Storyteller
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Roleplay posts: 63 
Registered: Jan 22, 2019 10:58:11 GMT -8
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Post by Storyteller on Jun 21, 2020 6:20:13 GMT -8
By the time they closed the gap and repelled their own turned troops, she'd lost another quarter of her men. But the street was clear, at least for the moment. Sending off the two squads was going to leave the Centurion with even less of her force to get to the activation rune but there was not much choice. Finding it was going to be the difference between life and death and if they could get there then, in this part of the city at least, it would end.
The way to the rune is not easy but the attacks don't seem to be any more concentrated in this area than the rest of the city. Which was, if intentional, a devious ploy. Why draw attention to the area when they could simply leave it be. A strong concentration of defenders might have made it even more obvious and they might never have found the thing. Eventually, the Centurion's forces arrive at the spot. There is nothing obvious on the street level, a few stores and tenement houses line the street, and there is a sewer grate to one side where the city used the natural flow of the river to sweep away sewage.
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Centurion Analiese Hael
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Roleplay posts: 50 
Age: 31
Physical Description: She is slightly above average height for a woman, about 5'10" and weighing a bit more at a 190lbs. She has medium-length platinum blonde hair, and a rather feminine face. It is the stern look in her eye that gives her face its hard edge, accompanied by the numerous bruises and scars that are a result of years of military service. Her figure is relatively slender, compacted with muscle from years of training and a strict nutrition regime.
Clothes and Equipment: Ana wears the traditional armor of an Isran Centurion, complete with the red sash and the Isran sigil on her breast. The armor is fitting to what curves she does have, and, given that the Lady Naoki had a say in the armor, probably accentuates them. She wields her sword, a weapon of no particularly special properties beyond good craftsmanship and having been lovingly maintained by generations of Haels. Her legionnaire's shield completes the image of a stalwart Isran warrior.
Registered: Oct 25, 2016 13:19:28 GMT -8
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Post by Centurion Analiese Hael on Jul 10, 2020 17:48:11 GMT -8
Finally a stroke of gods damned luck. Which meant...it was probably not actually luck. "Dammit." She muttered. Whatever this was, they were crafty. Analiese had no choice but to follow along. Any chance at saving people couldn't be skipped, no matter how much every instinct screamed at her that it was a colossal trap.
"Get that grate up." She ordered, a pair of her legionnaires prying the grate open. Five would go down first to ensure it was secure, followed by the rest of her unit, with Analiese being in the middle. Nobody was overly pleased by trekking into the sewer, but at least it limited the directions they could be ambushed in.
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Storyteller
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Roleplay posts: 63
Registered: Jan 22, 2019 10:58:11 GMT -8
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Post by Storyteller on Aug 9, 2020 8:17:00 GMT -8
The advanced scouting party didn't encounter any resistance. Neither did the group that followed down. Fanning out it didn't take long for them to find what they were looking for. The rune was massive, covering an entire section of wall. It glowed with a faint blue luminescence that might have been soothing somewhere else but down here it just looked sinister as it pulsed with magical power. It appeared as though the defence tactic they'd gone with had been misdirection. The rune wasn't guarded, the enemy had just relied on the fact that the much more obvious threat of the blue bloods would keep people from finding the rune for quite some time.
The question now was how would the Centurion deal with it? It was clear magical power was ripe within it, so just breaking the image might cause a massive explosion of energy. Which could very well be made worse by the gases down in the sewers.
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Centurion Analiese Hael
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Roleplay posts: 50
Age: 31
Physical Description: She is slightly above average height for a woman, about 5'10" and weighing a bit more at a 190lbs. She has medium-length platinum blonde hair, and a rather feminine face. It is the stern look in her eye that gives her face its hard edge, accompanied by the numerous bruises and scars that are a result of years of military service. Her figure is relatively slender, compacted with muscle from years of training and a strict nutrition regime.
Clothes and Equipment: Ana wears the traditional armor of an Isran Centurion, complete with the red sash and the Isran sigil on her breast. The armor is fitting to what curves she does have, and, given that the Lady Naoki had a say in the armor, probably accentuates them. She wields her sword, a weapon of no particularly special properties beyond good craftsmanship and having been lovingly maintained by generations of Haels. Her legionnaire's shield completes the image of a stalwart Isran warrior.
Registered: Oct 25, 2016 13:19:28 GMT -8
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Post by Centurion Analiese Hael on Aug 25, 2020 19:03:09 GMT -8
A tricky question indeed. She had no desire to potentially destroy everyone she brought down here...and she had no mages. A flaw really, assuming she survived, Analiese would make sure to request at least one mage at the cohort level during...she shook her head, such thoughts would not help her now.
"Hmmm, what if we ignite the sewer gases and sealed the entrance? I don't know if fire would even activate the damn thing..." She trailed off, looking about to see if there was any other option around her besides physically smashing the rune with a weapon.
"See if you can find a support, something holding up this section of the sewer and let's try to collapse it."
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