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Fire Emblem: The Sword of Conquest

When joining the line of recruits, Arianna found that her nerves were finally getting to her. She shifted from foot to foot, nervously awaiting the beginning of... Well, something. She wasn't entirely sure of what the big boss man of the mercenary group had planned for the new recruits, but that only helped to push Arianna closer to a panic attack.

The men had surrounded her had all one thing in common: They were bigger than her. And they were men. More than once had she been cornered by drunken perverts in the streets of Charten, and each time she was barely able to escape the clutches of the delirious men. But these five? If they wanted to, they would rip her to shreds in a heartbeat.

Still though, Arianna was determined to star strong. She straightened her posture to a pole-like stature, puffing her chest out to make her seem bigger, if only a little bit. Suddenly, a voice drifted in to her ear. It was one of the recruits. The voice was quiet, and obviously meant for her. "I wouldn't worry, Lass. Unless you can't even swing one I doubt they'd turn you away."

His comment made Arianna cross her arm and puff her cheek out in distaste. "That's easy for you to say," she huffed. The man looked tough, but that sounded like an understatement in Arianna's head. By the Gods, the man was missing an eye! "I mean, look at you. You look like you can break a neck like a twig, and I don't even have a weapon."

Suddenly, the four other men started to jump in to the conversation. One of them was leery of the man who had just been conversing with Arianna, apparently cross over his apparent alliance with the Rak'thurrian empire, a country that Arianna had never heard of before. There was a sudden tension in the air as the Rak'thurrian fighter shot back his own remark.

Then, to her great relief, the second man quickly eased the tension between the feuding rivals. He had introduced himself as Helath, and was rambling on about his two axes, which he had affectionately named Knuckles and Palm. They were impressive axes, to say the least. After Helath had finished, the Rak'thurrian, started to explain his axe as well. It's name was 'Invictus,' which apparently translated to 'invinsible.' The tidbit about the serrated hunk of metal about being able to shred through armor made Arianna shudder.

After the man was done gloating about his weapon, an obvious truth dawned on her. Something that she had even said out loud, but failed to take in to consideration: Arianna had no weapon of her own. This made her even more nervous about the four men. She, who had no formal weapons training, besides chopping wood, was going against four, larger men, who were probably very well trained in their trades. "I'm-I'm Arianna!" She said pridefully. Her confidence began to shrink as she continued. "And, uhm, I don't really have a weapon. And to be honest, I've never really swung an axe at anybody..." She looked down at her feet, suddenly ashamed to be where she was amongst these men.

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In Awakening, is there a way to get retired fighters back? Because Tharja retired after getting hit by Gangrel in Chapter 11 and her obsession with the avatar was adorable ;~; I'm on classic mode by the way.

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Vincanity said
You'll get it shortly. I can't think/type/edit today. My old man is just on me about everything and its distracting the creative process.

Oh yeah, of course ^_^ No rush man~.

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Mister Vincanity, I'm waiting for a post from the wolf pack.

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Double said
Okay so is this a town or a camp? Because I keep seeing conflicting descriptions in everyone's posts.

It's a town, however at the edge of the town there is a mercenary camp where most of the characters are.

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Aw :( Ereshk. I feel bad. Poor guy.

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._. God dammit. Double post glitch happened I'm sorry.

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Ignore Plz

Double post glitch.

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With a final bite, Arianna had effectively eaten most all of the apple, leaving only the core and a stem left in her wake. And boy, did it hit the spot! She tossed the apple core on the ground and wiped her mouth to clear away any food remnants that didn't reach her mouth.

The man who she assumed to be the leader of the group had told her and the three other men with her seeking work to line up on the training ground. Arianna was naturally leery of him, giving her orders when he didn't even know who he was, but even more so that she had been accused of making a snide comment. What did he expect? This certainly wasn't normal of a mercenary group, at least not to her knowledge. Whatever, it couldn't be helped. And after that, big boss man over there was the last person Arianna wanted to piss off.

She jumped when Barst, one of the men who had led her to the camp, had relayed to the leader of the group that she was supposedly "the best" with an axe. This caused her to laugh nervously and rub the back of my head. Oh great, she thought. Looks like I better get good in the next five seconds. She sighed and looked around for where she was supposed to be. The training ground was probably the big open area in the middle of the camp, the very one she was standing in front of right now, but she didn't want to look stupid in front of everyone. Instead, she waited for the three other recruited men to move, joining them on either side of the line whenever they decided to take their place.

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Mister Tentacle, was Duraid addressing Arianna as the "snidely-commenting woman?"