Pearion_Rehtyer

The Fall of Jerusalem

Perhaps after the next round of posts so that people have time to get characters ready for it? Not IC obviously, but in terms of how they'd like their characters positions and such.

The Fall of Jerusalem

I would be up for that if we're all ready for it to start, yes.

The Fall of Jerusalem

The invasion isn't set to start until the night is over, but yes, we have all posted, so go ahead ^^

The Fall of Jerusalem

*Nods* Indeed, though if someone is taking more than a day, I'd assume they may be having a hard time coming up with a post. You could ask OOC if that were the case, and if you don't recieve an OOC response within about six hours or so (assuming you're not asking in the middle of the night) I'd think that you can safely respond without confusing people.

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Hayate was uncertain of the girl as well, if she really was a sorceress, then surely her actions would have seemed a bit more suspicious yes? He was not an expert on the topic though, despite being one who used magic himself. Comparing that to the situation, he figured the actions of one might not be suspicious, he thought his actions were not suspicious after all. He hears her comment that she may be possessed and is trying to cleanse such a spirit, thinking that her description of herself sounds valid, it could easily be just as persecuted as if she used magic after all. Though at least she appeared to be trying to resolve it as well. He listened to Marduk and smiled briefly, the dragon's sentiments were his own.

"Yes, she shall be judged for good or naught by..." He paused to stare at the Mosque Marduk was bowed before, and seemed to realize that he had prevented the dragon from a moment of peace. Upon this recognition he frowned and strode from the beast's side, back over towards Rhia, "I was not aware you were praying...that was my folly. Though as for why, I have never seen a dragon before. I have heard you are dangerous creatures, which I wanted to judge for myself. I am satisfied, you have had ample time to attack, in moments it seemed my guard was down, and you have not. I hope you will forgive me for interrupting your prayer." He spread his arms to the side to reveal his body more and added, "I do not have arms on me either if you notice, merely armor. Though I suppose I can get in trouble for that." The nonchalant answer was meant to serve making efforts searching him dissuasive, for though he did not have arms on him as he said, his store of energy would be....problematic if discovered. "If the armor discomforts you I can remove it again, and I am not a crusader."

Here he explains his goal, "I have come to this city as a pilgrimage, like the young lady. My faith has been questioned, and I wished to show it good by journeying thousands of miles to the scene of our Savoir's death......." He was silent for a moment her before kneeling to Marduk in case he had somehow insulted the dragon's faith.

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*Notes*: I'm not sure if there's a posting order, but I'm trying to follow one. So would you please wait for the others to post before you do your next post, Illu? There will be more for you to respond to that way, and people will have a chance to respond to all of your last post.

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Hayate stood up strong, armor and posture stiff and ready for combat even as the girl urged him in a soothing tone to stop his actions. He did note he felt slightly less compelled to harm the dragon, even were it to attack, but he hadn't been planning on acting outright in the first place. He stared between the two and started to relax his guard when the dragon stated it was not wanting to fight, and likely could not...though larger than him. This answer satisfied Hayate and as he dropped his stance just about the time an elder came over to chastise the girl that had tried to keep him calm.

The fact that he was condemning sorcery unnerved Hayate a bit, as if Hayate's pack was examined, this man would probably be able to tell he had stores of it. He edged a bit away from him because of it and then turned to the female, examining her for a bit before kneeling down and offering his thanks. He took the language the dragon had for this, to offer a common tongue, "Your attempts were appreciated, though I think we should check on the dragon. Perhaps I scared him a bit more than intended?" He looked back at the dragon, thinking that would be kind to the odd creature after giving such a random threat, he was probably wondering why. He didn't want to draw the elder man's attention too much to him though, so he only offered him a small, "Greetings..." and yanked his pack a bit further away.

He had chosen not to remove his armor, mostly because it would take another few minutes to do. And upon reaching close enough he knelt and patted the drake's head before saying, "You have no reason to bow, I issued the threat." Leaving further action to the dragon while he focused on the other two humans that were...probably more of a danger considering what the dragon said, though he was curious as to the dragon's bowing to the mosque. He gestured with a hand, the armored limb clanking as it moved about. "...I'm not sure you can call what the young lady did sorcery though, a voice can have a soothing effect." He wasn't entirely sure it wasn't sorcery, but he was not going to condemn her yet for it.

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He would most likely be Norman in that case as his grandfather would have needed to be able to carry out research for a few years, meaning his family would need to be able to be there for about 20 years or so. Also the life expectancy being less in those days would make it likely that was the case anyways. By the way, thanks for all the help Jinx!

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Hayate likely knows old style english, with the 'ye' and 'beareth' style of speech, though unless you would prefer I actually add in those (I don't mind RP'ing that out IC if you guys would like it) Although he could have taken basic teaching in another language, Arabic, Latin or Greek. He would not be proficient in the language, but he would be able to at least preform basic communications in it.

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Hayate stumbled out of the house he was staying in, his pack slung over his shoulder for now. He was only in partial armor currently, wanting to display the cross on his chest rather prominently to show his faith to God. Though he figured that the people he was renting a room from had differing beliefs than him, they had charged him prices fit for much better service, such prices only wealthy nobles should have to pay. Needless to say, it had bled him dry of his funds. Still, he was grateful that he had been allowed to stay at all, a heavily armored knight coming to the city in Christian gear was likely not really very...approved of. He paced out into the city for the night, hoping to draw less attention than during the day. Carrying his armor in his pack was...quite uncomfortable, but if he placed it on it was very likely he would draw more attention than his crossed shirt, and he couldn't very well take off his clothing.

He checked to see his armor had hid his stores of magic energized gems well enough and started asking around for directions to the nearest temple he could worship God in. Of course, he was not a Jew, so the temple would not serve the same purpose, but either way he would receive a quiet place to gather his thoughts and commune with God. He had at least three days after all. He would have time to sort out the correct place to show his faith, or perhaps just bringing back proof of his visit would be enough. Eventually he stumbled upon a huge...creature, bowing its head before a mosque. He had heard of these, dragons they were called. They were branded dangerous creatures in his land, and without his armor he did not think he stood much chance of taking one out, though it didn't appear to be too focused on him at the moment, so he dropped his heavy pack, which gave a loud clanking noise and started fastening on his armor, whether or not the dragon noticed him. Upon gearing up entirely he took a breath and dropped into a stance before stating, "FOUL BEAST! Prepare yourself!" He had noticed its bowed head and was beginning to wonder if it had been trained that or some such, but for now he wanted to see its response to his threat.