A New Power

[MDRud216]

As small groups of armed men skirmished throughout the city the oposing armies marched around either side of the city walls.

 

"I'm fine... as long as I stay sitting down" he half chuckled. It was suddenly cut short by thousands of battlecrys reaching their ears. A few intelligent mercanaries fought there way into the outer gaurd towers, an excellent position to support the clashing soldiers below.

 

Quarian called to the nearby soldiers, "get out there! help the new arrivals, this is our last chance."

[ObsidianKnight]

"I'll help." Armiena grabs her bow, but realizes that the string was ruined by the river's water. She checks her pockets, and finds that the water hadn't gotten into her spare bowstrings. She strings her bow quickly, and rushes off to the wall, readying a wet arrow as she runs.

[MDRud216]

The defence fought to keep the invaders outside the city, but the sheer numbers of the enemy were waying on them. Many small groups had already retreated to the city through the breaches in the paliside wall, telling of the news of battle.

 

Those outside the city walls, still organized in ranks were losing quickly and began their retreat.

 

Quarian noted the insignia of the demoralized soldiers he saw around him. The majority that had retreated bore the signs of other cities who had either defended their own city well or were passed by when the invaders came. The first of the enemy troops began to apear behind the retreating defenders, all hope seemed lost.

[ObsidianKnight]

Armiena sights in on a raider with particularly impressive armor, and lets her arrow fly, hoping that he's an officer. She watches her arrow fly, then curses as it wobbles midflight, leaving a trail of droplets of water. The arrow lands into the midst of the raiders, only hitting a random man in the breastplate. It doesn't even penetrate.

 

She snatches an arrow from the the quiver of the defender next to her, and fires it at the same man, aiming for the armpit joint. She sees someone go down, but can't tell if it was her target.

[MDRud216]

Armiena sees a large group of men begin an advance toward her position on the tower. With a ceiling of sheilds raised above them all she can see is flames from many torches licking the sides of the sheilds. Torches.

[ObsidianKnight]

Armiena takes another dry arrow from a retreating soldier, and lights it on one of the torches. She fires it into the group of raiders when it's about to be consumed by flame.

 

She doesn't take the time to watch its path. She runs along the wall, looking for an unblocked exit.

[MDRud216]

Flames lick the tower, quickly setting it ablaze, the fire begins to spread along the wall, trapping those unfortuate enough to be caught in the middle of the breach and the fire.

[ObsidianKnight]

Flames quickly spread throughout the tower, fueled by a large number of stray arrows that had been fired at it. Armiena was roasting within a few seconds, struggling to breathe.

 

She crawls through the tower, looking for a sign of an exit. She sees a muddy footprint on the stone. An exit? Armiena scoots over in the direction that the toe of whoever's boot had made the print was facing.

 

She looks up, and sees that the smoke is blowing with her. Definitely an exit....or a breeze was blowing from a window. Best not to think about that.

[MDRud216]

The defence was failing, Quarian had to make a decision... just seven city blocks away was the Imperial fortress, it's stone walls offered a hide-away and Quarian took the chance.

 

"fall back," he yelled from his position on the ground, he had to get to safety before this area was in battle. Many of the mercanaries were relieved at this order and quickly began their retreat into the city...

 

The message had finally reached the mercanaries at Quarian's camp, many had already gone to fight the attackers but even more so had remained. After quickly preparing a small army was moving towards Galor, weapons at the ready.

 

Quarian had been helped inside the great hall, safely inside the Imperial fortress.

 

Now, at last, with the inner city wall, which protected the noble section of the city and the Imperial Fortress wall for defence the troops have a chance to survive until Alenee arrived with her forces...

[ObsidianKnight]

It was an exit. Armiena breathed in the air for a few seconds, then remembered she was in a castle. That was under siege. And that she was in mortal danger.

 

Armiena vaguely hears Quarian cry out above the fire "Fall back!". She sees the troops on the ground start to retreat in the direction of the Imperial Palace. Armiena runs along the wall, trying to find a safe exit. She doesn't find any, but there IS a rooftop within jumping distance.