Arthanus

The Prince's Royal Guard

Leonidas let the Duke and Balthazar say their piece about the mission and listened to Faira and Zatana's comments. "I would prefer if you avoid their patrols and scouts. Again this force seems much different than normal Orc forces and I don't want to tip them off to anything. But if you can't avoid confronting them... No survivors, we want them to get the least amount of information possible..." He said bluntly. Leonidas didn't want to leave anything up to chance with this. War was a messy thing and one mistake could loose you the battle. After a few more instructions and such back and forth Leonidas dismissed Zatana and Faira giving them an hour to rest and prepare for their mission. With that done Leonidas retired from the war room for the night returning to the room that had been prepared for him in the keep.

From his room Leonidas was able to see a group of what must of been a group of militia practicing into He gave a sigh seeing the common folk being drawn into the fighting, although he was proud of his subjects for stepping up to defend their homes. Then he saw Acrius walking up to the group. Leonidas watched Acrius dismantle the poor recruit and just shook his head. "I need to get that dog a leash... Can't have him fighting every soldier in the empire..." He thought to himself as he watched Acrius walk away fallowed by one of the other recruits that had witnessed the "training session". After watching the city for a while Leonidas decided to take a stole around the city, but first he wanted to take care of something. Leonidas made his way to Balthazar's chambers knowing the old man would most likely still be up. After knocking and being let in Leonidas entered and gave him a grin. "So Balthazar I had a question for you. Have you received an update from your agent in Helmsguard? I noticed you haven't mentioned them in your reports lately." He asked trying to sound professional, but Balthazar knew exactly which agent Leonidas meant, and exactly why the prince was asking. After the two talked for a while Leonidas would take his leave before heading out to walk the city.

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When Acrius left the training field it took a little bit but then he heard someone approaching behind him. "That was amazing Acrius! Could you teach me to do that?" A familiar voice came from behind him. When he turned he would see Elizabeth dressed in some tight fitting Leather armor with a small buckler and a shield. "I decided I can't sit back and let these things attack our home! You inspired me to take action." She said before running up and grabbing ahold of his arm. "I'm still new at this though so you'll protect me out there wont you?" Elizabeth said in a cute manner. She would continue to cling onto him her grip seeming to tighten. And if Acrius looked around he would notice something that would chill him to the bone. Elizabeth had him trapped, there were none of the royal guard around to save him from her this time. How would he get away from this girl this time?

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As Rudolph made his way back to the barracks he would hear a familiar voice come from behind him. "Still Going around playing the perfect soldier I see." The voice said and Rodolph would turn to see the grinning face of Sargent Fullar leaning against a wall, "Glad to see you haven't changed." He finished off his sentence before standing up to go greet his friend. "Heard you had a little excitement today, My unit just arrived before nightfall so we will be joining the defense lines in the morning. How many did you end up taking out. I want to know how much of a handicap I'll have to deal with out there?" he continued coming up wrapping his arm around Rodolph. "Also I heard you got to ride with the Prince. Is he a snobby Noble like the rest? Or is there actually something different about him? Don't keep me out of the loop man" Fullar said walking with Rodolph back to the Barracks.

The Prince's Royal Guard

Leonidas rushed to hos horse and speed toward the western gate. Although it seemed it was to late to join into the attack what Leonidas was hearing made him press on. Whispers that one of the Royal guard had leaped from the wall into the fighting, Others that one of the royal guard were injured, and finally that there was a Drow within the city. As he moved he couldn't get a strait story from anyone but he was able to put some pieces together. "... Dammit Acrius.... Why did you jump off the walls?..." he thought to himself as he rode. "And how did Zatana get hurt?" he questioned quickening his pace.

With so many rushing to Zatana's aid and some literally growling at the guardsmen many quickly returned to their duties cursing Drow in general as they did. And Leonidas was only able to arrive after things had seemed to settle down. When he got there he rushed up the wall to meet with those helping Zatana. "I'm here to help, let he see where you're injured." He said to Zatana while removing one of his gauntlets. "Also Someone fill me in what happened here, not just how she was hurt. This assault was to quick I want details of what the goblins were doing" he said as his palm started to glow with a radiant light. As he gently placed his hand on Zatana's back she could feel a warmth fill her. She could feel as her torn skin and flesh started to sew itself back together. Although it was kinda itchy she could feel the pain being sucked away as her body seemed to mend itself. After a little bit Leonidas removed his hand, the wounds had closed but they still left a mark. "You're going to have some scars from that, but it could of been much worse." He said letting out a sigh, it was clear that the healing process had taken a bit out of the prince. "I would scold you for jumping down there in the middle of that, but it sounds like you might just have saved the gate. Just be more careful next time, maybe throw the explosives away from yourself?" he said in a tone that was oddly calm. After he was done seeing to Zatana's injuries Leonidas rose, he could feel all the eyes on him from the soldiers. Well now was as good a time as any it seemed... "Yes I have a Drow as a member of my royal guard." He started bluntly, "I know many of you would disagree with my decision, But this woman has proven herself many times. She has stopped assassins from taking my life, She has used her skills to get us information used in missions across the country. Hell she just saved this gate, if not the city. Let it be known I do not judge someone based on their race, but on their skills and merits. Zatana here has proven to be a powerful asset to the Empire and dismissing her based on the sole fact that she is a Drow would be a disservice to the Empire itself. Now I know the Drow have hurt the citizens of this City before, But that was long ago and Zatana here had nothing to do with it. Her and her people are fierce, and mighty warriors, if we can put our hate aside and see that not every Drow is the evil beings our history books tell us we can build a stronger empire." He said out loud in almost a booming voice. And although the Prince knew it would mainly fall on deaf ears he had said his piece for now.

After the attack on the West wall plans were made to secure all the gates in preparation for more attacks. Balthazar and the Duke were to remain in the keep working on strategies and keeping things moving outside of combat, Faira and Manald were positioned on the East Gate to help with the defenses there, Rudolph and Merik were to keep with the West Gate, leaving Leonidas and Acrius with the North Gate, Zatana was ordered to rest in the keep and regain her strength as she would be needed later. As the day continued more small attacks were launched at the walls, again only small strikes from only goblin forces. each attack was positioned at a different point trying to find a foothold. By the time night had fallen and the guard shift was changed over there had been 8 attacks in total. Overall the defenders would have about 50 injured from the fighting to against the 400 or so goblins that were killed. Moral was high with the men, but who knows how long that would be able to last.

As night fell Zatana and Faira were brought into the war room to be briefed on their next assignment. "We want you two to scout the enemy positions for us. All day we have seen these goblin forces coming from the mountains but we really don't know what we are up against. That being said we want you two to head to the eastern side from where the attacks came from. Investigate the area see if you can find where they are coming from, what if anything they have prepared over there. If you find the caves don't get ahead of yourselves and rush in. Mark them, we are working to make some sapping charges of our own and when you return with positions and what kind of guards the tunnels have we will send the sapping team in to blow the tunnels before dawn." Leonidas explained while looking at the two, "Did I leave anything out Baltazar?" He asked handing the briefing over to the one who came up with the plans.

The Prince's Royal Guard

Zatana gave it her all running from the sapper's charge trying to get to a point where she could shadow step back to the wall. But her efforts were not enough. Just before she disappeared into the shadows the charge went off. The waft of heat rushed over her as she felt the force of the blast hit her. Zatana was able to get off her shadow step but hit the ground hard at the top of the wall. She was able to retain consciousness but pain shot through her body as the force of the blast still rung trough her. As she lie on the ground soldiers rushed to her aid but quickly stopped. "The hell? is she a dark elf?" one of the soldiers said as they had gotten close enough to see her skin under her torn outfit. "Why should we help one of her kind?" another soldier could be heard saying as a commotion started to arise. Zatana would need help to move but it seemed that the soldiers were reluctant to assist her, even though she just risked her life to defend their gates.

Star Wars - The Lost Shipment

Deep in the trash pit that was Nar Shaddaa Darius sat waiting in a cantina studying the datapad he had been given with the information for his new contact. This Will Laros seemed like an interesting enough character, although they didn't have the most impressive reputation they seemed ready to make a run on kashyyyk to get some medical supplies. This meant one of two things, that this Smuggler was very good, or very dumb... Darius was hoping that it was the former as a direct run in with the Empire wasn't something very high on his list of things he wanted to do... But it was to late now Darius' contact needed the medical supplies and this was the easiest way to get them. He sat in the cantina scanning and people watching waiting for the Will to show up so they could get on the road.

The Prince's Royal Guard

Through the combined efforts of The Royal Guard and the City guard most of the goblins with explosives were taken down before they could reach the gate. The ones Acrius hit with flaming arrows created nice little explosions clearing the areas of goblins as their other explosives detonated once the bag caught flame. Two of the sappers were able to make it to the gate before their payloads exploded with a boom. The explosions shook the wall and made a big thump against the gate as a splintering and cracking noise was made. It held through that explosion but wouldn't be able to take many more. Zatana on the other hand found herself among the Goblin numbers her flurry of knives had caught them by surprise and instead of charging at her she realized the goblins around here started to run noticing that the sapper she had slain was still holding a lit explosive. Zatana would feel a lump in her throat grow as she herself realized this noticing she only had mere moments before the explosive went off at her feet.

With the sappers attack repelled it seemed the goblins had done what they had wanted and began to turn and retreat back The guards on the walls cheered seeing the little green beasts falling back, but there were a few still screaming at Zatana realizing the predicament she was placed in. Some it seemed were getting ready to rush out to her aid knowing she would need medical attention if she was to survive the blast.

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Leonidas took in the information from Baltazar and the Duke. "I agree if we can cut off the head the Orcs will fall to infighting, but from what the reports say there weren't any Orcs in the attack this morning. Does that strike either of you as odd? Usually Orcs can't stand to be in the back lines and are usually the forward charge or at least that is what I have read from pervious reports on Orc raids." He started, "If the Orcs aren't showing themselves how do we draw out this Warchief?" He followed up with before the sounds of bells could be heard in the distance. Only a few moments later a guard burst into the war room, "My lord, It seems there is an attack coming from the western front!" The guard quickly spat out and Leonidas quickly turned. "Balthazar I'll leave this here to you and the Duke, think up our next move I'll go check the situation on the walls." He said as he quickly left the war room and starting to rush to the Western gate with a contingent of Empire Soldiers in tow.

The Prince's Royal Guard

Leonidas listens to the information from both Balthazar and the Duke closing his eyes to think as he takes it all in, "We are going to need to reposition one cannon to the east gate and one to the west. We don't know when they will attack the flanks and we can't show a weakness on our sides. If we show these beasts any chink in our armor they will jump at it without a doubt." He said after a bit of thought and looking down at the map. "The goblin numbers won't be an issue if we can keep them outside those walls. If they get in though they could be a major problem. As for the Orcs, how many of them came out to fight this morning? Were we able to dwindle those numbers at all?" He asked wanting to know how things had gone. "My fear is the longer this battle lasts the more word of this fortress' strength will spread and draw in more Orcs looking for a challenge. So any thought on how we could try to end this battle quickly?" He added again giving yet another question hoping one of these two men could come up with a decent idea to try and end the fight quickly.

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Western Gate

The goblins continue to charge at the gate through the incoming fire without hesitation those in the lead ranks seem to reach down pulling something out of their bags and start to light a fuse as they charge at the gate itself. It seems that ten of the goblins pull out these devices as they rush forward. Other than that the stream of goblins continue to come out from the mountains as another volley of rocks are also sent flying at the walls from the hidden catapults.

Star Wars - The Lost Shipment

Name: Darius Gallant

Race: Zabrak

Gender: Male

Age: 29

Appearance:

Hider

Standing 5'10" and weighing 160lbs Darius has a very athletic build

Bio: As with most in the Order, Darius was taken from his family at an early age after his force sensitivity started to manifest. And his early years went much like many within the Jedi order. Darius didn't stand out among the younglings and he was no prodigy or genius in any way at least among the Jedi. And Darius kept on the "normal" Jedi path being taken on as a Padawan at the age of 13. His master, Sara Jarres seemed to see something more in him though. The first four Years of his studies under Master Jarres were very educational for Darius. She worked to pull out his potential that others didn’t seem to see. And although her methods and thoughts about the Jedi order were much different than that of the other Jedi it didn’t phase Darius at all. As he continued to grow under her tutelage, he began to mirror her ideals about the Jedi something many of the others within the order didn’t understand. But the time came when the order couldn’t question her methods when the Clone Wars began. For the next three years Darius’ life seemed to be much less of that of a jedi and much more that of a soldier. He would fight side by side with his master across countless battles and many worlds. But the day finally came when the war would “end” order 66 was given the clone troopers whom Darius and Sara had fought with for so long turned on them. Darius was able to escape, but sadly it was only due to his Master’s sacrifice.
The next few years were hard for Darius, stranded and alone he watched the galaxy change. He had to watch the republic die and be replaced with this Empire. He knew this wasn’t a foe he could meet openly; this wasn’t a foe Darius even thought he could fight at all. Over time he was able to piece out that what had happened to him and his master happened to all the Jedi and this feeling of being alone scared Darius. But he knew he had to keep going, being what could possibly be the final Jedi Darius couldn’t just give up. He went into hiding blending in with the new Empire becoming a ghost. Its been Nine years since the end of the Clone Wars, Darius has tried to keep a low profile and remain undetected by the empire. He has had a few “incidents” that have forced him to move on. But through this time, he has still done his best to help others wherever possible. His newest idea is to try the life of a smuggler and he has been able to secure a decent shipment for a job and even found a pilot willing to take him onto her crew.

Personality quirks:
Traits: I prefer to solve problems without violence, but I finish fights decisively. I’m always polite and respectful.
Ideal: To act when others quake in fear — this is the essence of the warrior.
Bond: I must set an example of hope for those who have given up.
Flaw: I made a terrible mistake in battle that cost many lives—and I would do anything to keep that mistake secret

Personal Bonds:
Sara Jarres (deceased):

Hider

Darius' Jedi Master. A strong Jedi who had spent their time together pushing Darius to become the best Jedi that he could be. Sadly she died during the Sacking of Coruscant sacrificing herself so her Padawan could secure his own escape.

Equipment:
A lightly armored outfit
DC-15A blaster rifle
DE-10 Blaster Pistol
Darius' Lightsaber - Purple blade.

Skills/Abilities:
Base Knowledge of all seven Saber Forms, although he excels in Form IV Ataru - An aggressive fighting style with use of acrobatics.
Decent control over the Force. Although mainly uses it to enhance his own abilities over flashy force moves.
Good pilot, Decent Shot.

Star Wars - The Lost Shipment

Meh that was retconed I dunno this is the 1x1 Star Wars RP

The Prince's Royal Guard

Leonidas nodded back at the Duke following him into the office. "Yes we do have a lot to go over. Please give me a run down of what you know? Do we know how many we are up against? What are our defenses at the moment? Is there any weak points in the city we need to know about? How long will your supplies last?" Leonidas began questioning as soon as they were in the office attempting to get a grasp on the situation of the town. "As for Siegfried, yes he and his forces will hopefully arrive in two days. Have you received anything from the dwarves will they be able to help us?" Leonidas continued adding to the list of unanswered questions.

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Western Gate

The quiet of the morning is once again broken as a bell starts to ring form on top of the gate. "Here they come boys! everyone to your positions!" a guard yelled out from the gatehouse. The soldiers instantly jumped into action. preparing for the attack. from the top of the wall a group of what looked like 200 Goblins seemed to be poring out what must of been a cave entrance hidden by a hill. Guards on the walls readied their bows with very few having rifles waiting for the Goblins to get into range before opening fire.