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Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

And their king is actually a king, and the bandits in plate armor are actually the Royal Army of Velt, which we've just invaded by accident.

Oops?

Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

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A small part of me hopes that Vita makes Fanilly completely worthless in order to question the wisdom of placing armies in charge of people chosen by lunar shenanigans.

A small part.

Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

Iowerth Rhydderch

Admittedly, this plan was not Iolyn's first choice, like every knight present he would have conducted the battle differently if it were him in charge. Different commanders, different plans, different styles. Preferably, he'd have commanded a unit of more lightly armed troops and held back while the other three groups closed in on the enemy. Then, when the rout began and there was an obvious path of escape, they would have chased down the cowards, preferably with the "Bandit King" among them.

Ultimately, this was not an ideal situation for him. The man preferred mobility. With Zidra beneath him he could easily keep his distance and wear the enemy down with bolts from far, or quick darting charges at gaps in the enemy formation. At the very least, he could keep an eye open for enemy commanders from the rear and try and snipe the enemy into chaos. Still, though, a knight of his rank was as accustomed to taking orders as giving them, and he voiced no dissent at the current state of things. Indeed, with their few numbers, any charge would need him added to it in order to give it strength. If worst came to worst he could always use the woman in front of him as a big undead barricade to fire missiles from behind.

As it stood though, he only expected to take one shot in the battle today, and hopefully it would find Jeremiah like a kiss from Death. His crossbow was knocked at his side for just that purpose.

"Admittedly this wasn't the kind of chess I had in mind when I made the offer. Should be easy enough to clear a board of pawns and a king though."

Iolyn was not a pious man himself, but he could respect the woman's dedication to her faith even so many years after her "death". An existence like that could easily be considered a curse, although if tales were true she could be killed if she ever tired of her duties. Still, she seemed far too stubborn to ever consider dying. Truly, she was far more terrifying once one got to know her, the enemy had no idea.

"Keep your discipline men, do not let your charge devolve into a skirmish. Break their formation while keeping our own and the dogs will realize quickly how much more bark than bite they have. We follow the longest serving knight in the Order! Let her see your resolve today and be proud of what the Iron Roses have become!"

Iolyn himself was never fond of speeches, but it could do wonders for the morale right before a charge. Some of these men and women were far too green to reliably hold the line when push came to shove. With any luck, their determination would be steeled, and a potential disaster prevented.

His hand gripped the Kriegsmesser at his side tightly as a grim smile spread across his own face. Yes, words could have immense power in a battle, but it was still steel that would carry the day in the end. He was prepared to spill blood in order to make the countryside safer.

It was a good day for regicide.

Summer Secrets - Closed

Noooo clue if people are still linked to this, but just in case -

I'm really sorry for disappearing and letting this die, guys. Life got really hectic and crazy and I didn't really have time to keep up with this at the time, or even now. Again, I'm really sorry! Maybe another time when we're all less busy again I can reboot this but for now it will stay as is.

Thank you all for participating while it was alive, though. You're all wonderful. <3

@The Muse

No worries, just send me a PM sometime so we can catch up.

Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

@ZebanamanaI would say not, as it seems noone else went with the undead-pincushion. Just that brief interaction happened between the two.

Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

So it does, I suppose that explains why her armor isn't stuffed to the brim with actual roses in order to ward off the smell.

Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

@VitaVitaARGoing back through the RP, it seems like it. Assuming Iolyn gets lumped in with the undead knight that has managed to alienate just about everyone else with the stabbing routine.

@Raineh DazeYou should know by now people have too little willpower for spoiler tags to mean anything.

Still, I wouldn't have been surprised if she looked more like this:

Hider

Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

Oh come now, no need to ruin the mystery for the RP. @Raineh Daze

Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

Since she stubbornly refuses to remove the armour, her actual appearance can only be guessed at—everyone she once met is dead—but looking through the visor makes two things clear; Tyaethe has pale skin and red eyes. Given her imposing presence within the armour, her height lies somewhere around the upper end of five feet and the lower of six.

@Raineh Daze

Yeeeeeeeeah @Themerlinhawk

@Raineh Daze On another note, probably Iolyn just going by current location.

Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

@Snagglepuss89 But... which group are you going with? xD

Playing with two hundred years outdated chess strategy would be awkward. :P

@Raineh Daze

I wasn't aware when I made the post that I was on a one day time limit to pick a specific group to go with, so, I'unno yet? He did just get there and miss the little plan speech, so likely he'll leave it up to the Captain's order in all honesty.

Awkward but amazingly informative, so that "Chess: Two Hundred Years of Lost Techniques Revealed" can be written.