Empires of Ashes

*With the Cymraic Men at Arms now aiding in the defence of the Voldamian capital city, the Prince now attends a feast held by the new Shogun*

daimyo from all corners of voldamia are there, many of whome he may have seen at the wedding, just as many are complete strangers

"Namiko...Shoul I be wearing armour to this feast? I'm not familiar with Voldamian etiquette"

Namiko: you're among fellow warriors, you can wear what you want. You want their respect, you have to show them who you are. Look strong.

Mordred: What will you wear?

Oi, ya git,. im hier too.... gorath, not bush... unless bush wants to do stuffs with eldar

Namiko: my armour.

Mordred: *Nods* "Then I'm in armour"

she smiles "of course you are"

"What d'you mean by that?"

*Gets to putting his armour on*

"you were gonna wear whatever I do."

"You are the Voldamian, it makes sense"

she just winks at him

Mordred: *Little smirk* "Is there anything I need to know about feasts and the other lords?"

Namiko: they're all very proud and honourable. Don't question that, or they might kill you.

Mordred: No doubt they'll try

"I didn't say try."

"And I have no plans on dying, but my heritage isn't exactly popular here so I'm expecting something to go wrong"

Namiko: just watch what you say and it'll be fine.

Mordred: *nods*

"anyway, lets go"

*An immortal, swathed in sun-faded cloth, strides into the keep, where ket and trajan are pouring over a map of the dune sea, in which they currently reside.*

"Échoun érthei, dýo iméres poreía anatoliká. Férnoun eléfantes."

Trajan: *looks up* Elefantes?

Mordred: "Lead the way"

she does so, past a great many guards, including several of the Doragonraidā, in their ornate, dragon like plate

Ket: "They're coming, with elephants. two days ride, to the east. Probably moving to take the river crossings."

Trajan: good...give me a chance to try something out I've been theorising.

Ket: "That being?"

"Even war trained elephants can be startled.... so what if we deliberately startle them into turning tail and running...back through our enemy's lines"
OOC *cough* battle of zama

*He follows silently*

Ket: "My cousin is an accomplished general, he won't fall into such an obvious blunder."

Trajan: won't he? Not something that's been done before. And the elephants are wild beasts at heart. If he is such an accomplished general, we'd be forcing him into making a decision. Let them rampage through his men incase they rally... or kill them. Win win for us.

*they reach a large table, the daimyo all gathered around it

Mordred: Where do we sit?

She leads him to a pair of seats, near the head of the table and the shogun

ket: "He won't commit his elephants in his first attack... if he learned anything from me, he'll send them out with his raiding parties."

*He pulls the seat closest to the Shogun out and gestures for Namiko to sit*

Trajan: true. Still, we can turn those elephants to our advantage, or at the least counter them.


*she does so*

Ket: "we shouldn't rely on it, he might not even bring them to battle."

Trajan: true, but be prepared for if he does.

*He pushes her in then sits beside her*

Ket: "We know how to put an elephant down, the beasts dont much like charging spears."

Trajan: Right. Do we know anything else about what forces he'd bring and how he'd attack?

Madara: *the shogun* Prince, sister, welcome.

Mordred: *Bows head* "I thank you for your hospitality"

Ket: "Slaves, backed by professional soldiers. he'll use the slaves as a screening force, and to wear us out, then commit his real force."

Trajan: then, unfortunate as it is, we will need to dispatch large numbers of slaves with as little effort and losses as possible.

Madara: think nothing of it. We are family by law now.

ket: "If we can dictate the field, we can dig pitfalls, lay pitch traps. we need to sow fear."

Trajan:...fire spreads fear....hmm...the new mangonels perhaps?

Ket: "Those will do nicely. If we and you clavae meet the slave force, after you hit them with the mangonels, they'll break."

Trajan: nice and simple...almost seems too simple.

Mordred: We are.

Madara: so...what do you know?