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[Istrian]

"Won't the city gate be closed ? How can we talk them into opening it ?" asked the sergeant
"I think they have no reason to close the gate. After all, they are expecting a caravan and there are always peasants going in and out of a city in peacetime. Moreover, Sir Reginald said he'd wait a bit before coming close, so they have little reason to keep it closed and make their lives miserable that way."

The caravan moved on...

Orders :
Use ploy described in a previous post to attempts to capture the walls.
If it works, send word to Reginald.

[ed boy]

Reginald waited.

He had recieved word from others, and his plans had changed.

He thanked this stroke of fortune, as it would avoid many problems for him.

Before he would attack, he must wait for word from Romuald in order for the plan to be successful.

So he waited.

[Poltifar]

The voices of the fighting and dying could be heard in the distance. Men shouting to be heard over the clang of metal on metal, desperately trying to coordinate themselves, or desperately pleading for help that would never come.

Arthur was having a hard time concentrating in his room, now that his boat was right outside the city's harbor. The attack had gone to plan perfectly, except for one small, irking detail: Abud Bin Mayaddah had survived. He was probably the only thing still keeping the city from falling into his hands, coordinating the resistance from the center of the city. He had to be taken care of as soon as possible, before Arthur's men started to lost their moral and the enemy started recovering from their confusion.

Arthur had ordered some of his scouts to circle the city, and others to try to bypass the main fighting front to enter the center of the city. All of these scouts had the same orders: Locate Bin Mayaddah's command center, such that as soon as the scouts returned, the catapults would be ordered to concentrate all their fire on that spot. If Bin Mayaddah was constantly on the move, as a wise general in a losing position would be, then the scouts would have to split up, some of them going back and forth to report the new position while others kept track of him. They were also ordered to seize any good chance to assassinate the general. Arthur doubted such a chance would present itself, but all the scouts were chosen as good hunters, and were equipped with bows, just in case they got a lucky opening.

Of course, the main body of soldiers would continue fighting without any hesitation or backtracking. To keep the enemy's confusion high and morals low, Arthur had ordered his men to capture any and all civilians possible, and to hold them between the enemy front and theirs. An enemy soldier's fraction-of-a-second hesitation when he saw his wife or children wailing in terror was all that Arthur's archers needed to take him down instantly.

Arthur sighed as he wondered at what point he had started turning so quickly from the peaceful young noble he had been to the uncaring monster he was becoming.

Orders: Continue attacking and push into the center of the city.

[Neyvn]

The wild Attack seemed to take little effect, None the less he ordered another strike. Using archers to control any open marks that presented themselves. The formation remained loose yet organized while they advanced forward...

ATTACK

[Nhiphanter]

How much wood can a Lumberjack cut, if a lumberjack cuts a forest of wood?

Orders:
Chop Chop.

[Akroma]

Turn 6
6th week of spring



     -2   -2   -1   -1   -0    0    0    1    1    2    2    3    3    4    4
      5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5
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 24|≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈..♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠^▲▲▲▲▲▲...........♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠|
   |≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈..♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠^▲▲▲▲▲III......♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠øøø♠|
   |≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈..♠♠♠♠♠♠♠..RRR♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠......I1I......♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠ø1ø♠|
   |≈≈≈≈≈≈øøø.r.........▲R1R♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠i.♠▲▲▲▲III......♠♠♠♠♠♠♠....øøø♠|
 20|≈≈≈≈≈.ø1ø♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠▲▲RRR♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠NNN.....♠♠♠♠♠▲▲▲▲▲...............♠♠♠.♠♠♠|
   |...≈..øøg♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠▲▲▲♠♠.♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠N1N♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠▲▲▲▲.........♠♠♠♠♠.♠♠..♠♠♠|
   |.....♠♠♠.♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠▲▲▲♠♠♠..........NNN♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠▲▲▲...........♠♠♠♠....♠♠♠♠|
   |....♠♠♠♠.♠♠♠♠♠♠♠▲▲▲♠♠♠♠♠♠♠.♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠▲▲▲.øøø.........♠♠♠h♠♠♠♠♠♠♠|
   |...♠♠♠♠♠..♠♠♠♠♠▲GGG♠♠♠♠♠♠♠...♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠▲▲...ø1ø..........♠♠.♠♠♠♠♠♠♠|
 15|♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠..♠♠♠♠▲G1G♠♠♠♠♠♠....♠♠≈♠♠♠♠nøø♠♠♠♠♠▲.....øøø.....h...HHH.♠♠♠♠♠♠♠|
   |♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠.....=GGG........%%%≈≈≈≈..ø1ø♠♠♠♠...................H2H.♠♠♠♠♠♠♠|
   |øøø♠♠♠♠♠♠♠.♠♠♠♠≈♠♠♠♠♠♠♠....%7%...≈=≈øøø.......................HHH..♠♠♠♠♠♠|
   |ø1ø♠♠♠♠♠♠♠.♠♠♠♠≈♠♠♠♠♠♠.....%%%.....≈≈≈≈≈≈...........................♠♠♠♠♠|
   |øøø♠♠♠♠♠♠♠.♠♠♠≈≈♠♠♠♠♠♠..▲▲..▲≈▲▲▲▲♠♠♠♠♠♠≈≈≈............................♠♠|
 10|♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠...♠♠♠≈♠♠♠♠♠øøø▲▲▲.▲≈≈≈≈▲▲▲▲▲♠♠♠♠♠≈≈.....ZZZ..............HHH^^^^|
   |♠♠♠♠♠♠♠..♠♠♠♠♠≈♠♠♠♠♠ø1ø≈▲▲.▲≈▲▲≈øøø▲▲♠♠♠♠♠.≈≈≈...Z1Z..............H1H^^^^|
   |♠♠♠♠♠øøø♠♠♠♠≈≈≈♠♠♠..øøø≈≈≈.▲≈▲▲▲ø1ø▲▲▲♠♠♠♠...≈≈≈=ZZZ..............HHH^^^^|
   |♠♠♠♠♠ø1ø≈≈≈≈≈♠≈♠♠♠.▲▲▲▲▲▲≈=≈≈▲▲▲øøø.......z......≈≈≈.............^^^...^^|
   |♠♠♠♠♠øøø......=....▲▲▲▲▲▲..≈▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲♠♠♠.♠♠♠♠♠.....≈≈≈........^^^^^▲▲▲.♠♠|
  5|♠♠♠♠≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈........▲≈▲▲▲▲▲▲♠♠♠♠♠♠a♠♠♠♠♠♠......≈≈.▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲♠.♠♠|
   |≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈..≈♠♠^^^^≈≈♠♠♠♠.♠♠♠♠▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲≈≈≈≈▲▲▲▲♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠.♠♠|
   |≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈.≈♠♠♠^^≈≈≈≈♠♠AAA▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲≈≈≈≈♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠.♠♠|
   |≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈.≈≈♠♠♠≈≈≈≈≈≈≈A2A♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲≈≈♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠.♠♠|
   |≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈..≈╬╬╬≈≈≈≈≈≈≈AAA^^^^^^^^^^^^øøø^♠♠♠≈≈♠♠♠♠♠♠♠.♠♠|
  0|≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈øøø≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈^..╬7╬≈≈≈≈≈≈≈^^^^^♠♠♠♠^^^^^^ø1ø^^^♠♠≈♠♠^^^øøø^♠|
   |≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ø1ø≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈^^^╬╬╬≈≈≈≈≈≈≈^^^^♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠øøø^^^^^≈≈^^^^ø1ø^^|
   |≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈øøø≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈♠♠^^^^^≈≈≈≈≈≈≈^^^^♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠^^^^^^^^≈≈^^^øøø^^|
   |≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈♠♠♠^^^^≈≈≈≈≈≈≈^^^^^♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠^^^^^^^^≈≈^^^^^^^|
   |≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈♠♠♠♠♠^^^≈≈≈≈≈≈≈^^^^^♠♠KKK^^^^^^^~~~~~~~~≈≈≈~~~~~|
 -5|≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈DDD≈^d^....^^øøø≈≈≈≈≈~~~~~~K1K≈≈≈≈^^~~~~~~~~~~~=~~~~~|
   |≈≈≈≈≈≈≈øøø≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈D1D^^^≈≈≈≈≈≈^ø1ø≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈~~~KKK≈≈≈≈~~~~~~~~~~~~~≈~~~~~|
   |≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ø1ø≈≈≈≈≈.♠♠♠♠DDD≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈øøø≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈~≈≈≈≈≈≈≈~~~~~~~~~~~▲▲▲~~~~|
   |≈≈≈≈≈≈≈øøø♠.≈≈≈♠♠♠♠♠♠≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈...≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈~~øøø~~~~~▲▲▲▲▲~~~|
   |≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈♠♠..≈≈øøø♠..≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈.♠KKK≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ø1ø~~≈≈▲▲▲▲▲▲~~~|
-10|≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈♠♠..≈≈ø1ø≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈..K3K≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈~~øøø≈≈≈~~▲▲▲▲▲~~~|
   |.≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈øøø≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈KKK≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈~~~~~~~~~▲▲▲▲▲▲~~~|
   |..≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈..........≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈~~~~~≈~~~~▲▲▲▲~~~|
   |~...≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈.............≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈øøø≈≈~~~~~~~~~~~~~▲WWW~~|
   |~~~......≈≈≈≈≈.......................≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ø1ø~~~~~~≈~~≈w~~~~~W1W~~|
-15|~~~~~....................~~~~~~.........~~~~~~~~~øøø~~~~≈~~~~~~~≈~~~WWW~~|
   |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~øøø~~~≈~~~~~~~~≈~~~~~≈~~~~~≈~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
   |▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲ø1ø≈~~~~~~~~~~~~~~≈~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
   |▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲øøø▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
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R - EdBoy
N - Nevyn
I - Nhiphanter
G - Istrian
H - Nuke9.13
Z - IronyOwl
A - EagleV
D - Dwarfaholic
K - Poltifar
W - LordInquisitor







events:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Reginald waits patiently, leaving the walls Romuald's concern.



Drake, not losing anytime, marches forward and captures the city, the general who so defied him along with it.
Abud bin Mayaddah, begging Drake to spare his life, is shown mercy, and shall serve under Drake to repay his debt.


Alexis moves, and fails to pronounce that openly. To fight depression, he orders someone to make whoosh noises as he rides.



Romuald, using devious trickery, manages to gain a free walk through the gates, is even cheered for, as the goods the caravan was about to deliver were much awaited.
The ensueing slaughter dealt heavy, heavy damage against the unprepared Saracen forces, while Romuald merely lost a single man, and the walls. Now only the rest of the city remains, while the Saracens regroup.


Harkon scouts. Yay, scouting.


Cromwell receives under his wing Walter de Bolbec. And then promptly stocks up on troops, to move out yet again.



Argoss, deciding that disappointing the pope is better than disappointing the king, moves eastwards.



Showing that you can do anything if you just try really, really hard, manages to take the city walls. He loses 3 men to that attempt, leaving another man wounded.




Ivan is ambushed yet again, and yet again, is victorious. This time, one man dies, one is wounded, but who cares, more lumberjacks have died to work accidents the last weeks.





Gawaren seemingly confused by the mirages of the desert, moves to 35,-14, not 35,-16. The sand looks all the same to him anyway.

Heroes

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Fridtjof Nansen, a traveling merchant from the north, currently serving General Harkon


Walter de Bolbec, a seasoned warrior, currently serving under General Cromwell


Abud bin Mayaddah, a saracen general who defected to save his life, currently serving under General Drake

Armies:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Owner           Commander   Location    Type       Experience   Morale    Amount        Special
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Reginald        Reginald    -17,21      Infantry   Green        Average   100           None
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A. Cromwell     Cromwell    13,5        Infantry   Regulars     Average   100           None
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Gawaren         Gawaren     35,-14      Cavalry    Green        Average   100           None
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A. Drake        Drake       21,-6       Infantry   Regulars     Fanatic   100           Ships
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Alexis III      Alexis      -2,-5       Cavalry    Green        Average   100           None
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Harkon          Harkon      38,17       Cavalry    Regulars     High      100           None
                Commander   Rostovondon Infantry   Green        Average   100           None     
                Nansen      31,13       Cavalry    Green        Average   100           None
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Garroth         Garroth     9,15        Infantry   Regulars     Average   90/3          None
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Argoss          Argoss      15,7        Cavalry    Regulars     High      92/3          None
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R.Lancester     Lancester   -19,19      Infantry   Regulars     Fanatic   99            Cargo
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Ivan H.         Ivan        15,21       Infantry   Regulars     High      98/1          Lumberjacks

[EagleV]

Adriaen was very pleased wtih the current turn of events. The city, he heard, was already attracting lots of people from the villages since the inn and church were repaired, with the first citizen being a priest from a town a few hours away. The army tents were also replaced by lumber huts, and that not only meant better accomodations, but also bigger barracks. The veteran that had arrived with the king's message was already recruiting and training another unit - mostly lumberjacks, in an area like this lots of people depended on the export of wood. As such, they already had their own weapons. Nothing wrong with a unit of axemen, and the craftsman were too busy building houses to make spears anyway.

And once more, they were marchin over the long trail trough the forest. Adriaen briefly thought of paving it, but quickly realized how much time and men it would cost - maybe something for later, when St. Benedictus would be a real city, and he, Adriaen Cromwell, would lead it and the lands surrounding it from the alps to the desert. Maybe. In the meantime, he marched on, and he made it a habit to practice with his men every time they stopped for the night. He felt he was getting better, and his sword was almost perfectly balanced, which made everything go even smoother. And every time he sparred, he felt his soldiers respected him a little more, for now he was, like them, a fighter.

---

Adriaen moves two tiles north and two tiles west with his unit, at the end of the week he is at 11,7. A unit is raised in St. Benedictus, and the city is lead by commanding officer Walter de Bolbec while Cromwell is away.

Spoiler: General/Heroes (click to show/hide)

Name // Adriaen Cromwell
Tactics // 3
Combat // 2
Leadership // 2
Speed // 3
Nobility // 4
Piety // 2

Name // Walter de Bolbec
Leadership // 1
Speed // 2

Spoiler: Cities (click to show/hide)

St. Benedictus // Size 2 - Village - ((13, 2))

Spoiler: Army (click to show/hide)

Class     | Training | Equipment | Health  | Morale   | Position | Leader 
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Infantry  | Regular  | Basic     | 100/100 | Average  |  13, 5   | Cromwell
Infantry  | Green    | Basic     | 100/100 | Average  |  13, 2   | de Borbec

[NUKE9.13]

Harkon smiled grimly as he hear his scouts report. His mission complete, he turned his cavalry round and returned home. He would await a more complete report from Commander Nansen before acting.


Harkon returns to Uskicia.

[IronyOwl]

Argoss was in a foul mood. There wasn't much that could put him in a foul mood, but being damn near excommunicated by the Pope was a good start.
He'd known letting the Pope down twice in a row wouldn't end well, but it had seemed like the better option at the time. Now he wasn't so sure, but it was too late to turn around, else he'd seem indecisive. He considered it anyway, but ultimately decided to at least return home and replenish his forces. He'd see about rebuilding that burned bridge later.
He sighed. His apparently blasphemous decision had made him more popular with the King, of course. He hated being right, sometimes.

Orders:

Continue returning east to Halcyon

Spoiler: Generals/Heroes (click to show/hide)

Name // Argoss
Tactics // 3
Combat // 3
Leadership // 3
Speed // 2
Nobility // 3
Piety // 0

Spoiler: Cities (click to show/hide)

Halcyon // Size 1 // (23, 9)

Spoiler: Armies (click to show/hide)

Owner           Commander   Location    Type       Experience   Morale    Amount        Special
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Argoss           Argoss         19,7         Cavalry    Regulars      High       92/3            None

[ed boy]

Reginald smiled.

All had gone to plan; thank god for men like Romuald.

He had been givin this mission by no less than the royal court, and he would see it throgh.

He assembled his men, and led them onwards. Onwards, into the heart of the city.

ORDERS:
Attack!

[Lordinquisitor]

I`m going two tiles west. (No Rp ehre till something more interesting happens.^^)

[Istrian]

Romuald watched Sir Reginald charge through the open gates. He didn't really care which way the battle went, he was only here because of an opportunity. For now his men were resting after holding the walls against the troops inside the city. A column of smoke rose in the city. "Time to go and assist Reginald." although the shouts spoke a lot about how he did not need the help.

Orders : Aid Reginald in the conquest.

[Neyvn]

Continue the Push, Archers remain on Walls firing at Open Targets. Wounded removed from the battlefield...

[Dwarfaholic]

((Alexis, in a surprise move, continues his journey east.))

[Poltifar]

Arthur sighed heavily. Who would have known that being a general, a hero to one's people, could be so bland and tedious. Barely a week after he had finally succeeded in capturing his goal, he had already grown far too bored with the desolate desert landscape and the rubble of the shattered city. Sure, the actual fight was invigorating, and the feeling of victory glorious indeed, but the aftermath was in no way pleasurable to take care of.

Thus, he decided to leave the tedious work to some poor second-in-command schmuck while he continued on with his conquest. The Saracens were not going to convert themselves, after all. Recent experience had shown that all they needed was to receive a firm slap on their metaphorical backside. Though the obviously forced and faked groveling and shoe-licking from his converted enemy general was also starting to be tedious.

Orders:
Raise one unit of 100 men, put them under command of Drake, and move Drake, his 2 units, and Bin Mayaddah to 18,-7 (since i cant move to Serenade in one move anyways)