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Region: The Empire of Tamriel

Canulusia

Trollz wrote:The Empire of Tamriel: Victory At Fort Cuptor 26th Sun's Dusk, 4E 203

A day before Tizona's ultimatum expires the Tsaesci holed up in Fort Cuptor decide to charge Sir Mazog's main army. Akavir's forces issue forth in a general charge, sending to the front the young and fit Argonian captives of Canulusia. Tizona and the Thalmor with her charge up their spells and ask the Elder Councilor to allow them to decimate this force. Sir Mazog notices from the distance peering through a looking glass at the poor morale of the Argonians and denies the Thalmor their request.

Sir Mazog marshals what cavalry is with him and his archers and makes haste instead to meet the Akaviri head on. He advises his soldiers to aim for the Tsaesci captains and to try to separate the Canulusians from their captors. The forces meet and clash with archers on both sides exchanging fire at one another. Sir Mazog personally charges in with his most elite cavalry, driving a wedge between the Akavir and the Canulusians that have been used essentially as meat shields. The Orc Elder Councilor shouts and pleads to the Argonians to turn on the Tsaesci or hastily flee back to his camp.

This gambit pays off and the Argonians for the most part throw down their weapons and flee the field, either running off to join Sir Mazog's camp, or elsewise run off into the wilderness, free at last from captivity. A handful of the Argonians stay with their new masters and fight back either for misguided loyalty or fear with their captors still close at hand. When most of the Canulusians depart the field Sir Mazog retreats with his cavalry while his archers pelt the enemy lines and then likewise fall back. Akavir's forces pursue hard after the Elder Councilor. Coming to the crest of a small slope, Sir Mazog wheels his cavalry around suddenly. Firing off the Emperor's Blessing ability Sir Mazog rallies his troops and over the small hill the mages and the infantry come appear and are covered with the powerful spell bestowed by the The Emperor of Tamriel on the Elder Councilors making them stronger and faster.

Tizona doesn't even ask this time, but groupcasts with her High Elf companions a massive chain lighting spell at the Akaviri. Their front line is literally disintegrated to ash before their eyes. Those behind them are badly burnt or killed by the flashing forks of electricity. In panic the Akavir turn back and begin to rout, trying to reach Fort Cuptor. Sir Mazog gives a triumphant shout and the cavalry charge in cutting down as many foes as they find. Some of the Canulusians which had not fled before are rescued either coming to their senses or with the fear of their captors gone seeing them defeated before their eyes.

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Inside Fort Cuptor, deep in the dungeons some stones silently slip away. Dim and torchlit, the shadows of Cornelius of Canulusia, Cassandra, and Sir Jaquavis go unnoticed by both the residents of the cells and the handful of Tang Mo guards with one Tsaesci captain. Sir Plutarch steps into the dungeon, his heavy armor clinks and clatters causing the guards to immediately look up at him. Before they can react though Cassandra fires off some spells while Sir Jaquavis and Cornelius dash forward and finish off the guards.

More troops pour into the dungeon from the catacombs below which link Fort Cuptor to Bedrock Break. The prisoners of Canulusia are freed and given some small weapons. Many of them opt to join the Imperials in the fight, though a few are granted leave with a pair of soldiers to be escorted back through this secret passage to Bedrock Break and freedom. Last of all Trollz emerges from the catacombs following the rear of the infiltration battalion as they fight their way ascending up the Fort. They don't meet much resistance as just an hour before the Akaviri had sent the bulk of their force and many of the young Canulusians to fight Sir Mazog.

The soldiers in the infiltration force manage to secure the gates by the time the routing Akavir reach them, thinking to return to the safety of their hold. Instead they find their gates barred and magic and arrows fired upon them from above by Cassandra and the Mages Guild. In total surprise many of them are killed. Others try to flee, but run headlong into Tizona. Full of energy the High Elf spellsword comes upon those fleeing from the walls of their lost fort. She shows them no mercy. Pulling out her enchanted blade she goes into a frenzy so quick and full of bursts of magic that it is hard to say where she is casting a spell and where the enchanted blade of Colada is peeling with thunder.

As thousands of Akavir's foot soldiers are falling outside, the knights along with Cornelius and Trollz explore Fort Cuptor's many nooks and crannies seeking out the female officer Tsaesci, Vhysradue, whom they saw, and the Argonian would-be communal dictator of Canulusia, Wanders-Many-Lands whom sided with the Akaviri. Catching up to a small retinue of Tang Mo, and defeating them fleeing down a side chamber in the dungeons leads the soldiers to sight of these enemy leaders as they disappear between a hidden door in the rock of a wall. Immediately following after them a tunnel of swinging blade traps greets them. Cornelius and Sir Jaquavis, both very agile, leap and somersault forward through the gauntlet with ease and continue on. Heavier Sir Plutarch and Trollz test their patience slowly crawling through.

"It is over!" Cornelius cries out from the bottom of an underground slope going upwards leading to catacombs to some landmark outside.

"It is never over Dog Of Imperials!" Wanders-Many-Lands turns around suddenly and screams back his taunt and pulls out his bow and an arrow.

The Argonian self-proclaimed leader Canulusia pulls back an arrow and releases it, it misses and pings of the ledge to a small pit below. Sir Jaquavis dashes forward as Wanders-Many-Lands reloads. Just as the Redguard goes to leap and stab him, suddenly his duel blades are blocked by the outstretched sword of the female Tsaesci. The two begin to duel perilously on the ledge as Wanders-Many-Lands focuses on Cornelius. A lucky shot strikes brave Cornelius in the shoulder, though not lethal, it sends him reeling, and losing his footing he falls over the ledge.

A white blur emerges from the passageway with the blade traps as Trollz leaps off the ledge after Cornelius. In mid-air Trollz grabs the Argonian, and awkwardly positioning himself the best he can lands with a thick thud on the rocks below in the pit. Badly hurt, but still alive, and after all he has fallen off the tallest mountain of all Tamriel, Trollz gets up slowly grunting and Cornelius unharmed besides the light arrow wound gives him some health potion to drink. Sir Plutarch above takes a few arrows which ping off his heavy armor. Before he can get his hands on Wanders-Many-Lands however the wily Argonian yelps and runs past Sir Jaquavis and the Tsaesci captain Vhysradue fighting, and flees into the secret passage to the outside.

Vhysradue is outmatching Sir Jaquavis, fighting him with two swords to match his twin blades, but also fighting with her tail. For a Tsaesci her snakelike body is quite long and her tail is a powerful weapon in itself. Whereas Sir Jaquavis can match her blade for blade, the tail comes in bashing him or stunning him for just long enough to slice him. With many cuts the swift Redguard knight is being cut down. Catching him off balance she grasps his ankle with her tail and with a powerful twist of her body tries to launch him over the ledge. Sir Jaquavis drops his sword in his good arm and manages to catch the ledge, dangling above the pit from its highest point with one hand.

Sir Plutarch reaches the fight and seeing his best friend nearly thrown to his death delivers a power blow at Vhysradue, though she blocks it with her blades she is staggered a little by the sheer force. Sir Plutarch comes back with another blow which she tries to block, but her right hand comes up too slow and the head of the steel hammer breaks her wrist. Shrieking and dropping her blade she launches at Sir Plutarch with a flurry of slashes. Some he blocks and some hit his heavy armor, the force of the impact leaving dents and hurting the knight though he sustains her blows.

With all his strength Sir Jaquavis pulls himself up with one arm. Crawling up on the ledge he sees the Tsaesci captain laying into Sir Plutarch in front of him. Seeing his chance Sir Jaquavis rushes forward and with his grafted on sword arm stabs her tail, pinning it to the ground. The Tsaesci captain gives up a bloody scream. With his good hand Sir Jaquavis reaches forward and grasps her long hair pulling her serpentine body back in an arch.

"You know for a snakewoman and all you're kinda cute." Sir Plutarch laughs and with a power downward slam of his hammer ends Vhysradue's life with a gory conclusion.

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After the battle Tizona's forces continue to pursue the few fleeing Akavir northwards to Cheydinhal. In their bloodlust and frenzy they go on ahead of the army on their own accord. Cornelius and Trollz are rescued from the pit. Though Sir Jaquavis and Sir Plutarch search for hours, they cannot find Wanders-Many-Lands. Canulusia is freed and Sir Mazog leaves Cornelius along with 2,000 soldiers and the liberated Canulusians to rebuild their society and reintegrate. A few of the younger Canulusians agree to join the Imperials for the battle coming at Cherydinhal. With no time to waste Sir Mazog and his company, still over 20,000 strong, make haste racing to reach the beleaguered city where Nadd has been holding off Akavir's last but massive army. At a force march speed north out of the swamps and into the forests.

(Fantastic read! Bravo! Wish I could like it twice :)

Changed my national classification in response and will post something soon to thank your brave warriors!)

Trollz

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