A LARGE BANNER NAMED 'SKULLSBANE!'

GorgeBloodstench · Post by **GorgeBloodstench** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:00 am

A Large banner now hangs over the shop door. It is painted with red blood, and is made from pig skin sewed together.

SKULLSBANE

You hear a nearby orc shouting out to a small crowd...

"Dis town now belong to da skulls! It now called Skullsbane!
We got new rules now!
If yoo mess up, yoo die!

Everyone mus' fight! Everyone must kill at least once a moon!

Everyone be save of skull!

If yoo nub comply, yoo die!

SKULLS HAVE TAKEN OVER! NOW IT CALLED SKULLSBANE!

The worst is yet to come.. The orcs flood the streets in numbers. They attack poor bystanders, and kill in gruseum ways.

Some of the nearby temples now serve as a home to worship moshran in.

It becomes hard to sleep at night from all the yellling and blowing of horns.. the citizens get fed up. Finally they will grow in numbers also, and try to defeat the orcs.

A Battle nears, and even women begin to pick up arms.

The orcs gather in great numbers, and soon they shall indeed take over what was once known as "Trollsbane."

Byron · Post by **Byron** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:14 am

Byron stands in aw
What do i do. Vashika? Is it safe?
Byron wispers to himself
No... this cant be. I must do something, but what can i do? I cant fight, i cant make potions, i cant even heal! Carpentry... mabey? Nah. I cant, who arches anyways?
Byron starts to swear
Byron is still wispering
There must be something!! What would Pendar, Ariest, and Marie say? Marie would say "you are good at farming, help the troops with baskets of food" Ariest would say: "You can do whatever you want Byron, aslong as you do something" and pendar would say: "damnit byron! stay out of this!"
But who would i follow? Hmm.. Ariest.. Ok.. I have a plan
Byron walks off, very scared, almost collasping under hsi trembling legs

Cain Freemont · Post by **Cain Freemont** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:05 am

An experienced elf roams the streets of what is being called "Skullsbane." Even though he was once known for his magic and is regarded as lesser of a mage than he was in his prime, he walks through the town with pride, passing by orc after orc, a crimson-tinted kryss hanging loosely from his sash and hard leather armor guarding his chest and legs. He does not seem to care about the orcs' occupation of the town he once loved. Cain posts a small letter on the town wall and shakes his head.

The message reads: "This is what happens when people become too political. Outside forces come in to terrorize and overthrow our town while we argue amongst ourselves. I wonder if the orcs realize that 'bane' means curse or demise. I wonder if anyone knew that still, because no one acts like the town means anything anymore."

Leaving the message unsigned, Cain walks over to a group of orcs and begins chatting with them, uncaring of their demeanor and their threats. He knew he could defend himself of a couple orcs, then escape to a form of shadows where not even an orc's sense of smell could detect him.

Pendar · Post by **Pendar** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:09 am

A hastily written message stained with blood is pinned up on the board with a dagger
Citizens and friends,
The orcs have gone to far this time how ever do not be fooled. I am suprised they could organise some one to write that banner let alone organise a take over of town. Indeed it is an act of war and all of us need to band togther to respond accordingly. Warriors reach for your swords and look to your brothers and sisters. The orcs are no longer a plain threat but a force looking to steal our very homes and enslave our familys.
Until the orcs have been thoroughly routed from town I humbly advise people to travel in groups and remain close to acomplished warriors. The orcs will find no foot hold against a united front. This act of war shall follow them straight back to there hole.
Rumours spread of the first casulty and there will be more. An emergency meeting should be held and battle plans drawn.
For indeed we are at war.
Yours faithfully
Pendar Fayed

Byron · Post by **Byron** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:43 am

Byron has tooken blood of an animal, or unknown thing, and wrote down his message

Members of trollsbane, and all other startled citizens.
Im starting to organize refuges into the Greenbair town. I will provide food, there is hopefully enough supplies there to continue your life as normal. The reason why this town is becuase Vashika would proboly be a threat to our health becuase of it's northern location.

All others can try and live in skullsbane until the war is over. However, dont be surprised if you end up dead.

The signiture is nothing but a single letter, but the name is clearly byron.
M

Wiergraf · Post by **Wiergraf** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:46 am

Had disappeared from his hospital bed, a bit of blood next to his former resting spot

Dónal Mason · Post by **Dónal Mason** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:27 am

There isn't enough room in Greenbriar, it's a place for halflings. But doesn't the name Skullsbane imply that it is the bane of the skulls?

Donal Mason

Byron · Post by **Byron** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:45 am

Byron aims his bow carefully, he fires 5 times, each of them hit a part of the banner.

The last shot makes a fatal bow that cuases the banner to fall down.

Byron urinates on the banner, and throws it away.

It will be a fine day in hell when the banner flys above this, or ANY town!

M

Dominik Windslasher ~ · Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:49 am

Someone walks to the sign of SKULLSBANE and cuts it into pieces with a blade. With a smile the person pins another sign.
On the sign it can be read:

I have Wiergraf held as captive. Don't even bother to look for him, he isn't in town or anywhere to be found. I must add I'm no citizen of Troll's Bane so I don't have much motive to keep him alive to prevent or not prevent a war.
Your have three days to leave the town, skulls.

~
the signature is a mere cut made by a small blade.

Lorck · Post by **Lorck** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:55 am

Lorck roams through the streets, passing by lower warriors of the skull tribe, he himself being unnotticed by them, he face just another orc. He looks around at some of the blood stained sreets of the town and grunts. He sees an orc hovering over a Human female, ite sword growing closer to her throat, yet the sword never got close, the orc flung aside by a hammer wuickly drawn, Lorck speaks to the human "Leave this town." he watches the female flee quickly, he pulls the now dead orc into the river and watches his body float down stream, he pulls his coul over his head and walks on, just another orc face, unrecognized by many of the lower warriors, though he knows he will be recognized by his former clansmen soon.

Byron · Post by **Byron** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:10 am

As byron is watering an apple tree, he spots there is blood in his buckets. He looks and see the hammer marked body floating downstream. He sighs and ignores it.

Gwynnether · Post by **Gwynnether** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:32 am

Gwynnether sees the banner and starts laughing.
"SkullsBANE! Smart. Very smart. We really should call the town like this"

Slowly she moves towards her depot and opens it. With a smile she takes her twohanded sword and looks at it.
"Beriadil...", she mumbles with a smile, "has been a long time now. I hope you grew not boring".

Sheathing the sword she turns back home....

Callith · Post by **Callith** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:38 am

Bloodskulls

I have returned, I suggest you return to your holes before the maelstrom hits you. No skull has beaten me in battle, Veralion fled before me, Gorge fell before me. Now I am back and see this. Any skull found in town will be attacked without warning.

Galim · Post by **Galim** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:50 am

The orcs gone too far, they never should have done this. The dwarves of Silverbrand won't stay neutral anymore, with Irmoroms power we will walk through the streets and kill every orc who will stand in our way. Our axes will slash through your rows until you leave this town and the peoples, you set your name under your own deathlist.

By Irmorom, raise the axes and destroy the orcs! You have now Silverbrand as your enemy!

Galim

edit: del ooc

Galim · Post by **Galim** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:00 pm

Galim kneels infront of the altair and speaks a prayer to Irmorom, to protect the dwarves in the upcomming fight. He sacrifices his god some beautiful gems, before he stands up and takes his huge axe. With a grim face he walks through Silverbrand, gather some dwarves, and walk at their top through the gates in direction of Trolls Bane, to be determined to attack and kill every hostile orc they meet in town.

The dwarves are heavy armored and hold huge battleaxes, ready to attack every hostile orc with a grim face and strong force. Silverbrand raised to defeat the intruders, the dwarven horns rant through the streets while they call for fight

Lennier · Post by **Lennier** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:33 pm

Bürger von Troll`s Bane!

Wieder einmal haben sie uns in einer Stunde angegriffen, wo der Stadtrat in der Umsetzung der Ergebnisse fortlaufender Friedensgespräche mit ihnen war.

Es scheint, die Orks können nicht anders. Nichts anderes als lügen und betrügen und unsere Stadt und ihre Bewohner anzugreifen.

Die Orks sind am Ende! Gebettelt haben sie, um ein Umgangsrecht in der Stadt wieder zu bekommen. Und nun greifen sie uns wieder an.

Diese Tat soll nicht ungebüßt bleiben. Sie haben damit ihr eigenes Ende beschloßen!

Jeder Bürger Trolls Banes und unsere Freunde sind aufgerufen, sie von der Insel zu vertreiben. Egal wo sie zu sehen sind. Strecken sie nicht freiwillig und unverzüglich die Waffen und lassen sich nicht in Gefangenschaft bringen, sind die zu erschlagen!

Keine Skulls mehr auf unserer Insel!

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Lennier
Graf der Grauen Rose
Stadtrat von Troll`s Bane

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Citizens!

It was time to decide about the handling with the skulls. To give them back a right to pass the Town. The last weeks they were begging for this right.

But now, they attaked us again. It seems they do not know any other option than to lie, to cheat and to attack us.

Thats enough! They signed their own end.

All citizens and friends a called to defeat them. Each orc, who does not want to capitulate directly and goes in our prison, has to be struck.

No more Skulls!

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Lennier
Earl of The Grey Rose
Town Councilor of Troll`s Bane

Byron · Post by **Byron** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:28 pm

Byron sighs and picks up a pen in his favorite color
People rember! Only skulls are your enemys. Orcs like me are of no threat.

M

Moathia · Post by **Moathia** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:31 pm

Byron wrote:Byron has tooken blood of an animal, or unknown thing, and wrote down his message

Members of trollsbane, and all other startled citizens.
Im starting to organize refuges into the Greenbair town. I will provide food, there is hopefully enough supplies there to continue your life as normal. The reason why this town is becuase Vashika would proboly be a threat to our health becuase of it's northern location.

All others can try and live in skullsbane until the war is over. However, dont be surprised if you end up dead.

The signiture is nothing but a single letter, but the name is clearly byron.
M

Byron, I suggest you get permission of the people in Greenbriar before letting people enter thier lands.

Moathia

Byron · Post by **Byron** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:18 am

There is no time! Half the people would be hung by then.

Im sure I will find a way to repay the Halflings if they are coroperating.

M

GorgeBloodstench · Post by **GorgeBloodstench** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:52 am

((Donal, you might not want to read this...))
Greeabs oomies, and oomies alike.

Gorge come here to tell yoos all dis!

We take over da town because yoo nub would let us back in!

Da skulls will rule da town with a iron first yub! Yoo wills all bow to Chief Veralion!

If want us leave, build us nice big new cave. Hur hur!

We already gots reinforcements commin' from under da mountains in da easts, and dey will help us control all of yoo oomies!

First offs, da skulls hungery. So, yoo slaves, get us food!

-=GORGE=-

Byron · Post by **Byron** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:19 am

Yawn. according to what i see, i havent seen a single 'oomie' fall to the ground from a blood. Anotehr blood was killed by Lorck today.

Futhermore, all i see is YOU losing. So heres your missin ref for today:
Shave my armpits
Farm me wheat
Ground the wheat into flower
Get lots of water
Hang yourselves.

That seems bout it!

The message is unsighed, but it has the words: HA HA HA!! Written at the bottem

Galim · Post by **Galim** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:08 am

your skulls are funny cowards. You sneak into town while everyone is asleep, and out again when we wake up and get our weapons. Today the whole day over our fighters watched the streets, no single Skull was seen except Kaja, who got defeated, and Korg, who is as harmless as a sheep.

After ya posted ya message I waited for ya Gorge, with some ham for ya infront of me, but ya never came coward. Ya can just write words.

Ya skulls are good in fighting 4 against one, but once there are some defenders, you are hiding and shaking of fear.

A shame for all orcs. and ya are a shame for the skulls, gorge. I waited so long, but ya never shown yaself. Now I am tired and will go to bed, look, thats ya time to crawl out of your hole, while the others are sleeping...bah, coward.

Galim

Dominik Windslasher ~ · Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:19 am

((haven't you people noticed that someone CHANGED the sign???))

Byron · Post by **Byron** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:27 pm

(( yes. I tore it down, and you chopped it up. If some one else hung a new sign, its their fualt they didnt post it here.))

Moyáve · Post by **Moyáve** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 6:05 pm

As Moyáve reads these lines, the only thing that stops her from fainting are the words she continually mutters to herself "No, this is not true. Its a bluff. Its not true...!"
As she reads on her anger grows, her eyes twinkle furiously and her face looks brutal. Quickly, she gets out her armor and weapons and prepares them.
She writes down a dry and short note:

This is evidence. We have beared orcish rogues in our town and on our island for too long. We were very tolerant with them. Yet, they deceived us, for there is no such thing as orcish honor. From now on, I shall fight orcs wherever I see them until the last orc has been slain or left the island.

Mimblethorp · Post by **Mimblethorp** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:12 pm

You notice a section of the wall with a message lightly scratched into it, as though made by a tool, too soft to make a good mark

Good fight, surprise attack, well done. NOW WHERE IS MY CHEESE!

Heratio

Mimblethorp · Post by **Mimblethorp** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:14 pm

Curse you Heratio, this is a serious discussion on the attack that occurred the other night. If you want your cheese, take it up with me. NOT the entire city! They really don't care!

Sorry folks. Terrible happening this attack. My appologies for my rude friend. He never did learn manners before he died.

Mimblethorpe

Byron · Post by **Byron** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:54 am

Orcs, you do relize WHEN , the letters WHEN are made with one of the darkest inks you have ever seen, you are put back into your hellish mudhole you will be.. oh whats the words im lookin' for.. Oh yes! The most mocked creatures this earth has ever seen?

Id advise you quit now, and save yourself half the torment

M

Byron · Post by **Byron** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:40 am

Gorge was killed today by a combonation of Pendar, a lizard, an elf, and myself. Here is the story:

Gorge was in the library, he saw me out the window and attacked. I shouted to the town, "GORGE!!", and they got him. After a long chase Gorge was finaly in the town square.

Gorge got mad, and took Reda the Elfess hostage! After a moment or two, pendar advanced onto the orc. As Gorge got the axe ever so close to Reda's neck the situation intenstified. I ran and knocked Reda out of the way, and the angry bloodskull chased after.

In an attempt to hit me with his axe, Gorge struck Caitlin. Several members of the mob attacked Gorge, cuasing his death. But not before Gorge killed Korg.

As the soul's flead to the cross, Korg was resurected, however, Gorge's soul was burned up, forever gone.

M

Cervius Triri · Post by **Cervius Triri** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:09 pm

Mind if I ask how Gorge's "soul" was burned up, because this is absolutely horrific to me. As I recall the soul is what lasts forever, so if his soul was burned up he is forever erased from all existance...
Never liked him but no one deserves that.