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 Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:28 pm
AltdorfDominant Race(s): Human Places of Significance: Imperial Palace, Sorcerer's Tower Allegiance: The Empire Population Size: 2.3 Million Services: Enchanters, Blacksmiths, Mercenaries, Sorcerers, Merchants Overview: Capital of the Empire, and the most populated city in the known world. No army has breached it's great walls. Map Location/Picture:
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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:02 am
People scurried about the palace halls like blind mice, or that's at least how Nirissa saw them. With a tray of tea in her arms, she strode down the middle of the hallway, her back straight and her head high in good posture. Her eyes couldn't help but wander to the royals and officials squabbling over petty things like who had the nicest shoes. She passed them with an innocent smile, which was far from what she was, but they didn't know that. Other maids bustled about busily, but one caught her eye. She seemed to be incapable of carrying a tray and having good posture at the same time, so she tripped over her own feet, landing on the ground with the clatter of china. None of the rich glanced at her, they were too 'good' for her. Normally, Nirissa would have teased the girl, but she guessed the lack of stares from the rich were a torture enough for her.
Finally, she reached her destination, after walking down a maze of hallways and a few flights of stairs. She knocked on an very detailed door, with gold leafing and the works. The door nudges open a bit, just for an eye to peer through. Nirissa smiled sweetly. The door swung open, revealing a women who must be somewhere in her 30s. She sighed as if she was fatigued, "Nirissa, thank the heavens, I was hoping you'd come soon, you have no clue what a day I've had. I desperately need a tea time." You have no clue what a day you're about to have, Nirissa corrected her in her mind. "Oh dear, tell me all about it." She said in sorrow and concern; it almost pained her to say it. "Oh well, first the King blahblahblah..." She droned on about her Advisor work as Nirissa inserted 'Mhmm's and 'Ah's and 'Oh's wherever needed. This was almost too simple. Quickly, Nirissa dropped the temperature in the room. "Ooo, it's chilly in here, get me a blanket dear?" "Yes ma'am." Picking the thinnest blanket, she placed it over the Advisor. But it was useless, by now the could see their own breath. "My gosh, what the heck is going on in here?" Nirissa circled around to her back. "Oh, you'll never know." She smirked cooly. Before the Advisor could respond icy hands clapped her mouth shut. She could feel her face turning numb beneath them. She thrashed and tried to pull the hands away from her face, but she was caught in an iron grip. Her face was quickly paling, and the numbness was stretching out across her entire body. Her thrashes became less and less as her body froze. Finally, with one last shudder, she froze to death. Removing her hands from the corpse, Nirissa shook them with disgust. "Pfft, humans, can't even handle a little cold." Her body began to ripple and grown, till she was a living mirror image of the Advisor. Stripping the body of her clothes, she adorned them and wrapped the body in a blanket. She circled in into a ball, after snapping a few bones, so it looked simply like large sheet. She exited the room, a few people gave her odd glances. She smiled sweetly back and said in her Advisor's voice. "I spilt some tea on this, so I'm going to air it out myself, we're lacking maids around the palace anyways." She hurried up one of the spires to the top, where the owls stayed. Her disposer was already waiting there. An bull-headed demon sat cross-legged on the floor , looking quite peeved. "Finally, I was about to leave." Nirissa sneered at him, "Pfft, no you wouldn't cause Dias would have your hide, now take it and disposed of it." She tossed the crumpled up corpse to the demon and her snorted at her before disappearing into thin air. Nirissa grinned with triumph, the plan was almost complete, now it was the easy part. With a satisfied smile on her face, she returned to her room and open the windows to make the temperature drop back to was it was suppose to be.
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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:53 am
(Awesome, um only problem is that he is Emperor, not King. A more formal title might be "Holy Emperor Constantine" or something like that.)
Constantine woke up late, as he always did, with several beautiful women around him. They were already awake so he enjoyed them for a bit more then left to never see them again. After taking a nice warm bath and receiving his daily massage Constantine left his living areas to go and attend to the daily business of being Emperor. His advisers were already gathered in the throne room as he took his seat. A servant brought him a gold tray of fresh fruits and fine wine. He took the wine and took a sip, after he found it satisfactory he addressed the advisers there. "What news do you have for me today," he asked in an uninterested tone. The daily reports were always so dull, they mostly consisted of the crop output of farmers, how much money they had gathered for taxes, how trade was doing, or some other menial thing.
The adviser from Marienburg spoke first this morning, which was odd. Marienburg affairs were always reported after those of Altdorf. "My Emperor, I received grave news this morning." He paused to see if the Emperor would respond, but he did not so he continued, "last night a Brettonian warship attacked the Marienburg port, destroying several civilian and military vessels as well as some buildings. Casualties number a cou-"
The Emperor interrupted him by suddenly jumping out of his seat to face all those gathered there. He tossed his half full glass of wine and several servants scrambled after it to stop it from staining the exquisite rugs. "We will not stand by and let such a heinous act go on unpunished," this is just what Constantine had been waiting for ever since his father died, "rally the armies and prepare them to march to war!"
(It was Dais by the way who had pirates steal that Brettonian ship and attack the harbor to make it look like a Brettonian attack)
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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:41 pm
(( D'oh, I'll remember to call him that instead ))
Nirissa sipped her own wine quietly, hiding a smirk. Everything was going as planned, Dais kept up his part of the plan, now she had to keep to hers. "Brettionia will get what the deserve and some more for attacking our ships so unexpectedly. But don't you think we should leave at least 1/4th of the army in the city? If we send them all out, then the city is defenceless." The real goal here was to make the Emperor send less soldiers into battle so they would have a greater number a casualties. Hopefully nobody would clue in, her reason did seem logical.
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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:46 pm
"Yes, I will leave soldiers here, but I want a quick and decisive victory. We will rally all the armies of the Empire to stamp out Brettonia once and for all!"
(A man does not want to look like he is being told what to do infront of others, manipulating him alone would work better. Also what is the Adviser's name? And finally suggesting that he take this time after the invasion from the undead (a couple months ago, our time) that he begin construction on a series of forts in the desert to bridge Estalia and the Empire together. Also Estalia was hurt heavily from that war so suggesting that he step up on "lending" troops to them, if you know what I mean)
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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 2:23 pm
(( Advisor's name is Liyrena Mil-something, yeah, I'm horrible at making names up so I kinda just reuse them. I added her profile to my list in the Characters section. >_< And will do! ))
Nirissa smiled openly at the young Emperor's charisma. She cast her gaze down the table, a few of the other advisors seemed to not like the idea, she'd have a private chat with them later if the need be. But most were smiling alongside her.
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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:49 pm
"Now, I must gather with my military advisers, your reports will have to be dealt with later." No one questioned the Emperor and so they all bowed and then left quietly. The Military advisers that were not already there came into the throne room and so they, along with the Emperor, departed to the war room where there were very detailed maps and specific representations of troops throughout the Empire in the various garrisons.
(You can come if you like or talk with him later. Also you can join in that meeting as the Amdassador, or you can use your demon powers to be there, but not be noticed... or paid attention to... sorta like a Jedi mind trick. You can say stuff to them that will seem like their idea (within reason) and they won't notice that you are there.... sorta :/ it is hard to explain what I am thinking)
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:19 pm
(( I know what you're talking about, but Liy will just wait till later.))
Liyrena rose from her seat and exited the room. She would have joined them, secretly or openly, but she didn't want to risk it; it was her first day in the job after all. As she entered the lavish hallway outside the throne room, she beckoned a young maid over, "Tell the Holy Emperor that I request a meeting alone with him, and that he should send a messenger to my room whenever he wishes." The maid nodded viciously, "Oh! Yes! Of course ma'am!" Nirissa gave her a sweet smile and walked away, resisting an eye roll. Gosh, all the maids, and some of the other woman in the palace where head-over heels for the young Emperor. Nirissa had no clue why, he was a bit lacking in the personality department. Upon entering the room, Nirissa was greeted with steaming hot tray of tea. Glancing around to make sure nobody was there, she picked up the cup and blew softly on it, dropping it's temperature to just above freezing point. With a grin, she began sipping it quietly and began working with the paperwork that was set beside the tray.
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Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:43 pm
It was nearing the end of the day when the Emperor finally sent a messenger to retrieve Liyrena. When she arrived at the throne room the first thing that she noticed was that a large table had been placed in the center of the room. It had model diorama of the southern parts of the Empire, and Brettonia. It was quite accurate and was clear proof that Imperial spies had been scouting Brettonia for sometime now. There were also models of troop regiments to represent troop movements. One could compare this diorama to boys playing with their toys, although no one would dare say that, especially in the presence of the Emperor.
The Emperor himself was sitting on his throne, relaxing while he ate a meal of cooked chicken that smelled delicious. Although he was the only person visible in the room it was almost certain that their were guards hidden close by. The Emperor saw Liyrena enter and he motioned her to come over.
(Oh, I forgot to ask, is there something specific that Liyrena advises over? Like a specific province? Or perhaps trade? or Something like that? And if you have not noticed I uploaded my most recent project in the Artist's Forum, so check that out and tell me what you think)
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:08 pm
(( I was kind of thinking just a simple advisor for everything, because Constantine is kind of young people would prefer someone else's opinion? Though that seems kind of silly since she'd young >_<'' If you don't want to do that then she can just be a military advisor, since she looks very military.))
"Thank you for accepting my request." Nirissa smiled as she made her way across the floor, eyeing the display curiously. It was well planned, too well planned. She acted simple-minded, asking him "What are the attack plans?". It was always best to put them on a high throne before suggesting anything. She already had a few sneaky things planned, now all she needed to do was lead the Emperor into the trap.
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:08 am
"We will send our forces to each of the three passes. The army at the Pass of Noose will simply guard the pass from Brettonians crossing through it. Most of our ground forces will strike at the Pass of Helm where we will lay siege to their defenses there. If we can break through that would be great, but that is not our goal. Our goal there will be to tie down a large enough portion of their army so that their other important strongholds will be vulnerable. Our remaining ground forces will march through the Pass of Jade and head towards Brionne. I have no doubt that they will see this army coming from a long way off, but once again that is what I want. It will draw their forces away from Brionne. Once their armies leave Brionne I will send our fleet southwest at first to avoid detection, and then East in the dead of night to launch an attack on their fleet in Brionne, and then lay siege to the city by sea. The fleet will also be carrying soldiers as well to launch a ground attack." The Emperor seemed very pleased with this plan as it was simple and well thought out and had a great chance of success, especially if they could mobilize their armies quickly and quietly.
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:01 pm
Nirissa nodded with understanding. It was a well worked-out plan, that seemed very effective. The young Emperor had some brains to him. "Simple but effective." She commented, trying to keep the conversation going as she thought out ways to punch holes in his plan. The only ones she could find she'd have to do secretly, namely poisoning some of the food for the soldiers in the Pass of the Noose and reducing their numbers just enough so that the Brionne army had the advantage. She'd blame it on a plague. Her goal was to basically reduce the numbers of the Empire's armies as much as possible without detection. Without taking her eyes off the map, she reminded the Emperor, "Brionne will most likely launch an attack at us via the ocean as well." She stopped there, hoping the surprisingly somewhat-intelligent Emperor clued in as to what she was hinting at.
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:10 pm
"Yes, they already have. But we will be ready for the next attack. I have ordered all of our coastal communities on high alert. As well as our border cities in the south."
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Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 4:59 pm
Nirissa kept her frustration well-hidden beneath her calm exterior. There were no flaws in his plains, expected ones that is. She'd have to carrying on with her poisoning the soldiers at Pass of the Noose. At least she knew the battle plan and could relay it to Dais, maybe he would have some ideas. Scanning the model one last time, she gave a nod of approval, "Holy Emperor Constantine, you have created the perfect battle plan." She finished the compliment with a small smile, boosting the Emperor's ego far enough would make him careless. "Do you have any requests for me? If not, I shall leave you be."
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Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 10:36 pm
"No no, you may leave." The Emperor looked over his battle plan like a triumphant child would look over something he had just created. It was true that boys always enjoyed their toys.
(Dais is a bit busy in Ellyrion at the moment, but you can show up there if you like, it would be fun)
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