"When the sun comes up the fifth time in the fifth month, black clouds will arise on the horizon, so was the prophecy of the old wizzard.
King LOD wasnīt paying much attention to him but threw a goldcoin to the old man.
The country had been at peace for long now, the pizzahuts closed and changed to bbq steakhouses long ago.
As he went out on the castlebalcony to get some fresh air
(wizzards apperantly donīt wash often, he thought to himself) he sat down and begun to doze off in the midday sun, that now was quite warming for this time of year. He begun to dream of retireing and spending his days as innkeeper, taking a wife and have children as most men do. Suddenly he was shaken in his dreams by the grill chef, the former chief of defence.
Boss sir, eh, Sire, the chef/chief, corrected himself, aware of the new situation, he was to announce.
"Sire, the waralarm bells have been heard form afar, guards report churchbells are ringing in all of our allied kingdoms."
"Really" the king was sceptic. "Are you sure itīs not just that old wizzard going around spreading tales again?"
"No Sire this time it is for real, the FSA has apperantly finally managed to get troops enough to try an assault."
"Our borderguards have seen movements of troops, both friends and foes"
LOD sighed deeply, "here we go again, just when things started to move and we were finally showing some profit"
"Will we ever be able to start that franchise operation with the BoP"? "Envy, its all about envy" he complained.
"Very well, we will yet again have to defend our chain of commerce with our blood, so be it. Death to all who wants to take our livelyhood away" he shouted now furious.
"The FSA will taste their own blood by the end of the week, call in the armorers, we must see if my wararmaments still fit."
"Tell the waiters that they are now to resume their former tasks as blacksmiths, we have a war to win."
With that, he left the room and started to plan for the fight.

Dawn had stricken the land, it seemed only a few weeks before the crusaders were removed as a threat. The young squire of 20 rushed into the inner guarden calling upon Lord Crovax.

"M'Lord, I bring you an important message..."
Crovax interrupted, " What is the meaning of this boy, you come into my garden unwashed and unshaved."

"My apologies m'lord. But the other FSA alliance members have called for the brothers who only the stupid don't fear."

"Very well, send a message to the brothers Grimm", Crovax replied.

"um, sir, they are calling for you and your brother. It appears members of the AAA kingdom are no longer content to live was peasents with leaders who hold no real power. They seek to revolt. Our spies have indicated that this is the last day that they will be 'friends' with us."

Lord Crovax stood up, and stroked his brown beard of a goat. "Indeed, perhaps we shall include our many squires and men of pikes to quickly vanquish this uprising", Lord Crovax muttered to himself. The morning snow was still on the ground, in fact it never seemed to leave, and just beyond the yonder there was grasslands everywhere. It was time for action.

"Boy!" Crovax stammered. "Go inform he who shall not be named, that we have been called."

After a short pause, the boy whispered, "You mean Fanatic?"

"Yes, boy, Fanatic indeed, we will need his scores of scouts. ", Crovax replied. He looked atop one of his mighty towers, and basked in the sight greener pastures in which he would soon step onto.

A Fine second class knight enters the War room in King Bahamut's castle.

"sir our armies have encountered enemy armies at our borders...?"
"sir?"says a second general.

"what?oh! sorry i jus got carried away, go on"

King Bahamut Dropped the gold and silver pieces on his tactical sheet in the round table in the War room...which he had been playing w/ all day.

"well weve encountered and drawn first blood sir....."

"really?man they must be steaming for some heads or sumthing....oh well send a messenger....tell them not to leave anyone alive....we must make no mistake about their power....we must make sure we wipe all of them out.....their will be no peace and no rest till we destroy all opposing forces"
(sorry i had to go cant keep the story going)

Last Edited : Friday, 7 May 2004 - 06:22

Lady Byron stood alone and watchful on her battlements. Children ran and laughed and played on the castle grounds. They knew naught of what was about to happen and Lady Byron was loathed to tell them.
"Milady? Are you feeling well?" queried her old and trusted friend and advisor, Isolde. "There is much troubling you this I know and one does not have to be a witch to know what is about to happen."
Lady Byron turned and looked at her old friend. "You know I had sworn off fighting after we rid FSA lands of the pesky Crusaders. Now it appears that I must break that vow and again send my men off to defend the great land of FSA." Lady Byron sighed. "I have to send the order for all young lads strong and able bodied to be sent to war. A task I do not like, but it is up to me for I rule."
"Do not fret old friend," Isolde replied wisely. "I may not be here fighting along side of the rest of FSA, but my spirit will help rid these lands of AAA."
With that last remark, Isolde disappeared from the battlements and Lady Byron watched as a stream of smoke wafted in the breeze towards Lord Amigo's castle. She knew that Isolde would be by FSA side in spirit and with that thought she was no longer worried about the outcome.

Lord Amigo dismounted, his troops rested alon the road. He walked through the gates of the castle. The old king pushed open the giant door. There sat his old friend Raptor, dressed in full battle gear with his broad sword laying across his lap.

"you alread know, dont you?" asked AMigo. Raptor just smiled as he stood.

"I have brought 7 legions and have others mustering at my castle as we speak", said the old king.

"we shall do well, my brother", said Raptor. "Sugar and LOD shall rue the day they returned. Do they really think that their 2 armies can take out all of FSA"?

"Ahh", Said Amigo, "you dont know everything. Though AAA as we once knew them is a faint memory, they have brought new friends."

"Who"?, asked Raptor

"A king from the old days that had been gone for a while, Bahamut, I believe it is. Also the child warrior Tyler and Braquemart. You and I shall lead FSA to victory my friend and put down this rebellion."

They walked out of the castle, climbed aboard their horses and headed down the road, leading the forces of FSA into combat.

With the War Council adjourned, Kings LOD and Braquemart remained in the Great Hall of Victory finishing yet another flask of wine as Lords Tyler and Ultima disappeared through the doors at the end of the Hall.

King Sugar turning from the massive stone fireplace, stared deeply into the eyes of both LOD and Braquemart before speaking. With a slightly worried look, King Sugar spoke, "Brothers, I have bled with each of you on the field of glory, and ye with I, and now...once again...we face FSA on the field. OH, if I but had the power, by spell of magic, I would summon Kings Mimic, Finguld, CTDXXX or Hll to be with us on the morrow, but we know no such sorcery do I possess....nor you.

I sent Lords Tyler and Ultima away to speak with you now and call upon you to council and advise them well. They possess the strength and confidence that youth provides, and anxious, doeth they be, to spill the blood of our enemies, but share, we must our cunning, patience and wisdom that they doeth lack. Those ingredients mixed well, like unto a witches potion and we are unbeatable!

Lord Ultima has skirmished with forces of Raptor and my patrols have spilled the blood of Queen Byron's troops, the battle can not be long coming. Go now, put on the Armour of Right, strap to your arms the Shields of Light and lift high your Swords of Might!!

Proclaim to all, the Victory that shall be ours!!
Lords Tyler, Ultima, LOD, Braquemart and Sugar will see it so!

As I have spoken, so...shall...it...be."

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Pacing the battlements, Lady Byron knew already what had happened. The King of AAA had drew first blood, at her expense. "So he wishes to entangle himself in the snare of a Queen." She thought. "He will soon learn that the women of FSA are more than capable of taking care of themselves."
A clatter of hooves in the courtyard drew her gaze. A slow smile came to Lady Byron as she observed who was causing such an uproar in her courtyard. Yelling down to the man on horseback, "GET OFF MY PRIZED ROSES LORD FANATIC OR AFTER THIS WAR I WILL HAVE YOUR HEAD SERVED TO ME ON A SILVER PLATTER!"
She strode down to meet him. "Forgive me Milady. In my haste to get here by Lord Amigo's orders, I forgot that you care deeply about a well maintained castle."
"It is forgiven Milord. Shall we adjorn to the Great Hall to prepare?"

Lord Fanatic leaned over to the stable boy taking the reins of his horse and whispered in his ear, "Could you let the gardner know about the hedges before her majesty discovers them on her own?"

Lord Fanatic then turned to Lady Byron and said with a deep bow, "My troops are at your disposal, at least all those I can spare at the moment from my own borders and those who have not been formed into raiding parties to contend against other members of the infernal AAA. But first tell me your plans for removing that dog sugerleo from your lands, then we can discuss taking the battle to him."

First we shall discuss those hedges you ruined. As far as for sugar <shrug> just kill him.

"Say again boy?!"..shouted Sugarleo. "Sire, our spies tell us that Queen Byron has ordered your assassination and offers a handsome reward for the task"..the squire repeated fearfully.

Wholehearted laughter filled the King's tent. Sugarleo shouted.."Assassinate me?!! I'll have that ice hearted snow witch mounted on a stick outside my gates!! What news from our patrols near her kingdom?"

Answering, the squire stated, "No further skirmishes, my Lord, no troops of her's are within sight, however, shortly after the noon sun, scouts of King Fanatic were sighted just outside her castle."

Sugarleo bellowed, "Relay my order, our scouts are to move before the sun wakes the **** and he crows to the dawn!"

"MY KING!" shouted the messenger as he entered between the entrance guards. "By your leave Sire, I bring word of a skirmish with troops of Fanatic! At the sunset, his forces ambushed a small scouting party, killing them one and all! Archers, we had near, as well as mounted spearmen...they have retaliated and killed all 54 of those that murdered our 5 scouts."

King Sugar relieved to hear the news, spoke.."Rest now lad, come morn, we will see if more ambushers desire to die!"

Last Edited : Sunday, 9 May 2004 - 05:16

lights a torch and throw it on the wood mill. Raptor's soldier go off singing "burn baby burn" and the fire will roar on for 5 days :-)

hahaha!those are my woodmills you are talking about there....you need to watch it.

:p

Lady Byron stands silently on her battle casements watching her valiant soldiers aided by the great Lord Fanatic's men fight the hordes of King Sugarleo's army. The fight had been brutal but things were looking better. Her men never rested continually assaulting Sugar's troops without ceasing. They loved their Lady and would die for her.
Lady Byron turned to look to the east. There had been no messangers from Lord Amigo nor Lord Raptor. Only the heavens knew what those two were up to.
"Page? Send a message to Lord Amigo. I need to know what is going on there so Lord Fanatic and myself can make new plans."
"At once Milady." With that softly murmured statement, the page was off to lands far away.

Sugarleos forces had fallen back from the onslaught of Lady Byrons forces. To say that his own forces had helped in driving the enemy from FSA lands was an overstatement. Lord Fanatics own forces had numbered less than 200 in the region. His asked for reinforcements had just arrived though and they had already been ordered forward to where the fighting was fierce around the barracks sugarleo had erected in the wilderness.

Looking to the east he could see several patrols of Braquemarts prowling about the borders of FSA territory. After the last beating they had taken from Lady Byrons valiant forces though they seemed reluctant to try their hand a second time.

Turning somewhat to the south he could see a plume of smoke rising. The scouts Lord Fanatic had sent into that area had not reported back and were long overdue. What could it possibly mean? No reports had been received of late from the other FSA lords.

He turned to a messenger, "Run to the barracks commander and tell him to send more scouts into the eastern mountains. I must know what is going on in that area and how the other FSA lords fair."

It was cold at the wee hours of the mourn. Crovax's raiding party had been on the cursed land for a couple turns waiting for the opportune moment.

Finally it was time to move. The Three unit raiding party quickly crept to the gold mine owned by Baha. They immediatly started killing the workers that were digging the gold. The immediate strike killed nearly 40% of the work force. By the time the sun rose, the entire worker force was decimated and the gold mine entrance collapsed.

As is tradition the armies of Crovax's piled up the bodies and set them a blaze. The stench was horrendus as the smoke billowed high into the sky heading westward for all to see.

The strike had been done in unison with the armies of King Raptor, who torched the nearby woodmill.

Word got back to Lord Crovax, he grinned at the successful execution of the raids. They had been planned for many days, and were performed to percision.

Crovax thought to himself, "Perhaps, it is time I actually start deploying my armies ... " then with some what laughing to himself, " Wait til they get a load of me."

Last Edited : Wednesday, 12 May 2004 - 23:32

Lady Byron looks out over her land and smiles to herself in grim satisfaction. King Sugarleo's barracks was reduced to rubble leaving only a few token troops to finish fighting.
She turned to give an order to her Captain. "Captain finish leading this latest battle. Lord Fanatic need to decide our next game plan."
"As you wish, Milady." with that the Captain left.

Last Edited : Thursday, 13 May 2004 - 01:44

All efforts had been made to save the newly constructed barracks at the edge of the lands owned by FSA but they had failed. The barracks was now rubble as HUGE numbers of enemy troops now invaded the grassy kingdom of Sugarleo. As the barracks was destroyed, armies of Fanatic alone numbered 2 of 75 scouts, 2 of 100 spearmen and 2 of 100 swordsmen in addition to the armies that had fought before the barracks was constructed and those of Byron's.

The generals questioned how could such numbers be trained so quickly and placed into combat by Fanatic and Byron. Rumours circulated that by some unknown ability, the barracks of Fanatic and FSA were training and deploying all troops at once. Swordsmen, Scouts, Spearmen and even Commandeers were all being trained at once!!...and the barracks of Sugarleo were only training one troop. "We can't possibly defeat an enemy that has the ability to train these numbers of troops at once!" complained the infantry leader. "NO, admitted Sugarleo...but we will fight to the last man and if we face the forces of FSA again, we will know of their trickery and dishonor!"

Last Edited : Thursday, 13 May 2004 - 14:01

I can add that other 150 Fanatic spears were spotted in the snow...:-)

ok this is becoming an issue.....