Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20160322224717/@comment-17114085-20160506120814

(@Pac: My bad, I forgot about that. There are only 10 warriors left then.

@Sunny: IDK, like 150-200 or something like that.)

~23rd of Sun's Dawn

The 200 guards remained behind cover, waiting for their foes to get closer to spring their counter-attack.

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The warriors were now being pretty decimated, they wouldn't last much longer.

Having ignored the archers that were firing at him and focused on the incomming reinforcements, Cynric was shot in the back by one of the arrows.

When the archers themselves began getting fired upon, they hide behind the barricades and switched their focus from the bosmer to the enemy archers.

The 50 reinforcements arrived from the south to join in the fighting.

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~13th of Rain's Hand

"What are you suggesting, Tobias?" Korst asked.

"You may not have the numbers to defeat alone, but with an ally they would be easy pickings." The steward suggested.

Galos nodded. "That is an interesting proposal. We could ally with Whiterun. Surely the Jarl is friendly enough with us after we gave her gold."

"That would be a good choice. Last month Whiterun and Falkreath declared a truce, so the army of Whiterun is free to aid us." Fryssa stated.

"No." Korst rejected the proposal. "I don't like that Jarl and I don't believe that she would even agree to help us. It is likely that she only declared that truce to build up her strength with the gold I gave her. So she won't be wasting her men on my wars."

"What about the Rift then?" Dreekius suggested. "They also border us and..."

Korst cut him off. "The Rift's Jarl is a babe! His regency council rules his hold. I don't trust them and I haven't forgotten where my father died."

"I have a suggestion, my king. You may not like it but it is the logical one. Ally with the Pale." Tobias said.

"What?! Never!" Korst yelled, outraged that his steward would even make such a suggestion.

"Listen King Korst. I know that you want to make every traitor pay, and you will. But we have the opportunity to use the Pale to our advantage. Ally with them now, make them drop their guard and help you take Winterhold. Then when their armies are spent from fighting alongside you, you can more easily defeat them." Tobias explained his plan.

While he was angry, Tobias' words were wise. Korst nodded approvingly as he thought about the plan.

"One problem. Why would the Pale even want to ally with us? After what Korst did to the nobles here, the Pale won't trust us." Fryssa said.

"That is why we must give them an olive branch. Promise them lands in Winterhold and offer them something they can't refuse...like an important betrothal." The steward replied.

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~23rd of Rain's Hand

The bandits were surrounded by the soldiers coming from the broken gates to the ones descending from the battlements. They tried to form up in a circular formation to fend off attacks from all sides but they were in too few numbers. They would not last much longer.

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The Viscount nodded and followed the Empress, his party following a little behind them.