The Battle of the Snowflake Keep

[Karyete]

Karyete rushed down the hallway again and cried out. "Anyone who can fight - we need backup! Lots of it!"

He ran back to Kerri, who was now with Harmless. He was unsure if they were going to live.

[Harmless]

"Kerri, your name, yes?" Harmless took a look at the female bard in front of him. "As a fellow musician, I am impressed that you found a way to inspire your soldier's morale with music. You should teach me that sometime." He smiles, but shortly afterwards gets straight to the point. "Anyways. I'm taking some of my men to cut down the central command - That general Otto or whatever he's called by. Surely that's the main source of morale and power from the enemy army. I need you to take everyone else and wipe out everyone in record time, understood? I need this fort squeaky clean for when I come back."

Harmless orders Kerri to take 5 Clerics, 30 Knights, and the rest of Squad 1 to clean up the enemy forces, wherever they may be. Then he takes his remaining forces and slips through that small exit way only he (hopefully) knows about.

"Alright men. It's do or die! CHARGE!"

Then, he proceeds to make his way to flank General Otto!

[NanTheDark]

Trying not to be distracted by this cute elf, Kerri takes all those armies and starts defending the keep. She uses a song to raise defense.

OOC: Just make her fight whatever is more appropiate, either defend from whoever's on the roof or take out anyone inside the keep, if the keep is secure make Kerri go out and help Audrey or something.

Also I made this!

So that they won't be used for maps of any kind.
Edit: I missed units whoops

[Karyete]

OOC: Holy ♥♥♥♥ Nan that's awesome :O

[Doram]

OOC: Quick! Somebody make this a tower defense game!

OOC: Also, you got 100 posts, and earned the purple present (hot thread). Congrats.

[Vajrin]

"Mages, attack Harmless' squad with lighting, I'll look after general Otto!"

He commands his squad and he boosts his mages with his spell and casts magical shield on general Otto's squad.

[1018peter]

ALTERNATING OFFENSES - HARMLESS/ROBIN/DAMIEN/KERRI/KARYETE

Spoiler: show

Kerri, in a hurry, pushed Karyete back into the keep and locked the hatch to the top. Karyete ran down the hallway, asking for more help, but all the remaining troops weren't available. He returned to Kerri, only to see that she got a new pack of forces to command.

Kerri's men moved out to repel the advancing Decemian forces in the keep. (As shown in the map)

OOC: Legends: Upward triangle -> Ladders to the top / Downward triangle -> Ladders to the basement floors / Brown tiles -> Breakable doors and gates / Gray tiles -> Fort walls / Six-pointed black stars -> Piles of rubble blocking the way / Cyan dotted lines -> Secret tunnels

It seemed that the Decemian forces inside the keep weren't your everyday arrow fodder...

The Decemian mages, seeing Kerri's forces, blasted the ceiling over the knights with waves of fireballs. A gaping hole was left in the ceiling, with the sky visible from below, and the rubble crashing on the knights, paralyzing them. The other Decemian squad took the shortcut and rushed down from the hole, killing the unsuspecting bowmen.

The first squad then worked on killing the paralyzed knights, but funny enough, Kerri's enchantment made the armor especially hard to pierce. The mages cast a binding spell over them instead, making sure that they won't be moving for a good while.

The squad of mages next to Kerri raised a barrier, trying to buy time for Kerri to move back.

OOC: See the texts over the units? For example:

O denotes the commander of the unit, which, in this case, is Otto.
15 denotes the amount of soldiers in the unit. In this case, the unit consists of 15 knights.
M denotes the unit being all mounted. If the unit isn't mounted, there won't be any letter in the bottom right corner. In this case, the 15 knights are all mounted.

Meanwhile, in the battleground outside...

Harmless' forces suddenly dug out of the barren hill, with bunch of footmen rushing out from both sides of the keep, all aiming for one target: General Otto. The clerics stayed in the tunnel, ready for first aid. The bow knights stood behind and prepared to skewer Otto with their crossbows!

Robin, unfazed by the surprise reinforcement, advanced forward with more flames than ever. The recovery given by Otto's mages seemed to be more than enough for him to sustain his combat abilities. The flames turned out to be an excellent strategy for barring footmen advances. Damien buffed his mages ,but the effect wasn't very significant, given that he was the only output of enchantments. He then cast a magical shield over General Otto himself.

Waves of crossbow fires sped through the waves of flames, although inaccurate due to the flames blocking the sight. Damien and Robin lost a mage each.

"Meaningless...USELESS!" Otto raised his scepter one more time. Shooting stars were shot out of the tip of the scepter. Like missiles, they arched over the sky and crashed on Harmless' troops, causing big explosions. 10 Bow Knights, 10 Spearmen, 10 Heavy Armors and 5 Mages disintegrated on the spot, with 5 Bow Knights, 5 Heavy Armors, 15 Spearmen and 5 Mages severely burnt, now receiving emergency aid from the clerics. The field was cracked and set ablaze by the stars, further showing how hot they were.

Audrey, not heavily targeted anymore, leaped forward and vaulted across the waves of flames. She immediately went for the Winter Archmage's mount, killing it in one swift blow. Otto, in response, quickly dismounted, before summoning a small tundra, keeping her away from him. But, Audrey vaulted across the tundra and managed to cut Otto's left breast, although a shallow wound. Otto threw his cape at the Novemian general and summoned a powerful gust of wind, knocking her back to the broken gate.

Otto's staff glowed a light green, as his wound quickly regenerated. Although fine on the outside, he seemed to be tired from the rapid use of powerful magic. He batted an eye to the back, checking the progress of the cavalry reinforcement. They were almost there.

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COMMANDER UNIT LIST: show

Kerri: [ACTIVE] 25 Knights (15 paralyzed) + 15 Mages + 5 Clerics / [DEAD] 22 Bowmen
Harmless:
[ACTIVE] Squad 1 (Defending the choke points):
Squad 2 (Following Harmless): 45 Spearmen (15 wounded) + 15 Bow Knights (5 Wounded) + 15 Clerics+ 17 Mages (5 Wounded)
/ [DEAD] 20 Spearmen + 10 Bow Knights + 5 Mages
Karyete: [ACTIVE] 25 Mages + 20 Axemen + 10 Knights / [DEAD] 8 Knights + 2 Bowmen
General Audrey: [ACTIVE] 20 Heavy Armors (5 Heavy Armors wounded) / [DEAD] 10 Heavy Knights

Damien: [ACTIVE] 5 Mages / [DEAD] 8 Knights (Cavalry) + 7 Mages (Cavalry)
Robin: [ACTIVE]5 Mages / [DEAD] 6 Knights (Foot) + 7 Knights (Cavalry) + 6 Mages + 2 Bowmen
Axel [DYING]: [ACTIVE] Weasel / [DEAD] None / [RETREATED] 9 Bowmen
General Otto:
[ACTIVE] Squad 1 (On the top of the keep): 15 Knights (Cavalry) + 5 Mages (Cavalry)
Squad 2 (On the first floor): 5 Knights + 5 Mages + 10 Bowmen
/ [DEAD] None

[Megar]

"Hey, boss! Try not to use so much magic in one go. Covering your recovery might prove troublesome when we're trying to advance!" Robin writes on the paper, looking back at the approaching cavalry. "Yeah, let's try getting those guys to keep your back covered. I'd moving on ahead, boss. Keep yourself alive?" He finishes, taking note that he has only five mages to his command.

"Alright! Two of you get on defensive duties, one on each side - that's healing, keeping shields up and all that. I'm liking the fire shields by the way, let's try that one again. But don't spread it too thin, alright?" He starts. "And now the rest of you, fight on with all you have! We advance now, while they're weakened! Defeat their clerics first! We've got this!" He encourages, moving onwards with an electric blade and ready to cover himself with a fire wall when he needs to. He thinks that, when this is all over, he's never letting himself command a unit again. He's much more comfortable just fighting.

[Harmless]

"That's funny. I thought he would come in with more than a few mages. This much be a trick... Perhaps they're stalling for time?" Harmless mutters to himself, before giving his loud and direct command, not hearing if they can hear him.

"Wounded units, retreat to the back lines! Spearmen, cover me! Mages, protect the clerics! Bow knights, attack their generals!"

Harmless himself then takes initiative, holsters his crossbow, and rushes at General Otto! Assuming he reaches there intact...

"You. I have no idea what your goal is, but I refuse to let you kill any more souls. Stand down, or I'll force you to myself!"

Harmless lunges at General Otto with his gauntlet, and targets the hand wielding the scepter!

[Karyete]

Karyete dashed back, only to see Harmless leaping at General Otto. He didn't stand a chance!

"Harmless, NO!" he shouted. He held his scythe with both hands and leaped after him, refusing to let him get slaughtered by Otto.