The Price For Freedom.

[Jistuma 1996]

Pillaging - also referred to as sacking, plundering, despoiling, despoliation, and looting—is the indiscriminate taking of goods by force as part of a military or political victory, or during a catastrophe, such as during war.

Opposing Faction: Men fighting for freedom, allies and mercenaries

Defending Faction: Lord John Deschain and his men. Allies only allowed if the attack is heard IC.

Name of the battle: The Price For Freedom.

Location: -2043, 1908

Time,(atleast 3 days warning.): Saturday 2:00 am GMT+0.

*Rosso steps into the dark room which the meeting would take place. In the middle of the room at the table, a dwarf stands looking at a map which show the nearby area. To his left sits a blonde human in one of the stone chairs.*

Dwarf: Where be Rosso, he be late...

Rosso: Oi pals.

Dwarf: Ah, speak of tha devil. Ya made it.

Rosso: What do you need me for?

Dwarf: A council meeting ma fella. Aye lack tha absences of ma fella Graywolf, so ya will take tha fellas spot instead.

Rosso: Seems good then.

*Rosso takes a quick glance at the map.*

Rosso: What are we here for then?

Dwarf: To tha point ma fellow council members. Yesterday, one of our town’s citizens noticed tha our old fort close to tha wilderness border, which has served as our mining place for some time and as a extra defence, has now been claimed by a Lord as his own.

Rosso: Really? What makes him think he can just claim it as his?

Human: And what lord?

Dwarf: Tha place is a vital source of stone, coal and iron for our town. Without the mine, the town would lose some of its mineral income and building material for our walls and homes. We cannot complete tha town without tha mine and we cannot defend the border if an attack would be imminent. Tha Lords name be John Deschain, aye have received information tha lord belongs to tha newly created village not far from tha fort.

Rosso: What are we going to do about it?

Dwarf: We will retake what be rightful ours, tha fort. We will not let this hostile action slip between our fingers...

*Rosso smirks as he says the next words*

Rosso: And burn the town to the ground as payback?

Dwarf: As well as... burn their village down, ya. For once ya be right Rosso, but we do na do this because of payback as ya describe it.

Rosso: Really?

Dwarf: As aye see it, they have come with bad intentions since they took tha fort, and bad intentions mean bad news for us. One thing leads to another. We need tha lord an tha village gone as quickly as possible, one way or another. So no more lords can come and claim what tha free people have built as their own. Tha mining fort is for tha free people, and it has been for many years, from ma brother’s time.

Human: I see this is a necessary measure, to assure peace in the wilds. They threaten the free people.

Dwarf: Aye, ya see ma point.

Rosso: Mhh, we can’t show ourselves...

Dwarf: Na... Aye believe they do na even know we exist.

Rosso: If they are with Oren, they will declare war on us.

Dwarf: Tha is what aye fear. Tha Oren Empire has never cared for anyone except for their own land, an if tha lord belongs to them then they think they can take what they want without consciousness. They believe tha Emperor will have their back.

Human: They will have quite a surprise then.

Dwarf: Aye.

Rosso: What if the Oren Empire accuses us for doing wrong to attack them?

Dwarf: If they accuse us for tha attack, we say it was tha bandits. Bandit gangs usually stroll around tha wild. Therefore no outsider nor their allies can say tha we attacked.

Human: To be safe, we should hide our faces.

Rosso: Masks.

Dwarf: Our helmets and armor will hide our faces.

Rosso: Even so, our helms might break or fall out during the battle.

Dwarf: Than we need masks underneath tha helmets. SImple as that. Human and Rosso, inform tha soldiers. All soldiers tha be able to fight must help us. For this threat against tha peace and freedom can not be overseen.

Human: I will do so.

Rosso: We must choose carefully who will fight with us. Not all will be willing for the battle, and might betray us.

Human: I will gather a couple of my own as well, from outside the town.

Dwarf: Outside tha town than. We will do this discreet than.

Rosso: I know one.. he likes war.

Dwarf: Hmm? Who da ya have in mind?

Rosso: He will join us... Lykos... a former champion of Aegis. The best warrior I have ever seen.

Dwarf: Gather all the soldiers ya can, we will attack when we have enough.

Rosso: And..

Dwarf: An?

Rosso: Mhh

Dwarf: Who more are ya thinking of?

Rosso: I really bloody hate them as the nether.. But.. The two mages.

Dwarf: Evark and tha sorceress lassy? Are ya mad human!?

*The so usually calm dwarf looks like he is going to burst out in flames any second*

Rosso: They can help destroy the village a lot faster.

*The dwarf calms down after hearing those words*

Dwarf: Hmm...

Rosso: The lassy only seems to want to declare her power.

Dwarf: Aye...

Rosso: The fire mage...

Dwarf: Tha situation forces ma to do tha unthinkable…aye do na wish tha do this, but contact him if ya see he be suited for tha task... do na mention ma name. Tell him he will be rewarded for his action.

Rosso: I know he likes killing...

Dwarf: Tha be what aye be afraid of, but I might be willing tha let him live in the location which he desires so much, if he does this task for tha free people.

Rosso: He might like that.

Dwarf: Burn tha village down, clean and efficient. Quietly and quickly.

[Edit] Changed date, because its suppose to be friday night, and I forgot 2am it's already saturday.

[Edit] I would like to propose the fights be only in rp, and not in pvp. This is due to the small amount of players that might exist, as well as the small village that it is, if pvp existed, it would end very fast. With rp we might be able to capture (both sides could do that), rp the burning, and the watering down, the stealing, the destruction, sending people to get help. This also helps because of the mages that might be envolved, as for now, without the plugin, they are useless in pvp, but in battle would be a great source. I will continue to talk to people on my side, to see if they accept. With the small talk I had with seannie, he seemed to agree as well, but I would like his answer to be posted here. This would be a sneak attack, and, as with rp fights envolved, the sneak attack might became very fun.

[E__V__O 2000]

((Well this is an intresting read... I did not know about it untill I accidently came apon Rosso in the Sanctuary.. And this pops, Up, Great read I hope the city burns))

[seannie 7443]

(( Alright then, announce this IC and I will muster my ally. Even if it was to burn my town it was a nice read. Butttt the way you mined in that fort is considered as strip mining just to let you know.))

Edit: Just let me ask people so I can make a time suitable for everybody.

[Jistuma 1996]

((I would like to propose the fights be only in rp, and not in pvp. This is due to the small amount of players that might exist, as well as the small village that it is, if pvp existed, it would end very fast. With rp we might be able to capture (both sides could do that), rp the burning, and the watering down, the stealing, the destruction, sending people to get help. This also helps because of the mages that might be envolved, as for now, without the plugin, they are useless in pvp, but in battle would be a great source. I will continue to talk to people on my side, to see if they accept. With the small talk I had with seannie, he seemed to agree as well, but I would like his answer to be posted here. This would be a sneak attack, and, as with rp fights envolved, the sneak attack might became very fun.))

[seannie 7443]

(( I agree with Jistuma it would make a sneak attack a whole let better and like he said would make it last longer then just a 30 second pvp battle.))

[Jistuma 1996]

((Could a FM please move this, if it is in the wrong place as Falkor said?))

[Braxis 813]

((It is moved to active claims once accepted to my Knowledge will ask mog later))

[Steviathon 3]

((I also want to express my openness of being on Jistuma's side, but only so that people understand who I am fighting along with))

[Jistuma 1996]

((http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/57655-war-claims-are-to-be-posted-here/))

((Could a FM then move it please? Thank you.))

[Volutional 935]

Topic moved to Active Claims

[Jistuma 1996]

*Rosso studies the plans for the attack, changed so many times. First planning an attack on an unprotected town, was easy to flank, enter, kill, destroy. The fighters he chose were also good enough to kill and destroy the whole village. But everything went wrong.

Walls were built of fear for the town's independence, even if they are more fearful of the outside then Oren should be of them. He wasen't able to gather all the fighters he expected, couldn't get in touch with Lykos, and he got into a fight with one of the mages and she wasen't going to appear on the fight.

He had to find weaker fighters, not experienced in battle, not good with following orders or war tatics. He took percaucions. He made no one know who the other fighters were, only he was knowned to all. The dwarf was never spoken of to any of them, and they were informed that they were fighting for him, that the town was not a part of it. He didn't mention where they were attacking, with fear of betray, nor the time. Robes and masks were given to all fighters before the they meet eachother.

The plan made? Drag the soldiers inside to check the burning mine, while the mage melted another gate and the soldiers attacked from behind.. The mage went rogue and started placing fire everywhere, destroying all the plan. His place was to make himself look like he was not part of the attack group, if he had suggested him before, it might have work, but not when the attack was going on.

The gates were finnaly open somehow, and the destruction of the village began. The soldiers retreated to regroup, as the attackers scatered around the town destroying everthing they saw. The town hall was destroyed, the crops as well, the horse killed.

But the defenders had regrouped, and surronded all. Rosso had to call retreat, but was gravelly injured, arrows came from all sides, and he was stabed once. He only made it out because of one of his men, but had to drag himself. He made sure no one was folowing, and went to the town. Disposing of the robes, he only had enough to write a small message and fall on his lover's bed bleeding. He would have bleed to dead if he had not been saved.

After waking up, he heard news from a friend that the village was attacked by bandits. At least no one discovered where the attack came from.*

Conclusion of the battle:

Attacking side:

Rosso - Badly injured

Skyler - Slitly injured

Steviathon - Captured and executed

Rahu - Captured and executed

Evark - Don't know what happened

Defending side:

No deads on fighters

Horse killed

Farm destroyed

Mine entrance destroyed

Bridge slitly damaged

Town hall completly destroyed

[Will (TauFirewarrior) 2466]

* Ser Kais reads over the report he had written for the battle for His Grace Duke Vivyaen.

"I was on my weekly patrols in the Duchy I was to stop at Silverside and use it as a base for my Brigand hunting activities for the months, I had noticed increased numbers of Brigands in the region, it had rained for two days and the ground was to boggy for me to traverse in my armour so I decided to stay in Silverside.

I awoke one morning to find there had been a fire at the mine, I suited myself in my armour and investigated it, soon enough a force of fifty bandits arrived at the gates eventually getting in to fight us, they got the rush onto us and we were to fall back with our fourty men, we then charged the scattered attackers who thought themselves victorious thinking we were to cower in the castle they were wrong, we charged them and killed ten of them before they could get outside the walls, myself killing five of these poorly trained fools.

Then me and Halboron Elendil lead a force of rangers to kill or capture the remaining bandits, we killed another twenty before capturing what seemed to be two of the leaders and then swiftly executing them with Sir Deschains approval. The town of Silverside and the nearby fortress remain firmly in the hands of our Great Duchy and the Great Empire of Oren."

"Signed Ser Kais Ishikawa"

(( Just to note OOC'ly I times the numbers by ten to make the Rp seem more realistic with the numbers for a battle ))