William Williams
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The Heeat family soldiers there had never experienced the dread of a catapult, and so with the legionaries beginning to throw out volley after volley of the weapon, coordinated closely with crossbow fire to protect these siege engines from opposing arrow fire, the men on the ramparts found it incredibly hard to even lift their heads over the wooden walls. They could only duck and pray from behind that the walls held until reinforcements arrived because everybody could tell with a swear in their…-
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The second round of the battle on the sea raged on with arguably even greater intensity, there being even more ships churning the unruly waters, making the place a bloody and chaotic hot stop, one filled with sharp arrow fire, bloody sword swings, ravenous spear thrusts, bloodthirsty axe swings, and pained moans. And in the midst of that chaotic maelstrom, the reinforcing legionaries assaulting the Heeat family ships found that things were not going to be as smooth as one thought they might be, even…
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From his elevated place near the ship's wheel, Kazid was able to quickly spot the state of Remus's men, and the sore sight stung his eyes. Laid strewn all about the deck, in dotted groups of two and three were many of his comrades, their leaking blood and gore splattering the wooden deck in a dreary, rusty color, the fresh deadly wounds they had over the places proving themselves to be a macabre sight not even the skies to behold. Most of the men were already dead or very close to it, with only the…
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"Good! Now Finish them off! No need to take any prisoner!" Transferring his gaze towards the wheel of the enemy's ship, Lord Kite was easily able to sense how Remus and co. were on their very last legs. Just one more push seemed to be enough to make them topple. Thus the large bear like man let out his triumphant order while shaking his large fist in the air with glee. They had been delayed here for long enough, and Lord Kite was eager to make up for lost time and be done with all this here right…
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Remus's eyes went red with heat when he heard his men call out for him to escape on his own. As their general, and even more their friend, how could he? Remus had been with them for years and even slept with many. So how could he leave them to die just like that while he made a break for it for himself? His legs refused to follow that command. Not to mention, as the commander and chief strategist of the defense, Remus blamed himself for much of the predicament he was in. Especially his blunder…
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As the fight aboard Remus's ship raged on, there came several instances, when the enemy's breakthrough seemed imminent, and was only stifled by a barrage of concentrated fire from the Instant bows, which turned the brave few leading the charge into porcupines and discouraged any of the others from continuing. Sure, if the enemy had still pressed on regardless, like wild berserkers, then they might have been able to very well overrun the defenses, as even the instant bows had to reload their…
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Lord Kite had not expected the initial blow from the steel ram to be so fierce, jolting his entire ship to its core. The small size of the weapon failed to betray any such capabilities. Of course, he had here failed to take into account the fact his enemy used solid steel instead of the much softer bronze, since by eyesight both looked the same, especially when it was painted a striking red. Not to mention the fact, Lord Kite did not even think such a solid, steel ram was even possible to make,…
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Alexander's command to have another four hundred men join him in his expedition was at first received with quite a bit of difficult skepticism, due to reasons already iterated earlier- i.e.- there was a serious manpower shortage. Siphoning off so many would seriously weaken the defenses of the manor here, to the point, some officers grimly added that it could even lead to a revolt from within the family, as the opportunistic men sought to take advantage of this brief lull in security. Of course,…
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"Stand your ground to the last, men! Don't take a step back!" "There is nowhere for us to run! So fight! Fight like caged lions, men!" "Take one scum to hell with you! If you are a man, take at least one scum with you!" Aboard Remus's ships, the man himself, as well as his officers could be heard making such shouts all across the deck, as they held on for dear life. When the two ships had collided, the greater mass of the Heeat family's ship had caused it to skewer directly into the hull of…
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"Aghh! What is that? An arrow?" "Right! But how are they so fast! And hit so hard? Urghhh!" "Dammit! Where did this come from? Sheilds! Sheileds! Lift up your shields! Defend!" "Agghh! It's no use! My hand! It pierced through my shield to hit my hand! Argghh!" "Ahhhh.. brother! No! Get up!" "Shit! They were tearing through our shields like soft clay! What in the devil's name are they using to fire these things? Shit!" It was with such alarmed shouts that the bursts of concentrated crossbows and…
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