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It begins: Initial battle with the Black Legion Log
Who: The Black Legion, any PC who wants to participate
What: The first assault of the Black Legion
When: 5 August, late morning, throughout the day
Where: All over dagaria
Across Dagaria, as Summer court ends, the morning light does not come. Only darkness, seemingly seeping out of the Rift, can be seen, and hundreds of warriors in battle plate with strange, mad symbols cut into them storm out of it, slaying, burning, and taking slaves. They have come for Zeon, for Amestris, for all the countries of Dagaria. Cities, towns, cathedrals, castles, any structure that stands is being struck at by raving cultists, or the grim, cold precision of corrupt Astartes. They are the Fallen, the traitors, pouring forth from the mouth of hell to howl this phrase with one voice, as their bolters roar, and chainswords grind, "DEATH TO LIFE! DEATH TO THE FALSE EMPEROR."
Dagaria, the Black Legion has come for you, respond as you will.
(Ooc This is all initial attacks, and if you want to individually thread or group thread thats just fine, just let me know in your initial tag so I know how many people I'll be tagging. Feel free to group up or solo fight, but be aware these foes are DEADLY. Mind, this is the initial attack, they haven't engulfed the land. You can fight or escape as you will, and the warbands are fairly small and can be engaged by equal or superior numbers of local troops in any place you choose to fight. Please indicate in your tags to this entry as well WHERE you are fighting, as that will dictate what kind of foes come after you.)
What: The first assault of the Black Legion
When: 5 August, late morning, throughout the day
Where: All over dagaria
Across Dagaria, as Summer court ends, the morning light does not come. Only darkness, seemingly seeping out of the Rift, can be seen, and hundreds of warriors in battle plate with strange, mad symbols cut into them storm out of it, slaying, burning, and taking slaves. They have come for Zeon, for Amestris, for all the countries of Dagaria. Cities, towns, cathedrals, castles, any structure that stands is being struck at by raving cultists, or the grim, cold precision of corrupt Astartes. They are the Fallen, the traitors, pouring forth from the mouth of hell to howl this phrase with one voice, as their bolters roar, and chainswords grind, "DEATH TO LIFE! DEATH TO THE FALSE EMPEROR."
Dagaria, the Black Legion has come for you, respond as you will.
(Ooc This is all initial attacks, and if you want to individually thread or group thread thats just fine, just let me know in your initial tag so I know how many people I'll be tagging. Feel free to group up or solo fight, but be aware these foes are DEADLY. Mind, this is the initial attack, they haven't engulfed the land. You can fight or escape as you will, and the warbands are fairly small and can be engaged by equal or superior numbers of local troops in any place you choose to fight. Please indicate in your tags to this entry as well WHERE you are fighting, as that will dictate what kind of foes come after you.)
At Rome's southern border
He WAS worried a bit, there were an awful damn lot of them, but he wasn't going to let that show. He finished his snack, wiped his hand off, and then turned to his troops. His deep bellow cut through the cries of the cultists with little difficulty. They were still a distance off, after all. "Alright men, this isn't anything we haven't trained for. There's a lot of the bastards, sure, but most of them are disorganized, poorly equipped, and short on brains. Even more important than that though, they're going to lose because they're not legionaires, and if any legionaire dies without permission, I am going to march down to the underworld myself, pull your head off, and piss in the stump!"
The men laughed, if a bit nervously. Gaius stuffed his helmet back on his head, his crimson horsehair plume making him seems taller than he was, and shook his sword in the air, "Let's show these bastards what happens when you mess with the best troops in Dagaria!"
THAT got a cheer. Gaius took his position behind the front rank, from where he could better keep an eye on the battlefield and order troops around or respond to a breach in the line himself if he needed to. The enemy line was getting close. "Pilum at the ready, men!"
Over a thousand iron spears appeared as they were prepared to throw, waiting for the order, showing no fear of the army of madmen came closer and closer.
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Gaius himself was only drawn into the fighting twice, once when a band of madmen literally hurled themselves onto the legionaires to bear them down to the ground so the ones behind them them could pour through, and again when his orders weren't relayed because a sub-officer was hit by a thrown rock. As great a master of the roman fencing style as there was, Gaius quickly dispatched any that got through to him to go back to issuing orders. He wasn't especially worried about these ones. It was the men in black at the back of the army who made him nervous. They looked like they meant business, and they were getting close to the front lines all to quickly.
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Northern border of the Rift | Thread is hella open
He looked around him and then roared with rage and hatred - plunging his claws into and through the nearest armored warrior.
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Issarra
Talking to yourself in the middle of battle is, of course, the favored activity of all lackadaisical wisecracking types. The bard had been rather impaired the previous night and didn't quite remember all the circumstances that had landed him in the middle of a small army in Issarra, but there they were and there he was. As fond as he was of Garvy, there were certain aspects of the man's existence he didn't wholly appreciate, his god's decision-making skills scoring fairly high on that list.
"It's the enhancing draughts, isn't it? You've taken way too many; totally understandable, I hear the athletes overdose on these things all the time and get pretty darn doped outta their minds. Maybe take a walk - some fresh air will calm ya down a little."
This is accompanied by a nice gust of fresh air in the form of a tornado that begins to rip a line through the Rift-spawned army. Happy breathing.
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Levin seems relatively unfazed, though, as he darts and tumbles around the offensive fire with the ephemeral swiftness of air. He rustles around in his satchel for a moment or two to bring out a new tome he'd been studying on the side. Suddenly, being air-bound might not seem like the best idea as lightning crackles and roars from the sky.
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Near the Rift
Cheers rose up as Ky steps in front, the Sacred Sword Fuuraiken crackles and glows blue from lightning - bringing light to darkness.
"In front of the populace, We shall be a shield from the storm and a rock of support!" Several voices rose as one as fires lit up, the wind whipped up, and the ground seem to shake as all magic is primed for attack.
"And the lighting that dispels darkness." Ky whispers as he suddenly stabs, an arrow of electricity shot out - spearheading the upcoming foe. It was the signal - fireballs screamed across the sky, aided by too fortuitous gusts and the ground before the Holy Order became thick, mired mud that seem to try to suck in the corrupted ones.
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The wielders of earth sorcery moved back, splitting their focus - some continue to turn the earth before the Black Legion into quagmire and quicksand, others did something strange - any spells that got past the sorcerers cause a sensation of heaviness, slowing down and preventing any from jumping.
The rest of the units split, no longer being at the brunt of the charge throwing their magics at both the front and flanks of the corruption. Joining the fireballs and strong winds was powerful lashes of blue lightning and more arrows.
Ky started to build up - a bright white orb danced on the tip of his blade, growing large as he tries to pick out the enemy leader.
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imperial city
As he crams the final items into his bundle, he can hear some weird noises from outside. He throws a window open to yell at them to be quiet, but instead of the usual rabble, he catches sight of something quite different...
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"DIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
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Eastern Dalweth - Afternoon
It had not even been a full day since Arturia had returned from her own campaign against the Rift's corrupted legions before yet more returned. Worse, this group was even more deadly than the ones they had recently dispatched. It was easy to be demoralised after that, but her men were the finest of knights, hand-picked for their courage and dedication. And though they could take a great deal of abuse, they were capable of dealing out ten times that much. The pride of Camelot.
With the garrison already alerted in case any appeared within the capitol, Arturia and her company rode out once more for the eastern part of the province. Fortunately, the wounded had been relieved and replaced by rested knights and men-at-arms. And as was her custom, the King of Knights rode fearlessly at the front. Above all, the warrior queen had to set an example for her soldiers and at all times act according to the chivalric code. She was weary, but the king must exude strength.
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The horde of madmen closed swiftly, but Arturia only dropped her arm when the crucial window of opportunity presented itself. Spears flew out at the rapidly advancing enemy, and once discarded were fluidly replaced with short swords and bastard swords. In the blink of an eye, the formation had quickly turned into a flurry of blades cutting through the mad cultists. However, there was a vulnerable opening in their formation...
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Imperial City and headed south
The people who suggested he make his way safely home via Waypoint just got a dirty look and a question about why he shouldn't get out and stretch his legs.
Regardless, the Rewloola was blasting its way judiciously through the Rift-mobs outside of Imperial City.
"Load grapeshot and fire into those robed cultists," he instructed his sailors, more irritated than anything. "Save the Crystal munitions for the big ones when we get their attention. Crystal King, can't we have one Court that ends peacefully?"
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Many icon-bearers fall, but the black armored warriors that are driving the cultists forward begin returning fire, boltguns similar to that of Garviel and the ultramarines, and heavier weapons punching shots up into the sky, bracketing the rewoola, trying to suppress some of the brutal firepower it is bringing to bear.
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Char notes the archaically powerful weaponry. He's used to seeing unusual weapons in the hands of Riftspawn, but not ones that had quite so much of a kick as the ones that carve grazing grooves into the bottom of his ship at this altitude. Then again, maybe they picked them up from fallen Crusade Company members...
Char stops his musing and strings his longbow. Muskets are good, and rifles are even better, but for efficient long-range sniping, especially from this high up, sometimes the classics are best. He rushes up to the forecastle and sights along the ground for any Riftspawn big enough to spot. He draws back the string with a Crystal-tipped arrow and fires downward, hoping to arc a shot into one of the monsters and get them to rethink shooting at his ship.
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Near the Imperial City
It didn't take her long find the creatures that had emerged from the rift. "X'hal... what are these?" She had never seen them before.
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Jergeth
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