Tis fine, Malakaus is about to square off with em. Might do a collab with @Zaphander since they work better for fast pace combat scenes.

@Lucius Cypherwell than I’ll chnage it to someone else I’d there anyone other big bad like a lord of a different city I could use? And yes my post takes place in the future after the raid has started because my character is no where near the fens and it will take a little bit of time for him to get mingled into the rest of the characters already there

@Elevation

None specified, but such is the charm of a jump-in RP. You can make up the lord yourself. If you want, you can use mines.

I had it in mind that a particular lord that Malakaus is after for personal reasons is a man named Lord Bernard Dowson, a Warhawk who wanted to petition the previous king to subjugate their neighbors for land and resources. The old king for whatever reason didn’t support Bernard’s ambitions, but Mago did. So they formed an alliance which allowed Bernard to hatch a scheme to force the orcs, of which Malakaus was a member of, from their homelands and take the mountains they inhabited. After Mago took the crown after the death of the king, Bernard continued to appeal and petition to the ursurper to solidify control over the kingdom as well as invade more territories to take for themselves.

Bernard would definitely have the money to pay for things like mercenary armies and a guild of assassins, and it’s definitely in his interest to kill Maren or else she might take away his lands since he’s been starting wars to fill his own pockets. He’s pretty much the go to guy for “rich evil person”. The fact he’s so rich is why he’s a powerful ally to Mago since Bernard can supply the new king with arms and armor for his army.

He’s currently based in the orc’s old citadel city which he’s renamed Durum, far to the north. It’s sometbing of a frontier city since the lands up north is home to a powerful empire, but the mountains themselves were considered orc lands until Bernard pushed them out. A lot of people have been moving there, especially shady people with skills that normally isn’t approved in regular society like assassination or witchcraft.

@Elevation

Another possible solution is that maybe some messenger of Mago's is sent to Hark's Frostbourn stronghold instead?

@Ladypug [@Lucious Cypher] I like that ideas I’ll have him working for Bernard and he had his own messenger present who sent the crow.

@Elevation

As long as you're not putting words in Mago's mouth or derailing the RP, it's fine.

@Elevation

Works for me. While I’ll probally control Bernard myself if we ever gotta fight him, feel free to characterize him as is. While he’s not a total coward obviously when it comes to actual fighting he’s the type to have a stronger champion represent him. Probs the commander dude you had in your previous post.

@Lucius Cypher ok my original post is all finished and I didn’t really have much intention of controlling a big character I just wanted to use one as an entrance for my character which is why I used Mago but I apologize for taking control of a character that wasn’t mine.

@Elevation

Is all good. Just be a bit more mindful next time. Otherwise we’ll make sure to tell you otherwise OoC.

Also word of advice: don’t use dark blue as a dialog color. Can’t see it for shit on mobile, and high lighting is a crapshoot.

well there goes Diclonii

fuckin rip mate

It was fun. Good bye Mr Spin-to-win.

he spin me right round baby right round

Hey I am absolutely slammed at work. Maren can wait out the battle at the cathedral if it's cool. And yeah, I was planning on playing her brother Mago Trevoste as the BBEG.

@Polybius

Works for me. If you don’t mind I’ll have Malakaus clean up the rest of the hostile proper.

@Haeo@Ladypug@Zaphander

You guys don’t mind if I have my warvand clear out the rest of the mercs do you? Give us an opening to gather the wounded, talk to each other, and rest to morning.

Yeah nah go ahead idc@Lucius Cypher. I'm chill with it. sick of the fighting anyway lol

Fine with me, I’d like to focus on annabeth again instead of a bunch of bad guy NPC’s.

@Lucius Cypher, Eh, that's fine. It'll be easier to roleplay with... well... other characters... who don't fail to notice mine due to the chaos of battle.

Alright, with y'all's okay I cleared out the rest of the enemies. Now you should all be free to interact with each other as you'd like. Malakaus's messenger will hang out in the city but all he wants is to pass his message to Maren personally. Dunno if we're going to timeskip to morning or not, I'll leave that specifically to @Polybius.

Jumped the timeline to the morning. Maren is just waking up at the temple of Askari, goddess of healing and the sun. I had to cut short the scene because I have to go! If you guys want to do a early morning post or tie up any loose ends to advance the plot go for it!