You open your eyes as you over look the city of [[Merca.]] The city that [[The Great Legion]] has had under siege for the past month. The land around the walls has been stripped of trees, partially by the articifers of the legion and partially by Merca's mages holding off the siege with their file.
As the sun rises you know that you need to prepare for the final siege and meet with the leader of the forces.
[[Inspect the troops]]
[[Meet with the Leader]]
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(set: $check to 0)}You walk through the camp and look over soldiers as they prepare for the oncomming fight. Most don't have armor as heavy as yours, and their weapons are not quite as well made as your own. But each weapon is still more than capable of the job it was made for, striking an enemy down. Their sheilds can cover most of their body at any given time.
The legionaries are ready for battle. Most seem nervous. That's a normal responce considering what all of you are about to go up aginst.
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[[Meet with the Leader]]You walk into the Centurion's command tent and are greeted by [[Alexandrios]].
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"I hope that you rested well and are ready for this." He says as you walk in.
"I am" you reply
"I trust that the men are the same"
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[[Ask the plan]]
[[Prepare for battle]]"Yes, they are."
"Good, then today may actually go well""I'm not sure sir, I haven't inspected the camp yet"
"That's unfortunate, we'll have to hope for the best as we're running out of time""What's the plan for today?" you ask looking over the map of the city your forces have had encircled for just under a month.
"We push the towers into place and swarm the walls. those forces will open the gate for the rest to swarm the city. Hopefully their surrender comes soon after, I don't want to waste too many lives today."
"Have they made their choice on you yet?"
"This battle will decide it."
Alexandrios has always shown a distain for leading legions to their deaths in the name of the gods. That may be why they took such a great intrest in him and commanded him to wage this war. While you don't know what they have said to him you know that he has been promised something if this campaign goes well. As his first commander you know that if good things happen for him good things will happen for you.
[[Get ready for the Seige]]You Prepare your equipmet for the oncoming fight. You don't know what to fully expect but you know that whenever you fight at the back of Alexandrios it's a battle that even the gods of war would envy.
The infantry and battle mages move into fromation around the siege towers as the horns blow to signal them to start moving. a final valley of trebuchets and catapults unleashes onto the wall. You take your place next to Alexandrios.
[[To Battle! -> code]]You Prepare your equipment and take your place next to Alexandrios as the infantry and battle mage formations assemble near the two massive siege towers. Alexandrios give the orders then horns blow and the trebuchets and catapults fire one last volley at the walls.
You push forward with the legion ready for the fight of a lifetime.
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(if: $loop is 1) [(goto: "Day 1")]The troops move forward taking volley after volley of arrows from the defenders on the wall. Battle mages fire back and shield the troops as well as they can but men are still falling left and right.
It takes time but the siege towers make it to the wall and troops start to climb up. Alexandrios tells you that you and him will be going up on the wall.
[[Climb the tower]] To secure the wall
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(set: $arrow to 0)The Legion throws itself against the walls of the defending army. As soon as the siege towers are in place forces start to climb up and swarm the top of the wall. Alexandrios says that you are with the forces that will be moving through the gate when it opens.
It takes time but the gate to the walls opens up. You and Alexandrios rush in with the rest of the legion and move through the remaining defenders. The battle at the gate is quick as the defenders get overwhelmed by forces. As you and Alexandrios move to the keep of the city. You're met by the more defenders of the city. They took you by suprise and surrounded you. Alexandrios calls for forces to push forward.
Charge with Alexandrios and [[Push forward]]
Make sure the troops can push forward while you [[Defend the back]]
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(set: $crowd to 0)Alexandrios tells you that you will be leading the middle of the charge with him. This is unusual as he likes to lead from the front.
You watch as the forces storm the top of the wall, and a wall of flames comes out of the gatehouse to keep troops back. The gates then open and you see that the forward forces got ambushed but managed to fight their way out. Along with pushing their way through the enemies final stand in front of the keep.
You walk into the thrown room of the main keep with Alexandrios and are greated by the opposing King and his general. They refuse to surrender.
Alexandrios leans to you and says "I fight whichever you don't"
Take the glory of toppling the city [[Fight the King]]
Leave the leaders to fight and take fight second to second [[Fight the general]]
As the Legion starts to move on the city Alexandrios pulls you aside. and hands you a sheathed sword.
"Today you go where you think we will be needed the most. Take this blade and you will be the master of your own fate." He says.
"Are you sure sir?" You reply.
"Yes, I won't lead you to your death anymore"
The Siege towers land on the walls as a force waits to rush in the gate as it opens and the mid forces prepare to clean up the city after the group in front of them breaks the enemy lines.
[[Lead the walls]], Securing them is Vital to making it so the troops can take the city.
[[Lead the force at the gate]], And push your way concouring the city yourselves.
[[Lead the Mid force]], Make sure that you and Alexandrios are fresh and ready to meet with the Traitor King and his general
[[Lead the Rear forces]], No need to risk your life when there's a legion of men willing to do it for you.You and Alexandrios climb the tower to see the chaos that has started to unfold on the walls. While the forces have gained a foothold for more of the legion to make it to the walls its a bloodbath for both sides. Alexandrios moves to command a sheild wall that has formed to take the gate house.
[[Support the shield wall]] to support Alexandrios to secure the gatehouse and let the legion in
Cover Alexandrios to make sure that he doesn't get surrounded, [[Secure the back]]You move with Alexandrios and the 10 men that have formed up on you both as you all begin to fight your way to the gatehouse. The gods must have smiled on all of you because you are able to push relitivly unscaved as you cut down your enemies.
As you approch the doorway for the gatehouse everything goes wrong. From a balcany above the doorway 2 mages cast a fire that takes up the entire width of the wall. None of the shield wall is able to dodge. You manage to push Alexandrios out of the way as you are overtaken by the flames.
As your vision goes red from the heat and starts to fade you can hear Alexandrios call out then the world turns a shade of blue as the flames recede from you and seem to go out on the men they had overtaken.
[[Open your eyes]]
(set: $fire to 1)You decide to take command of the men who are facing away from the gate house and make sure that Alexandrios doesn't get surrounded. Your group manages to hold the line against a good number of enemies that throw themselves against your shields an blades.
After a few minutes that felt like hours of fighting an approching enemy shieldwall ducks to reveal a line of archers that loose a volley. Caught by suprise you get hit and fall. You hear what sounds like Alexandrios' voice as the world gains a blue tint to it, you rise from the ground with no effort. And the stragnes part, you see the arrow that hit you moving in reverse.
[[Open your eyes]]
(set: $arrow to 1)You push up with Alexandrios and break the encirclement. A good number of legonaires were killed by the forces behind but after breaking through most of the enemy forces fled at that sight of you and Alexandrios fighting side by side.
As you continue to push the defenders make their last stand in front of the keep. Fighting throught the mass of defenders you find yourself seperated from the Alexandrios and the legonaires and starting to be overwhelmed. You make eye contact with Alexandrios as an enemy cuts to back of your knee and you fall. You hear Alexandrios call for you as everything begins to slow down and the world takes on a blue tint. You then stand and make eye contact with Alexandrios as everyone seems to be walking backwards
[[Open your eyes]]
(set: $crowd to 1)As the troops push forward with Alexandrios and break out of the encirclment you move to the back of the formation to keep them as safe as you can.
You strike down at least 10 enemies before they manage to overwhelm you and find the gaps in your armor. You fall with a dog pile of them on you stabing away.
Seconds later you feel them fall off one by one as you hear slashing. You're rolled onto your back by Alexandrios, who's face goes pale as he sees your condition.
"Don't worry." He says as he lifts his hand turing everything around you a shade of blue before the men seem to dog pile on you again and then reverse their advance.
[[Open your eyes]]
(set: $ceasar to 1)You draw your sword and rush towards the king as Alexandrios rushes the general. The king fought well dispite his older age. After fighting him for a few minutes you manage to beat him back and down onto one knee. That when his general turned to strike you instead of Alexandrios. You dodge the first sneak attack but the king pulled out a dagger and planted it right under your ribs.
As you fall Alexandrios strikes down the general and then the king who is supprised that he got you. Alexandrios comes to check on you and as you feel yourself fade he holds out a glowing hand. The world seems to get a blue tint as the King and general rise again.
[[Open your eyes]] You draw your blade and rush the general letting Alexandrios take on the old king. You fight the general as Alexandrios beats the king back and down to one knee. Before the king can surrender the general take a swing of sword at Alexandrios. You jump in front of the blade to protect him.
Alexandrios quickly exicutes the king and finishes the general while your vision fades. He moves over to you with a glowing hand, the world takes on a blue tint as the king's head seems to roll back to his body and reattach.
[[Open your eyes]] You and Alexandrios climb the siege tower to the top of the walls. You draw your new blade and it glows golden, enemy forces start to flinch at the sight of it moving thought the crowds.
[[Push to the gatehouse]]
[[Protect the rear]]The gates open and you lead the forces that storm into the city with Alexandrios. The defenders at the main wall fall back quickly and leave you and your men to slowly make your way to the keep with nothing more than small skrimishes.
Everntually you enter a courtyard that has multiple alleyways and roads leading into it.
(if: $crowd is 1)[ [[Charge forward]] you can't be caught in an ambush if you move quickly. ]
(if: $ceasar is 1)[You've seen this before, it's an ambush [[Call a circle formation]]]You lead the Mid forces and don't encounter many standing defenders until you walk into the throne room of the keep with Alexandrios.
The Traitor King and his lead general refuse to surrender. Alexandrios looks at you as he draws his blade telling you to pick you want to fight.
Take the glory of toppling the city [[Take on the king]]
You and Alexandrios push towards the gatehouse with new about 10 legionaries. As you close on the gatehouse you notice that there are no defenders near the doorway. You look up and see 2 men on the balcony.
[[Enter the gatehouse]] And open the gate, for glory
(if: $fire is 1) [ [[Call out Mage fire]]] You command a shield wall to hold the line as Alexandrios leads the rest of the men to the gatehouse.
The sheildwall holds. eventually an enemy shield wall forms and starts to march down the wall.
Don't let them through [[Hold the line]]
(if: $arrow is 1) [ You've seen this before.[[Call out archers]] ]You call to your men to hold the line against the oncoming enemies and as you do the oppsoing shield wall drops revealing archers who loose their arrows alost as soon as you can see them.
An arrow embeds itself in your neck and you fall. This time no one can revert time to save you.You call out archers before the front row of the opposing shieldwall drops and exposes them. The volley of arrows only meets sheilds. Your men fight their way to the opposing shield wall and cut them all down.
After the fight you look to see the Legion passing into to city. You push on with the power of your new sword. By the time you get to the next wall the enemies send word of surrender.
This is victory. The final victory of Alexandrios the the leader of the Great Legion and the first victory of Alexandrios the God of Time.You halt the shield wall and call out the mages that are above the doorway. As the mages step out you have the men throw spears to injure or kill them. You then rush into the gatehouse and defeat the last of the defenses that have been set up.
The city falls soon after. This would be the last victory for Alexandrios the leader of The Great Legion, and the first for Alexandrios the God of Time.You close in on the gatehouse but as you do the 2 men you saw step forward and a wall of flames starts to stretch across the wall. The flames overtake you and everything goes red. You think you Hear Alexandrios over the roar of the flames.
Whatever he's saying is pointless though, after only a few seconds of the overwhelming pain everything goes black. Time doesn't rewind to save you this time.The God of Time
[[Open your eyes]]
(set: $loop to 0)The final city lead by the traitor king who the gods have ordered dead. It's heavily defended walls have been the only reason it's been able to hold against for so long.
[[Open your eyes]] The Great Legion is the largest army that has been raised in the name of the living gods and has been in a multi year campaign to defeat the Traitor King. You are the second in command of the legion as the war slowly wraps itself up.
Leader of the Great Legion, he was supposedly chosen by the gods themselves for this post. His strategies and skills have had him see some of the most impossible victories in recent history. You have served at his side for most of the campaign and you two have grown close because of it.You move to the rear forces and watch as the siege continues.
Merca eventually falls but the cost is great and it doesn't feel like the victory is truely yours.You move to the king as you draw you sword which starts to glow gold as soon as it leaves its scabbard. Dispite his age he manages to hold his own against you for a little while. Eventually you a heavy overhead attack and as the King goes to block your sword glows brighter and the strike goes throught his sword. He drops to one knee.
The general turns from fighting Alexandrios to see you with your sword to the kings throat and throws down his own weapon and surrenders.
This is the victory you have fought for. This would be the last victory for Alexandrios the leader of The Great Legion, and the first for Alexandrios the God of Time.He has dark circles under his eyes as he seems to sturgle foucusing on the map of the city and forces.He looks at you with bloodshot eyes as he leans against the table in the tent.He looks fresh and ready for the day as he reviews the map of the city and battle forces.He stuggles to stand up from his chair as you enter and your gaze meets his bloodshot eyesYou call for a charge and the men follow. Quickly as you run down the main road your forces clash with a force of defending troops who are quickly overtaken by you.
You men make it to the keep before the remaining defenders from the ambush can regroup. It quickly turns into a chaotic melee in front of the keep.You keep with Alexandrios and the men as you fight throught the horde of men.
The defending forces scattered and broken crumble. The battle is over and you have the sweet taste of victory. Not any vicotory, the final victory for Alexandrios the leader of the Great Legion and the first victory for Alexandrios the god of time.You call the men into a circle formatin and Alexandrios doubles the call. Before the men can stop to question the choice defending forces start to charge at the cirlce of shields from every road and alleyway. Meeting a prepared force most of the defenders run before they can even meet the shields of the wall much less the swords.
Pushing to the keep you meet the remainders of a shattered force and the legionaries don't have much trouble defeating them before they all surrender.
You feel relief at the call of victory. Not any victory, the final victory for Alexandrios the leader of the Great Legion, and the first victory for Alexandrios the God of Time.