Dunland Attacks

[drad]

Drad visits Emperor Thrawn...

"My Lord there has been several attacks to are supply routes. It's confirmed this rabble is Dunland."

[thrawn]

Thrawn has been listening to the complaining of the people of the supply shortages. His patience is short.

"We will prepare for an attack this winter. This Lord Anvil will suffer for his foolish games. We will take no converts when we attack them, they all die! Though I think I will let Anvil watch his Kingdom burn."

[Anvil]

Sitting on hill looking over the lands of Jove, Anvil broods over the upcoming war. He looks over and can see the last of the Jovian soldiers heads being piled high on a supply wagon. Anvil looks at the one living jovian soldier left, not really anything more than a boy, probably someone's page he thinks to himself. After the Dunland symbol is painted on the wagon the boy is thrown onto the seat of the wagon. Anvil rides up to him and says "I am King Anvil of Dunland, tell your so called leader that until he leaves these lands and returns through the mist I will continue to attack and pillage his people. Tell him I return to Gladden Fields and in the spring I will return and salt his lands, burn his buildings and poison his wells. I am sending some very crafty people to follow you, you won't see them but if you stop anywhere or leave the wagon before ye get to Jove you will feel there steel in your flesh. Do ye understand?" The boy shakes his head yes and Anvil motions for him to go.
After the wagon is safely away Anvil turns to his officers, "Recall all troops, let's head home"

"Excuse me my lord but who do you want to follow the wagon?"

Anvil smiles "No one, the boys mind will provide all the escort he will need"

[Banith]

Banith watched from the small rise in the forest as the Jovian army moved past. Slowly the crimson serpent moved toward the front gate of Gladden Fields. Farms had been abandoned and the farmers and their families had moved into the town, now they gathered with their brethren atop the walls.

When the Jovians reached the gate, the battle erupted, but the Chu Ku'tal stood still. Banith could stand there and watch as the Jovians fought the Dunlanders. He could wait til it was all done and move in to pick up the pieces and pick apart the survivors and take what he wanted. He could feel his men looking at him, they were anxious for battle. The Jovians had been too focused on the Dunlanders to realize that now they were surrounded and they had no hope of retreat.

Banith looked to his right and nodded at a goblin who sprinted off. His job was to light the star light, a giant heap of wood that Banith had built to use as a signal fire. The Star Light once lit would tell Melko to start the bombardment of Jove. Miles away the Jovians would come under attack by dozens of large trolls hurling rocks, orcs manning siege weapons and goblins who would wear on the Jovian defense. Banith's plan was to not let the Jovians rest after the defeat this day, once they were done here, the Chu Ku'tal would move immediately on Jove.

"My Goth," interrupted Flaw, standing at Banith's side. "The men grow restless."

Banith nodded in agreement, he could hear their grumbling, the shifting of their feet, the movement of armor.

"Once the first line is dispatched by the Dunlanders, we move but not before. They must feel like they are only fighting the Dunlanders," responded Banith.

The walls and men of Dunland stood strong as the wave of Jovians smashed into them. As Banith watched the men fighting and the arrows flying, he saw the first line fall. It was now time to close the Jovians in and end the hold the Jovians had on the Land.

Banith raised his sword and as he lowered it he yelled.

"Diisum!"

It had begun!

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Hours later!
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The bodies of human, elf, orc, goblin, troll and even the creature known as Jovian littered the fields and the streets of Gladden Field. Banith stood at the gate of the town and looked in. If things were different, he would order his brothers and sisters to continue until every man, woman and child within the town were dead. He stared at the men breathing hard from the battle, elves helped the injured to get attention to their wounds, and those who viewed his people and clinched their swords tightly.

At one point in the battle, Banith and the King Anvil had come face to face after killing the Jovians that seperated them, but Banith turned and continued the fight. The battle had come off with minimal expense to the Dunland and Chu Ku'tal lines, it had proven that the end of the Jovian Empire was near.

Banith turned and made his way out of Gladden Fields. His target was still the Jovians, from the day they discovered the first of his brothers dead this was true. He had told the Jovian messenger that he would kill a dozen for every one of his men they killed, and Banith was not going to let this promise go unfulfilled.

The Chu Ku'tal turned from the battlefield and headed north, he could see the smoke of the star light in the distance, having been burning for some time now. He knew Melko's assault on Jove was still underway. Banith quickened his step to a jog and his brothers and sister of the Chu Ku'tal followed suit.