[en] The Tavern at the Inn

[Odyssey]

Thank you for the drink, Dobber! Next round on me!

[Prince Eric of the Lorah Clan]

Welcome to the story, bard Kuno of Gersenau!
Eric? Bring the new bard and me something to drink! XL beer? These are on me.
:cheers:

*Your drinks are served* :cheers:

[Prince Eric of the Lorah Clan]

Thank you for the drink, Dobber! Next round on me!

Drinks for everyone! This round is on Odyssey! :cheers:

[Odyssey]

Are ya'll too drunk to drink anymore? You have done so much for me, Dobber, even if it was just making me feel better about you know. (I've been wanting to tell you that for a while now.) So drinks on me!

[Dobber]

Thanks, Odyssey! :cheers:


May 16 - Dobbers log

Today we suddenly surprised some pirate ships as they emerged from a cove, and I gave orders to board them and to seize their craft. I figured they would be surprised that what appeared to be a merchant fleet would attack them, and a surprise it was. And with all the warriors we had on board, we quickly defeated them with our boarding. The men had been restless and lusting for battle, so the attack curbed their appetite a little and we gained 3 ships for our fleet. I called Commander Angryminer and Sire Gersenau into my cabin and offered them the opportunity to take the three pirate craft and to return to Sakim for the reinforcements he is mustering. We will send enough men to handle the ships and a small fighting force in case you have trouble before meeting up with Sakim. You can hand pick the men, just be sure to take along some of Sakim's men, they can summon Sakim for you. The pirate craft are faster than our ships, so you might be able to get the reinforcements and overtake us before we reach Constantinople. We will be half a day getting the ships inventoried and the crews readied. If you wish to remain with the main fleet, I will find another to command the reinforcement fleet. There is another on board, seems a bit over zealous, he calls himself King Bigcastle, he is no way a King and certainly has no castle, (sounds kind of like this Farquat dude from a fairy tale). But he appears to be capable. I left Angryminer and Sire Gersenau alone to discuss the proposition and await their decision.

[Richard]

Knight Richard's adventure
Chap:7 Stones on fire, head of iron :silly: .

May 24, 1005

After having a horrible night, (couldn't sleep because of I couldn't take my ming off the assoult) today I went out of my tent and the first sight was of the massive siege wepons the men had been building for hte past days. It had taken them less time than we tought, so we were going to assoult. The morning was quite but soon came full of noices of the massive wood weapons and the men pushing them. So we marched onto what would become a massive blood spill. Me and Hawk knight had prepared a plan to fule the enemy. Since we knew where the weak part of the castle was, we were going to attack from that point, but we would divide the armys into two. I would comand a army to the front of the castle to make it look like we were going to attack them directly, so the enemy would focuse most of his men on that part giving more than enought time for hawk knight to attack the weak spot and bridge into the walls of the city. So I took my "army" and position the men in place. I could smell the fear in the air, the crys that were to come, the horror of men dieing.
"Fire!" I ordered and the rocks in flames went flying as the Trebuchets fired.
Soon after the thunder of the fire, rocks knocking into the Walls of the castle and even the bodies of the enemy became intense. The catapults fallowed, with even more force. My men began to shout,
"ARGHH!!, HAUH HA, HAUH HA,...!" like barbarians tersty for blood.
As I speacted most of the enemy troops gathered there. I ordered the siege towers forward., Then men began to puch the enourmus thing directly to the enemys wall. Some infantry behine them, and some inside the towers for the assoult. Also Archers moved forward, and big wooden shield were positioned to protect them. The archers began firering and the enemy fireing at us. It was madness, finally one of the towers touched the wall and with it the rushing of men into the walls. But still, somehting was wrong, it was allready afternoon and there was no sign that hawk knight had broken throught the weak spot the spy had told us about. What was I to do, continue charging and storming the enemy or retreat? The enemy had a huge garrison inside th castle and going throw the siege towers wasn;t working, for not many ment fit at the same time, plus the archer's fire killed many of those that were running across the field and those that made into the tower and up to the walls were overwelmed by the superiority in numbers of the enemy. I had to do somethign fast, but what? And Time was important for many men were falling by the minute. Then I remember that we could use somekind of ram to destry the gate. So I order the men to make a Ram, It was going to be easy for we had parts of one in the camp and it could be build in a hour. After a hour and half, the ram was ready and I was about to orther the men to use when one of Hawk knight's scout reported. He said that Hawk knight could break throuth, the spot wasn't weak, so the spy had lied. The man also said that Hawk knight order to retreat, because it would cost to many lifes if we continued the siege this way.
"Prepare to back up" I shouted
Then men began to retreat, but keeping their formations. My face became sad as this was the first battle i had ever lost, but like the wize ones say, You learn from your defits more than from your victories. I gave my back, and suddendly, I felt something hard, yet sharp as a blade go in.
"AHH! " I cryied out as if I couldn't control my will;
Then everything became black.

Later, at night.
I waked up on my tend, not knowing how I got here. I tried to lift my self up but a pain rushed throug my back, My head heard also. then i heard the voice of a man.
"You'r a lucky fella, A arrow almost piece you competly."
"What?, how i got here, why my head hearts?" I asked
"You felt of your horse after the arrow hited you in the back and hited your head with a rock, then lost your concience, you'r real lucky to be alive, Is yout head made of metal or something?" the man said in a humurous way.
I said nothing and just let my head rest down and fell asleap again...

Out of story..
Hawk knight can you fix my first log on the story thread. It says Knight Richard's(the lionheart) adventure.
Change it to Knight Richard's(The Iron Head)adventure. :lol:

[Kuno of Gersenau]

May 16 - Kuno's log (part 2)

After Sir Dobber has left us Angryminer and I had a long talk. He told me about the things who had happpen to my hometown. It was really depressing for me...
I also told him, that I'm not his lord anymore and that I'm now a simple men under Sir Dobber's command. And that I will do now all I can to help him to conquer Constantinople. (To be honest I also hope to plunder a lot of gold when we once have conquered the city. With this I could then rebuild my destroyed hometown.)

So finally I decided to go back with the pirate ships to get the reinforcement. Angryminer was still thinking about it...




*Eric, next round goes on me! :cheers:
And thanks for the kind words to my first story! :)

[Xuca]

Adventures of Xuca

23rd may

One hour before the dark 12 men left the camp lead by me to look for track of leaveing or entering the camp. But one thing nobody knew, not even Travaller or the guards, was that l wasn't leading them! l took my best friend to disguise as me. l was near my double and when the time was right l fired an arrow. lt was a perfect hit, right in the bag of red paint which was hidden under the armor near the heart. The guards spotted me and charged. l eluded them easilly in the forest, and my double put a letter on the place of my assassination saying l'm just the begining or something like that, and then sneaked back in the camp. My body is missing, but there is 11 witnesses, and they are the men l trust least. Maybe my plan isn't perfect, but better plans would require more men envoleved, meaning bigger risk of somebody knowing l'm still alive. This is the only way for me to be safe, and l shall search the forest a little, maybe l find something... or somebody...

[Angryminer]

Thanks Odyssey! :cheers:

Angryminer's Log
Chapter 13

So Sire Dobber asked me to get more men from Sakim. Though I'm not too fond of the idea, I will follow Sire Dobber's command and won't dissapoint him. I'm already on one of the former pirate ships and we have everything we need for the trip back to Sakim's location. We will set new course every minute now.

Before I left Sire Dobber we had a discussion and I said that we should contact the other Knights that travelled through the land. We should get to know how well their campaign succeeded or wether they need help.

Quick now, we have to get back to Sakim, recruit new soldiers and get back to Sire Dobber before Sire Dobber's fleet meets byzantine warships.

Angryminer

[Prince Eric of the Lorah Clan]

*Eric, next round goes on me! :cheers:

*Another round of drinks is served* This round is on Kuno!:cheers:

[Richard]

"hip" Don't you think we are a little drunk all"hip"ready?
"NAHHH!"
XXXXL bears for all :silly:

[Traveller]

Traveller's Log - May 24th
Mission Impossible

I write these lines with great grief and anger... This night Lord Xuca left the camp with his bodyguards to look for eventual tracks of the assassin. But from all the sudden an arrow pierced him from behind. All the men ran after the murderer, but he managed to escape. They made a mistake, as nobody stayed to help Lord Xuca and see if he's only wounded or dead. But when they returned, they saw no sign of Lord Xuca's body, only his horse and a letter on it. This message was something like "He's only the beginning. You'll be the next" or something. This foul villain has not only killed him, but has also stolen his body! For what purpose, I don't know. Maybe to break the army's morale even further. One thing is sure - the assassin is no longer in the camp. Still, just to make sure, I've ordered to search the whole encampment and the nearby woods. But there are too few men that can really be trusted to do this. Sometimes I wish I would've stayed in my home rather than taking care of such responsible and hard deeds!

And now we have an assassin, a missing body and an army with broken morale and no idea what to do! The second-in-command will surely take Lord Xuca's place, but I doubt the army would continue it's march, without burrying it's general. And somewhere out in those woods is he, watching and stalking...

I've gathered the men, before Lord Xuca left to look for the most suspicious ones. I selected 5 men, who could speak both Hungarian and Greek and could've acted as links between these two countries. But when Lord Xuca was killed, all of them were in the camp and noone has leaved. And now they're still here, while we know the real assassin is outside. We have searched in the wrong place! But how did he know from where and when will Lord Xuca leave the camp? He probably has an informer inside. I'll make sure to get him, before he strikes again! The least, because I'm probably his next target. Lord Nike, Lord Xuca and now is my turn... War isn't really such a nice thing!

[Xuca]

Adventures of Xuca

24th may

l was exploring the forest, searching for something, some clue that could lead to the assassin, when l heared some voices. l went in their direction and saw three men. One of them said in Serbian: ,,l don't know who killed him. One of my men used the disorder caused by his death to sneak out and report me that he's been killed, but now it's impossible to enter or exit the camp." And the second one replyed in Greek(good thing l leared some Greek while we camped in heart of Byzantium pretending to be Byzantins): ,,We will think about that later, you are to ride to Serbia and see is everything ready for a rebelion and to organise espionage actions against Hungary. Remember that every spy must be caught and to confess after he's been tortured that he works for Serbia." ,,Yes," the Serb said, ,,we already planed the actions: attempt of murder of Hungarian King, robbing his treasury, organising rebellions and many more!" ,,Good," said the Greek, ,,This man will go with you to make sure of what you're saying and than report back. Remember that the Emperor does not tolerate failure!" ,,My master will not fail your Emperor, be sure, as he's the only way for him to get to the trone of Serbia!" Then they went off, every in his direction.

This is horrible! After the false spy actions Hungarians would attack Serbia and then the rebellion would start! Without my army, they would conquer Serbia with ease! And then the leader of rebels would became the pupet King of Serbia, Hungarians would sing alliance with Byzantins, and then they would all attack Bulgaria from two sides! l must find a horse, ride quickly to Hungary and talk to their King to tell him about these plans and prevent him to attack or even make an ally against the Byzantins! But what if he refuses to belive me? l must aquire some proofs first. l shall follow this traitor and maybe find something...

And who can be the leader of rebels? l know few nobles who may want to seize the throne of Serbia, but l can't point out whom...

[Prince Eric of the Lorah Clan]

"hip" Don't you think we are a little drunk all"hip"ready?
"NAHHH!"
XXXXL bears for all :silly:

*Another round of drinks is served* This round is on Richard!:cheers:

You people do drink a lot!

[Dobber]

What else have we got to do, but drink? Isn't that what the Tavern is for?

[Traveller]

Yeah! Now it's my turn to buy the drinks, so the next round's on me! I need this beer to clear my thoughts. The story is going well, but there's too much thinking and my head hurts from that... :wink:

[Prince Eric of the Lorah Clan]

*Drinks are served* This round is on Traveller. :cheers:

[Kuno of Gersenau]

May 17 - Kuno's log
(part 3)


This evening i stood on the deck of "my" ship and looked towards the sinking sun.(Angryminer took command over two ships and I over one)
The sword at my side still felt heavy and unfamiliar, no wonder after the long time on the pirate ship. I had time to calculate how long I was a slave - two years, two damned wasted years!
I still feal a weakness coming from the few and bad food I had to eat all this time, but this will get better with the time! I also wonder if I can still handle my sword? I have to ask Angryminer for a little show-fight tomorrow, if he agrees.

But back to the things who happened this evening:¨
With the last light of the day we came to the boards of the sea and saw a little harbour. Angryminer's ships took course over there, this seemed to be the land of Sakim.

When we entered the harbour a lot of people with torches and bows stood on the kais and pointed against us. A loud voice appeared: "Pirates, we don't know how you can be so stupid to stop here in Sakim's Land, but anyway, die now!!
But before they could start to fire Angryminer's loud voice answered: "No!! It's us, Sire Dobber's men! We conquered these ships yesterday and were sended back to catch up more of your men! I'm Commander Angryminer and I wish to speak Sakim!"

The people on the kais were surprised, but they sanked their bows!
We could go on land and a noble man with a big turban came towards Angryminer and me - Sakim himself! After a short report from Angryminer about the things which happend yesterday, Sakim wanted him to come with him and to talk about the next steps. He also invented me if I want to join, but I was to tired. So I asked him for the permission to leave and went back to the ship and in my room.

Goodnight.

[Angryminer]

Angryminer's Log
Chapter 14

We're back at the african shore. The welcome wasn't too heartly, these heathens nearly killed me and wanted to burn down the ships! I'm glad they had enough sense to understand that I'm not a pirate.
Sakim however was by far more friendly. After I introduced Kuno to Sakim I reported the situation and asked him wether he could support us with more troops because this would be vital to the chances of victory for us. I also said that we had to make haste so we get back to Sire Dobber as fast as possible. He said he will speak with his advisors tomorrow and we will rest for the night now. Sakim invited us to spend the night in his camp near the harbor so we could start our recruiting as early as possible.
On the way to the camp Kuno asked me wether I could help him regain his abilities in swordsmanship. Of course I will. I'm more or less the trainings-master of Sire Dobber's army and I will surely help Kuno.
I begin to wonder wether I should invite Sakim to follow us on our march against Constantinople. We are drafting more and more of Sakim's men and when he is in our ranks this would surely raise the morale of these soldiers.

So, I should rest now. Tomorrow will be a day of hard labor.

Angryminer

[Odyssey]

Woot! Hey guys! It's been a while, huh? I've been SO busy with school lately! In fact, this is where this post is comming from. Thanks for the drinks guys!!