DEFY YOUR DESTINY

[pkdon 1977]

 

Issued and averred by the office of the

IMPERIAL CROWN

 

 

✠ HEED, TO THE ALLIANCE OF THE TWO BROTHERS, AND THE PRINCE OF THE STARS;

When first we came to the dwarven lands, your walls and gates could not save you; at every turn of the winding paths of Kal’Baraz, one could find the corpses of dwed and ork kind littered, so many of whom had attempted to flee upon sighting the bold Imperial charge. In our second engagement, the outcome was less plain. The plentiful additions to your defences made it more difficult for our forces to penetrate your gates, and I bore witness to the fabled dwarven engineering, with traps of redstone intended to catch our soldiers unawares in their bouts of boredom.

They did not work, in fact I believe they worked against you, but I commend the effort nonetheless. It did not change the fact though, that even with such battlements, so many of your men had perished. Our host returned to Rittersburg with far more gained than what had been lost, our greatest expense being time. And it does not change the fact that our siege engines will render all this effort futile, as it will for the orkish capital too. The walls you find such faith in shall fall, and you with them. This is destined.

But until that day, you may find contention with such a notion. You may think it mere conjecture, grounded in the brazen hubris so very typical of mankind, bar your Belethian Paramount of the Blood of course. The sons of Krug and Urguan could never and will never be defeated by humanity, standing ever defiant against Imperialist expansion. One may look at the histories and think they substantiate this, surely it must bear credence. 

Hear me plainly:

I invite your forces to meet with us in the open field, with no tunnels to disappear into and no ramparts to lean upon. Let all bear witness to whether you are more than just the fortresses you hide behind. We shall bring no more in number than you - one may even posit our own side being outnumbered. If you believe your strength is real, bring it forward. If you believe your gods favour you, let them watch. If you believe this war is not already decided, prove it.

We will be there.

AVE IMPERIUM!

 

 

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H V M A N I T A S    I N V I C T A

“Für Gott und Kaiser,”

HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS, Marcus Tiberias of the House Horen, Crown Prince of the Empire, Duke of Grense. 

NON DVCOR, DVCO

 

 

 

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[Songwitch 1832]

Latra stands ready to bloody the tip of her sword, and strip the hide of the dwarves who took her down last time!

[trinn 5128]

"Is this his way of having his bachelor's party. . .?"  Joan inquired, rubbing her chin as she read the missive from her nephew.

[Cpt_Noobman 1954]

"Thats an interesting way to admit they are fearful of our defenses."

[Epicethan4 948]

Morroick Starbreaker laughs “Do they forget that they are trying to invade our lands? If they lack such confidence in attacking our forts, then perhaps they should cease their war of aggression?”

[pkdon 1977]

9 minutes ago, Cpt_Noobman said:

"Thats an interesting way to admit they are fearful of our defenses."

"YOU ARE A KRUGSMAS ORNAMENT!" The Prince quipped back, sending a postcard to the dwarf


 

[wootdahnoot 131]

15 minutes ago, Cpt_Noobman said:

"Thats an interesting way to admit they are fearful of our defenses."

"Be silent, Krugsmas ornament!" The Euler laughed, sending a postcard to the dwarf

[D3F4LT 1026]

"the empire fears the dwarven engineering"Nagorain would chuckle as he began sharpening his axe for the upcomming field battle

[Tentoa 3160]

Jiro of Clan Hirano looked from the missive back to the many diagrams of siege weaponry that lay on his standing desk. "I wonder if the enemy remembers that these exist?" 

[Baccaaa 490]

"Prince of the Stars? There is a Celia'nor still on the map?" Asked an elven woman that once was Celia'norian, her mind struggling to process such a title existing about. She then turned to her father.

"Father are you seeing this?" 

 

Spoiler

@Laeonathan

 

Edited January 2 by Baccaaa

[JustMeMorgan 2065]

"Ah yes, leave your defences and come fight us in an open field, we promise we won't lie! So said the dishonourable incestful species of valah. These are the same people that after losing their battles will lurk and ****** people off of roads to try and get their own back- that's the only time they have the advantage." commented one elf seeing the announcement.

[Frisket 4538]

Ember squinted at the mention of a Prince of Stars. The elf seemed to be triggered by it an now has some curiosity. 
 

“What are they talking about here, who claims a Wretched celia’norian scum title?”

 

@JoshBright

[Islamadon 9158]

“The ‘liberators’ are devoid of self-esteem and confidence. They shall never topple the regime punching down on random civilians in the shadow hours, and hiding at every other opportunity. Even when offered a fair and equal skirmish, cowardice betrays the Four Brother Alliance. This is all to say that - THEY ARE FRAUDS.” comments Rōnin.

[squakhawk 14038]

Johanna continued to study Imperial Armaments: A Treatise on Faith, Steel, and Blackpowder as she continued ponder upon cannons. The defenses of the hermit-kingdom were built to withstand bodies, not steel, after all. 

[tasty_cheesecake 2298]

An at-this-point unreasonably ancient elf reclines on the shores of Braevos (having never seen it necessary to leave, for a change). As he is given a mail delivery alongside the other residents of this retirement home in all but name, he thumbs through some documents about the next edition of the global war. He thought back- oh, those times when the horses he straddled were stronger and faster than any modern one! How his bow sang as the arrow flew, trajectory flat and arrowtip sharp enough to penetrate the best armor of the day, from ranges unimaginable in the current day! In that era one bandit could take down ten men! Yet, parity had long since been achieved, and as much as he begrudged them he admitted that some in the modern era were still able to win outnumbered, the true bandits- a fighter who wields skill with his weapon (perhaps even a superior kit of equipment) against a numerically stronger but inferior enemy.

 

But it was strange, the bandits did not brazenly raid? They slunk around roads to gank women and ransom them (though he does remember doing similar to Courland in his time, grabbing them right from their castle grounds, during a greater raid, oh...)? What kind of bandit cannot contest two-against-one, let alone even counts, and relies solely on the strength of a fortification to prove their worth? Even the dwarves sallied out in his day, though he remembered well the fall of the Indagolaf-pattern fort at the feet of the High Elven plateau, when petards were invented to tunnel past such overbuilt defenses. Maybe it would be different this time- but maybe a trebuchet would be enough to breach the walls anyhow. 

 

No matter, thought Lysio, I guess the dwarves are doing a Fabian or something. It must be clever, as they have had such clever generals in the past. I wonder what happened to my old friends.