Dobber
05-08-2006, 01:33
It was me dobber ;) which he mentioned to be at his side whe he died :wink:
Yes, I just looked back and found it, and he did arrive with the main army at noon.
July 10(Noon) - Dobber's Log
It is noon and the great allied army of 160,000 strong stands before the great city of Andrianople. The men watch as over 200,000 Romans/arabs attack the now under flames town. The other leaders are out giving orders to the men as they prepared to help the besieged men in Adrianople, while Dobber talks with the men entrusted to his leadership.
"We have all come to this place in time to fight against the tyranny of the Byzantine might and the tyranny of their Arab allies. We have come to this point from different walks of life. Some of you have sailed across the seas to get here, some have marched many leagues. I myself have had quite an adventure arriving at this point, the men I sailed from Mercia with are in that group of men trying to defend this city! I have many friends down there that trusted me at the start of this thing. They last saw me when I rode out to come look for you, they have trusted me to bring you to their aid. I did not think I would have the strength to lead you into this battle, but I awakened this morning with all the soreness and stiffness gone, my strength is returning and now I have friends to save. We will give our best effort today, we will not stop until we have driven these tyrants back, not until we have slaughtered them or they have slaughtered us. I trust in your ability, you are warriors, you are some of the best fighting men there have ever been. We are from many cultures, but we are brothers, we are fighting men, we know of one code, Honor, we fight with Honor and some of will die with Honor. We will know no fear. The Druids have taught me that death is freeing the spirit to begin anew in another body, in another time. Today we face the destiny that is ours. For our Brethren, we fight, for our Brethren we prevail, for Honor we lift our weapons! The men shouted, showing their support of their leaders.
We can see the Byzantine forces pouring into the city through the south gate. We also see a force that has appeared to be leaving the city through the north gate, we are to late to save the city, but we can save our men that have left the city. As we are preparing to move into position I notice the group of men outside the city at the north gate begin to baricade it from the outside. It dawns on me that they are trying to buy some time to set defenses, as the Byzantines within the city will have to go back to the south gate and around the east side to reach their prey. I order the men to move out, we are going to their aid.
We approach the city from the north, the calvary units are attacking the meager forces the Byzantines had in the north(a lot of their forces had begun moving to the south to enter the city once the south gate had been breached), clearing space for us to move in and get in position for the eventual surge of enemy forces that would be making their way around the city. I have paired the swordsmen with archers and have ordered them to move within range to cover the space between us and the walls of the city, the swordsmen have orders to guard the archers with shields as the archers fire into the enemy. This will protect our archers from return fire and they can fire rapidly into the enemy forces. I also have men positioned to protect our left flank and our rear should the enemy try to come around us! Our right flank will be to our own allies as they are positioning themselves for defense. If the enemy charges our position the archers can fall back as the swordsmen meet the charge. We will have the calvary back at that time to help repulse any advances, maybe they could even decoy some forces into chasing them into a hail of arrows. Other commanders are readying their men, what the ****, Richard and his Englishmen have charged the enemy positions, he was supposed to wait until the enemy was within archery range and let us barrage them with ballistics first. We are not close enough to cover his advances, we must remain in our postion as long as possible to cover the approach to Kuno, Angryminer, Traveller and hawk_knight, buying them time to organize their defense, at least I hope they are all still surviving. I brought Angryminer and Kuno to this land, heaven forbid they should die here. When it becomes necessary we will move to hand to hand combat. I pity any poor soul that I cross swords with then, the betrayal by a friend must be avenged.
Okay folks I rewrote the last part!
Yes, I just looked back and found it, and he did arrive with the main army at noon.
July 10(Noon) - Dobber's Log
It is noon and the great allied army of 160,000 strong stands before the great city of Andrianople. The men watch as over 200,000 Romans/arabs attack the now under flames town. The other leaders are out giving orders to the men as they prepared to help the besieged men in Adrianople, while Dobber talks with the men entrusted to his leadership.
"We have all come to this place in time to fight against the tyranny of the Byzantine might and the tyranny of their Arab allies. We have come to this point from different walks of life. Some of you have sailed across the seas to get here, some have marched many leagues. I myself have had quite an adventure arriving at this point, the men I sailed from Mercia with are in that group of men trying to defend this city! I have many friends down there that trusted me at the start of this thing. They last saw me when I rode out to come look for you, they have trusted me to bring you to their aid. I did not think I would have the strength to lead you into this battle, but I awakened this morning with all the soreness and stiffness gone, my strength is returning and now I have friends to save. We will give our best effort today, we will not stop until we have driven these tyrants back, not until we have slaughtered them or they have slaughtered us. I trust in your ability, you are warriors, you are some of the best fighting men there have ever been. We are from many cultures, but we are brothers, we are fighting men, we know of one code, Honor, we fight with Honor and some of will die with Honor. We will know no fear. The Druids have taught me that death is freeing the spirit to begin anew in another body, in another time. Today we face the destiny that is ours. For our Brethren, we fight, for our Brethren we prevail, for Honor we lift our weapons! The men shouted, showing their support of their leaders.
We can see the Byzantine forces pouring into the city through the south gate. We also see a force that has appeared to be leaving the city through the north gate, we are to late to save the city, but we can save our men that have left the city. As we are preparing to move into position I notice the group of men outside the city at the north gate begin to baricade it from the outside. It dawns on me that they are trying to buy some time to set defenses, as the Byzantines within the city will have to go back to the south gate and around the east side to reach their prey. I order the men to move out, we are going to their aid.
We approach the city from the north, the calvary units are attacking the meager forces the Byzantines had in the north(a lot of their forces had begun moving to the south to enter the city once the south gate had been breached), clearing space for us to move in and get in position for the eventual surge of enemy forces that would be making their way around the city. I have paired the swordsmen with archers and have ordered them to move within range to cover the space between us and the walls of the city, the swordsmen have orders to guard the archers with shields as the archers fire into the enemy. This will protect our archers from return fire and they can fire rapidly into the enemy forces. I also have men positioned to protect our left flank and our rear should the enemy try to come around us! Our right flank will be to our own allies as they are positioning themselves for defense. If the enemy charges our position the archers can fall back as the swordsmen meet the charge. We will have the calvary back at that time to help repulse any advances, maybe they could even decoy some forces into chasing them into a hail of arrows. Other commanders are readying their men, what the ****, Richard and his Englishmen have charged the enemy positions, he was supposed to wait until the enemy was within archery range and let us barrage them with ballistics first. We are not close enough to cover his advances, we must remain in our postion as long as possible to cover the approach to Kuno, Angryminer, Traveller and hawk_knight, buying them time to organize their defense, at least I hope they are all still surviving. I brought Angryminer and Kuno to this land, heaven forbid they should die here. When it becomes necessary we will move to hand to hand combat. I pity any poor soul that I cross swords with then, the betrayal by a friend must be avenged.
Okay folks I rewrote the last part!