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Hey, just a new idea, but when we get the updates of what has happened, why don't we set up a PM room and post it there, so it is easier to find. Just an idea.

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LimeyPanda said
We are in the final stages of the summit. I may have thrown a wrench in the plans by bringing up the Elsweyr issue.On a side note, can no one except the Khajiit player post in the summit until he has. It is important he gets a word in and that the South can respond. After that, people can throw in their opinions and there can be a general "I'mma support the north" or "I'mma support the south."

Ah, Sorry, I'm posting now,

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Ah, my mistake, I must've mis read the bit about the mane because I was tired, and yeah I missed the bit about Ta'fel... What do you think I should do to acknowledge what happened to Ta'fel.
Note:Won't be back till later because of damn school. That's probably why I've been missing things... :(

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Wait, wait, wait! What the hell?! The mane hasn't even been born yet! And sorry, what happened to Ta'fel?

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Calarin
After giving Ab'Farahan the good news, before he set off to the Black Marsh Summit, Ta'fel returned to the village of Calarin, which had shockingly fortified itself extremely, in the short time Ta'fel was gone. The walls had extra stone added and were very thick, and balistas and other defensive equipment were made and placed on the walls. The blacksmith and his apprentice had made a quick batch of Iron armour and weapons which most ablebodied men were equipped with now, However, because they were made so quickly they were not as strong as they could've been, but the blacksmith said that whenever it was safe enough and he had the chance he will try and reinforce a few sets of armour at a time. The equipped men were either walking on the walls or practicing their skills. Although it was a small village the population was rather big and because it was surrounded by hills it was easier to defend. Ta'fel walked towards the centre of the village and announced "Alright men, listen up! We are about to attack Corinthe. Ta'fel has brought even more men and siege equipment to help us out. Ta'fel needs at least a hundred of you to come with us. Who's ready to give the southerners what they're asking for?"
The men roared and just like Ta'fel wanted, atleast a hundred men came to help out, including J'Dato. "Excellent!" Ta'fel praised "Men! Get rest! Tomorrow, We take back Corinthe!"
Again, the crowd roared.

Outside of Corinthe, the following morning
Ta'fel and his small army observed the city of Corinthe. "Hmm..." Ta'fel said while observing a weak spot of Corinthe's walls, "Catapults! On the Eastern wall! Do you see it! The wall is damaged! Strike there on Ta'fel's command! And after the wall is open, Ta'fel only wants you to attack the walls afterwards if you deem it necesarry. Do you understand? We need to keep the city together so we don't have to repair more after it is conquered. And men, only attack those who are equipped with weapons and are attacking you. We don't want to kill innocents."
"Yes sir!" The army replied, acknowledging Ta'fel's commands.
"Good..." Ta'fel waited a few minutes and then...
"STRIKE THE WALL!" Ta'fel yelled while him and the majority of men charged towards the city, the others stayed behind to protect the siege equipment. As Ta'fel and his men charged towards the city, volleys of arrows were landing around them and hitting some of the men, but as they reached the city, the wall had opened up and they charged in striking down hostile threats.

In Corinthe, Late afternoon/Early evening
Many men on both sides died that day, but it finally ended when Ta'fel, who even though he had injured one of his arms, he still fought with ferocity because of his vendetta against the mayor, and J'Dato slayed the Mayor in charge of Corinthe. Almost all of the Southern men dropped their weapons and stood down, the ones who didn't and continued fighting were slain. The southern soldier were thrown into the prisons below Corinthe. Ta'fel and J'Dato sat down in the main hall of the keep. "J'Dato" Ta'fel started "You did well in the battle. You're a natural fighter."
"Hmm... Thank you." J'Dato replied.
"Will you return to Calarin?"
"J'Dato would think so unless you have other plans."
"Well, we need someone to manage Calarin, Ta'fel thinks you'd be the man for now."
"Well, I accept your offer..." He didn't finish his scentance, instead he stood up and ran towards a woman he saw. "Rabinna! Rabinna!" He yelled.
"J'Dato?" The woman replied shocked that they had met again.
"Rabinna." He said
"But, J'dato though she was the only one who survived that dreadful night at Takar!"
"And so did J'Dato!"
"Do you mind telling Ta'fel who this is?" Asked Ta'fel.
"This is J'Dato friend, Rabbina." Replied J'Dato "It seems she survived the Takar attack aswell."
"Rabbina cannot believe she is not the only one who survived!" Rabbina exclaimed.
"Well, Ta'fel is glad you could meet again, but Ta'fel has to go."
"We understand. Goodbye Ta'fel until we meet again."
"Goodbye." Ta'fel finished as he and some of the men wandered of back to Calarin, while others stayed to protect Corinthe.

Ta'fel never told men about his injured arm, as he fought it was embarrassing to admit he had been captured, and it could also lower his men's morale.

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LimeyPanda said
It happened now, changing the entire dynamic of two posts would be pointless in the light of what has happened. Come up with a minor ret-con if you like (I'd suggest that the Imperial representative stopped off at Eleswyr and let slip the information of the summit.) Or don't. We can imagine that the Emperor made a lucky guess that the Khajiit were not invited.

Well, your minor ret-con idea was what I was just thinking aswell. I just told darkwolf (not in this OOC) that maybe someone should've asked Ab'farahn if he was invited. Although, the Emperor idea would be simpler.

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LimeyPanda said
So uh, I'm a little confused as to how you have extrapolated that the Argonians did not invite the Khajiit from the letter I gave you, Darkwolf. The letter doesn't mention anywhere that it has omitted Eleswyr, and only a brief bit of my own personal pontification made note of it.By doing so, you have completely ruined an entire Plot-point I had in mind for the Eleswyr lot. More than a little frustrating, if I do say so.

Ah, I'm sorry. darkwolf sent me the message, so It isn't really my fault, but I'll apologize anyway. If you want, I will get rid off that part of my post. If that's ok with darkwolf (even though to be fair darkwolf shouldn't have a say in this anyway (because the summit is your part of the story)) :)

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Leidenschaft said
Duly noted. You will not escape the rape train when i wake up

Awwww... :'(

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Leidenschaft said
Elsweyr & Black Marsh: Taking advantage of the recent chaos in Elsweyr, a local pirate has taken to prowling the waters around Senchal and Soulrest, sacking many trade boats and ferries coming to and from the cities. Cyrodiilic sea-trade is not as affected, as the pirates seem to steer clear of the large merchant ships taking goods to the Imperial City. Some fishermen and locals from both cities take this as a sign that these are Imperial Privateers in their waters, whereas some just think they like to keep violent confrontation to a minimum, only preying on the weak.

Is this supposed to affect me? I mean, the sea is at the South of Elsweyr and I'm at the north, so currently, really, it is only affecting the South of Elsweyr which is actually kind of helping me. I mean, If I'm at the North, I'm probably not going to get trade from the sea, I'll either get it from the north, or from other nearby provinces. So, Hurray. The south is getting raped.

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The Old Fort

"Sir, a messenger is here." one of the guards told Ab'Farahn as he opened the door to the operation planning room. Ab'Farahn, who was again standing over the map, turned to the guard. "What is it? From who?" Ab'Farahn asked.
"The Empire" the guard replied
"Hmm... What's it about?"
"Guard doesn't know sir, the messenger is at the gate"
"Ah. Follow me..."
Ab'farahn walked on the wall above the gate and turned to look over at the messenger. "What is it?" He asked.
"A message from the Empire, a copy of an invitation to the Argonian summit! The Argonians didn't want the Khajiit to come!" He replied.
"Pass it through the gate!"
"Why? You don't trust the Empire?"
"No... Ab'farahn can't trust YOU... Just to stay on the safe side... Ab'farahn has nothing against you or the Empire personally. Pass it through."
"Whatever you say." The messenger replied as he passed the message through the gate.
One of the guards brought the up to Ab'farahn. "Farewell." Ab'farahn said to the messenger.
"And to you." He replied.

Ab'farahn opened the message. It read:
To the lords and ladies of the Empire

As you are reading this note: no doubt it would seem that each of you is now aware of my returned Shadowscales. The formerly repressed order has been reinstated and the Argonian power of Black Marsh is on the rise. As with all great nations, we strive for the greatest we can achieve: and no great nation can achieve alone. Without trade and without cooperation, there can be no great advancement.

As such, Rules-With-Claws, the lord of Argonia,and unifier of the denizens of Black Marsh, invites you to the city of Stormhold on the 22nd of Midyear, under the parlay of peace and negotiation. Argonia remains a nuetral land and we wish to hear all offers. The agenda of both Men and Mer can allign with the free people of Black Marsh. May strong alliances be formed on the back of this summit.

Signed, Rules-With-Claws
Lord of the Black Marsh and master of Argonia.

"Hmm..." Ab'farahn grinned and giggled quietly "Didn't want the Khajiit to come... Who do they think they are... And to think Elsweyr and Blackmarsh used to be friends..."
Ab'farahn walked back to operations planning room. "Ab'farahn hopes Ta'fel can get to that town soon."

Far west of Corinthe, in the village of Calarin

Although Ta'fel and his men had encountered several groups of bandits and Southern patrols, they climbed the obstacles and were victorious, although they had lost a few men. The reason it was such an achievment to be victorious is because Ta'fel only had 8, now 6, men with him, and there was at least a dozen of bandits and Southern forces at each encounter. They had finnally arrived at Calarin... Ta'fel was trying to persuade them to join the northern forces...
"No, we want know part in the war!" One of the villagers, a male, shouted.
"Please, listen to me our concern is your safety and the safety of Elsweyr, but to keep Elsweyr stable and happy, we need to eliminate the Southern rebellion and to do that we need to occupy and fortify Calarin!" Ta'fel pleaded.
"If we stay out of the war then no harm will come to us!" Another villager, a female, shouted.
"That is not true! The southern forces will come, and they will burn your villages down!" Ta'fel lied, spreading propaganda "And harm will come to the rest of Elsweyr! Have you seen what the Southern forces did to the town of Takar?! They burnt it to the ground!"
"We don't believe you!" The male shouted.
"It's true..." Said a quiet voice from the corner "The southern forces will come and they will destroy us! It is true! They destroyed Takar and killed everyone there! And Takar had nothing to do with the Northerners."
"Who are you?! A loyal pisspot to the Northerners?!" The female asked.
"No... J'Dato is my name. J'Dato's father was Ri'Dato... The man in charge of Takar. The Mayor, or count, J'Dato supposes, if you want to call him that. They burnt Takar down and killed everyone except for J'Dato. J'Dato escaped. Atleast, J'Dato believes he is the only survivor..."
"How do we know you are telling the truth?" Asked the male.
"Because of this..." J'Dato pulled out the crest of Dato Takar. An ancient crest, from the ancient bloodline that kept Takar running for at least the last Era. It was always locked in a secret vault that only the Datos knew of. It was charred and burnt. "This is proof of who J'Dato is, and what happened to Takar. J'Dato says that we side with the Northerners before the Southerners do the same to us! Who is with me!"
The small crowd roared, and everyone got to work fortifying the village and making it's wall even stronger.
"J'Dato..." Called Ta'fel "Come with Ta'fel please."
"Alright"
They moved outside of the village.
"Was it the Southern forces that actually did that?" Ta'fel asked.
"Yes... I'm sure!.." Replied J'Dato.
"Ta'fel is sorry... But Ta'fel thanks you for your aid, and so will Ab'Farahn, and Ta'fel is sure the next Mane will too... For now, can Ta'fel trust you to look after this village?"
"J'Dato doesn't have to... But J'Dato will..."
"Thank you J'Dato... Men! Stay here! Protect the village! I shall head back to the fort and give Ab'Farahn the good news!"
Ta'fel rode of towards the fort.
J'Dato sighed and thought to himself, One day, this will all be over, and maybe Elsweyr will be at peace again. J'Dato couldn't stop thinking about how no one told him what stars he was born under. Maybe they told him his destiny... He believed strongly that there was hardly a chance he could be the Mane, and he didn't want to be the Mane anyway, but he knew that something to do with the stars he was born under was suspicous. Maybe, he was born under a curse, maybe it told his destiny, or maybe it told a secret that he needed to uncover. Anyway, it wasn't important right now. J'Dato turned around, and looked at the villagers working to strengthen themselves for the greater good. Smiths making weapons, builders fortifying the defences and farmers gathering food for all. He thought for a minute how beutiful it was, but it just brought back painful memories of Takar... He moved into the village and helped out in anyway he could.