Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20190505142549/@comment-17114085-20190916140302

"You could blast some training dummies with it out back." Helgi suggested.

"That would just needlessly drain the staff's power though." Jofrodr noted. "Refilling it later is no easy task, you'll need to get soul gems and souls."

Helgi didn't really understand that magical mumbo-jumbo so he just shrugged.

"Now this is quite surprising..." Randagulf muttered.

"What does it say?" Elisiv asked.

Gunnar, whom had just arrived at the hall, asked what was going on.

Randagulf explained. "Jarl Harald of Østmark is asking for every true son of Skyrim to answer a call to arms. In a war against the Snow Elves of Mereth."

"Snow Elves?" Gunnar was also surprised. "Why now of all of the sudden?"

"He claims that they attacked his hold and killed some of his people. His words seem quite charged." Randagulf stated. He handed the letter to Gunnar for him to take a look.

Gunnar gave it a quick once-over. He couldn't hide the excitement on his face. "Haha, this will be a glorious war to be sure. The mission of the 500 must be finished. He says and I couldn't agree more."

"When is this war to take place?" Elisiv asked.

"The letter doesn't say, I'm sure he didn't want to give out any details in case the elves intercepted a missive." Randagulf said.

"Gudmund!" Gunnar yelled out. "Get up here you big oaf! We need to train the novices for war! We have elves to kill!"

Randagulf didn't look as excited about this as Gunnar, or maybe he just hid it better.

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Lars found the plaza packed with people and the town crier standing at the elevated center. He held out a scrolls and spoke loudly, almost in a yell.

"Let every true son of Skyrim answers the Jarl's call!" The crier started.

"The Snow Elves seek to invade us and drive us out of our homes as they once did with our ancestors at Saarthal! They have burned down farms and slaughtered innocents in my hold! I will not let this go unpunished! We have not forgotten the Night of Tears! Ysgramor led the 500 Companions against the treacherous elves centuries ago, but they left the elves to our south alone! A folly that has now cost more of our kinsmen's lives! It is out responsibility to correct this folly! We will destroy the Snow Elves once and for all! They will pay for their crimes with their lives! The mission of the 500 must be finished!" He read out the declaration.

The people at the plaza were riled up by the crier's words. They were Jarl Harald's words, but Jarl Ivar had changed the letter a little to make it less about Harald and let him take some of the credit.

The crowd began to chant and call for vengeance against the elves.