Empires of Ashes

*That would be Mord*

OOC: He was relying to LI

OOC: Sorry

OOC IGNORE THAT
IC LI looks at mord silently

OOC: oh, CHARACTER LABELLING

OOC: SORRY!!!!!!

M: What?

LI doesn't say anything

Ket: *turns back* "Drop your weapons, warriors of kelthro, live to see a better world."

Trajan: *approaches mordred* are you alright?

*The younger ones do rather quickly, with the veterans only doing so after a moments*

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M: Angry

Trajan:...then this is probably a bad time.

"What happened?"
*A flash of worry suddenly crosses his face*

"A letter, came earlier. From your wife."

"Yes......."

Ket: *Upon hearing sensitive topic, he barks some orders in kelthrovi, and starts leading said kelthrovi soldiers to the citadel.*

he hands over the letter

*Mordred opens it up and reads*

it's basically telling him what happened in voldamia, and what's happening now in cymrai

".....her father is dead, and mine is preparing for war"

Trajan: I know. The senate told me. They've had a...message from his killer.

"Who?!"

"he called himself king Sobieski."

"Sobieski...that doesn't sound like its from anywhere on the island"

Trajan: I know. He claims every nation here is guilty, has the blood of nations on their hands, and will soon suffer retribution

"...at no point in Cymrai's history have we obliterated a nation"

Trajan: exactly. A mystery.

"I'm guessing your presence has been requested back in Dracia"

Trajan: not yet. But if you need to go home, then go.

*He nods*
"Thank you, Uncle"

Trajan: if you need anything, just ask. I look after my family.

"I will if necessary, good luck securing the city"

Trajan: good luck back home. Give your wife my condolences. I doubt you're going to have an easy time.

"Life never is easy. Good bye, Uncle"

"Safe journey. And farewell."

*The Cymraic prince leaves, gathering the remainder of his men and setting off for their homeland. Approximately 39 minutes after they've left Trajan realises that Mordred has deliberately left Appius behind. His reasoning being that Appiys will be safer with his own father than at war*

Ket: *seeks out Trajan after he has handed the kelthrovi Warriors to the care of his immortals.*

Trajan's in the Stracian throne room, examining the place

Ket: "quite impressive, isn't it?"

"Incredible craftsmanship given the limits of the era..."

Ket: "I find the gold somewhat gaudy" *he's taken off his armour, and is wearing the glossy black lamellar armour he wore when first meeting Trajan, over a simple white tunic with a red cotton cloak.*

Trajan: Tell me Ket...do you know of these...newcomers? I doubt your king has notified you.

Ket: "I've heard a few rumours from my little birds."

Trajan: the shogun is dead.

Ket: "I knew that much, the news of a Royals death travels fast... Often it reaches my ears before they're even dead." *he winks*

Trajan doesn't find this amusing
"An army of a hundred thousand veteran voldamian horsemen, beaten and routed by an enemy cavalry army. That shouldn't be possible."

Ket: "so the enemy had either, more, or better cavalry."

Trajan: These are voldamians, ket. Better cavalry doesn't exist anywhere in the phoenix isle.

Ket: "well apparently we missed an entire country. So let's not make assumptions here."

Trajan: how over a thousand years of civilisation do we just 'miss' a country?

Ket: "your guess is as good as mine, unless they arrived by sea from a different island, then all we know about everything is wrong."

Trajan: unfortunatly I'm inclined to think that's the case.

Ket: "then we could be dealing with a huge empire with the forces to conquer the entirety of the isles."