Hektor
Sage
"This country may be peaceful without one of us, let us see who it shall be."
Posts: 57
Profession: General
Affiliation: Bern
Affinity: Ice
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Post by Hektor on Apr 26, 2014 17:35:42 GMT -6
If this was true then the worst possible random factor had been brought back into play. Hargus.
After the last couple of towns getting destroyed and reports coming in it almost made sense with Hargus coming back. It only made his job harder. If only he could help the city directly. But he had to protect Bern and there'd be no way he could get leave to help. It would leave them open to the rebels. Speaking of the rebels, he might need to have a meeting with one of their leaders, neither of them could have the country if bandits killed everyone, could they.
Also after hearing of the siege Hektor realized that the bandits would most likely need supplies so he immediately tightened border security and increased the precision of checking ships in the eastern seas. He also set up a network of scouts to begin checking on all towns close to the northeastern border and the eastern ports. If bandits were to make a move towards them there should be enough time to react.
Right now though Hektor was sitting in a larger city that usually acted as a trade rout between most of the North eastern towns, recruiting more people for the army of Bern. There were multiple tables set up with people signing up recruits at each. Hektor was sitting near the center of the square, with his two body guards, going over reports while simultaneously devising stratagems in case Bern actually was attacked or passed through by bandits. He had to be ready. For his people if no other reason. Giving a sigh, he ran his right hand through his thick luxurious blue hair and leaned back in his chair stroking his mustache. The stresses of this job might yet get to him at this rate.
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Burt
Fighter
DEAD
Posts: 82
Sacae Fame: -2
Profession: Arum Thrall
OoC Alias: Burtorega
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Post by Burt on Apr 26, 2014 18:09:33 GMT -6
Burt had done his part. He began to spread word of Natch and his raiders. By the time he reached the station of the Bern Army Hargus had already been revived. Still Burt knew Natch, the man behind the attacks needed to be marked.
"Excuse me who is in charge here", shouted Burt. He rushed in looking half crazed and holding a piece of paper. "I need to speak to somebody in charge", spoke Burt.
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Hektor
Sage
"This country may be peaceful without one of us, let us see who it shall be."
Posts: 57
Profession: General
Affiliation: Bern
Affinity: Ice
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Post by Hektor on Apr 26, 2014 19:10:21 GMT -6
The man at the desk looked back at the man with a confused expression on his face. ""Um, if you are here to enlist you'll have to go to the end of the line."
A man had randomly run up to one of the desks making a small commotion and that was enough to snap Hektor out of his little thoughts and get back to work. "Well the sooner this is done the better." Hektor mumbled as he gave a slight sigh, getting back to his work.
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Burt
Fighter
DEAD
Posts: 82
Sacae Fame: -2
Profession: Arum Thrall
OoC Alias: Burtorega
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Post by Burt on Apr 26, 2014 19:39:03 GMT -6
"Look", spoke Burt as he slammed the two pieces of paper onto the desk. On the paper was two very well drawn sketches of Oleg and Natch. "If you all care anything about Bern you will listen to what I have to say. These two men have gathered a group of bandits and have whipped out a town. Well the first one gathered the bandits, but the second one join him. I was the only survivor and I need for them to be known. For the sake of the people who died in the village you all need to do something about this man." Burt was still looking a bit crazed, but his tone of voice told of his sanity, or at least his complete belief in what he was saying.
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Hektor
Sage
"This country may be peaceful without one of us, let us see who it shall be."
Posts: 57
Profession: General
Affiliation: Bern
Affinity: Ice
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Post by Hektor on Apr 26, 2014 20:04:05 GMT -6
"Um, G-guards? Help?" This man had to be crazy, he was disturbing the whole process. The sooner he was removed the better. The man thought as a couple guards began to descend upon the man.
Great,what was it now? Guards began to move towards the man that had appeared earlier and the man at the table looked scared. Well there were always some people that were crazy. But before Hektor could get back to his work he heard the man spout something about the security of Bern. What? This might just have to warrant his attention. Standing up quite briskly from the table, Hektor walked over to the man with a dignified posture, sending the guards back to their posts. "What is this about the safety of Bern?" He asked, A piercing gaze sent directly into the taller man's eyes. "And don't lie."
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Burt
Fighter
DEAD
Posts: 82
Sacae Fame: -2
Profession: Arum Thrall
OoC Alias: Burtorega
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Post by Burt on Apr 26, 2014 20:24:18 GMT -6
As the guards approached Burt began to tense up. It seemed there was going to be a fight. Burt was not going to let himself get thrown out of here. He owed it to all the people in the village that died. He had to get the information out. Just as it seemed that a fight was about to break out another man walked up. He had the look of a Gentleman and the posture of a noble. This man was clearly in charge, or simply walked like he was.
"What is this about the safety of Bern", asked the man. "And don't lie", he added at the end.
"I am a historian by trade", spoke Burt. "I don't lie." But picked up both of his drawings and handed them to Hektor. He pointed toward the picture of Natch and began to speak. "That man right there is the leader of a group of bandits", spoke Burt. "And I am not talking about a small group like ten or fifteen. I mean a really big group. They swarmed the village in droves. They outnumbered the villagers almost five to one. He and his men had the village surrounded and laid waste to it with ease. The other man", spoke Burt as he pointed to Olegs picture. "His name is Oleg. I heard the first guy call him that. He was in the village at first, but then suddenly decided to turn coat and attack the villagers. He is working with this other guy now. They also mention the name Butorega", spoke Burt. His voice lowered a bit as he spoke the name. He did not like the idea of his brother being connected to these men, but there might be more information that could be gained from him telling them about him. "However that man's name will not do you much good. That man is already dead", spoke Burt.
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Hektor
Sage
"This country may be peaceful without one of us, let us see who it shall be."
Posts: 57
Profession: General
Affiliation: Bern
Affinity: Ice
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Post by Hektor on Apr 26, 2014 21:16:12 GMT -6
Hm, this man claimed to know about one of the bandit raids, and one that there was probably no reports on either. "Come, sit down with me." Hektor said, striding over to his table and examined the pictures the man had handed him. One looked familiar, while the other one he had never seen before. Sitting down, motioning for the man to sit down across from him, Hektor pointed at the map of Bern laying out in front of him, uunmarked of course, And asked the man a question. "So do you know where this attack happened? There have been a couple with no survivors."
Hektor then began shifting through other papers of wanted persons all around Bern. He was sure he had seen that one man before. Aha! He had found it. This man looked extremely similar to another report in which a couple of people destroyed another village leaving few survivors. This had to stop. On a sheet of parchment, he wrote at the bottom, "Wanted for helping to destroy 2 villages, Reward: Alive: 300 gold Dead: 150." and began to copy the man's face down. In between writing the words and the picture he passed over the parchment of another of the people of note that was attacking the village. "Was this one there?" The picture was of a teen with red hair and a bandanna. If This ,Oleg, was there there was a chance that this other one might be there.
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Burt
Fighter
DEAD
Posts: 82
Sacae Fame: -2
Profession: Arum Thrall
OoC Alias: Burtorega
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Post by Burt on Apr 28, 2014 10:56:37 GMT -6
Burt followed the man to his desk. He saw the map and began to look it over. When Hektor asked him about the position on the map Burt put his finger on the town and pointed to it. "Here, this is where they attacked the village. It is not that far from Littlerock", spoke Burt as he recalled the road he walked getting there.
It seemed however that Hektor knew one of the men. He began to move through his other reports and shifting through pictures. It seemed he found one he was looking for. There in ink was a picture of the man. He seemed to be wanted for destroying another village before. It was a good thing Burt came in. At least now there could be some justice done.
"Was this one there", asked Hektor? He pointed to a picture of a young man that looked a bit familiar. Burt began to shift into a deep thought before he remembered who that was. Oya thought Burt. He had only seen pictures of him and never meet him in person. He was his cousin though and to his dismay it seemed that he too was involved in shaddy dealing. However that was to be expected. Oya's mother was a pirate. That part was well known to him and the other members of their family.
"I am sorry, but that man was not there. I got a good look at a lot of them, but I did not see him."
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Hektor
Sage
"This country may be peaceful without one of us, let us see who it shall be."
Posts: 57
Profession: General
Affiliation: Bern
Affinity: Ice
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Post by Hektor on Apr 28, 2014 21:06:50 GMT -6
Hektor looked to the map to where the man had pointed. A concerned gaze crossed his face. "Are you sure? He spoke. "We had found a rebel flag there. This could mean something else. Hektor began shifting through more papers on his desk, circling some parts, and drawing lines through others. If this was true then he was going to have to rewrite some other strategies as well.
"He wasn't you say?" Hektor pondered what this could mean, one of the two then could have only been someone hired for the job, and at this point this Oleg seemed to be the one doing more 'work' so he was the guy they needed to nail first, then these other two will go next. Hektor then turned back to the man"You wouldn't mind if I kept these would you?" he asked motioning to the two pictures. "And it seems to have slipped my mind to ask earlier, who do I have the pleasure of thanking for this information?" He asked stroking his mustache.
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Burt
Fighter
DEAD
Posts: 82
Sacae Fame: -2
Profession: Arum Thrall
OoC Alias: Burtorega
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Post by Burt on Apr 28, 2014 21:30:07 GMT -6
"Are you sure", asked the man. "We had found a rebel flage there. This could mean something else."
"I am a hundred percent sure", spoke Burt with a serious expression. "I know the way I traveled through Bern. I planned out my return root back to City States. I was here when I ran into the bandits."
"You wouldn't mind if I kept these would you?" he asked motioning to the two pictures. "And it seems to have slipped my mind to ask earlier, who do I have the pleasure of thanking for this information, asked the man.
"Oh right were are my manners", spoke Burt. "My name is Burt, Burt Orange. I am a historian from Lycia, but I was born and raised here in Bern, and as for the pictures. They are good as yours. I drew them for the whole purpose of turning them in. I made sure to remember as much details about their faces as I could."
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Hektor
Sage
"This country may be peaceful without one of us, let us see who it shall be."
Posts: 57
Profession: General
Affiliation: Bern
Affinity: Ice
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Post by Hektor on Apr 29, 2014 20:12:11 GMT -6
"Hm." Grunted Hektor as he was processing the information in his head. "Well it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance Burt Orange, You may call me Hektor." Hektor said as he was scanning the man's face for any sort of reaction to his name, it wasn't spread about too much, but he may never know what people may hear. "So was that the only reason you came here today? Or was there something else a historian like you would be doing here? He asked neatly packing his papers to multiple piles on his desk, arranged in a fashion of importance that only a few other high ups would recognize.
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Burt
Fighter
DEAD
Posts: 82
Sacae Fame: -2
Profession: Arum Thrall
OoC Alias: Burtorega
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Post by Burt on Apr 29, 2014 20:18:45 GMT -6
"No that was it", spoke Burt as he let off a huge sigh. It was almost if a great weight had been lifted off his shoulders. He promised himself that he would turn in their faces and aid the people of the village justice. Now he had completed his task. There was nothing left for Burt to do here. "Well I am off to Sacae", spoke Burt to Hektor. There is rumor of a war to be and as a Historian I need to be there and record the battle. If there is anything else you need to know you know where to find me", spoke Burt as he walked away from the desk.
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Hektor
Sage
"This country may be peaceful without one of us, let us see who it shall be."
Posts: 57
Profession: General
Affiliation: Bern
Affinity: Ice
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Post by Hektor on Apr 29, 2014 20:31:16 GMT -6
"Actually. If you are headed that way, Would you happen to be able to take notes of their strength and positioning for me? I am not able to cross the border myself, and you should be good at recording information, yes? I can sent a scout to take you there and back if you wanted, but if not, you can just send him back with your notes if you would do it. It would be a great help to Bern. And not to mention it would get you there faster." Hektor trusted this man a bit, he had come forward with information that could have possibly got him killed over if the bandits had found him.
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Burt
Fighter
DEAD
Posts: 82
Sacae Fame: -2
Profession: Arum Thrall
OoC Alias: Burtorega
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Post by Burt on Apr 29, 2014 20:37:20 GMT -6
"Sure", spoke Burt. It was a easy way to get to the City of Heroes and a deed to help Bern. Though he did wonder why Hektor wanted information on their preparations, but then again he was not in charge of watching the nation. For all he knew the saceans could be planning an assault on Bern, or suspected of doing so. Giving information about their defense was not going to hurt him.
"I will probably send your scout back after I take the notes. I want to be there when the action starts. No better place to understand what happened then right there in the mist of it."
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Hektor
Sage
"This country may be peaceful without one of us, let us see who it shall be."
Posts: 57
Profession: General
Affiliation: Bern
Affinity: Ice
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Post by Hektor on Apr 29, 2014 20:54:45 GMT -6
"Ah, thank you. and I hope you know I meant the bandits? Hektor wouldn't be surprised if the man did refuse, it might be dangerous there. " And please don't put your life in too much danger. And don't underestimate if anything, overestimate, you can never be too ready afterall." Hektor put a special emphasis on the don't, under preparing is the worst thing a tactician like himself could do especially in times like these.
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