Necropolis
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- Fantasy, magical, action, sci-fi, romance, modern, slice of life.
The story begins with Halkrax, after it had just finished teleporting to the top of the mountains. Everything was, at first, going fine, but then a large cloud of smoke began to rise from the ground. The few people that noticed this thought that it was a simple sandstorm and nothing more, continuing on with their humble lives. More people began to notice when the dust began to settle quickly. As the dust settled, an army was made visible, later estimated to be at least 10,000 strong. Some citizens fled to their homes, while some came to watch the army, seeing as how their city's shield would obscure them from sight. The citizens watch as 5 strangely garbed men, later discovered to be "Wizards of the Sand" or Sand Wizards, approach the front of the army and each one shoots a strange magical bolt. At first, the citizens laugh at the audacity of the action, but supremacy quickly turns to fear as the bolts hit the shield, cracking it in multiple places. The shield begins to crack apart, large fractions of crystal falling from the sky; crushing, maiming, and killing the citizens and buildings. The citizens began to flee and some tried to fight back,but never got close as every soldier in the army had mastered their weapons, so the archers picked them off quickly, hitting them only in the vital places.........
...The slaughter that followed the destruction of the shield was equal to none other in all of history, and because of this, a mother sent her only son, at the age of 13, to tell the council that Halkrax has fallen to an army from the desert. The son rode quickly on horseback to the council of kings, knowing full well that his beloved home may not be there when he returns.........
The boy arrives at the council after 5 hours of hard riding, and the council was easy to sneak into, being as there were only a few guards at every door. The boy climbed through a window and into the building, where he could hear someone shouting in another room. He rushed as quickly as possible, and burst though the door, causing the kings' conversation to abruptly halt. The king of Solidaria rushed to him, and turned to the other kings before saying The boy has been riding hard for quite some time now, so we should listen, right? The general of Galadromia stood up and laughed a hearty laugh before asking Why should we listen to some young boy who has rode hard for a couple of hours in his life? The boy cut off other people's comments by standing quickly and saying Halkrax has fallen to an army from the desert... My mother sent me here to tell you that... Somehow, those strange men knew we were there... They, destroyed the shield... How can someone destroy an invisible shield? There is no way in history that could happen, is there?! The king of Merlodamis approached the boy, grabbing him by the shoulders hand bringing him up to look at him before saying Where is it child, and we may be able to help. Some of us for our own needs... turning to give a cold stare at the king at Damalthia, who was sitting there using a file on his nails. He unfolds his legs and stands to give a careless glance before turning and saying You boys can go and get yourselves killed trying to follow a child to a city that is probably destroyed by now. I will be going back to my kingdom to prepare for the army, if there is one that is. He turns and leaves before anyone else can stop him and the other three kings leave with the boy, following him to Halkrax.........
After another 7 hours of average riding, they arrive to the chaos of Halkrax, staring in awe and anger as buildings were burning and people were hung. The worse sight of all was the thousands of citizens that were nailed to the only building left standing, the sky tower. Some of the citizens were still alive, and the kings worked quickly to pull the stakes out of their hands and take them to refuge. It seemed that they saved hundreds of people, but there were still so many dead or close to dead. The boy found his mother, who was luckily one of the few that were still alive. Once they had saved everyone they could, the men, women, and children were taken to the other kingdoms.........
...The separate kings have since fortified their own kingdoms and haven't had a war since. Fortifying payed off for each of the kingdoms, as a strong force of "Knights of the Desert Order" or Desert Knights charged at the four kingdoms simultaneously. Desert Knights are like normal knights, but their armor is made of strong, flexible scales, and they ride on large lizards that can run close to the speed of horses. If the kingdom of Solidaria had not had the assistance of Galadromia, they would have perished...
The knights attacking Merlodamis didn't find anything except for a few structures that could not be hidden, like the jail and the pub. Surprisingly, they did not destroy their structures, as there were only a few not worth destroying. Most left, while some stayed and went to the pub, finding many criminals who didn't give a damn if they were under attack or not. The knights were shocked by this at first, but they quickly got over it as they were suddenly watching a brawl brought on when a wide man with a scraggly beard knocked over a "giant's" pint of grog, pissing him off and causing him to grab the man by the collar of his shirt and smash his cup over the bearded man's head. The man friend came from behind and slammed a chair on top of the giant's head, and eventually everyone started attacking each other. After a good five minutes of brawling, the bar has calmed enough for the pub to look normal again. The desert knights go to the bar and get their own drinks, and they eventually have a lot of attention, being challenged to drinking contests and arm wrestling, and also getting the "special" attention from the women. The knights eventually become citizens and help defend the town without the king's knowledge. As for the rest of the knights that left to go back to the main force, they were ambushed and easily killed by an equally large force of assassins from Merlodamis. The assassins only suffered three casualties and one injured, while the knights were absolutely obliterated...
The rich folk payed the knights to leave as they were about to attack, launching many large bags of gold with a catapult just barely over the walls. Surprisingly, the knights took the bribe and "retreated" back towards the desert army...
Galadromia used several hundreds of troops to attack the desert knights, and while many soldiers were killed, the sheer numbers were too overwhelming to handle and the knights collapsed like a Jenga tower...
The kings of every kingdom have made a call to arms of sorts, calling all heroes who were willing to defend the kingdom. This is where we begin...
...The slaughter that followed the destruction of the shield was equal to none other in all of history, and because of this, a mother sent her only son, at the age of 13, to tell the council that Halkrax has fallen to an army from the desert. The son rode quickly on horseback to the council of kings, knowing full well that his beloved home may not be there when he returns.........
The boy arrives at the council after 5 hours of hard riding, and the council was easy to sneak into, being as there were only a few guards at every door. The boy climbed through a window and into the building, where he could hear someone shouting in another room. He rushed as quickly as possible, and burst though the door, causing the kings' conversation to abruptly halt. The king of Solidaria rushed to him, and turned to the other kings before saying The boy has been riding hard for quite some time now, so we should listen, right? The general of Galadromia stood up and laughed a hearty laugh before asking Why should we listen to some young boy who has rode hard for a couple of hours in his life? The boy cut off other people's comments by standing quickly and saying Halkrax has fallen to an army from the desert... My mother sent me here to tell you that... Somehow, those strange men knew we were there... They, destroyed the shield... How can someone destroy an invisible shield? There is no way in history that could happen, is there?! The king of Merlodamis approached the boy, grabbing him by the shoulders hand bringing him up to look at him before saying Where is it child, and we may be able to help. Some of us for our own needs... turning to give a cold stare at the king at Damalthia, who was sitting there using a file on his nails. He unfolds his legs and stands to give a careless glance before turning and saying You boys can go and get yourselves killed trying to follow a child to a city that is probably destroyed by now. I will be going back to my kingdom to prepare for the army, if there is one that is. He turns and leaves before anyone else can stop him and the other three kings leave with the boy, following him to Halkrax.........
After another 7 hours of average riding, they arrive to the chaos of Halkrax, staring in awe and anger as buildings were burning and people were hung. The worse sight of all was the thousands of citizens that were nailed to the only building left standing, the sky tower. Some of the citizens were still alive, and the kings worked quickly to pull the stakes out of their hands and take them to refuge. It seemed that they saved hundreds of people, but there were still so many dead or close to dead. The boy found his mother, who was luckily one of the few that were still alive. Once they had saved everyone they could, the men, women, and children were taken to the other kingdoms.........
...The separate kings have since fortified their own kingdoms and haven't had a war since. Fortifying payed off for each of the kingdoms, as a strong force of "Knights of the Desert Order" or Desert Knights charged at the four kingdoms simultaneously. Desert Knights are like normal knights, but their armor is made of strong, flexible scales, and they ride on large lizards that can run close to the speed of horses. If the kingdom of Solidaria had not had the assistance of Galadromia, they would have perished...
The knights attacking Merlodamis didn't find anything except for a few structures that could not be hidden, like the jail and the pub. Surprisingly, they did not destroy their structures, as there were only a few not worth destroying. Most left, while some stayed and went to the pub, finding many criminals who didn't give a damn if they were under attack or not. The knights were shocked by this at first, but they quickly got over it as they were suddenly watching a brawl brought on when a wide man with a scraggly beard knocked over a "giant's" pint of grog, pissing him off and causing him to grab the man by the collar of his shirt and smash his cup over the bearded man's head. The man friend came from behind and slammed a chair on top of the giant's head, and eventually everyone started attacking each other. After a good five minutes of brawling, the bar has calmed enough for the pub to look normal again. The desert knights go to the bar and get their own drinks, and they eventually have a lot of attention, being challenged to drinking contests and arm wrestling, and also getting the "special" attention from the women. The knights eventually become citizens and help defend the town without the king's knowledge. As for the rest of the knights that left to go back to the main force, they were ambushed and easily killed by an equally large force of assassins from Merlodamis. The assassins only suffered three casualties and one injured, while the knights were absolutely obliterated...
The rich folk payed the knights to leave as they were about to attack, launching many large bags of gold with a catapult just barely over the walls. Surprisingly, the knights took the bribe and "retreated" back towards the desert army...
Galadromia used several hundreds of troops to attack the desert knights, and while many soldiers were killed, the sheer numbers were too overwhelming to handle and the knights collapsed like a Jenga tower...
The kings of every kingdom have made a call to arms of sorts, calling all heroes who were willing to defend the kingdom. This is where we begin...
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