and if you have a problem with that you can listen to my fist instead!" Said the ruffian as he got into a sloppy fighting stance.


" you are right I do have a problem with it but I'll let my arrows do the talking " said Gabe as he took ann arrow from his quiver and prepared to attack.



The battle started the drunkard tried to punch Gabe but Gabe was quicker and more alert and Gabe stabbed him in the back of the leg making the ruffian fall to his knees but he still tried to attack Gabe and punched him in the leg. Gabe stumbled away from the floored bandit holding his leg in pain he knew he would feel that in the morning. He asked the innkeeper for a room to rest in for a bit and nurse his leg.

[Minerva]

Moving off with the two brigands Borgus had provided her, Minerva made her way innocuously to the center of town. Entering the town library alone, the mage moved into the rear of the building and turned a corner. Hidden from view, she summoned a small fireball in each hand and slowly walked up and down a few lines of bookcases, setting their volumes alight. Then, the mage sent both fireballs into the wall of the building, looking in satisfaction as it started to burn and smoke.

"Next."

The two other bandits had also set their targets on fire, creating a triangle shape of burning buildings. Now, they simply had to widen their range.

Moving out of the library before the fire could be noticed, the bandit woman moved towards the granary. Trying the door, she was disappointed to find that it was securely locked. Moving around to the side of the building, she saw a man carrying bags of grain out to a wagon. Choosing her moment carefully, the mage slipped in behind his back and tossed a fireball onto a pile of grain bags. The dry wheat went up instantly, and the mage burst out the front door from the inside, running away even as the man began to scream "Fire!"

"Ok, now I need to rendezvous."

Running back towards the center of town, Minerva kept watch for her two assistants. If all had gone well, six fires would have erupted, and then she and Borgus would be able to assault the gatesmen and let the bandits in. Easy as cake.

[Gabe]

After his leg was rest Gabe left his room and also paid for the room. Then he left the inn and was bout to leave the town until he heard someone yell "FIRE FIRE!!!" Soon the whole town was in panic trying to put out the fire and running to safety. Gabe made his way to a building and saw a bandit ry to torch the place Gabe drew his bow and fired an arrow at the bandits arm drooping his torch on his clothes setting them on fire yelling in pain the bandit ran around like a headless chicken.

Another bandit spotted Gabe and charged at him . Gabe shot him in the leg slowing his charge but the bandit swung his axe but Gabe narrowly dodged but stumbled and tripped . The bandit swung again but Gabe blocked it with his bow and redirected the axe to the left of him making it hit the ground then Gabe quickly drew and arrow and stabbed the bandit in the side killing him. Looking around the town was still in panic.



"I got to find out what's going on!" Said Gabe. Gabe decided to take the bandit's axe to sell later it might sell for enough for Gabe to get supplies later but for now the town's safety just became his priority and could waste his time thinking about that now. Gabe rushed towards the town square hoping to find out the cause of this madness and suffering but he wasn't prepared for what he would find.

[Duma]

Duma was just about to hit that moment of sleep that lies between partial sleep and dreaming, when he awoke to the sounds of a fight happening outside. He ignnored it for now. Probably some drunkard who is a about to get whalloped ignore it.

He tugged at his cloak trying to pull it up closer to his face in a vain attempt to block out the noise. He closed his eyes again. A second set of shouts woke him up this one far more serious. FIRE FIRE!

Duma got up rather quickly and dressed himself. Drunkards were one thing but fiires were worse. He grabbed his sword and bag and ran outside. He looked up and judging from the different set of smoke stacks that their were multiple fires happening all at onnce. This was not natural. He recognized this sort of tactic. BANDITS!

He grabbed a running guard and told him that a bandit attack was in progress. With their main focus on dividing up the guards and cause panic and distraction. The guard seemed to listen to Duma's words and reacted accordingly. He gave the man explicit details, to gather the village folk somewhere safe, away from the buildings, let the properties burn, and warn the other guards. He then repeated this message to another runner. Duma has no idea the bandits are in disguise as civilians.

There is too much panic already for them to have any sort of order. A messenger should bee relayed to nearby villages for help provided if they haven't seen the fires and are riding in to investigate. All I can do now is repeat these orders too any other guards running past me until the bandits show themselves.

He clenched his fist. These bandits were going to pay severely for ruining his nap.

[Borgus]

"Beautiful Chaos", spoke Borgus as he heard the cries of fire and the sounds of panic. It was like music to his ears. Everything was going as plan. So far Borgus seemed to be on a lucky streak. Still he needed to finish his portion of the plan. Min and the others should be heading his way soon and the guards at the gate needed to be done in before they got here.

"What in the world is going on", spoke one of the Guardsmen as he saw the smoke and fire. They were too far away to have received word of the chaos. There were currently two of them stationed at the gate. The reserve troops near the structure had left to go deal with the fires and chaos toward the city. Everything was going just as Borgus had planned. Still the acolyte could not help be feel as if something bad was going to happen soon. Plans never go off without a hitch.

"Hey", spoke Borgus as he grabbed the attention of one of the guards. The guard turned and in that moment Borgus shot a beam of light straight into his eyes.

"My eyes", he screamed as he fell over holding his hands in front of his face. His partner looked at Borgus and realized that he was a bandit. It was almost as if everything clicked at once. The man rushed to grab his signaling horn, but Borgus was way ahead of him. The acolyte blasted the ram's horn off the wall with a burst of magic and then rushed up and punched the man in the pit of his stomach.

"What the", spoke the man as he fell over. He was sure he was wearing armor and that a fist blow should not be strong enough to hurt him. As he looked up he saw the mage wearing spiked metal gauntlets with sharp finger tips.

"Nighty night", spoke Borgus as he stopped down on the man's head with steel toed boots. The blow knocked the man clean out and Borgus then delivered a deadly blow of magic to the back of his skull. Leaving nothing to chance Borgus walked over to the screaming man he has shot in the eye with magic and clawed out his throat with his gauntlets.

"Good now for the gate", spoke Bones as he walked into the gate toward and pulled the lever.

[Gabe]

When he reached the center of town Gabe saw no one around , thinking everyone had been evacuated Gabe decided to head toward the gate and leave too


"I can't see anything 5 feet in front of me with all the smoke I should leave while I still can" said Gabe


But before he could leave he saw a woman running past the center of town. Gabe decided to go after her and make sure she was ok not knowing she was one of the bad guys

"Are you ok madam?" Said Gabe

[Minerva]

Minerva turned and saw a man talking to her, a bow on his back. Well then, it looked like she hadn't betrayed her allegiance yet. Good! That would make it even more fun later on.

"Me? Yes, yes, I'm fine. Actually, I'm feeling just great today! Sorry that I can't stay to chat much longer with you, but you see, I have a job to do. Somebody's got to stop the fires, right? Here, tell you what, you can help. Quick, go over there, to that building, and find a man named Blaine. Tell him that he needs to get the water ready!"

As her two assistants burst out of nearby alleys, Minerva nodded to the guy encouragingly before running off with the two bandits to the gate. Borgus had hit the lever, and the large slab of wood was moving aside, allowing a clear entrance for the bandits.

"Let's go, let's go. Keep this moving, you hear. Raze the town, take whatever you want. Loot, kill, pillage, defile, desecrate... No holds barred in war! Get'm, boys!"

As the gang began pouring into the town, the mage moved over to Borgus, quickly relaying her message.

"Let's keep this moving. I'm ready to rock, Borgus. Where should we go? It's pretty chaotic in here, so we've definitely got the upper hand.

Actually, want to go hit the coffers? The guards will be trying to keep the boys from smashing through everything, so they won't be protecting their gold. Should we go get it while we can? It'd help our operation, I believe."

[Gabe]

" glad to see you are alright madam I hope you are able to stop the fire" said Gabe.

After the woman left Gabe left towards the building the nice woman pointed to running as fast as his legs could take him avoiding burning debris and wrecked houses until he came across a man by the before mentioned building.


"Excuse me are you Blaine?" Asked Gabe " if so a woman with blue hair asked to tell you that you need to get more water"

[Duma]

Duma kept relaying his ordered until a small their was a small sense of order among the chaos. Many of the town's folk were starting to evacuate from the rear side of the village. Away from the main gate.

He heard some commotion over towards the main gate. He assumed that the main group of bandits had entered. No doubt about it now this was an inside job.

Duma started to make a run for the main gate. It was a stupid decision but he was not about to let a bunch of bandits go to the innocents. He was going to cut a few of the dastards down.

He positioned him self in the middle of town and prayed that enough guards and sensible men were escorting the innocents out of the village. He drew his sword from its scabbard and threw the scabbard aside.

He closed his eyes and focused. An eager bandit tried to charge him and he cut him down with a swift stike. Another was chasing a small child and with another motion he cut the bandits throat and ordered the child to run.

A few others took notice of his presence. They're were a few other Sacaean warriors around him they had the same idea.

"Archers take the high ground pick off any who try to sneak and snipe us. Riders lie back and protect those escaping. Rest of us will keep em busy."

The group nodded and obliged. Thank you experience and intimidating appeance.

[Gabe]

After Gabe relayed the message to Blaine Gabe heard someone yell from somewhere int the town


" archers take the high ground and snipe them is they try to sneak up on us"

Assuming this was an order to the guards Gabe decided to also take the high ground to help the guards with their defenses. When Gabe reached the guards he offered to help and the guards gladly accepted as they needed all the help they could get. After he reached the high ground and looked around for bandits as he watched he noticed a man with a sword drawn near the center of town. Mistaking him for a bandit Gabe was about to shoot him until he saw him cut down a few bandits with amazing skill and speed, Gabe had seen nothing like it before and was almost left in awe. However Gabe couldn't waste time watching the swordsman he had to shoot at some bandits, but then Gabe noticed someone behind the swordsman.
It was a bandit and without thinking Gabe shot an arrow at it's tricking him in the side of the neck killing him almost instantly. After shooting him Gabe decided to go look for more bandits.


After a bit he saw a group of three people attacking the houses but before he could shoot them he noticed a familiar face. "Omg it's the woman from earlier! She's a bandit?!" Said Gabe shocked he couldn't believe he had been tricked, but what about Blaine was he a bandit too? Did Gabe help the bandits by delivering her message? Confused Gabe decided to pull back and leave town. "Mages bandits and mystery swordsman no thanks besides, ( looks at his bracelet) I have a promise to keep I can't die here." Said Gabe. Gabe exited town and headed elsewhere.   (Exits thread)