I see theres something of a hold on the main plot so I think I'll take this opportunity to state my intent to jump in soon. Just wondering what the thoughts are on me making a cult leader who has basically made a religion based around the fire fens, If y'all dont mind I'd like to figure out where my cult leader and his minions fit in before I start posting, although some kind of deal because making deals with cults that worship fires they think are produced by demons and shit is an evil thing to do with the BBEG is what I'm thinking rn if there are no issues with that.
Also I'm aware low fantasy so no cult magic, especially this early in. I thought instead I'd have my guy and his minions just basically be drugged up, use poisons/acids and sneaky tactics to make up for the fact their equipment is trash compared to the others.
Alright I've been busy dealing with some stuff involving my phone dying and college but I'm here now, seems like we're going to have to try and manifest ourself before anything else.
Still interested although I'm curious as to what the exact setting of the RP will be? And the way this has been described makes it seem as though all the players are in control of the same character, which is completely fine by me I just want to make sure My sleep deprived mind isn't reading it wrong.
Part of me is liking the potential of this turning into a kind of weird meta horror where the character becomes aware they're being dragged around on different directions by different individual forces but I'm not sure that's exactly the desired theme here.
Vlath paused for the moment as his lycan warriors stood, ready for war. Despite his militias new weaponry and the aid of the void champions, he was uncertain a direct conflict was the wisest way to victory, yet the voidcaller had a plan. Vlad turned to one of the warriors to his left and quickly said "You there, to Seagard quickly! Instruct the bloodfang warriors to fortify the walls and to be ready for an assault! Tell them if they themselves are not attacked and these heathens begin to cross the bridge they must strike them in the rear! Move quickly now, with the speed of the gods in your step!" before quickly making a short blessing for the warriors quick travel and turning his attention to the rest of the warriors.
"Brothers and Sisters, our foe has revealed themselves! They wish to purge us and our gods from this new world! They do not understand our Gods are all the holds back a tide of destruction from the deep! We must destroy them for the sake of not only our Gods but for our new home! If the heathens begin to assault Seagard then we shall rush them from behind and obliterate their ranks! If they are so foolish as to cross the bridge the champions of the Gods shall tear them apart and we shall claim those that manage to cross themselves! Come, prepare yourselves at the river crossing and prepare for slaughter!" as he finished his speech Vlath hobbled his way to the water, he was unsure how the Champions of the Void would respond to conditional commands so instead he opted to wait before he requested for them to rise.
If the Rhinomen began to assault Seagard he would order them to rise up and join his forces on the flank from the rear. If the Rhinos attempted to cut the bridge connecting them to the other side he would request they rise up and destroy whatever was attempting to cut them off while he and his forces swarmed across the bridge.
All while this happened Vlath prayed for the speed of the lycan soldier so that his plan would work, these creatures were clearly more powerful physically than lycans but whether they possessed their cunning was yet to be seen.
Vlath sends a warrior to inform Seagard of their part in his strategy. If the Rhinomen assault Seagard Vlaths forces will rush them from behind and attack their flanks, ideally encircling them and overrunning them with their higher numbers and the aid of the void champions whom he could call if their aid was needed. If the Rhinomen decided to go directly across the bridge the warriors garrisoned in Seagard were to flank them after they had began to cross, hopefully preventing their retreat and trapping them inside the river as the void champions tore them apart.
After this and making his usual zealous speech, Vlath assumed a position that would hopefully allow the Void Champions to here his requests for aid as the situation developed. If the fortress was attacked he would request they rise from the river and join their assault against the Rhinomen, if they tried to cut the bridge he could request they rise up and attack those attempting to cut it. If they crossed he would allow them to continue as previously instructed and begin tearing them apart.
This was a problem. Vlath pondered the reports of this attack and the great rhinomen before he summoned forth each of his tribe leaders to his tent where he passed the information on for those not already informed. The group of tribe leaders burst into argument and suggestions causing one of the guards, generally used to fairly passive discussions between the leaders, poked his head through the rabbit hide entrance of the tent only to see the leaders unharmed and Grash glaring daggers at the curious soldier who proceeded to quickly make his exit.
The arguing continued for hours, specifically between Goldtooth and Bloodfang. Bloodfang called for his forces to be unleashed upon the beasts with an eagerness that could be mistaken for zeal but was more than likely bloodlust "My warriors are more than capable of obliterating these fools! Great voidcaller, lend me your mighty guardians and I will see to it that our enemy does not last to see another full moon!"
"Your warriors vastly outnumbered the beasts Bloodfang, did you actually listen to the report given to us? Your warriors vastly outnumbered these beasts yet two of them fell and another was injured." Goldtooth responded with a rather smug tone before turning to Vlath "Voidcaller, I propose we fortify the areas along the river near the new location of Wulfhelm and then a location south of it in order to ensure these beasts cannot simply jump upon us in the middle of the night. Sending out warriors to die needlessly is a foolish errand, I'm sure the Gods will understand a more pragmatic approach to destroying their enemies."
In the end after the bickering between the two sides, Goldtooth won out and it was agreed that a force of 2 Bloodfang packs and a Goldtooth builder pack would travel along the river and build some simple wooden fortifications, mainly consisting of wooden stakes to be planted into the ground to prevent the rhinomen charging as easily even if they managed to get onto dry land, the same would be done to the south of Wulfhelm to ensure it was well defended. The rhinomen bodies would have to wait for now although Mex was instructed to continue sending out scout packs and retrieve the bodies of the rhinomen if possible.
Once Vlath had removed the other leaders from his tent he beckoned Goldtooth forwards to speak with him "Goldtooth, I have concerns about our warriors ability to defeat enemies as powerful as this. If our warriors are to be believed they are even stronger than Bloodfang warriors, but we cannot and will not give up. To this end you will work with bloodfang warriors to create a weapon that will aide in the defeat of these creatures from a safe distance. Now go and carry out your task." with a bow, Basir Goldtooth left the camp with new inventions already in his mind.
Basir Goldtooth Goldtooth awoke the next day with his Voidcallers orders fresh in his mind. He called one of his messengers into his rather humble tent and ordered them to find one of the Bloodfang warriors who had battled with the rhinomen earlier. When he returned with the warrior, despite the look of distrust on the warriors face, he sat him in his tent and he convinced him to explain the rhinomen to him. "Big creatures, thick skin and a horn. If you get close they can crush you or stab you. Saw it myself. Not nice." The Bloodfang spoke simply, as did most of his tribe. Literacy was not exactly valued highly in the clan of warriors. After the rather simple description and some discssuion as to how that particular warrior would have thought to kill him, Goldtooth dismissed the warrior and began to ponder. If these beasts were as the warrior said, they did not seem to have any weapons. Perhaps they did not even wear armour. Bows would be effective, however that was a weapon mostly used by the Silentpaw and required finesse to master that most lycans simply did not have. An axe or club would require a lycan to move too close to the beasts...perhaps a weapon with a greater reach? That would also allow lycans hiding behind the spiked Vlath desired to be set out to attack safely as well! With that, Goldtooth quickly ran to his messenger yet again and gave the order "You there! Round up a group of my servants and have them fetch me as much basalt as they can carry!" Truly Goldtooth would have preferred to have an established quarry before he began transporting the newly discovered stone to Wulfhelm, but he needed something to make these new weapons from.
As Goldtooth waited he began carving rather simple wooden spears from the lumber available and offered them to any Bloodfang warrior who would accept them to train with, telling them it would give a great advantage against any large beast.
Vlath has a group of Bloodfang and Goldtooth guard along the river and place rows of wooden spikes pointing outwards along the river as a simple defence. The same was done but in greater numbers towards to south of Wulfhelm. Silentpaw scouts and Bloodfang warriors now patrol this area.
Goldtooth orders his men to gather up as much basalt they can carry in one visit to the deposits so he may begin producing real spears to fight the rhinomen at a safe range. He also has a few basic wooden spears made so the warriors may train with them until he can produce true spears, which he will begin doing as soon as his men return.
As Kax follows the group he dwells on what he had caught from the marines and he can only really think of one potential thing the marines were referring to in their conversation. A covenant supercarrier. The thought of seeing the peak of covenant engineering made the jackal giddy with excitement for a moment before the realization hit him that he would be in direct opposition to it. As he walked down with the rest of the human's suspicion quickly began to settle in. Kaz approached the large brute as quietly as he could and attempted to reach up as close to the brutes ear as possible and whispered "Brute, I just heard those pink skins chattering about a covenant super carrier. Do you think those pirates we're up against have one? These things might have dragged us into a complete suicide mission."
He didn't like brutes, he didn't trust them. But they were ex-covenant like him so he was the only one here he could be certain wasn't involved if this was some kind of set-up. The kig-yar quickly hunched down back to his usual size and began eyeing each of the surrounding humans with suspicion. What if this was some kind of plot by the humans to start killing off the covenant war veterans? He didn't know much about ONI but he knew even the humans knew they were shady. Now on guard, the jackal's eyes twitched to the spartan and ODST in front of him. He couldn't afford to trust them right now, even if they were his 'teammates'
Verdan gave a gesture of approval without looking up and half-muttered "Mmm, yes vodka should do. But please do try to put it in something that would be suitable for storage during travel. Yes, dried meat is fine but the bird will eat grain if need be." as he began to turn off to the outside world again he heard somebody in the tavern mention a 'bird guy' he looked up assuming it was aimed at him to see the rather well armed dwarf from the earlier fighting before responded in a rather matter-of-factly voice "Alcohol has far more uses than merely drinking, for a practitioner of medicine it is always good to have on hand." before turning back to his book.
The gas they had encountered earlier had piqued his curiosity, was it an affliction that was magical in nature? Some kind of perverted form of a natural ailment? Was it even a disease at all? As the doctor leafed through his book to find the few magical diseases mentioned in such a humble tome his mind raced with all the different possibilities, what could it be and how could he control and eradicate it?
Izo remained in his seat and watched the unfolding argument as his hand slowly followed the top of the empty glass. As the voices raised and the group began to disperse, he felt the dread creep into his stomach again. Given what he had just seen, death was certain to come soon. Izo stood to his feet and approach Taya to simply say "Given what just unfolded Taya, I don't think I can take your words of optimism and encouragement to at all realistic." he then turned and said "I will be at the field I awoke in if any wish to find me in the next few hours." before promptly walking from the building and seeking a place to spend some time in peace.
Banned
