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Post by Noven on May 16, 2011 23:03:50 GMT -5
-Kaane moved forward alongside Eliana, until the battle had them separated. Moving forward on his horse, while in a heavy plate armor, Kaane brought his mace back, swinging at many orcs' heads, making short work, the spikes alongside the cylindrical steel doing crushing damage, and piercing inwards for a short ways. Coming to the mace, it was black steel, cylindrical with spikes all around on it, situated on sturdy wood that would see it crushing skulls, and battering heavy armor, the spikes going through the chain mail to pierce some, with otherwise heavy blows doing the damage needed to them, breaking bone under the skin.
-Kaane carried on, killing many orcs in such a manner, crippling them by breaking bone, or crushing skulls with his heavy strikes, until Kaane looked forward to see a troll. Kaane broke from his movements, not sure how exactly to take care of the troll with only his mace, and didn't expect to be able to rush the thing and gain leverage on it, too heavy with his armor, too slow besides. He could only try two things, to bait it away and use his magic on it, or risk charging at it on his horse, however he only really saw chance in the first option, deciding to bait it away from the bulk of the forces, or at least, away from the area where his allies stood. To get its attention, Kaane charged forward some, yelling at the beast, until it set its enraged gaze upon him. He turned the other way, riding around and slowly leading it to the back of the forces that were entangled with the humans in melee. As he rode, he focused his concentration on the spot ahead of the troll, by the time the spell was cast it would be right on where Kaane predicted the troll to be. Also, it came behind the orcs some, surely not close enough to catch any allies in the radius, as Kaane had calculated it, with even more room allocated for error in his caution, but perhaps close enough to catch some of the orcs in the rear. As the troll closed in, the magic concluded, and the blade came to rain down, charged with electricity.
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Post by thatfallout3guy on May 16, 2011 23:37:55 GMT -5
-'Ugh... that was unpleasant,' Nathan thought to himself as he stood up in a daze. He looked down to see his glorious abs gleaming in the sunlight. Nathan looked forward and saw the culprit responsible, "Think that will stop me?! YOU HAVE INVOKED THE FULL FURY OF THE WRATHGAR TRIBE! PREPARE TO PAY WITH YOUR LIFE!" Nathan yelled before giving a ferocious battle cry. He started to charge, but five orcs stopped him, "You dare get in the way?! YOU WILL NOT LIVE TO SEE TOMORROW!" Nathan yelled. He activated his new ability and claws sprang from his hands, 'A most interesting ability, hopefully these will come in handy,' He thought as one of the orcs charged him. One swung his swords right at him. Nathan ducked under and brought up his fist at full speed. The claw hit the orc right under the jaw and shot it. The orc struggled a bit before he finnaly succumbed to his wound. Nathan wiped the blood off of his hand before glaring at the other four and striking a pose, and flexing, "WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO TRY?! YOU WILL MEET THE SAME FATE AS HIM! THIS I CAN PROMISE YOU!" Nathan said as the sparkles formed around his head. The orcs all looked at each other, then back to Nathan. The all then charged right at him.
-"Well that was interesting," Nathan said as he dusted himself off. All four orcs lay at his feet dead, "Now," Nathan said as he glared at the troll that smashed his armor, "YOU WILL PAY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE HERE TODAY!" Nathan yelled as he extended his claws and charged at the troll. It had its back turned to him, and Nathan's plan was to use the claws to scale his back and tear apart the back of his neck.
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Killerish221
Monk in training
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Post by Killerish221 on May 17, 2011 2:11:59 GMT -5
While all this was happening Barnabas was assigning each of the men a position to keep. He kept the one who looked the fastest near the back so if they are defeated the king would know. "Like that will happen" Barnabas said to himself. To make sure they were not noticed they had to take the long way over the hills, but the men were professionals so their stamina was tremendous.
After 1 hour they had finally reached the orc's camp and he saw where their equipment was stored, however it was guarded by 2 orcs. He told the spies to stand back and he pulled out 2 of his throwing knives and threw them at the orcs. As expected they both fell without making a sound. Before he went down to the camp he told the spies he would make a certain sound if he was captured and that they were to retreat if that happened. Barnabas then taught them the sound and went down to the camp
Well it from how he looked at it the orcs did not really think much when it came to the security of their supplies. He then entered the tent and saw the orc's equipment lay out before him.
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Post by ballerscuba on May 17, 2011 2:40:10 GMT -5
Eliana climbed up the side of troll before leaping straight up in the air as the troll swung its shoulders around. As Eliana's jump peaked and began to come back down, she slashed as the troll's eyes. The troll's eyes were cut deeply as clear liquid was splattered on Eliana's poleaxe, mixed in with a small bit of blood from the troll's nose. The troll instantly put its hand over its eyes, swinging wildly. The swings missed Eliana, but as the swings became wilder and wilder, the troll began to hit its own allies, launching orc after orc into the air in all directions. The orcs had no choice but to pounce on the troll, pinning it on the ground. However, the troll continued to fight them off with its free bare hand, while Eliana stood mere yards away, having landed on her feet.
As the arrows Caterina had launched dug deep into the troll's neck, the points of the arrows peeked through the back of the neck. The troll hesitated, reaching for the arrows. It attempted to breath, but the air simply would not go in as the sound it made became almost metallic. The troll fell forward, flat on its face, the arrows going further through the troll's neck, the steel tips now fully exposed, though bloody, in the air behind the troll's neck. With the troll gone, the men composed themselves, getting back into formation with the infantry regaining their lines and the archers now safe.
As Kaane used his power, the troll collapsed under the power of the sword, falling forward, digging up the earth underneath as it slid forward, still breathing, but very slowly. The orcs that were behind the troll collapsed where they stood, dead. Kaane's horse reared up from the force of the lightning, but quickly regained its composure as the lines began to reform after the trolls had run through them.
As Nathan clawed his way up the back of the troll, the troll roared as blood began to seep out of the holes the claws had made. The troll attempted to reach on his back for Nathan, but could not. As Nathan reached the back of the troll's neck, a few Bana had distracted the troll out front, taunting him, giving Nathan the opportunity to dig deep into the troll's neck. As he did so, the troll screamed in pain, as his spine was exposed. He was finally able to get a hold of Nathan, but the last swipe of the neck proved to be one too many, as the troll's body became paralyzed and collapsed on the ground, landing slightly on the Bana that had come to aid Nathan. However, a quick push of the troll's arms and they were free again, rejoining the infantry lines.
Barnabas entered the supply hut of the orcs. Inside he saw spare curved swords, shields, and armor. The trebuchets were still on the way to the battle, lagging behind as the orcs had not anticipated a full attack in the valley. Down in the camp, Barnabas was able to see many female orcs, seemingly preparing a grand feast. A few wolves were being roasted over a large fire pit and what seemed to be a horse seemed to be poised to go up next. The forward camp of the orcs seemed bare as the tents made of gray leather were now empty.
The men of Bana continued to push forward, as only a few trolls remained, their charge fully stopped by the force of the soldiers' collective will. The orcs' number began to decrease as the orc in plate armor continued pacing on the hill behind his army. Suddenly, he waved both of his arms forward. Over the hill came a few orc mages, riding small dragons. The dragons flew over the field, as balls of fire and ice and electricity shot down on the field, hitting, for the most part, the soldiers of Bana. As the flurry of arrows from the archers began to eat away at the dragons' wings, five mages dropped to the ground, jumping off their dragons and landing on their feet as their dragons slowly died behind them. Three dragons with mages riding them remained in the air. A few of the men of Bana turn and ran at the sight of the mages, but most of them stayed, continuing to plow through the hordes of orcs.
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Post by lukuz13 on May 17, 2011 6:40:15 GMT -5
Eliana watched the beast thrash forward into it's own allies, each swing throwing the orcs through the air with ease as if it was Bana's own personal wrecking machine. As the troll finally ran out of steam and was pinned and slain by the orcs, the remainder of the forces seemed to be retreating.
"Heh, good to see Trolls still aren't the brightest creatures." Eliana smirked softly, turning to see a slew of approaching Mage dragon riders. "Damn... it never ends." She sighed as the hail of arrows dismounted the mages on the ground their dragons dead, Eliana turned to the archery squads, and made a motion with her hand towards the ones that flew above frantically so that they can take aim there.
"Hopefully they will take on the air support..." Eliana smiled, thinking *I'm sure Cat can handle it* before turning to face the Mages. Using her left hand, Eliana's arm and slowly her whole body was enveloped in a golden hue, before dimming down as the spell finished. "There... a anti magic buff should help just in case." She nodded, turning to one of the Mages, the one furthest from his comrades, running at the being before quickly vanishing in a puff of smoke and reappearing behind him, facing the opposite way, swinging the Halberd in one large arc attempting to slice the being in two.
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Post by FinlandiaWhiteEyes on May 17, 2011 8:13:00 GMT -5
-Caterina gazed at the dragons, startled. Perhaps dragons were more common up north, she thought sadly. Well, what must be done must be done. She tried to shout, but over the din of battle she could not be heard. Then, the horse of a slain cavalry trooper cantered towards her. She caught hold of the front of the saddle and pulled herself smoothly onto the prancing silver horse's back. The mare reared up, neighing fiercely. Holding her bow in the air, she called out to the archers.
-"Men of Bana!"
-The archers quietened and looked to her. She galloped along the line, splitting the archers into three groups. Each group raised their bows towards a different dragon. Caterina took aim at the largest dragon, then called out to the ranks
"Nock"
The arrows were put to strings...
"Draw"
...the strings were pulled back...
"Loose!"
...and three large clouds of arrows shot at the dragons in one coordinated volley.
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Post by Noven on May 17, 2011 22:00:04 GMT -5
-Kaane looked to the air to find three mages riding dragons, five more on the ground below. Knowing he could do nothing for those in the air above, he set out to find one of those alone on the ground. As he approached one on his horse, the mage shot out a fire ball at Kaane, to which he tried to bring the horse to a quick turn, trying to prepare a plan of action.
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Post by thatfallout3guy on May 18, 2011 2:50:36 GMT -5
Nathan scanned the battlefield and saw the mages. He carved his way through the orcs until he finally found one, "ARE YOU PREPARED?!" Nathan exclaimed before extending his claws and chasing after the mage.
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Post by ballerscuba on May 18, 2011 3:31:14 GMT -5
As Eliana swung her halberd, the mage turned around quickly, just able to dodge the halberd as the robes were sliced open. The grabbed his falling robes out of habit, before quickly realizing that the halberd had not struck him. He looked ahead at Eliana, raising his staff. A spray of ice shot out of the staff, sending Eliana back a few steps. Then, the mage sent two balls of ice, one after another at Eliana.
The arrows Caterina had ordered darkened the sky, surrounding the remaining dragons in a cloud of metal and wood. The dragons had nowhere to run and succumbed to the onslaught, dying before they hit the ground. Only one mage was able to survive the onslaught. It landed in front of Caterina, immediately firing a bolt of lightning in her direction.
The mage stood in front of Kaane, having missed with the fireball. The mage then raised his staff again, shooting forth a flurry of fireballs, spread out horizontally with Kaane and his horse in the middle of the fire, Kaane's shield held tight against his chest.
The mage saw Nathan approaching, his claws out. The mage lifted its staff, launching a sheet of ice along the ground between him and Nathan, hoping to make him slip along the way. The mage smirked, feeling he had accomplished his deed, but kept his staff up in case it did not.
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Post by lukuz13 on May 18, 2011 6:02:47 GMT -5
Eliana shifted her weight on her legs, grunting at the blast of ice magic, thankful for her anti magic field, leaping into the air as the ice balls approached, swinging her Halberd twice, smashing the first block of ice into thousands of shards, before thrusting her pole-arm downward, shattering the second attack, sending shards out ice out of her way, as the tip seemed to sear white and gold, transferring up the handle to the pike. The pieces of ice flew threw the air with an almost beauty, the sun sending a small rainbow as Eliana moved swiftly, almost like lightning, thrusting towards the mage, attempting to slay him once more, before jerking it to the left in a slicing motion, the blade traveling towards the goblin's staff holding side.
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Post by Noven on May 18, 2011 19:30:07 GMT -5
-Kaane turned in tightly with his horse, going forward, aiming for the two most separated fireballs, hoping to slip through the gap. He pulled his shield up to cover his exposed upper half, and while hoping to keep the horse alive, he prepared to jump off of the thing should it be hit and killed, or wounded, by one of the fireballs. He rode fast, raising his mace in the other hand high, hoping to be able to fit on through.
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Post by FinlandiaWhiteEyes on May 18, 2011 19:42:09 GMT -5
-The mage pointed his staff at her, and she leant back in the saddle. As she did so, an arrow slipped out her quiver. She caught it before it fell from the horse. A bolt of lightning zipped overhead. When it had passed, she swung back upright, fitting her arrow to the string of her bow, and in one rapid motion, flowing with her upward movement, she shot the arrow straight at the mage's head.
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Post by thatfallout3guy on May 18, 2011 23:18:33 GMT -5
Nathan didn't notice the ice until it was too late. He ran and started slipping, but he didn't fall. He kept sliding, right towards the mage with great speed. Then before he could do anything he tripped and was sent flying through the air, claws first, right at the mage's head.
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Post by ballerscuba on May 19, 2011 2:58:39 GMT -5
Eliana's halberd sliced through the orc's staff, splitting it in half. As the top half of the staff tipped and fell over, the orc continued to try and launch ice at Eliana, but only a couple glimpses of ice came out of the broken staff. Panicking, the orc mage took a small dagger out of his robes. He let it dance as he flicked it back and forth in his hands. Then, in one quick movement, the mage lunged forth at Eliana, attempting to stab her in the throat.
The fireballs flew at Kaane. Kaane was able to dodge one of them, but the other one hit his shield. The fireball bounced off the shield, going straight back at the mage. The mage sidestepped the fireball, unable to bounce it back. The fireball hit an orc, setting him alight. As the orc ran around, it lit a few fires on its allies, but those orcs patted themselves out. The orc that was on fire eventually collapsed as the smell of burnt orc filled the field. The mage did not turn around to watch the orc run around alight. It stared at Kaane, firing more fireballs in his direction.
The mage stared at the arrows that Caterina fired, unsure what to do for a second. In an instinctive move, he tried to cover his head with his right arm. The arrow pierced through the mage's hand, stopping with the tip starting to poke out of the mage's staff that was in his hand. The mage screamed in pain. He tried to compose himself, forming a ball of lightning just above his cupped left hand. He tried to launch the ball at Caterina, but the mage simply did not have the same control with his left hand. The ball flew high into the air, over Caterina and her archers by ten meters.
As Nathan slid toward the ice mage, the mage smirked in amusement. Nathan leaped forward with his claws out. The mage attempted a sidestep, but the claws got caught in the mage's hood. The mage quickly jumped out of his robes, revealing that underneath, the mage wore nothing but fur underwear. The mage picked up his staff off the ground. He launched a ball of ice out of his staff at Nathan, who still had his claws in the mage's robe.
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Post by lukuz13 on May 19, 2011 5:01:21 GMT -5
Eliana grinned a bit at the incoming mage, a mage attempting to melee? Surely he was mad! Eliana watched and waited until the mage was as close as possible, before vanishing once more to appear behind the being, picking up her weapon and moving it forward in one fluid motion, stabbing straight through the mage's spine, at least this is where she directed it.
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