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Post by Vicktaria on Mar 31, 2014 7:17:50 GMT -6
The sea was calm, allowing the strong wind to push reaver's dreamto reach the coastal line in a matter of mere minutes. Vicktaria steered the ship to a perfect small cove, jumping out of the ship along with his brothers and crewmates, raising his axe to the air as he spoke. "Men of reaver's dream, are you ready to REAVE!" The men shouted to him, raising their axes and swords. "Charge, find the nearest fishing village!"
The reavers ran across the shore and the field, seeing a lone fishing village in the distance....
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Post by Orcleous on Mar 31, 2014 10:57:43 GMT -6
"Curse these hicks", shouted Orcleous as he walked out from the small building the villagers called down hall. The mercenary was practically spitting fire as he began to swear like a sailor. "Who does not need a mercenary", shouted the lad once more as he walked through the streets. The villagers eyes focused on him as he headed toward the peer. It seems Orcleous dream of owning a Silverblade would be put on hold for a moment more. "I hope their village gets burned to the ground", spoke Orlceous as he began to leave the village.
As Orcleous walked away he noticed something in the corner of his eye. There in the distance was men with axes and weapons heading toward the village. It did not take a mage to figure out what was going to happen next. It seemed that the old coot was wrong in his assumption that they did not need another blade in the village. Oh well not my problem thought Orcleous as he began to walk away.
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Post by Vicktaria on Mar 31, 2014 11:05:07 GMT -6
Vicktaria stopped atop a hill overseeing the village as he looked to his men, turning to them as he yelled as loudly as he could. "Men! Today, we are ridding these landwalkers of their women, their fish, their homes, and their freedom! Today, we REAVE!" He raised his axe high to the sky, letting out a proud yell as his crew answered his yell, beginning a charge to the fishing village.
The local head of the village sweated like a pig, yelling orders for the small militia to take positions, along with sending out a horseman to gather help as soon as he could. The reavers were coming, and they were fast.
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Post by Orcleous on Mar 31, 2014 11:20:48 GMT -6
As Orcleous walked away form the village he heard the sound of a horse coming up from behind him. "Freaken Bandits", spoke Orcleous as he dropped his bag onto the ground and drew his silver sword from his back. The mercenary was convinced that it was a local bandit, or worse a rider sent out from the raiders he saw earlier. The mercenary turned around to see a young lady on a house with an expression of worry.
"I am glad I caught up to you", spoke the woman as she stopped her steed. She looked down at the lad and saw a he was giving her a deadly glare. After a moment Orcleous eyes returned to normal as he remembered her face.
"OH you are that girl from the watch", spoke Orcleous as he placed his sword back in his sheath.
"Woman from the watch", corrected to maiden as she watched Orcleous pick back up his bag.
"Woman, girl, same thing, but different name", spoke Orcleous as he began to walk away again.
"Wait", spoke the maiden. "The village is under attack."
"I know", spoke Orcleous. "I saw the raiders coming up while I was walking away from the village."
"What", spoke the woman with surprise and disgust. "Why did you not return and help, or at the very least warn us about their coming."
"Because that does not give me gold", spoke Orcleous plainly as he began to walk away.
"Gold", spoke the woman as anger entered her eyes. "Is that all you mercenaries think about gold. What about the lives of other people and the families that are going to die."
"Look", spoke Orcleous as he stopped. "I don't care about your family and your friends. I only care about my family and friends, and to be truthful neither you or me have the time to argue about this. Now either your going to pay me gold to aid you in your defense, or I am going to walk down this road and find someone else in need of my services. Make your choice."
The woman looked at him for a moment and threw his a bag of gold. "Here", she spoke. "Take your money mercenary."
"Thank you", spoke Orcleous as he turned toward the village. "Now are you going to give me a ride, or do I have to walk", asked Orcleous as a satisfied grin crossed his face.
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Post by Vicktaria on Mar 31, 2014 11:30:52 GMT -6
Vicktaria kicked down the door to the local inn, letting out a vicious roar as he let his men inside to take whatever they wanted, be it wenches, ale, or money. He turned around, letting out a proud laugh as he begun to slaughter his way towards Down Hall.
The militiamen were taking a heavy beating. The pirates were more experienced than them and they were also with better morale. The village had not catched fire yet, thank the saint for that.
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Post by Orcleous on Mar 31, 2014 11:43:18 GMT -6
The sound of horse neigh filled the air for a brief moment as the maiden returned to the village. As she rode in she slashed one of the pirates across the chest with her iron sword. As she rode by Orcleous dismounted and landed on the ground. He took a moment to take in all that was happening and looked at the pirates running about.
"Disorganized rabble", spoke Orcleous as he watched their movements. His comment however was not toward the pirates, but rather toward the bumbling militia. Without wasting another moment Orcleous rushed forward toward a small group of militia that were separated from the rest. Their backs were to a wall and they were surrounded by pirates. With only a iron spear and a makeshift shield the militia did not stand a chance.
"Alright time to earn my gold", shouted Orcleous as he rushed in and stabbed one of the pirates through their back. The silver blade sliced all the way through and pierced through his heart.
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Post by Vicktaria on Mar 31, 2014 11:59:01 GMT -6
Vicktaria continued on his rampage, one of his brothers following him as he then spoke. "Go and get your iron price payed, Vickon. Maybe you'll even get a strong enough woman to sire you a child!" Vicktaria laughed as his brother ran off.
Vickon arrived to the scene, witnessing Orcleous slicing his sword around as he roared, charging forth as he lept trough the air, aiming to slam his axe right onto the shoulder of the mercenary.
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Post by Orcleous on Mar 31, 2014 12:24:49 GMT -6
Orcleous heard the roar and looked up to see a pirate fling through the air. This was his first time dealing with such an attack, but his instincts told him that it would be a bad idea to try and block that kind of attack. The mercenary instead took a step back with his left leg sidestepping the attack. He then prepared to retaliate with a attack of his own, but the pirates near him rushed forward and struck out toward his direction. Orcleous was forced to abandon his attack and put some space between him and the pirate.
"Captain", spoke the pirate as he walked up to the eye patch man. It was now clear to orcelous that he was the leader. That meant if he could take him down he could end this battle.
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Post by Vicktaria on Mar 31, 2014 12:33:32 GMT -6
Vicktaria sighed at his men failing to kill the young lad, motioning for them to continue their plunder and conquest. Vicktaria then stepped forwards, speaking. "You do not seem to be a local. Why defend these landwalkers?" As he spoke, Vickon carried off the screaming woman that had brought Orcleous here, holding his bloodied axe in his other hand.
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Post by Orcleous on Mar 31, 2014 12:59:40 GMT -6
"It is simple really", spoke Orcleous. "They paid me. In a way we are kindred spirits. We both fight for our greed. I just prefer to keep mine legal. The retirement plan is a lot better and I don't have to worry about people coming back for revenge." It was at that moment Orcleous noticed Vickon carrying the woman.
Dang nabit thought Orcleous to himself. How in the world did she let herself get captured if she had a horse through Orcleous. The mercenary looked at Vicktaria and then suddenly sprinted toward his blind side. He moved as if he was going to attack the pirate and then rushed toward the pirate fleeing with his meal ticket. "Sorry mate", spoke Orcleous as he threw his shoulder into the man knocking him over onto the ground. "You are going to have to take you hands off my meal ticket", spoke Orcleous as he grabbed the maiden and pulled her off the ground.
"Mercenary", spoke the woman with surprise.
"Yes yes, I am not as dirty as you thought", spoke Orcleous as he handed her his spare iron sword. "Use this and don't get captured again. Remember you are my contractor. If you die my job here is done."
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Post by Vicktaria on Mar 31, 2014 13:07:04 GMT -6
Vicktaria sighed. "I can offer you much more than these landwalkers. The cowards cannot defend their own property? We take it for ourselves and use it for better means. If you come with me, I can ensure you a nice dinner,a cabin, and drop you off wherever you want... I'll even sweeten the deal and rid you of your little contract." Vicktaria then suddenly threw his axe towards the woman, the axe slamming against her chest as he let out a loud guffaw.
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Post by Orcleous on Mar 31, 2014 13:33:38 GMT -6
As the axe flew through the air Orcleous raised his sword in defense. He though the weapon was aiming toward him, but instead it hit the maiden right in the chest. With a loud thump she hit the ground. Blood began to pour out form her chest. The maiden stared up at Orcleous with eyes her eyes filled with fear and then she was gone. Orcleous turned around and looked at the pirate.
"You should not have done that", spoke the Mercenary. His eyes were no longer calm like before, and his expression was not smug. There was now a seriousness in his face. The seriousness that should have been around the moment the village was assaulted. "I may be a mercenary, but I have my own code of honor. You just killed my contractor and you did so with me standing right next to her. Such a stain on my reputation could never be allowed." Orcleous stopped and looked at the militia running around like a chicken with its head chopped off.
"All Militia to me", shouted Orcleous. His voice ranged over the village.
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Post by Vicktaria on Mar 31, 2014 13:41:55 GMT -6
Vicktaria folded his arms, laughing in pride as he yelled out. "Boys, how many of those men did you leave alive again?" Yells could be heard all across the village, most of the militia seemingly dead as only a few gathered to Orcleous as they seemed mostly shaken and wounded. "If you wouldn't mind, boy, we would like to take OUR women, OUR fish, and OUR belongings and leave this graveyard." Vicktaria nodded to his men, who slowly gathered to him, having women, barrels, and baskets with them.
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Post by Orcleous on Mar 31, 2014 13:51:58 GMT -6
Immediately Orcleous began to assess his situation. There was few of the militia left. Many of them were banged up and shaken. However they did have one advantage over the pirates. The pirates were heavy with loot and arrogant about their victory.
"Listen up", spoke Orcleous to the militia. "Those pirates have your woman. Buildings can be rebuild and things can be replaced, but people can't be replaced. They are better fighters than you ,but they do not have as much heart as you do. When we attack we aim for the ones holding the women. If we can free them we can let them join the fight." Orcleous words put some strength back into his men. He started at Vicktaria and his band of pirates.
"You said you earn what you take with iron", spoke Orcleous. "Well you are going to really have to earn you keep today", spoke Orcleous. Without a word to his men he charged forward. The Militia followed suit. Leading the way Orcleous charged forward and cut down the first pirate with his silver sword. The blade cut clean through the man's iron armor and left his body bleeding on the ground. The Milita man attack placing heavy focus on those holding the women.
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Post by Vicktaria on Mar 31, 2014 13:57:11 GMT -6
Vicktaria let out a sigh as he begun to axe his way around, killing militiamen that charged towards him. The ones with women were having some trouble, some having to drop their women to the ground to keep their ground. Vicktaria suddenly stopped, watching to the harbor as he let out a long winded chuckle, watching as a familiar ship landed to the port... Reaver's dream, followed by his eldest sister, Asha, and the remainders of the crew to charge out. "Boy, I do wish you a good death. I would have spared you, but Asha... Asha is SOMETHING ELSE!" He continued his chuckle, axing around as some of his men died, forming a small ball of furious pirates.
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