Thread: Just Before Dawn.. TheCrimsonLady - Elvenoff

Galron Shara ,King of the low lands moved his army northward along the banks of Icedale, His hopes were to take the White Castle Keep without massive loss of life. His thoughts were heavy, the echoes of his advisors still weighted heavily upon his mind of the imminent danger that the low lands being invaded by the Orken armies. His only chance of defending the low lands was to take control the highlands and their resources. White Castle Keep continued to ignore the request to form an alliance, to share the minerals of the great mountains with the lower lands so good armor and weapons could be made, but it was all in vein. Each runner returning with the word of refusal. When the Oken armies moved closer Galron felt the pressure of his people begging for protection. Protection he could not give without the help of the highlands so with regret in his heart he began his march to war to get what he needs to save the lowlands. His army was really just a decoy, the real threat was the company of hired mercenaries that was hired to infiltrate and capture the royal family. Then Galron could exert control over the highlands. He would have to move the royal family to the lowlands and give them farmland to provide for themselves but at least they would be alive. He just hoped that the Highland army wouldnt collide with his army before the Mercenaries took control of the royal family. For if the armies met, the bloodshed would be disastrous, this is why he decided to take the long road to give the mercenaries time. His dark brown orbs scanned over the horizon, at the edge of his sight was the Royal forest, one that would even slow down his army and their army even more. He just hoped he was doing the right thing, for both their people, for if the low lands fell to the Orken kind they would not stop just at the lowlands, no they would set their eyes upon the wealth of the highlands and march against them eventually. All he wanted was access to the ores of the mountains. He shook his head for thinking about it anymore only made him more sick to his stomach. John Shaw mercenary leader of the silver blades moved quickly across the flatland to the heavy forest area just below the Southside wall of the White Castle keep. The one hundred foot climb was a deterrent for armies but a company size unit could managed to reach the top and fight their way into the keep quickly. But it would cost a lot of lives, but the pay brought a lot of the lower life scoundrels into the mist of his unit. These were the kind of men that was needed to capture the royal family. It was midnight when the unit scaled the wall, their climb went unnoticed the wall watchers, that was a sad fate for them as the unit quickly overtook them and entered into the keep. The royal guard numbers mostly still in bed except twenty or so was quickly captured by the unit. The larger force was in the fortified city just below the castle so only the royal guard was a threat and now the sleeping force was easily captured and placed in the dungeon, however, John was angered when he was cut by the king and his two sons, furious he ordered his men not to worry about capturing them, he ordered them killed. All was killed except the princess whom was still sleeping until the deed was already done and over with and she was woken by the sounds of the guards battling in the hallway. The fight was short before John himself entered her room..