lockingbane
If you're crazy and you know it clap your hands!
- Location
- Waxahachie tx
Fair enough, just thought to voice the possibility.
Same. Looking forward to the next chapter quite a bit.
Who Needs Harmony?: An MLP Empire Quest
- Thread starter Questor
- Start date
Fair enough, just thought to voice the possibility.
Same. Looking forward to the next chapter quite a bit.
- Location
- The state of Paranoia
Alright, blackmail then. And altering wills ourselves.
True, but that first shot gets them stuck in the Crystal Protectorate. We have a nice big buffer zone between us, which means that if they mobilize their army we'll be able to find out before they actually get to any population centers, let alone Gryphus. Considering that their army isn't massively more powerful than ours, I think the best they can achieve even with a first strike is either a limited war where they try to take and hold the Crystal Protectorate or a proxy war against one of our allies.
Garrick looked up with no small amount of concern as Ravenburg walked into Garrick's office looking completely flabbergasted...Of course we could always roll a nat 100 on the rescue op, which would make for a VERY interesting update
"What happened? Is everything okay?" Garrick asked, reaching for his sword. Ravenburg never looked flabbergasted. He always looked fully composed, even when everything was on fire. In fact, the last time he had shown much of any real emotion had been shortly before Captain Kaboom's promotion... Uh oh. This smelled like paperwork. Mountains of paperwork.
"I'm here to report that the mission to rescue our citizens from Maretonia was a success. A complete and total success. SO MUCH success..." Ravenburg trailed off and Garrick almost could have sworn that the griff was fighting not to burst into hysterical laughter.
"Um. That's good?" Garrick replied, hoping that his intrigue advisor wasn't going to have a nervous breakdown. Ravenburg had been a pillar of calm ever since the start of Garrick's rule, but everyone had a breaking point.
"Do you know, I thought it would be a good idea to have a crystal pony as the agent in charge, thought it would give them the proper motivation to see the mission through to the end... I had no idea how right I was!" Ravenburg this time had to visibly restrain himself.
"What happened, exactly?" Garrick was becoming impatient.
"Our agents went to Maretonia, they rescued every single one of our people... and then they kept rescuing. Every slave who would go with them."
"Oh, wow. Okay, this is good, we can get in depth information on Maretonia, and we'll just deny any knowledge if Maretonia asks. How many did they rescue?" Garrick asked. Oh yeah, that's a mountain of paperwork, all right.
"At final count, somewhere on the order of fifty thousand slaves. I'm not sure how they did it, or whether there's even any slaves LEFT in Maretonia, but we now have thousands of refugees all being fawned over by the proud citizens of the Crystal Protectorate..." This time Ravenburg actually trailed off into hysterics as he delivered the end of his report.
"Wut." Was all the response that Garrick could summon up. This wasn't a mountain of paperwork. This was a freaking PLANET worth of paperwork. Oh dear...
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the goal isn't ending the slave raids, it's causing a massive price inflation. Slaving becomes a high risk job since kill teams will be hunting you constantly which in combination with how we would be reducing the slave population means that the price of the slaves they do have skyrockets.
It cripples their econmey and forces them to not work the slaves to death.
lockingbane
If you're crazy and you know it clap your hands!
- Location
- Waxahachie tx
Possible, though can backfire and inspires resentment by the one being blackmailed.
They rarely used wills in medieval times. It was more of a thing of public knowledge and custom.
And then the nation declared war due to us stealing their "property"
Hmmm. That might work, though it would take a bit of time to shift from full on chattel slavery to another form and the conditions would take many many years to be even mildly humane.
EDIT: It would also likely make slaves from our nations even greater status symbols than before possibly making this backfire.
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- Location
- Italy
Also if they attack us we could simply send our's and Neighpon's navy around, and have them attack from their coast while keep the enemy army pinned in the crystal protectorate.
We might want to consider finally starting to build the fortifications, depending on how the situation evolves this turn.
worth it.
lockingbane
If you're crazy and you know it clap your hands!
- Location
- Waxahachie tx
Nah, lets fade away and do hit and runs on their supply line and burn anything they can use to resupply in their path.
Russia used this tactic on napoleon and ended up destroying an army almost 20 times their size.
We do this with our well equiped and mobile army and time it so they come in at the start or during winter and we can destroy them with almost no loss of life on our side and any army that reaches the capital would be greatly weakened and easy to destroy.
EDIT: And that isnt if they retreat or surrender first. And if we time it correctly we could do a counter invasion by sea and take down the empire while their army is bogged down in the crystal protectorate
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I wanted to see if all available omake bonuses have been slotted to the risky actions, but instead found myself crawling through random debate, parts of which lost me quickly.
What is the situation in the bonus/action front?
What is the situation in the bonus/action front?
- Location
- Italy
Lisain put his two +20 on the rescue op, and there was at least another bonus (i think a +15? i could be wrong) to one of the other actions, though i don't remember which (though the only other actions with rolls are the canterbury monster hunter action and the libertalia action, so it's one of these two)
Not sure if there were any more bonuses
- Location
- The state of Paranoia
It's a +15 from me into the pirate action.
- Location
- A house
There are some that wanted to put some toward those, but they didnt @ QM, so yeah, that's about it.
Oh wonderful, people that keep up their ignorance how to use omake bonuses
BTW, I hate the new smilies.
lockingbane
If you're crazy and you know it clap your hands!
- Location
- Waxahachie tx
I had some weird ideas some future events.
The first griffon, pony, and diamond dogs on the moon (meeting Luna there?)
The atomic bomb is dropped into tartarus or some similar big bad.
The industrial revolution truly takes off and we have to institute safety measures for the benefit of the workers.
The battle train is made (magitech train that lays its own tracks as it goes) and deployed against a big bad.
The first submarine is designed and we find the lost empire of Catlantis or something (Atlantis the lost empire expy?)
Some crazy mage makes living gargoyles to serve as gaurds and soldiers and we free them and they become a culture of gaurdians and defenders (alliance with the crystals?)
Magical Research Expo is run right next door to the Scientific Research Expo and shenanigans ensue from the rivalry.
Falconry while competing with the falcon becomes a fad and things get heated.
A pheonix flock stops by the empire. Our dragon daughter is struck in awe of their beauty.
Assorted issues such as Plagues of insects (magical?) Swarm through the land.
New diseases such as Stone Paw (effects griffons and dogs) which makes paws dry out and crack leading to bleeding and secondary infections and os caused by a fungus.
Chill Crack, a disease which effects crystal ponies and makes theit crystal more sensitive to cold and can cause cracks with sudden changes in temperature.
To the Left syndrome which effects all 3 races which makes the right side of the body mimic the left (sounds like a mlp type disease).
Courage Bane, it is named for it's effect of making those afflicted terrified of everything as it warps their perceptions. (Again, seems like a mlp disease)
Black Sweat. A disease originatally from neighpon it has made the jump to diamond dogs from kitsune. Still very rare due to the geographical boundary, but still able to spread.
There. Glad i got those ideas out of my head.
The first griffon, pony, and diamond dogs on the moon (meeting Luna there?)
The atomic bomb is dropped into tartarus or some similar big bad.
The industrial revolution truly takes off and we have to institute safety measures for the benefit of the workers.
The battle train is made (magitech train that lays its own tracks as it goes) and deployed against a big bad.
The first submarine is designed and we find the lost empire of Catlantis or something (Atlantis the lost empire expy?)
Some crazy mage makes living gargoyles to serve as gaurds and soldiers and we free them and they become a culture of gaurdians and defenders (alliance with the crystals?)
Magical Research Expo is run right next door to the Scientific Research Expo and shenanigans ensue from the rivalry.
Falconry while competing with the falcon becomes a fad and things get heated.
A pheonix flock stops by the empire. Our dragon daughter is struck in awe of their beauty.
Assorted issues such as Plagues of insects (magical?) Swarm through the land.
New diseases such as Stone Paw (effects griffons and dogs) which makes paws dry out and crack leading to bleeding and secondary infections and os caused by a fungus.
Chill Crack, a disease which effects crystal ponies and makes theit crystal more sensitive to cold and can cause cracks with sudden changes in temperature.
To the Left syndrome which effects all 3 races which makes the right side of the body mimic the left (sounds like a mlp type disease).
Courage Bane, it is named for it's effect of making those afflicted terrified of everything as it warps their perceptions. (Again, seems like a mlp disease)
Black Sweat. A disease originatally from neighpon it has made the jump to diamond dogs from kitsune. Still very rare due to the geographical boundary, but still able to spread.
There. Glad i got those ideas out of my head.
- Location
- Rapidly approaching your location.
- Pronouns
- Any/Morb
Are these... cats that... LIKE water?
Blasphemy!
Sounds like a very dangerous disease for these ponies living in a wintery place!
More like Mirror Syndrome! But very interesting, is it neurological or magical in nature?
What does this do? Turns your sweat black? More viscous?
Love these ideas, very near-apocalyptic feels : D
lockingbane
If you're crazy and you know it clap your hands!
- Location
- Waxahachie tx
You think they WANTED to end up underwater? It was a disaster for a reason.
Thick black sweat that dehydrates the infected to the point where they might die.
Thats the point. Slow heating or cooling is fine but hopping into a hot bath or walking out of the warm house is dangerouse.
Why not both?
- Location
- Rapidly approaching your location.
- Pronouns
- Any/Morb
"In the grim darkness of AU MLP, there is only disease. And suffering. And death."
lockingbane
If you're crazy and you know it clap your hands!
- Location
- Waxahachie tx
Eh, i assume most magical diseases came from the time of discord and i assume catlantis was destroyed (or sunk) by a tsunami of tartar sauce or something while he was in charge.
EDIT: I wonder if we might eventually find Princess Amore's frozen form in the Crystal Protectorate at some point? Sombra froze her in black crystal putting her in suspended animation but was unable to bring himself to kill her.... If we find her we might be able to free her. If we do she would be a powerful asset as she was Sombra's only equal in magic (If not greater than him in it) and the reason there was not an epic battle was due to her kind nature and her not being willing to strike him down as she could still see the good in him... What little there was.
But anyway, she should still be in the castle somewhere, frozen in a crystal sleep. Personally I suspect Sombra built either a kind of shrine/grave/memorial for her somewhere (She was one of the few people loved) or he hid her away as deep as he could to further separate who he was from what he became.
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- Location
- SF Bay Area
Oh wonderful, people that keep up their ignorance how to use omake bonuses
BTW, I hate the new smilies.
Oddly whenever I put forward my bonuses what usually occurs is that the votes shift so that the option I specified the bonus to be used for no longer is the option chosen.
If it's not too late @Questor please apply my +15 for the Crystal Matrix to the Trollslayers action
- Location
- Maryland
Terribly sorry I didn't see these Omakes earlier. Work and family obligations have kept me busy as all get out these last few days, so the next update is going to take a bit longer than the others.
To the authors of the below omakes, please let me know if you'd like their bonuses applied to any roll in particular!
+15 to a roll!
+10 to a roll!
To the authors of the below omakes, please let me know if you'd like their bonuses applied to any roll in particular!
+15 to a roll!
+10 to a roll!
- Location
- Hell, or at least the closest place to it
It may be applied to any that need it. I have no real preference.
- Location
- The state of Paranoia
Whooo! Thanks!
I think I would prefer keep this one in reserve for the next war, or at least some military action.
lockingbane
If you're crazy and you know it clap your hands!
- Location
- Waxahachie tx
So i have found 2 potential ways the nightmare moon situation might end.
She originally became nightmare moon due to never getting the appreciation she deserved after all.
Here are the two outcomes (in music and video format)
And what I hope to be the good ending.
In the first she becomes nightmare moon.
The second we help her establish the Colony of the Night, where orphaned foals are brought to a place where she care for them. They are raised knowing the beauty of the night and being strangely nocturnal, shunning the sun and day and playing beneath the pale moon light.
EDIT: We may end up having to go under Celestia's nose for it but I like the idea of the Children of the Night being a thing
She originally became nightmare moon due to never getting the appreciation she deserved after all.
Here are the two outcomes (in music and video format)
And what I hope to be the good ending.
In the first she becomes nightmare moon.
The second we help her establish the Colony of the Night, where orphaned foals are brought to a place where she care for them. They are raised knowing the beauty of the night and being strangely nocturnal, shunning the sun and day and playing beneath the pale moon light.
EDIT: We may end up having to go under Celestia's nose for it but I like the idea of the Children of the Night being a thing
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- Location
- Rapidly approaching your location.
- Pronouns
- Any/Morb
Great, now I'm imagining that superhero style comic in the EQGverse with Mightmare Moon, the Fist of Night XD
Children of the Night is a masterpiece, no doubt!
lockingbane
If you're crazy and you know it clap your hands!
- Location
- Waxahachie tx
Bad time for spellcheck to fall through.
Also yeah, it is amazing. As is the Moon Rises.
- Location
- Italy
You're forgetting the BaD end, part 2!
I'll also add a possible prequel, though duo cartoonist sadly stopped their project..
Omake: Dark Clouds, Dark Things (Non-Canon)
DARK CLOUDS, DARK THINGS
Its getin a bit chilly Reynard thought as he stood at his post near one of the villages entrances.
You see, Reynard was a militiaman for his village, having been called up along side many others by his Lord to protect the village from the increased monster attacks. Which in themselves was rather odd, as the monsters tended to be further in the forest and avoiding the village ever since a Grail knight showed up a decade back and took care of some of the more nastier ones.
He breathed out and watched as his breath misted in some astonishment. It was mid summer Lady's sake! It shouldn't be this cold! But it was cold, far colder than it should have been, and it all started when old Banny spotted some dark clouds on the horizon some weeks ago. Not long after they were spotted the Lord started raising some of his levies-of which Reynard was one- and not soon after that the monsters started leaving the woods in a right frenzy.
Reynard figured them clouds had somethin to do with it.
"Hey Reynard! Hey! Heeeeyyyy!"
Reynard let out a small sigh before he turned his gaze from the woods to the little filly bouncing towards him. It was little Sunny named for her bright white coat and orange and yellow hair. She certianly lived up to her name as well, given how excitable she usually was, and while Reynard knew he should be focusing on the woods he couldn't help but turn to her and give her a small smile.
"Sunny." He said trying-and somewhat succeeding- at making his voice sound like and avalanche
Sunny giggled and briefly put one of her hooves to her mouth to contain her laughter. "Y-You sound so silly!" she said as she broke down laughing.
Reynard gave a mighty glare(pout) towards the young Sunny, which only caused her to laugh harder.
Neither of them noticed that it was now snowing.
Reynard pushed up his kettle helmet to get a better look at Sunny and adjusted his spear with his brown furred hoof into a more comfortable position. "What do ya need Sunny?" he asked feeling like hes been laughed at quite enough thank you very much! "Just wanted to see what you were doing!" Sunny cheerfully replied.
"Doing my duty to the Lord and the Lady." Reynard said much more seriously this time, as ones duty to the Lady was never a laughing matter. Even young Sunny knew this, so she didn't laugh when he replied in that oh so serious tone.
Sunnys smile left her face as she stared out at the woods, she bit her lip nervously before asking Reynard "D-Do...Do you think the monsters will get us?" She shyly asked. Which was a sharp change to how she usually was.
Reynards answer was immediate and firm "No. No they won't Sunny, because i wont let them. Neither will the Lady, or the Lord." He shifted so that he could look Sunny in the eye. "I'll protect you Sunny, you have my word on that."
Sunny gave him a small smile and the shadows in her eyes disappeared. "I know that! Your're the bestes their ever was!" She proudly proclaimed and Reynard gave a rueful chuckle. "I don't know about tha-"
Crack
It echoed through the woods and reached the village, It was sound Reynard Very much didn't want to hear. For it was the sound of a branch being stepped on, and that meant a monster was coming out of the wood.
"Sunny." Reynard said, a steel in his voice that Sunny has never heard before. "Find your mother, Now."
Sunny gave a wide eyed nod before running back into the village past several of the other Militia, who heard the same thing Reynard heard. They gathered up beside him, most of them had spears like Reynard but one of them, Jenny, had a crossbow.
She died first.
It came out of the shadowy woods with a Twang and buried itself in Jennys throat. And as she went down with a gurgle the rest of them saw what it was.
A crossbow bolt.
"Back!" Reynard the first to shake himself out of the shocked stupor of seeing someone you knew die. "Back behind the walls!" The 'walls' themselves where no more than crude palisades set up as both cover from some of the more nasty monsters as well as to reassure to villagers-and Militia- that they were being protected and taken into consideration.
As they all scuttled behind them Reynard looked over his shoulder and saw a mass of glowing green eyes within the woods, and following them he could make out the bodies. Most where skin and bones with nothing but some strange helmet on. The other however were wearing actual armor, stuff that looked much better than Reynards own somewhat tattered gambeson. They wore the same strange helmets but they also held actual weaponry as well.
For one, they all held crossbows. They also had swords strapped to their sides. That was all he saw before a bolt whizzing by encouraged him to pull his head back. What he saw heartened him somewhat, as he saw the dozens other militia rushing toward them and he thought that they may actually be able to win against these strange brigands.
Then one of the skinny ones rushed past the palisade and the fight was on.
The Skinny ones charged straight into the hastily assembled spear line, most of them impaled themselves on the spears and they mostly plowed into the Militia or rolled past them as several of the smart ones let go of their spears and dogged out of the way. The skinny ones that survived the initial charge immediately started headbutting and kicking the confused Militia and Reynard saw that the Militia was starting to break.
Not if he had anything to say about it.
Giving a might yell Reynard charged towards the chaotic melee and soon heard the yells of the others he was hiding behind the palisade with. They smashed into the melee, them being overall bigger then the skin and bones ponies bowled aside any they hit. And Reynard managed to dig his spear all the way through one of them.
After what felt like hours but was only a minute at most the Militia killed the rest of the skinny ones(who for strange and bizzare reasons that Reynard didn't understand didn't make any noise as they fought and died. None of them tried to run or surrender. They just...fought.) and Reynard looked around. Out of the 20 militia in the village it looked like only 6 were in any shape to fight. Reynard felt as if he was missing something.
Then he felt something hit him and he tried to say something to the others. Then he paused confused because he couldn't. He looked around, seeing his fellows either looking at him or something beyond him. And he saw past his fellows to the villagers desperately try to gather their things and run, or just running.
Then he saw Sunny, standing there as still as a statue with what his dazed mind though were tears. He tried to call out to her, for her to run. But he couldn't say anything, something was in the way.
Then a second bolt hit him in the head and jutted out through one of his eyes and his last sight was poor little Sunny.
Sunny cried in earnest now, and tried to run towards Reynard before she was caught by her mother and was put on her back. She babbled incoherently and her last site of her home for so long was it being set alite by the monsters from the woods. She saw a whole army of them, now visible coming down the road.
And her last sight before she passed out from all the stress was of one monster who wasn't wearing a helmet, his back to the rolling storm. What Sunny didn't know was that he was a King, and that his name was Sombra. What she did know was this.
Evil had come to Canterbury.
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AN: This is what happens when one thinks of 'what ifs' when thinking about this quest and suddenly getting bit by the writing bug.
@Questor
Its getin a bit chilly Reynard thought as he stood at his post near one of the villages entrances.
You see, Reynard was a militiaman for his village, having been called up along side many others by his Lord to protect the village from the increased monster attacks. Which in themselves was rather odd, as the monsters tended to be further in the forest and avoiding the village ever since a Grail knight showed up a decade back and took care of some of the more nastier ones.
He breathed out and watched as his breath misted in some astonishment. It was mid summer Lady's sake! It shouldn't be this cold! But it was cold, far colder than it should have been, and it all started when old Banny spotted some dark clouds on the horizon some weeks ago. Not long after they were spotted the Lord started raising some of his levies-of which Reynard was one- and not soon after that the monsters started leaving the woods in a right frenzy.
Reynard figured them clouds had somethin to do with it.
"Hey Reynard! Hey! Heeeeyyyy!"
Reynard let out a small sigh before he turned his gaze from the woods to the little filly bouncing towards him. It was little Sunny named for her bright white coat and orange and yellow hair. She certianly lived up to her name as well, given how excitable she usually was, and while Reynard knew he should be focusing on the woods he couldn't help but turn to her and give her a small smile.
"Sunny." He said trying-and somewhat succeeding- at making his voice sound like and avalanche
Sunny giggled and briefly put one of her hooves to her mouth to contain her laughter. "Y-You sound so silly!" she said as she broke down laughing.
Reynard gave a mighty glare(pout) towards the young Sunny, which only caused her to laugh harder.
Neither of them noticed that it was now snowing.
Reynard pushed up his kettle helmet to get a better look at Sunny and adjusted his spear with his brown furred hoof into a more comfortable position. "What do ya need Sunny?" he asked feeling like hes been laughed at quite enough thank you very much! "Just wanted to see what you were doing!" Sunny cheerfully replied.
"Doing my duty to the Lord and the Lady." Reynard said much more seriously this time, as ones duty to the Lady was never a laughing matter. Even young Sunny knew this, so she didn't laugh when he replied in that oh so serious tone.
Sunnys smile left her face as she stared out at the woods, she bit her lip nervously before asking Reynard "D-Do...Do you think the monsters will get us?" She shyly asked. Which was a sharp change to how she usually was.
Reynards answer was immediate and firm "No. No they won't Sunny, because i wont let them. Neither will the Lady, or the Lord." He shifted so that he could look Sunny in the eye. "I'll protect you Sunny, you have my word on that."
Sunny gave him a small smile and the shadows in her eyes disappeared. "I know that! Your're the bestes their ever was!" She proudly proclaimed and Reynard gave a rueful chuckle. "I don't know about tha-"
Crack
It echoed through the woods and reached the village, It was sound Reynard Very much didn't want to hear. For it was the sound of a branch being stepped on, and that meant a monster was coming out of the wood.
"Sunny." Reynard said, a steel in his voice that Sunny has never heard before. "Find your mother, Now."
Sunny gave a wide eyed nod before running back into the village past several of the other Militia, who heard the same thing Reynard heard. They gathered up beside him, most of them had spears like Reynard but one of them, Jenny, had a crossbow.
She died first.
It came out of the shadowy woods with a Twang and buried itself in Jennys throat. And as she went down with a gurgle the rest of them saw what it was.
A crossbow bolt.
"Back!" Reynard the first to shake himself out of the shocked stupor of seeing someone you knew die. "Back behind the walls!" The 'walls' themselves where no more than crude palisades set up as both cover from some of the more nasty monsters as well as to reassure to villagers-and Militia- that they were being protected and taken into consideration.
As they all scuttled behind them Reynard looked over his shoulder and saw a mass of glowing green eyes within the woods, and following them he could make out the bodies. Most where skin and bones with nothing but some strange helmet on. The other however were wearing actual armor, stuff that looked much better than Reynards own somewhat tattered gambeson. They wore the same strange helmets but they also held actual weaponry as well.
For one, they all held crossbows. They also had swords strapped to their sides. That was all he saw before a bolt whizzing by encouraged him to pull his head back. What he saw heartened him somewhat, as he saw the dozens other militia rushing toward them and he thought that they may actually be able to win against these strange brigands.
Then one of the skinny ones rushed past the palisade and the fight was on.
The Skinny ones charged straight into the hastily assembled spear line, most of them impaled themselves on the spears and they mostly plowed into the Militia or rolled past them as several of the smart ones let go of their spears and dogged out of the way. The skinny ones that survived the initial charge immediately started headbutting and kicking the confused Militia and Reynard saw that the Militia was starting to break.
Not if he had anything to say about it.
Giving a might yell Reynard charged towards the chaotic melee and soon heard the yells of the others he was hiding behind the palisade with. They smashed into the melee, them being overall bigger then the skin and bones ponies bowled aside any they hit. And Reynard managed to dig his spear all the way through one of them.
After what felt like hours but was only a minute at most the Militia killed the rest of the skinny ones(who for strange and bizzare reasons that Reynard didn't understand didn't make any noise as they fought and died. None of them tried to run or surrender. They just...fought.) and Reynard looked around. Out of the 20 militia in the village it looked like only 6 were in any shape to fight. Reynard felt as if he was missing something.
Then he felt something hit him and he tried to say something to the others. Then he paused confused because he couldn't. He looked around, seeing his fellows either looking at him or something beyond him. And he saw past his fellows to the villagers desperately try to gather their things and run, or just running.
Then he saw Sunny, standing there as still as a statue with what his dazed mind though were tears. He tried to call out to her, for her to run. But he couldn't say anything, something was in the way.
Then a second bolt hit him in the head and jutted out through one of his eyes and his last sight was poor little Sunny.
Sunny cried in earnest now, and tried to run towards Reynard before she was caught by her mother and was put on her back. She babbled incoherently and her last site of her home for so long was it being set alite by the monsters from the woods. She saw a whole army of them, now visible coming down the road.
And her last sight before she passed out from all the stress was of one monster who wasn't wearing a helmet, his back to the rolling storm. What Sunny didn't know was that he was a King, and that his name was Sombra. What she did know was this.
Evil had come to Canterbury.
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AN: This is what happens when one thinks of 'what ifs' when thinking about this quest and suddenly getting bit by the writing bug.
@Questor