Ahnaressu's Travels Ch.9 Options

[Dantrag]

Here's the beginning - I promised I would post it before leaving for the week.

Chapter 9
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Valnor and Nyph stood behind Lergo from a distance, still skeptical about what the mage said he could do.

There were one hundred training dummies all in a group, with Lergo facing them about a hundred feet away. The mage began chanting loudly with both hands raised to the sky. The sound of his voice got louder and louder as the spell gained in intensity. A swirl of black clouds appeared over the dummies, and Lergo stopped chanting. When the cloud stood still over the targets, he slowly put his hands down and walked back to Valnor and Nyph.

"Just wait a second." he said with a wink.

Immediately after Lergo turned around, one hundred bolts of lighting came down, hitting every single dummy - a powerful spell to say the least, but it had taken the mage over thirty minutes to cast it.

Valnor and Nyph stood speechless as Lergo walked towards his tent, mumbling about how hungry he was.

As soon as the utter amazement subsided, Valnor grew more serious. "I think it's time to begin the attacks on the tribes again." he said to Nyph once Lergo had gone.

He had raised quite an army - not large enough for any full-scale war, but more than enough to eradicate the ashlanders. They had gained more people by hiring sellswords, and had kept them here with fulfilled promises of plunder - they had raided many a daedric shrine, dwemer ruin, and even some of the old dunmer strongholds. One such stronghold, Rotheran, served as their home for now.

"Start with the Erabenimsun. They have to be dealt with first, before they hear that we are acting again. If we start with another tribe, they will hear of the attack from word of mouth, and prepare. I would like to see them unprepared." Nyph said with a smile as he stroked the edge of his dagger.

Valnor shrugged. "Hmmm...your idea may work, though the Erabenimsun camp is a little far away from Rotheran."

"It will be a long way to get to any of the camps." Nyph replied. "But this way, we get rid of the most difficult tribe while our numbers are at their highest."

"I'll think on it." he said, walking back inside the fortress to eat some dinner.

Nyph still stood outside, watching as a hundred straw dummies burned in the distance.

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This post has been edited by Dantrag: Jul 15 2005, 01:54 PM

[Dantrag]

Valnor had indeed taken Nyph's adivce. The very next morning they were moving towards the Erabenimsun.

Nyph walked at the front with Lergo and Valnor.

"Do I lead the attack again?" Nyph asked, obviously eager for some killing.

"Yes, Nyph. You will take care of the perimeter guards as usual." Valnor replied. "But do not get caught again." he said, giving the assassin a threatening glare.

Lergo finally piped up. "I can cast a chameleon spell on him." he suggested. "Less chance of anything going wrong.

Valnor looked at the skinny wizard. "Do whatever needs to be done, but do not use the new spell - I want you well-rested to be able to cast it later."

Lergo nodded.

Valnor gave the order to set up camp, an order that was promptly obeyed. He looked at his map, and was confident that they would be close to the ashlander camp by the next night. He planned on attacking when the tribe was asleep - no scout would catch his army in time, because they wouldn't stop and wait for the darkness, but would arrive just in time.

At least that was Valnor's hope.

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