PEOPLE I FEEL THE NEED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU, I KNOW IT ISN'T RELEVANT TO THE THREAD, BUT I WAS LISTENING TO THIS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pBMxp8EJFA WHILE READING THAT LAST POST. I FELT FUCKING EPIC, AND I HOPE THE REST OF YOU DO TOO.

>>6465507
"You did it yourself."

>>6465507
"I've done nothing to you, but reveal your own true desires. Join me Freyr, we'll crush the barbarians, and make them our slaves. We'll rule this land AND COUNTLESS OTHERS. What say you, Lieutenant Freyr?"

What do we have in the way of weapons? I'm not sure if we can take him right now, especially if he has a sword and we don't even have our cute little dagger.

>>6465534
"I can't control a man such as you, though I do envy your position."

"Ah yes. You couldn't have done it, could you? It must have been someone else. But who is the one holding the blade? Look, his blood is still on it. And he trusted you until the last. He even thought of you as his father. What will everyone say? Only the truth: you're beyond redemption. You call me a monster. You call me that only because you can't bear the thought of next seeing your own face in the mirror and knowing THERE is where you will find your monster."

"I did this? Truly? Who was the one who took up the blade? Who brought it down again? Tell me, who was the one gripped by range, sorrow, pity, and torment?

I only showed you what was in your heart, Freyr. I merely granted what you truly wished for. And if you look inside, you know this is what you wanted. You know where the truth lies in this... it lies with you, as does the responsiblity."

Hahaha, you fool. That boy loved you, and you killed him.

Then obliterate his soul.

Kickass Evil.

I like the idea of telling him he did it to himself, and it was the right thing to do, "comfort" him and mold him like we did Cath. If he tries to kill us, lets test out our new awesomeness.

>>6465578
>>6465534
>>6465575
>>6465617
>>6465634

"You did it yourself. I can't control a man such as you, though I do envy your position. But who was holding the blade? Who was it who struck the blow? I've done nothing to you, but reveal your own true desires. Join me Freyr, we'll crush the barbarians, and make them our slaves."

"I should have chocked the life out of you while I had the chance!" Readying the sword He raises it above his head and charges you. "YOU'LL PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID TO THE KING!"

>>6465634
>>I like this. Adding.

"You can make it up to him, you know. You can still save his people. His death doesn't have to be in vain. With you leading them this invasion can be repulsed. But you'll need my help if this is to remain hidden."

>>6465657
Perhaps we should flee, letting the nobles see him chasing a noble with a sword covered in the king's blood. They won't try and stop him, but things will look bad for him.

>>6465657
I'm torn between dashing forward and grabbing his sword arm, twisting it out of his grasp.

And just shadowstepping behind him and laughing.

Either way, we shouldn't kill him now.

>>6465657
NO MORTAL MAN MAY MATCH US!

Grab him and rip the blade from his hands, then bury it in his stomach. After he croaks lay him down and wrap his hands around the blade before rigor sets in. He killed the king and took his own life, what a tragedy.

Shadow step back to our room, we can't be seen around here now.

I propose we let him face the others.

It is his deed. There is nothing he fears more than to face its consequences.

>>6465657
Shadowstep behind him and disarm him, smack him around a little, then when he is all but dead... Place the crown on him and knight him with the sword.

>>6465657
oh shi-
/dive for Kingslayer

>>6465704
We don't look like we used to.

I agree we shouldn't kill him. He's FAR too useful now. We just have to get him calmed down a bit... and preferably disarmed. We'll convince him it was for the good of the kingdom. He made a promise, remember?

Guys, this is a magical blade that has slain monsters and demons beforem and he is a powerful warrior. We can't take him lightly.

>>6465735
>>6465733

One of these.

Yeah, just try and shadow step short distances while we try to talk him down, soften him to the idea of working with us, failing that, I say we fight him to feel out how tough we are, if we can beat him down enough mentally or physically if he is still reluctant to become a willing servant like Cath, soul oblit him for another Kel.

Grab him and disarm him, force him to recognize that he was in fact the one who did it. Remind him that he must save the people of the land, follow through with his promise.

>>6465744
This pretty much.

>>6465657
"Murder! Murder! Freyr killed the king! Guards! Come quick!"

Run like hell this guy is pissed.

Screaming at the top of his lungs in a battle frenzy Freyr charges across the room and swings his sword down on top of your head. With but a though he swings through nothing but black mist. The sword cleaves through it and strikes the floor cutting the stone, but not even harming the blade.

He only has a moment to be alarmed as he notices your shadow behind him. He turns to face you but with a right hook punch he is lifted off his feet and is sent into the air a foot off the ground and falls prone eight feet back. Wheezing hard he pulls himself to his feet. His breast plate on his chest is dented inwards significantly.

With another roar he charges with body kept low and ready to swing up.

Use the kings body as a shield

>>6465886
I like this a lot.

>>6465886
I kind of hope that he is still alive.

>>6465864
Yikes, we have a magical demon-slaying blade and an experienced warrior. Dodge away towards the window, where the king's body is. Try to leave your head open so he will do another downward swing and then step to the other side of the room. He will cleave the king's body again. Emotionally traumatizing and makes it look like Freyr killed him in a rage.

>>6465864
Holy crap we are awesome now.

>>6465886
If we can do this quickly enough, it's a great way to wave his crime in front of him. Otherwise, repeat the shadowstep, but a bit farther behind him this time.

>>6465657
Then YOUBETTADIE! HUAAAAAHHH!

>>6465907
>>6465886

Either of these.

>>6465864
"What will killing me accomplish? Will it absolve you of the crimes you committed? You will remain a murderer. Killing me does nothing to change that fact. In fact, if you do kill me, how do you think the nobles, those scum, will react? You'd be guilty of two murders, they'd have you hanged! Then the city would be run over by barbarians, and you know it. What would happen to the kingdom? Anarchy, panic, famine, and most of all, death.

So no, no good will come from killing me. If we work together and save the city, however, then things will be right. You won't be clear of your crime, but perhaps you can be forgiven."

>>6465907
This one. Don't touch the king's body.

rolled 25 = 25

>>6465864

"Swing again, do what you will, you can do nothing against me. Let yourself go through a catharsis. But heed my words, listen to what I said."

>>6465886
>>6465907
With the sword swinging up you take a step back as it grazes off and lights sparks off the front of your own breast plate. Any deeper and it might have cleaved it in half, and it would have fallen off your chest in two pieces. You continue stepping back inviting Freyr further and further in as he swings wildly from the right, the left, a thrust. You reach near the window near the king's body. But Freyr is still on in a bestial like state. Annoying. At his next swing you foresee you hold out your left arm and catch him by the bicep. Reaching your right first over to your left shoulder you swing it across to back hand him with your fist. The blow sends him off his feet and makes a single rotation in the air landing a distance away and rolling on the ground some more with momentum. You reach down and pull the wet soggy blood soaked body of the king.

"Yes blame ME. Like a weak minded little woman. You did this by your own hand. And killing me will do nothing but fill you with some sense of satisfaction. Better to be a man, and let the boy die, not in vain, but as a sacrifice for the greater good."

>>6465907
this, then, destroy his soul

Throw the king's body at him, then jump on him, pin him and soul obliterate.

>>6465953
Now say this.

DON'T KILL HIM.

I was one of the ones saying soul oblit before.

But he's far more useful as a thinking, human underling. We can convert him to our cause; it may not be easy and we will have to watch him, but let's not oblit him yet.

Hold the body up.

"LOOK! THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE DONE! He is dead, and you killed him. YOU! How does it feel Freyer?!"

Use the corpse as a shield.

>>6465953
Laying on the ground heaving a large welt on the side of his face Freyr's legs shake as he raises himself back to his feet. He sways back and forth before once more standing tall with sword ready.

"No, it is too late to stop now. The Barbarians have come. Just as they should have." His vision clearing up he sees you hoisting the dead boy by the back of the neck.

"LET HIM GO!"

He charges again slightly circling from the right, seems he's not too stupid to go through the window.

>>6466002
"Look at what you have wrought FREYR! This is what you've tormented yourself for, what you've slaved to protect, all those years gone in an instant. But a child will not achive what you can. Listen to me Freyr, I can help you rebuild this place, and make it so much better. Join me, and we'll fulfill your promise to this kingdom... TOGETHER."

>>6466094
"Why would you undo his last hope?"

Throw the boy at him.

>>6466094
"To save your kingdom you betrayed it, Freyr. I see it now. How it must have hurt, but you kept your word. The kingdom will unite behind the fallen king and all will be well. Will you let it all be in vain? Will you truly throw everything that you have gained away? Will you betray the last thing you have in this world, your promise to save the kingdom?!"

let's knock him out, put our sword through the kid, and into the big guys hands, then throw them both out the window.

Both dead. No blame can be thrown on you.

>>6466158
Lettts... not. At the very most soul oblit him, but only if we can't force him to join us.

Which is looking more and more likely.

>>6466123
>>6466097
>>6466091
>>6466003

You throw the lifeless body of the king at the charging knight which catches him off guard and knocks him to his feet. He screams in terror and tears run down his face as he scurries to remove him from on top of him the most respect he can.

"No. No. no no no no no NO! I didn't do this. You were in my head! I'll make you pay for this! Even if I have to join my liege I'll stop you from destroying Naheland anymore!" He raises himself to his feet finally. "Naheland can have hordes of men from the east as its enemy. What will rally them into a nation. To put aside their feuds for a greater good, but you. YOU CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO LIVE! YOU ARE A POISON!"

>>6466196
"Well, like, yeah. Duh."

So far, it seems we gain something from soul oblit relating to how the person lived, so it's not entirely random. Soul obliterating Freyr would almost certainly be more useful than killing him, worst case scenario we get a new trinket, best case he becomes a mind slave like Kelgris.

>>6466196
>>Okay, we tried, but in the end he's just not evil enough.

Grab his sword arm.

"The hordes from the east may rally them, but it won't be enough without someone strong to lead them. Guess what? With you gone, their towns will burn and their people will scream as a wave of horsemen crash over them."

Soul Obliteration.

>>6466230
Maybe he'll be merged with the sword he used to murder his king and his charge.

>>6466196

I restate >>6466142

But I add that we beat the SHIT out of him and get that damn sword out of his hands first. If he is going to listen he has to be incapacitated.

>>6466230
He seems pretty loud, we might want to end this with a Soul oblit quick then. Let's shadow step behind him, give him a good bash in the back of the head, hopefully putting him prone long enough to Soul oblit him.

While we do so, make sure to inform him that it was his own treachery that empowers us, and that we cannot force a soul to do anything it does not all ready wish to.

>>6466196
"Enough Freyr, you and I both know what's best for this kingdom, I'll make it's colors spread to the farthest reaches of the earth. Nothing will stop us together, friend. If I was going to kill you I would have done it the second I got you alone. But you, you have a king's potential, don't waste it. We can be the absolute rulers of this domain, just say the word."

>>6466196
hes to good. oblit. cant say we didnt try

>>6466310
Don't give up! He is obviously tearing at the seams! We just need to get that sword away from him and it will be fine.

Quick question, where did our fancy dagger and desecrated amulet go? Are they both with Catharine?

>>6466353
We forged them into an unholy symbol and gave them to Cath. Ideally we will empower it soon and she will be able to cast spells and shit.

>>6466353
They are an unholy symbol now, and they are with catherine.

Damn we are one bad dude.

>>6466253
>>6466281
>>6466287
"The hordes from the east may rally them, but it won't be enough without someone strong to lead them. Guess what? With you gone, their towns will burn and their people will scream as a wave of horsemen crash over them."

Freyr prepares to charge but once more you vanish from sight in a cloud of black mist. You appear behind him to face the pummel of a sword coming toward you. You take a hit dirrectly in the right temple and stagger backwards over a chair. You hear Freyr breathe heavily, pleased. You've had quite enough. Standing quickly to your feet you spot Freyr rushing toward you with sword held high. With longsword at your waist you draw it in one fluid motion. Falling through the air the sword is free, along with Freyr's right arm at the shoulder. But the cut was clean and despite the pain in his face he continues charging forward right into the grip of your waiting left hand. You let him get a good look into his eyes as he struggles with blood gushing from his wound. You walk over to a dresser and bring his head down on it with mighty force splintering the wood into an impact crater. Along the dresser top you slide his into china plates and miniature stone buffs. With a bloody pulpy face you toss the ugly face away into the air and landing on a wooden table, the legs break out from under it and it falls to the floor.

>>6466466
With dark clouds running up and down your arm, twisting over and under you approach the moaning man crying out in pain. You slam your left hand onto his forehead and raise him off his feet. The black nail forms and with a sickening sound of rending flesh the nail enters into his skull. You drop the figure on the ground as his legs crumple underneath. A few seconds pass, nothing. No blue shards. A moment later his head wretches back and he screams in howling horror and pain, his eyes pitch black. With his remaining arm he clutches his head as if trying to hold something back. He stumbles around the room, insane from pain before his stumbling takes him to the window. With reckless abandon his weight collides with the glass and it shatters under his weight as he drops to the stone courtyard below, his body crumpling as it hits the shingled roofs on the way down.

>>6466353
>>6466381
>>6466385
This is the old paint version. I'll screw with it in GIMP tomorrow, but I didn't have access to anything decent when I did this. Maybe I'll create it in SolidEdge or something if I'm bored.

>>6466476
The man has no soul? HOLY SHIT!

>>6466476
>>6466466

...Huh.

>>6466504

Or it was to strong to be obliterated outright, notice he was trying to hold it back.

>>6466476
Take the kingslayer and the crown, there is much evil to be had with these new toys.

>>6466476

The heck just happened here?

>>6466476

There is silence once more. But then a sudden howling wind. Screams in the air fill the air. Riding on the tip of the wind a pained face. Trying to get away, but drawn ever closer and closer. The Sword of Kings on the ground still clenched in a severed arm howls with an opposing wind, soothing, yet malicious. The howling face recoils in terror and writhes to get away, but it is caught and is slowly pulled in until the howling winds end. The silver blade tinted a sorrowful bluish grey. Ghost like spectres leap from the blade, sometimes forming a screaming ghostly face in anguish.

>>6466274
Good call by the way.

>>6466476
That's a lot of willpower for him to hold back his own soul. Observe from the window, if we're about to be discovered, make ourselves scarce and Shadow Walk back to our chambers.

Hmm, not as planned, time to get the fuck out of here.

Take Kingslayer but nothing else. Hiding the sword will be hard enough, it's the royal family's after all. Step to our room and make sure Cath and Kel are ready to step out at a moment's notice should things go bad.

...he may be a paladin.

>>6466547
PICK UP THAT SWORD RIGHT AWAY.

Now calmly Shadow Step back to our chambers. A lot's happened and we need to think and to plan.

>>6466547
OH.
MY.
GOD.
Excuse me for a moment, I'm gonna have to change my shorts really quick.

>>6466547
That is an awesome description of the sword. Let's take it and the crown, and shadowstep away.

>>6466578
Dude, no. We don't need the crown nor want it. That is trouble waiting to happen.

>>6466547
Fun fact: The Sword of Kings was the only weapon in the game Earthbound usable by the martial arts member of the party. It had a 1 in 128 chance of dropping from a Super Starman. When the martial arts kid was given this sword, he fucking wrecked face.

Pick up Kingslayer and whisper into it, "I knew you would become my servant. What form you would be in the end matters little."

Oh yeah, be sure to cackle like a magnificent bastard as we Shadow Step.

Tearing the fingers off the hilt of the blade you hoist and level the sword examining it. It is freezing to the touch, but it does not bother you. You then focus your energy to try and shadow step away, but nothing happens. You are far too drained.

You hear running footsteps echo down the hall behind the slightly closed doors.

Okay, enchanted sword, check, grab that and shadowstep out of there. With any luck it will be thought that Freyr murdered the king and then killed himself. The only problem I see is that the sword can't be found, maybe leave our old one? Of course if somebody happens to connect us with the sword we'll be in deep shit.

>>6466605
Dear god I hated grinding for Poo's full set of equipment, but it was so fucking worth it.

With our new horrible visage, we should take advantage of the chaos and shadow step out of the city to convince the raiders to make a deal with the devil.

Time to test the sword! Unless you guys think we can survive the window?

>>6466615
OH SHI-

Okay, climb out that window and see if we can discreetly get away. Hopefully the body of the King and pancake Freyr is enough to distract them.

>>6466636
Agreed, best to make a hasty escape.

>>6466615
How acrobatic are we? Can we jump up, cling to the cieling, and then escape once the guards make it here?

>>6466612
First part of this.

>>6466615
No reason for us to be subtle now, what with a sudden lack of evidence against Freyr. Let's step out the door and make like this song.

>>6466615
FUUUUUUU-

Okay, ummm. Shit. Fuck. Damn it. See if we can climb out the window unseen. Probably not, everyone is most likely looking up at it right now. Wait and see what happens. Nothing else we can do really.

>>6466652
We probably could but keep in mind we're very drained at the moment. Best to make a discreet exit.

Maybe we're going at this the wrong way. We don't need to Shadow Step all the way back to our chambers, we just need to Shadow Step away form the scene.

Come out swinging!

Let's use this sword and carve our way out of here.

>>6466675
Good call. Look out the window real fast and shadow step down to a shady corner in the courtyard. Or if we remember any dark corners close that would not be looked into, step there.

You can hear screams outside the window now, and the footsteps are getting closer. You could attempt to climb the castle walls, but you might be vulnerable out there. You decide to wait and you turn to the doors. Bursting through the doors in a full compliment of 10 mail armoured castle guards. They nearly empty their stomachs at the sight of the room covered in blood. Then they set eyes on you, and are terrified. But once one lays eyes on the dead king you can see the hatred in thier eyes.

"Regicide! Regicide! Kill him! Kill the assassin!" The leader of the men shouting readies his shield in front with sword held back and charges you.

>>6466712

Ream these assholes and then book.

>>6466712
God damn it.

Pull back the cowl and let them gaze upon our eyes and fearsome visage during the fight. Mentally order Kelgris to get the fuck over to Catharine and escort her out of the castle POST-HASTE.

>>6466712
KILL ALL OF THEM. But maneuver so that we're only fighting one at a time.

"The assassin jumped out the window. I couldn't stop him."

>>6466712
Wield the king's sword high above our head and bellow in a demonic voice, "Your king is nothing, empires have fallen before me; what can ten men do to ME!? If you want to live, run away now, RUN. (Dark Imply). Tell them what I've done; I know you want to.

>>6466756
FUCK NO. We aren't that strong yet. Kill all who have seen us, don't let it spread. We want to be stronger before revealing our presence.

>>6466761
That was the point. I don't want to fight ten guys; using our image to frighten them away. We'll have to work from the shadows for a little while.

WE HAVE TO KILL THESE GUYS NOW. It's not good and we should definitely be more cautious in the future but if we don't take of this now then our cover is essentially blown here.

>>6466780
If that was the point it was a bad one, if they run and tell people about us then WORD OF US SPREADS. It's like you are trying to do math by burning the paper or something.

>>6466795
By good I mean convenient of course.

Judging from the description of our appearance, I don't think we can pass as human anymore. Kind of hard to continue to pretend to be a noble when you look like Satan.

>>6466811
As long as we work by proxy it's fine. Provided nobody looks too close we are just a really big guy. We don't want witch hunts quite yet, just let them think a group of assassins killed everyone. Barbarian assassins.

>>6466800
Would spread fear and panic about evil returned to take them away. Fear and panic can only help us. Meanwhile, we escape the city and use the raiders for our own ends.

>>6466831
I'm sick of arguing. Whatever, kill us all. I don't give a shit.

You raise your sword up high, an ethereal afterimage following in its wake. With the guard still charging you drop the sword down. The guard was prepared but the strength of the blow was not to his expectations. As the sword swings through the air and the blue after image following there is a high pitched piercing howl not of this world, almost a banshee's wail. His metal round shield nearly bends the entire shield at a 45 degree angle. From the impact zone frost forms about 5 inches from the edge of the blade. The after image does not stop however, it continues on and passes through the body of the guard. His body seizes up at once. He starts to shake and convulse as if he were dying of cold whilst being violated etherally. The opponent stunned you push the blade forward through his chest. You can see as the frost forms around his chest, no blood runs but he falls over backwards, dead.

"D-Demon! Run! Run!" The other nine guards begin running away.

What if we said something that implied we were a barbarian assassin? "Our armies come, vermin, and without this boy king none can save you." We still might be blamed as Femento, but it would give us a chance.

>>6466861
Sweet. Lets walk out all awesome and calm like, till we get someplace we can wait for the heat to pass. Call for our big ol' body guard if we can incase we get jumped again.

>>6466861
"Run, little ones. If you leave them behind, only the slowest ones have to die."

Pick them off one by one as they flee.

>>6466861
GHOST SWORD WOO WOO

>>6466861
Heh. The argument was pointless because we ended up doing the kill them all thing with the same results as the threaten them all thing.

>>6466861
That worked. I'd say now's the time to escape.

>>6466875
I think we are well beyond Femento at this point. Bigger, stronger, faster, ect.

Cut the guards down if you can. If not, time to LEAVE.

We need to mentally tell Kelgris to get Catharine and himself out of there. Femento will be missed soon enough, and we don't want the lady who was with him or his retainer to be hanging around and get questioned. We can get out on our own without problems, even if we have to wait in a storeroom for a while until our powers come back. Our servants have no such ability and need to take advantage of the chaos and fact nobody knows what has happened yet.

>>6466960
Addendum: Tell him to have the Rouges hide them in the city until you can join up with them.

>>6466960
Yeah, let's all go meet in a storeroom or someplace low-key.

We can go meet the barbarian chieftain and kick his ass later, then take his army. March them into the city and tell them to have fun, and the combined evil can propel us to greater heights.

>>6466895
>>6466898
>>6466922
>>6466923
You stride after the guards but you hear their same screams. Like a whirlwind you see Kelgris swinging around a pole-axe cleaving the guards in half each in a new and interesting way. It does not take long as they were not prepared to fight at all. With helmet knocked off in the melee Kelgris with half a human face and the other a crimson tinted skull with a red spectre eye rushes over to you and kneels before you.

"My Lord you are alright! And stronger yet you have become. Praise be your name!"

Appearing behind him is Catharine she doesn't seem put off by your new appearance in the slightest, "I'm guessing it's time to leave?"

>>6467006
Yes it is. It's time to absolutely book it. I'm at a loss where we could go though. We never took to the time to establish a safe house.

>>6467006
"So it seems."

GTFO time.

>>6467027
We can get our scum in the city to hide us. They are pickpockets and crap, so they will know all the safehouses and thieves dens. After we regain our mojo we can step out and begin work on the barbs.

>>6467027
>>6467031
>>6467038
You knew you had prepared for this eventually. Getting out of the castle and into the lower city would be the hard part though. As the three of you walk through the empty corridors you notice they should not be so empty. It is at that moment you notice a whistling sound getting ever closer. The sound cumulates with a section of the stone wall of the citadel to your right facing the outside cave in. A cloud of grey dust and rock debris fills the corridor. With a robed arm over Catharine and Kelgris standing in front of you taking many shards of stone you notice an iron ball at rest in the left side of the corridor.

>>6467108
Oh. Dear.
Quickly move deeper into the castle.

>>6467108
oh shit

Yo Evil - I am back from the gym, 3 hours later, glad to find you still at it.

Anons - fuck fighting right now, we will still get our asses handed to us by large numbers, and if not, more will come and we will be owned. Fighting right now = bad.

Cannons. Lovely.

^Oh wow, forgot to refresh the page while I was catching up, disregard the above...

Lets bet Kel that he can't hit a cannon ball back at whoever is going to shoot the next one at us.

>>6467149

This, fucking run, at the moment it doesn't much matter as to where.

Either head for the lowest part of the castle and find a dark storeroom to camp out in until we feel ourself recovering enough to step with Cat and Kel. How long do we think that might take, surely we know how fast we get our strength back by now?

Option two is: We swallow our pride and slip down the toilet shoot. Will ruin our noble clothes but, hey, better than death. Soft landing too for... obvious reasons.

Jesus Kel is so OP.

Let's head to the other side of the castle and see if we can find a lower window or other exit that will allow us to sneak into the lower part of the city and go into hiding.

>>6467228

They will search the whole castle fairly quickly and from what I understand - we are not familiar enough with the grounds to know secret passageways...unless our bitch in the sword knows.

Otherwise, down the shitter it is.

After the ringing from shell shock dies down you can hear the sounds of battle outside. Gazing through the open hole in front of you is a panoramic view east of the castle. Spanning the horizon a host of troops with banners raised and clouds of smoke rising on the hill line. On the walls are the Naheland troops ralleying to the cannons on the walls and firing volleys back at the 'barbarian' battle lines. You watch as the iron balls soar into the distance colliding with the wall of men and iron balls soar in return crushing buildings and burrowing into the outer wall of the city.

You decide it would be best to move deeper into the castle. Rushing further inside you pause when troops run in your direction but after revealing Kelgris and putting your own cowl back on they rush right by in a panic. You finally come to the main exit, the room where the ball for the nobles was held not so long ago. The room is filled with soldiers tending to the wounded as other robed figures work magic binding wounds while surgeons amputate limbs and sow stitches.

>>6467255

Don't waste time, go open some gates and greet your new army.

>>6467255
Have Catharine act the impudent noble part with one a soldier who is not wounded and get her to convince him to take us somewhere safe, preferably with all the other nobles, so that we may manipulate and otherwise do nefarious deeds to them.

>>6467290

What I mean by that is - killing cripples and doctors right now is fairly useless, we want to go LOOK for gates to open or some such.

>>6467255
Make sure Kel has his helmet back on and your cowl is up, then stroll through the middle with confidence. Act like you have an important so-and-so to see to. Cath will be our voice when it comes to talking to normal people from here on out, I think. Anyway, down down down and find a safe place to just sit for a while and recover.

>>6467318

I want to disagree and say "press our advantage," but I guess the battle might last some time. The thing is, we potentially lose the opportunity to be the ones who "deliver" the city, but then again, if we are powerless when this happens, they might just lol at us. So fine, I will agree with go find a WELL BRACED place below, lets not get buried alive here.

Descending the stairs you put Catharine in the lead. A soldier jumps to attention.

"Halt! Where did you come from it isn't safe here!"

Catharine straightens up, "I have a wounded man here and we need passage through."

"Well we are busy here.."

Catharine takes a step back and peals back a rag of Kelgris' robe revealing his arm missing a slab of flesh. The guard almost throws up. "Well?"

"Go on, go on through, oh by Valtir..."

The three of you pass through the crowd of the wounded moaning and wailing for help. You cant help but feel eyes watching you. From all around, even above and below. As you reach the doors out of the castle though they fade. You can smell the gunpowder in the air now, and the sun has begun to set. The armies surrounding the capital seem to have pulled back, and you can see camps forming beyond the range of the Arwenken's cannons.

>>6467293

Nah, fuck the nobles, they are worthless without the military leader, let's just go rest if we aren't opening gates, so combo of these with Catharine acting as you said if someone questions us:

>>6467318
>>6467369

>>6465888
I didn't notice this before, but awesome. I love shit scribbles.

We might considering resting for the night. Whatever ends up happening, we'll need to be at our peak.

>>6467447
I'm thinking in two different ways. I'm starting to power down and traffic is getting low. I think I'll end IX early on this note and continue at another time.

>>6467496

Any particular time of day I should check? This would be the only reason for me to come back to 4chan.

>>6467527
Starting at 6 or 8 latest Pacific seems to work a lot better. I think I'll keep doing it then or not at all.

Haha thats ideal for me since its before-bed time eastern anyway. Thanks for the good shit, peace.

awesome writing, evil.