Stormchasers--The Conquest of Ferravale (Part 2)
One day has passed since the initial attack by the tribe of Golem Rakthor. Dazzle and Maxx are dead, Scioto wounded, although a healer treated his external wounds, but in his soul, he still bleeds, and there is no sign of Blissa. Sheltered in the home of Nightbreath, they begin...Well, just read it already!
Scioto is sitting up thinking, he is also deeply depressed, the bandage on his left side of his face and arm in a sling as well.
Raymond has been here helping to keep an eye on Scioto, he sighs as he is a little worried for his chieftain and mainly stays here as main guard.
Scioto glaces over at Raymond and frowns, he looks defeated and lost right now as he is unusually quiet.
Raymond clears his thoat, "Sir? are you alright, do you need anything?"
Scioto shakes his head, "No I am not ok, far from ok and no one understands, I failed at protecting my family and now they are gone"
Raymond says, "Your daughter is still out there somewhere sir, we can find her just give us time"
Scioto looks at him, "Dazzle and Maxx are dead, my house basicly destoryed, what is next and who is this fox?"
Raymond looks away "I..I did not know that sir, I am sorry. As we speak guards and even some villagers are trying to gain the village back and push back there invaders."
Scioto lays back down on the blanket and rolls over to face the wall.."Leave me alone, just...go outside and do something besides talk, I want left alone"
Raymond sighs, he looks at the doorway as he speaks, "We need to do something soon, fight and..and be good to know your alive still, some may not know."
From behind them, Nightbreath speaks. "The fox is Stormfeather. There is no other explanation. But he is of no matter at this moment...Today we have a village to free."
Scioto acts as if he doesnt hear the guard but then sits up and looks at him, he has a bandage on the left side of his face over his eye and face area, his left shoulder bandaged and he goes to stand slowly, a little shakie on his footpaws, he still has his depression, not like it will go away any time soon,he looks back to Nightbreath as he hears the voice,"News?...Blisa where...was she found?Dead?Alive?"
Raymond listens to Nightbreath and looks to Scioto ready to help him stand if needed, he speaks to Nightbreath, " Yes, we need to take back the village as soon as possible.
A fog of sorrow passes across the Seer's eyes. "Alas, thy daughter has not been found. But I have consulted the fates, and every time the answer is the same. She lives, however barely. But there are things we must do first." He unblocks the door and opens it partway. The rain has let up, and a single beam of sunlight shines through the silver clouds upon the Seer's face. "Today we fight. These...se'borith'or, these demons, have stolen all. Our homes, our friends, our lives...Now we strike back. Now is the time to break the storm." He turns to Raymond. "Where are the surviving defenders concentrated?"
Raymond answers the seer, "Some by the shops, more by the residental area, fires have been put out and some wounded tended to in a couple homes in the residental area."
Scioto stands better and nods, he glaces around for his blade remembering slightly it was dropped after...he shakes his head to clear it trying not to go too deep into hopelessness and looks to Nightbreath quietly.
Seeing the Chieftain's lack of a weapon, Nightbreath unsheathes his jagged katana sword and hands it to Scioto, keeping his blade-rope for himself. As he uncoils Equilibrium, he opens the door fully and steps out into the streets just as a loud CRACK of splintering wood comes from the east, accompanied by cries of, "They've broken through!" Nightbreath mutters something under his breath, and runs, gathering whatever guards or armed villagers that he can find.
Scioto takes the blade and holds it, he looks to the battle and then jions in after a moment of standing where he is.
Raymond quickly goes out, blade drawn and goes to the battle ready to fight, what ever quards are close, even a few villagers now he watches as they jion in the fight to get the village back.
- In the first housing area of Ferravale...***
"Come! Defend your homes!" Nightbreath shouts. In addition to guards, more villagers join his force, armed with swords, staves, spears, clubs, daggers, or even pitchforks. Nightbreath whirls the blade-rope and runs towards the barricade, which now is broken and ovverun, monitors pouring over once again. Nightbreath organizes his beasts into a battle line, blocking the streets as the monitors smash against the wall of fighters.
Scioto quickly comes into the battle lines, sword in paw, he scans the area to see what he is up agaist and grips the blade ready to fight.
Raymond rushes to the fight and stabs one of the monitors as another guard gets it in the neck, he orders the few archers left to fire thier arrows and he keeps an eye out for raverns as well as he stays ever alert for trouble.
A cloaked beast whom has managed to slip threw the lines of battle enters, he slashes at one of the monitors with twin blades and swirls them around and grins, "Fighting...fun times"
"Keep advancing," Nightbreath shouts, moving forwards and slowly whirling Equilibrium, mauling lizards foolish enough to stray into its black-and-silver vortex of death. "We must not be slowed!"
Scioto glaces at the twin blade weilding beast, he slashes at a lizard as he growls low and kicks them aside, he orders guards to attack some coming from another part of the village and looks around to see who all is around.
Raymond nods to the archers who fire arrows at the coming monitors,he glaces up in the air for raverns.
Pike is bumped by a monitor and slices at it with his blade, his hood comes to his shoulders and he jumps backwards to avoid being slashed by claws, he swirls his twin blades and slices at the monitor in front of him, "Tine ta sleep ugly!"
Right on schedule...As the Head Guard turns his gaze skyward, a flock of ravens and crows leaps into the air from rooftops to the east. Nightbreath is in his element now, lost in the steps of a flowing dance of death-by-blade-rope, advancing with each stroke, until he stands at the shattered remains of the barricade, letting the guards deal with the monitors who made it past while he and several others attempt to keep any more from passing through.
Raymond gives the order to fire at the incoming raverns and the gauards do indeed fire at the raverns and crows coming from above, arrows hit some right away and other arrows miss. Other guards fight monitors or any birds on the ground.
Scioto is fighting a monitor and barely sidesteps its claws and teeth, luckly a guard comes to his aid and finishes off the monitor, he looks up as the raverns come down and slices one as it gets in front of him and it falls dead at his footpaws.
Pike swings his blade and blinks as he sees raverns and whoas "Foes from de skys wot next, this unreal!"He stabs backwards at a monitor.
"Chieftain--"FWHSHNKKK-RGGH! "--we must--" SKKLACK! "--move eastward--" KRANG! "--with all speed--" RSSSHNK! "--before their numbers---" FWASH! "--and ferocity--" SHING! "--begin to tell." Nightbreath calls in between strokes.
Scioto nods "To the east then lets go!"
Raymond obeys as the guards under his command push back monitors and lizards.
- To the east...***
Pike follows the fighters and grins, seems he likes fighting and is doing fairly well sliceing monitors, even getting one beheaded, he smirks "Lost his head in de heat of the battle, hee hee" He grins and slices at a raven and it falls to the ground.
"I suppose you might say that," Nightbreath agrees with a wry grin. He flicks Equilibrium expertly and lances a crow out of the air, then retracts the rope again to deal with a monitor that was creeping up on him; he tangles its legs, tripping it, then like the previous day's battel, stabs it in the throat with his dagger.
Raymond keeps alert as he watches the guards fight and archers fire off arrows, he stands in battle ready stance.
Scioto has gottne some of his will to fight back now and shows it as he slices at two raverns and they instantly die, he growls low as he swings the blade and kicks at a monitor nearby, the monitor slices at his arm but he stabs down at the monitor with his own blade and growls, the monitor gasps and dies, the chieftain has claw marks on his lower arm but they are not too deep at least.
Pike scans teh area for anyone else, his twin blades swirling at his sides, a few raverns achally move away from him quickly.
Nightbreath returns to the main force, saying, "Chieftain! We should divide our forces and send a group to reclaim the buildings in the square while we clear the streets."
Scioto nods, he looks to some guards "You heard him, go go now!" He stands ready to fight where he is.
Raymond orders another fire of arrows, some arrows hit raverns who fall to thier deaths and some manage to kill a couple monitors, lucky shots indeed, some do miss but few and the monitors that fall are finsihed off by villagers fighting to reclaim the village.
Pike stabs a monitor with his blades and follows one to the north of where they are now, manageing to kill it and another as he grins, "Yeah ya went down!"
Nightbreath wades deeper and deeper into the conflict, a swirl of grey robes, silver cloak, and black rope, which abruptly halts as he stops his attacks to sprint for the nearest building, the infirmary, using his dagger to eliminate the monitors by the door. He kicks the door in and gestures for the guards designated by Scioto to follow him into the building--he intends to lead this attack himself.
Scioto shakes his head at the otter and mutters something as he sidesteps a monitor and a nearby guard and another kill the monitor, he looks at his arm and shakes his head but all teh same stays in fighting mode. He watches as guards follow the seer.
Raymond stans at a couple raverns and the guards fire arrows at the few in the air. Another few citizens fight off monitors with speed and determation and manage to kill a few in the sudden willingness to fight.
- In the infirmary...***
The monitors seem to not have much use for healers, as this place is barely guarded, but VERY ransacked. Cots are scattered and tipped, jars smashed on the floor, sheets and pillows strewn about, and the examining table is rent in two splintered halves. Nightbreath steps carefully over the wreckage, the guards following him, and scans the area. Only a few monitors are within sight, and those are quickly felled by the guards, Nightbreath not having much to do as the quarters are too close to use his blade-rope as it is. He shortens the amount of slack on the rope so its radius when spun is less, but by then the room is clear, but strange sounds come from the healer dormitory hall.
Scioto carefully follows inside and looks around, he slams a raven into the wall and keeps the blade he has drawn.
Slowly twirling the shortened blade-rope, Nightbreath moves into the next room.
Scioto follws and looks down the short hallway, sword gripped in paw.
"Well, of all the..." Despite the circumstances, Nightbreath can't help but laugh at the sight. A scrawny little crow is perched on a door frame, cupping its wings around its beak to amplify the eerie noises it makes in an attempt to fill the intruders with terror and cause them to flee. It's not even worth killing; Nightbreath turns around and walks out as if nothing happened.
Scioto glares at the crow and follows Nightbreath knowing more is here, then again hard to say what the one guiard will do, the crow may still die..oh well.
- Main square once again...***
Nightbreath emerges from the infirmary with a squad of guards following him; he cuts down the few monitors in his path, and moves to the town hall, hoping to clear the square before more monitors arrive, as shouts and howls can be heard further east...
Scioto ears perk as he listens and follows the seer, other guards still fire arrows at the ravens in the air and some help fight in the east and keep villagers safe in the south.
"VAELNOR ROTH ISEN!" Nightbreath shouts defiantly as he surges into the town hall. "Back, demons!"
Scioto follws the seer into the town hall quickly, he slashes at a raven in his path and it falls dead to the ground.
- In the town hall...Man, these guys are moving all over the place...***
Now the tide has turned. The monitors are forced back by the lighting surge of resistance, and Nightbreath blazes into the town hall, a spurt of entrails and gore covering the walls as the first monitor guards meet their fate...
Scioto orders the guards with them to close in before the monitors can react, he growls deeply and jumps at a monitor and then a 2nd, both killed as he slit their thoats, he looks around blade ready for others
Equilibrium flickers in a figure-8 pattern as Nightbreath drives a monitor back against the wall before the arcane weapon tears the lizard apart. "Day shall come again," he barks, the last words the reptile hears as his life pours out on the floor of the Town Hall.
Scioto manages to stab another monitor that is close and a raven, the guards with them swarm the other monitors slashing swords and daggers and stabing down at the cornered monitors while Scioto watches, eyes alive with battle light.
"Treknaar D'lak Se'bor'tharon!" Nightbreath shouts as a raven falls with a feeble croak. /Treknaar D'lak Se'bor'tharon: Go to the black demon-pits!/
Scioto growls, he slices at a monitor and a couple raverns in his path, the guards take care of others.
Nightbreath walks into the meeting room alone, and, several moments, a swing of Equilibrium, and one death later, he returns, saying, "Chieftain, there are no more here, they must be hidden in another place..."
Scioto glaces at the doorway and back to where the guards fight remaining raverns and crows, and monitors.
- To the entry!***
The last clouds of the storm are fading as sunlight claims dominance, much as the defenders of Ferravale are gaining dominance over the invaders. The fighters run into the entry area from the west as monitors retreat and ravens take flight. Nightbreath's blade-rope is uncoiled to full length as he once more shouts, "Vaelnor Roth Isen!"
Roac bobbels out from behind a barrel. "Are they all gone?" he asks.
Sorrlagg comes in from the west, he is mainly tending to any wounded guards and village beasts that were fighting as the guards fight off any other vermin looking to fight, he sighs and is busy tending to two or three beasts at a time best he can.
Scioto keeps the guards fighting, some archers fire off arrows at the last of the raverns and crows in the sky, he grips his blade and fights off one very wounded monitor, and the monitor falls dead.
Nightbreath twirls his blade-rope and shouts defiantly to the skies. Meanwhile, upon the eastern walltop, the red monitor that led the tribe into battle hisses balefully and quickly makes his escape.
And thus in the space of two days, Ferravale fell and was reclaimed. But it wasn't a full victory...
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