((I thought I already got Derm in? Well, he's dwarfed anyway, and will be seen soon. In the meantime,
this update:))
Oceanbridge (Briefly) Besieged:
Bayar and Wilberforce were looking hauling more stone blocks up to the bridge when the Scout came racing to meet them
“Enemies at the gate! Looks like... some sort of six armed apes! Shall we raise the bridge?”
Wilberforce shook his head, and carefully set down his block “No. Let the traps give a few of them a taste of our steel, then we’ll meet them on the field!”
the Scout grinned "Damn right! Now that's the kind of order I like!" He ran off to gather the rest of the troops.
Bayar, meanwhile, climbed a ladder onto the wall, and watched as the things charged... and kept charging, straight past the gate. He shouted down “Well, it looks like they’re ignoring the traps for now. They’re attacking... looks like a yak?”
Wilberforce climbed up, and looked to where Bayar was pointing. “Poor beast. Can't save it though. We'll hold here and wait for them to tire of it.”
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Peacespray was, as his name indicated, a peaceful yak. He loved nothing more than grazing, and urinating in tremendous streams (as the other half of his name indicated). A simple yak, with simple pleasures. But like any peace loving creature, he had his limits. And when a bunch of manner-less six armed apes interrupted his best grazing time, Peacespray lost his temper.
The first ape-man was fortunate; Peacespray only gored him a few times before crushing his skull with his hooves.
The second punched the yak’s tail, bruising the muscle. That was all it managed to do, as the enraged yak bull turned, knocked it down, and... taught it a lesson.
The rest of the ape-men fled, hooting in terror. Peacespray snorted and pawed at the ground a few times, but once he saw the threat had ended, he returned to his grazing, satisfied.
the Scout returned, astonished to find the battle was over before he'd even had a chance to fight.
"I think we need to train up some war yaks."
Next: Migrants and Waterfalls