Battle of the Cerberus | Silver Crusade ♰

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13rd of Tobias’ Bounty, 179 S.A

 

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Upon the mustering call, 200 men rallied for the Silver Crusade. The Crusaders were split into two platoons: The Cavalry, led by the Duke of Brabant, and the footmen, commanded by the Grand Master, Holy Ser MacSkaul.

 

The groups sallied out of the gates to search for the colossal demon, that the Crusade had battled in a previous engagement. The Commanders anticipated that the demon hid deeper into the forest to recover, however, the spawn of Ibless then manifested in front of them from pools of blood caused by ominous red rain. With little time to retreat and man the cannons, it was ordered to charge forth. The cavalry flanked the beast with their lances, while the footmen occupied the attention of the beast with alchemical, magical and ranged attacks.

 

Any attack with a sword was met with the chitinous armour of the Cerberus demon. By lance and mace, the cavalry team cracked through the armour, with the Duke flanking the demon from behind and demolishing one of its hind legs.

 

However, this was not enough as the demon still spewed tremendous amounts of malflame towards the footmen. Radmir Amador, sacrificed himself against the demon, by strapping himself with multiple explosive potions and throwing himself onto the beast's chest, causing its armour to crack and the beast to falter, bringing it to the brink of death.

 

Professor Albus Amador, Wizard of the Blackwell Tower, conjured a tornado to rip the beast to shreds, while the other combatants evacuated the area. 

 

As the demon was torn to shreds by the winds, the warriors recovered and treated malflame burns. Then from the mountains, a host of 200 Azdrazi and their allies descended and captured those crusaders who were separated from the main group, then quickly riding away with the captives.

 

The current state of these people is unknown.

 

The Order of St. Jude regrouped and gathered the injured, fleeing to the fortified temple of Brabant, while other individual crusaders scattered.

 

 

Despite being caught off guard by the demon’s appearance, the Silver Crusade successfully dispatched it with minimal casualties, however, the sudden raid of the Azdrazi, and the sheer amount of their numbers, left the group blindsided.

 

The Silver Crusade will persist in the face of all adversity, for the Canonist Flock.

 

 

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Signed,

His Grace, Ser Sterling Blaxton-Whitewood,

Duke of Brabant, Marquis of Lotusgrad, Baron of Blackwell, Lilenburg and Swan’s Keep, Lord of the Peaks, Protector of the Weefolk.

 

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Dame Leoni of Acalonn read the missive with barely contained rage. She would send a letter to Ser Sterling. 

 

Ser Sterling,

 

You forgot to mention in your recent report of how you and the others abandoned the Paladins to their doom. Your actions were an extreme act of cowardice and callous disregard of your kin of arms in the face of the forces of Ruin. Not even attempting to defend the Paladins so they could get away, you willingly let their evil plans flourish before your very eyes! You and the other church-men retreated with the excuse that they were 'heretics' and that some 'didn't like paladins anyways.' Now a Keeper of Xan is dead, and Azdromoth's plans for the complete destruction of our world as we know it have gotten ever-closer to fruition under your watch. 

 

Sincerely, 

Dame Leoni of Acalonn

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1 hour ago, ellielove15 said:

Dame Leoni of Acalonn read the missive with barely contained rage. She would send a letter to Ser Sterling. 

 

Ser Sterling,

 

You forgot to mention in your recent report of how you and the others abandoned the Paladins to their doom. Your actions were an extreme act of cowardice and callous disregard of your kin of arms in the face of the forces of Ruin. Not even attempting to defend the Paladins so they could get away, you willingly let their evil plans flourish before your very eyes! You and the other church-men retreated with the excuse that they were 'heretics' and that some 'didn't like paladins anyways.' Now a Keeper of Xan is dead, and Azdromoth's plans for the complete destruction of our world as we know it have gotten ever-closer to fruition under your watch. 

 

Sincerely, 

Dame Leoni of Acalonn

The Duke would recieve the letter and scratch his head in ponderance. He wondered how he could have fought against the azdrazi when they outnumbered by them, when they were 20 were metres away from the captives, with half his men being burnt by malflame, all his potions spent, the wizard being incapacitated. "A strategic blunder ea admit, to not have sent more men to their deaths. As if, ea made that choice due to their comments." He muttered irritadely, though with still with the inevitable guilt that came with any loss of life. It was relieved somewhat knowing there was no other strategic decision.

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Holy Ser MacSkaul would sit in his study while reading the missive. As he finished reading he would pray for the dead before going to check up on his wounded men.