IGNORAMUS

York stared at the mouths and Arcyakt as he brought them to join the ranks.

"But how did you...nevermind I don't want to know." York said to Arcyakt

He pointed for the mages to go behind a few lines of the constructs to support while the frontline fights. York squeased(sp?) the ruby tightly and pointed over the hill, there was still a long march to go.

Alright...uhhh...how does this work again? Let's see...move forward...

The army started it's march loudly clanking across the ground, they were nearing Sadrith Mora as York slipped behind the frontline, to command from a safe position.

Sel shook his head - that teleportation was unexpected...

"Alright then." he said as he walked out of Wolverine Hall with Otik and Celia in tow.

He walked out only to see an enormous army of constructs...

(OOC: May or may not be back. See ya!)

Celia followed Sel closely and nearly bumped into his back as he stopped suddenly. "Hey! Whatever is the matter with--" She then saw what Sel saw.

Those strange machines again! "Darn!" Celia muttered. "And I really wanted to meet the bug-peoples again!" She stood behind Sel. "Well, any plans?" she tilted her head towards the door on other side. "Maybe the mage-peoples can help?"

Serene followed the others, when she saw what Celia saw she stepped back for a moment.

"come Celia she said, let´s prepare some of those "grenades" Anthanes taught me how to manufacture, they are utterly efficient"

She stepped further back and crouched in a corner up the wall of Wolverine hall, poking in her backpack for ingredients....luckily she had some empyt vials..

"Celia! Will you help me....?


OOC: I have to go guys, but I reckon that you can use the grenades whenever they are ready....

Osano stared at the town as it burned to the ground. He gathered any remaing constructs at the southern entrance--where they had entered--and prepared to march over to what was left of Ft. Moonmoth after Slogon had gone through. Arcyakt, Balmora has been razed. Unfortunately what was left of their forces fled, to Caldera is my guess. Also I belive Moonmoth has been taken care of as well.......and did you mention something about repairs?



OOC:hahahahaha Balmora got pwnz0rd
EDIT: doesn't caldera have a legion fort as well?

Sel pulled out the grenade he almost pured on Konrad and handed it to Serene.

"In case you need something to go by."

He stood there with his hand on his sword hilt in case anything tried to come up those stairs...

Mage

"Did I hear repairs?" he asked, walking up behind Osano. He muttered a short incantation and all the constructs were rising. Another incantation, and the residents of balmora rose as well.

"Bye." he said, returning to his castle.

"I got a better idea, everyone, even the civillian fallback to Ald'ruhn, and fortify that. What we do to Calerdra however, is trap the whole damn thing, i mean like, they walk in and iceball start flying everyhwere," Fenris said. "Or we could leave alot of those grenades of yours around. We can fall back to Ald'Ruhn through the Mage Guild here, they have a guild guide."

"Hmm...Holding the place while the unable to protect themselves fall back to Ald'ruhn, aye? That makes sence."

Not sure if this will conflict but if it does I'll edit.

As the army trudged over the hill, almost the entire city was visible. And an army awaited, something had happened...they had been warned.

The defenses were already mounted for an attack and soldiers lined the city streets as well, archers were lined up along the walls of the fort for defenseff, not that they could do much against the constructs though...

How did they know we were coming? Well I guess they probably heard us...an army that never eats or sleeps is good but not when they alert a city from miles away...ah well...this should be interesting...

York ordered the casters to move further back into the army, he couldn't risk losing them to the archers.

Alright, move forward then...

OOC:YAY! I get to destroy my own city!!! And a little off topic...but Seeker got china destroyed.

"Mostly, everyone falls back to Ald'Ruhn, even us. We'd just set marks there and have the guild-guide send us back once everyone's in Ald'ruhn and fortifying. Then we set traps and such. No direct battle, but using those grenades to rip holes in their army as they march through, and when things get to rough we can recall," Fenris said. "Stuff like that. Or dumb a bunch on the street....heh heh."

Megil was sitting in the headquarters for many hours that day, many suggestions had been brought up, some were ridiculous, and otehrs where so devious that Megil had them executed in absolute secrecy.

the sun would rise soon, Megil turned as the door opened behind him. several messengers came in, some out fo breath.

A beautiful sylph fully decked in armor simply said, "Report!"

The first messengers came forwards.

"It seems the attackers have taken ahold of Ebonheart Sir, would you request that the traps be set off?"
Megil smirked, earlier that day a yound mageling had come to him and suggested that ebonheart be enchanted into a deathtrap so that when the enemy moved into teh empty keep, the trap would be set off upon command.

"Yes let us set off the trap." Megil stood and walked outside onto the balcony and listened to the darkness. The messengers followed except the one who had run out to relay the message to the mages encharge of the demolition of the keep.

After several minutes a large cracking sound filled the air, followed by a rumbling that carried on for several minutes.

the traps where set on the foundation columns throught the entire keep. upon command the simple traps would ignite and blow apart the columns supporting the keep, the hallways and walls began to collapse as the load bearing columns where destroyed.

Megil walked back inside and awaited the other reports.

"Sir the enemy has been een ransacking neighboring villages." this news was of course no surprise to Megil. "Sir, its not just constructs. there are..... undead among the enemy forces." Megil's eyes widened with shock,

"What... undead, $#!7." Megil rubbed his temples

What do I do....what to do

then it came to him.

"Alright I want you to relay this message through the commanders, tell them to dismember the dead, and then burn them. we can not allow the enemy to use our fallen against us."

the third messenger came forth, a sheepish looking boy who seemed afraid to deliver his news.

"Well," Megil said, his patience wearing thin.

"...ummm....sir... spies have come up with an estimate of the size of thopposing army..."

"And," Megil said. "How many are there?"

"...sir...there are close to 50,000 troops, the number rising as the slay citizens and add them to their ranks."

Megil slammed his fist onto the desk, he waved the boy off.

Megil turned to the commander of the sylphs, his nostrils flaring, his eyes desperate.

"What do you suggest we do?"

She looked at him, "Let not anyone see you loose hope sir, I suggest we fight to the death. remember also that there are 15,000 sylphs that w can call on." sylphs are agile fighters, and when they take their serpentine armor, are immune to most weapons and spells. they can take out a large number of enemy soldiers. And you know Megil, that when a sylph dies, she returns to the water, he body lost to teh sea. did you not knwo that the entire sea is made from sylphs sir, you to command the dead, and not even the evil mage can control water."

Megil was glad he had the commander with him,

"You can always call for your mother, she is the oldest of us, nearly 7,000 years old now. her powers are immense, and her magic, can tear down even the undead."

Megil looked at the commander, "Yes but I will not call upon my mother unless the battle is against our favor."

The sylph looked sympathetic.

"You too are a sylph sir, you are the first male sylph to bear power on us, when all seems lost sir, turn into your true form, and drive them away."

Megil looked confused, she was just trying to cheer him up, he knew there was nothing within him, his power was but a fraction to that a full sylph. he had no form. He had searched his soul his entire life, for the hidden power of a sylph, and had never found it.

"Well let us ride into battle, and if we lose, let us lose in an honourable fashion."

OOC: crappers, ignore my previous post.

Anthanes nodded. "That makes sence. Hit-and-run-guerilla-tactics, as they are called amongst knowledgable circles." The battlemage nodded, quickly drinking several potions to restore his magicka.

Alton pulled his cloak tightly around him and ran along with the group of refugees that fled from Ebonhart. "Where are we going!" Screamed Alton, trying to sound convincing to the other townsmen.
A young man in his early twenties answered him, "I'm not sure! They told us to take what we could and leave now!"

He continued to run on, forcing his way into the main gates of Vivic. Faking a pant he stood by the arch-way that led to the top of the Foreign Quarter Canton.

Alton noticed a guard jog by and quickly called him back, "Sir! What news!?"
"Nothing for your ears peasent"
Fickly one aye?
"Look good sir, my family is stuck in the back of the refugee line, I need to know what to do!" Alton faked with all the power he could muster.
"Fine, the citizens are being herded into the inner cantons, there you will be safe.. Now go!"

Alton slipped off into the shadows, and gather more information.

Otik turned to Sel "Soooo what do you think we should do? i think all of the wizrds have been alerted, along with the guards, but they aren't working together. Should we hold a conference of all of the leaders and tell them what to do?" Otik lifted his eyebrow and waited for Sel to reply.

Megil stood out on the deck and looked out across Vivec, se saw a lot of movement at one of the entrances.

HE sent a messenger to find out what was going on.

The messenger returned, "Its nothing sir, they are letting refugees in."

MEgils blue eys were now blazing.

"WHAT? I want them to close the bridges into teh city. no refugees. Don't you understand, spies can come in that way." MEgil fumed.

"From now on no one gets across the bridge, if they try kill them. Tell the soldiers they are not to speak to anyone." Ihe turned to the sylph, "tell the sylphs if any civilians try to swim into vivec to kill them on the spot, and dismember the bodies."

I'm glad I have kept most of the plans hidden, from any of the lower ranks. there are but mayb 15 people in this city that are aware of a small fraction of the plan. and they are not inside the cantons.

Fenris nodded. "Aye, it'll wear them down without us losing men, not only that, Ald'ruhn will be fortified. Depending on how much time we have we might be able to call in help from the Bal Isra and Maar Gan. Maybe even Ghostgate."

Fenris stood, and made the annoucement, and the citizens of Caldera, those who had survived Balmora and Caldera's guards began filtering into the mages guild, being teleported to Ald'Ruhn. After several hours, everyone was relocated to Ald'Ruhn, and fortifications were well underway. While the Mages Guild alchemists worked at producing Anthanes' 'grenades' for those who would be sent back to Caldera to ambush Osano's army. Fenris downed a exclusive restore fatigue potion, and set his mark.

"Right anthanes, when you're ready the Guild guide will send us back to Caldera with some of the leftover Hlaalu archers, armed with those....grenades. And a few mage. One of which is a skilled conjurer. Apparently, he knows how to summon a Ice Monarch."

"You know, the sort of Daedra that was soultrapped to make that 'Ice blade of the Monarch' artifact."

The armies met and metal clashed and soldiers of both sides fell, York of course climbed a neaby hill with a few of the constructs and watched. The human troops were well trained and equipped for this fight.

What could I do to make them lose focus? Hmmmm....ahhh...

York called two of the mages to him.

"You will burn the houses in this town as the army passes them clearing out the guards." York said looking over the battlefield.

The best thing about it was he could give orders from above the battlefield, giving him the tactical advantage.

Arrows struck the constructs mostly bouncing off but many of the elves on the wall could take down a group with pinpoint accuracy. Constructs fell in the battlefield but it seemed with a steady flow of the dwemer machines coming in the city would fall...in time.

And the humans would tire...York called a few of the incoming constructs to him for his defense, but continued to watch the battle. The mages were hard at work burning the abandoned houses, it didn't really accomplish anything but seeing a village burn must strike fear into their troops.

Osano watched wide-eyed as not only all his Constructs but all of the dead guards, warriors, assassins and mages stood. "Well then, I suppose Caldera is next on the lsit. Maybe if I pushed them into the mine..." He folded up the map and put away, "Oh well, I'll come up with something when we get there."

He signalled for his army to follow him and made their way to what was left of Ft. Moonmoth. Osano laughed at he entered the 'keep' and saw Slogon resting in the center of it all. He called upon her and mounted her once more and took to the sky with her newly healed wings. The army followed on the ground.

OOC: im off for now. konrad, fenris, anthanes can set there traps in caldera or whatever while i'm away just dont attack me.

Sel pointed, as if that should answer Otik's question. He saw the leader. He would be taken care of, and Otik could be left to his poilitics.

"Alright, you take Serene and Celia and meet the town leaders. I'm going after him."

OOC: then you can find the scorch marks in the council chamber and join the battle, soulseeker...

Anthanes rubbed his hands together. "Exxxcelent. Time to make some scrap metal!" He then proceeded to be teleported back to Caldera.

After Alton gathered the necesary information, and a hint that the Sylphs would be involved, he chose his time to depart.

Upon returning to Ebonhart he noticed at first glance that the main keep had fallen in on itself. At first anger flared in him, then a series of laughter erupted from him, "Well, well, it seems our adversarys will put up a bit of a fight..."

On entering the courtyard area Alton surveyed the damage first hand, "It seems that most of my command staff was..." He thought for the right word, for they were already dead, "Smashed?" He turned to one of the few humans that had defected to his cause, "Abulard?"
"Yes my master" the redguard said in a slow yet croaky voice.
"How goes Seyda Neen and Pelegiad?"
"Sir, there was no resistance in Seyda Neen, but in Pelegiad we are still rooting out the rebels."
"Good, and the.. previous inhabitants?" He said with a raised eyebrow
"All servants to you and great lord Arkyact."
"Splended. See to it that the infected citizens reach Vivic safely" Alton managed a evil grin. Earlier in the morning, while many were asleep, Alton devised a plan to poison the water with a deadly disease strain of the sort. The first signs occur after almost 7 hours and the victims are random vomiting, then the infected grow indcredibly cold, much to the point where their body tempature drops several degrees. Anything the victim touches becomes "infected" that if another should contact any mucuss membranes on their body they to shall be infected.
"As of now there is no cure Abulard" He laughed at the plan, "But, as of now, it only has a 81% death rate. We will still have much killing to do."

Already at least a 1/5 of Ebonhart had consumed the water...

Otik looked at Celia and Serene, and desided to go off all by himself. Otik ran out the door and ran to the local theives guild to find it abandened. He quipted his belt of levitation and then soared over to the council chambers and found that there were scorch marks and that nobody was there. He flew out of the chamber and joined the fray.

Otik flew up to the top of the tower were the remaining mages were tossing magic. "Hey!! try to use disinigrateing spells or flame attacks! don't Use poison" Otik looked at a mage, "Yes I mean you. Now, Can any of you enchant my bow and arrows to do massive damage to these guys?" moments later Otik had Flaming arrows of disinigration adn was felling the constructs one after another"

Fenris and the archers followed, and took up hidden posistions amongst the buildings of the deserted Caldera.

Osano instructed his army to halt about a half hour marching distance from Caldera. On Slogon, he flew over Caldera in order to scope it out. What the hell? It looks like the evacuated... He flew lower until he could make out the cobblestones on the ground and circled the town several times. Seeing nobody he returned to his army and rested a bit for the battle that was to come.

Anthanes smirked a bit as he took position next to Fenris. He grinned as the dragon-riding Osano was oblivious to them.

"It's working." , the half-dunmer whispered. "But did you consider he can just rebuild them?"

After a few moments of rest on the ground Osano once again mounted Slogon and instructed his army to follow. But this time he did not go airborne. He was suspicious that someone may be in Caldera. But a force small enough to hide itself in that town could not possibly pose a threat.

The town has barely visible in the night landscape in the distance. He halted all of his army other than about 100 of them and left Slogon to go on foot. Whatever was hiding in Caldera, he would face them honorably

York stared at one archer that seemed to stand out among the mages and archers. He had already destroyed several of the constructs and was dropping more by the moment.

York called up some of the undead archers and whispered,

"Move along the hillside to the left and get above the castle, fire at that man there." York said pointing to Otik

Before they left he quickly added,

"Be careful not to get sighted before you are in position."

The archers moved around the mountain and carefully knocked arrows into their bows firing at Otik.

"Damn these apprentice archers..."York cursed for several moments watching what this man would do

It appeared that he had been discovered, one of the people was staring at him far away.

Sel looked at the man for a moment longer. Was he staring back? It didn't matter - he was dead.

Sel looked to Serene and Celia. They would be fine - Jonacin was with them.

He ran towards the cliff.

He lifted himself up to the clifface and drew his sword. "Hello." he said in greeting to York.

Otik was sniping the constructs and all of a sudden he felt an arrow go into his sholder and the force pushed him down to the ground, moments later a dozen or more arrows flew over his head and struck the floor near him. Otik pulled the arrow out and called, MEDIC! You two mages throw your strongest fireballs onto the archers on that hill!" a minute later the pain was gone and Otik threw a volley of arrows at the remaining archers on the hill. He then turned back to the constructs and continued fighting

***hows that Kiln ***

"He doesn't have the time or skill, only Arcyakt does," Fenris whispered. Seeing Osano walk in alone, he gestured to the mages. Several spells later, noone was visible in Caldera, except Osano himself.

OOC: bit confused on what happened so...

Osano waited for the dust caused by the [explosions?] to clear. His constructs were lieing in little heaps of scrap metal on the ground. Osano yelled seemingly at the town because he didn't know where anyone was, "Very clever! Lure me into here then destroy my army is it?! Well you managed to kill about one hundredth of it! Come out and fight me honorably!"

"We taking him out or waiting for something?" , Anthanes whispered to where he hoped Fenris was.

[ooc: We haven't even attacked yet]

Mage

Arcyakt looked into his mirror, surprised that Osano had been all but defeated.

Time to join the fun...

He walked through the mirror and hid in an alley while casting the spell to resurrect the constructs.

He also set a barrier around the town, disabling the use of all magick inside it's walls.

Satisfied, he went back to the castle to oversee the rest of the unfolding events.

The man coming toward him was small...and looked quite weak...he could order the constructs to kill him...but what if Arcyakt was watching...he had to prove himself.

This is my chance...

York waved the constructs away and readied his new blade...but before he would fight he ordered a few mages to throw fireballs at tower the archer was on. The man coming at York was a brute...but that would not stop him.

He gripped the shield and readied himself,

"Hello adventurer, you have a name?" York asked

"Or perhaps children with no fathers have no names." York insulted him and readied for any blow he might deal

OOC: Sel is actually quite skinny...lol. he's not strong at all - just agile and quick

Sel drew his sword.

"My name, according to your master," Sel began. "Is Death."

He smiled - he never would have been proud to use that name, but now it seemed to fit...

"Your move."

OOC: i'm confused......aki made it sound like i was just attacked......but then bobv says i wasnt attacked yet....


ill be gone for a few min.

[ooc: We just entered invisibility and waited, unless Aki proves me wrong]

OOC: but now no magic is useable there...

[ooc: Well we haven't done anything yet so Osano's not all-but-defeated. How'd Arcyakt know they're there anyway?]

(OOC: Yeah...how the hell did you get explosivions out of that... )

OOC:Darn I thought your guy was big Dantrag...there...happy?

IC:York circled around him slowly with his shield ready. Perhaps there was more to this man than meets the eye...

York circled looking for an opening in the defense...there appeared to be many but maybe...this warrior had been brave enough to confront him for a reason...or maybe he was a fool...

Who does this guy think he is?

York saw an opportunity and sliced for his leg but kept his shield ready for recoil. The noise of metal clashing raged on as he started the fight.

Otik cursde under his breath and then yelled "All you mages levitate somewere quick and all those that can't fiy hang onto me or run inside!" Otik then jumped off of the tower and hovered over to the castle and dropped all of the people off. He then flew over to the mages fying through the air and told them to heal the people on the castle.

Though he himself was slightly burned he flew to the twoer top and searched for servivors. He found acouple people and went over to the castle and told them all to continue there jobs. Otik left and went in to see how Serene, Celia, and Jocine(sp?) were doing and to get some grenades.

This was always Sel's greatest dilemma when fighting - dodge or block?

He chose to dodge. He jumped to the side, and rolled, but a small slash hit him still.

Need to work on that... Sel thought before springing back towards York, his green-glowing sword ready for a horizontal slash across his throat.

He swung as hard as he could...

OOC: will york be hit?

I seriously doubt it

[ooc: Taking the liberty to rewind on the Caldera events]

"Are we taking him out?" , Anthanes whispered towards where he believed the invisible Fenris was.

York raised his shield but barely in time to block the blow.

Damn...he's quick...

He jabbed several times testing his opponent and finally decided to make a jab for his stomach.

Come on...hit him...this time.

York readied himself again for a strike in case the blade didn't make contact.

Sel's eyes widened as the sword made its way through an opening in his defenses.

With his sword held up high, it was impossible to block the strike...Niran's sword!

He quickly drew the other sword, and in the same motion, batted York's harmlessly away.

He sheathed it again - that was handy. He made a note to himself though - his quickness could get him in trouble if he got too cocky.

And that damn shield of his...

"Yeah, concentrate a study stream of Genades into his location," Fenris said. He turned to the summoner-mage. "Get that Monarch down hereas quick as possible." The mage noded and began the incantation to summon it.

"Well?! Come out and fight me you cowards!" Osano yelled at the empty town.


OOC; damn now i'm really lost...since bob rewinded is the barrier still up?

OOC: Best its not, otherwise you'd lose the powers Arcyakt gifted you with...