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Post by Ser Richard on Aug 1, 2016 22:33:08 GMT
Richard stands shoulder to shoulder with Sebastian, facing the four men in leather. He swings for their hearts.
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Post by The Raven on Aug 2, 2016 2:26:24 GMT
Ser Harlan takes advantage of the high ground and leaps downward to plant his sword into a man's skull before withdrawing back up after, though he finds himself having to kick the fresh corpse off his weapon onto the other loyalists. Two of the men move down the stairs out of reflex to avoid their friend's body. The grinning foreigner simply leaps over it.
Ser Malkym is not so sure footed, and receives a cut across the left leg from the likely sellsword. He kneels slightly and compensates by lowering his shield. Nyles, already used to the nagging pain in his own leg, holds his position.
(Three enemies left below. Ser Malkym receives a Light Wound.)
Ser Richard, surprising absolutely nobody in the Seven Kingdoms at this point, cleanly severs the leg of a descending attacker. Practically a boy, the young man screams and falls down the stairs into Sebastian's armored foot, which shatters his skull into a rough paste. Fortunately, the carpet was already ruined.
(Three enemies left above. No wounds.)
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Post by The Raven on Aug 2, 2016 3:28:53 GMT
Though his shield is sturdy, the sellsword manages to slip a blade under his guard, slicing into the goldcloak's tendon. He falls and dropping his sword, grabs hold of the railing with his free hand as he fends off attack with his free hand.
Nyles delivers a cut across the arm of a lesser foe, while Harlan bumps another man back down the steps with a shield.
(Three foes left. Light Wounds delivered to both leathered men. Heavy Wound to Ser Malkym.)
Richard castrates a man shortly before putting him out of his misery with Dark Sister. Meanwhile, the other two thugs descend on Florent. One manages to cut under the plate protecting his shoulder, but his lunge is not strong enough to do real harm.
(Two foes left. Ser Sebastian Florent receives a reduced Medium Wound.)
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Post by Ser Richard on Aug 2, 2016 3:33:53 GMT
A thought struck Richard as the boy fell, a single moment of clarity that was fully realized as his sword pulled back to defend. A epiphany, that's what the educated men would've called it. He never should have been a knight. He shouldn't have been in this dank and dreary hall, slicing apart men who were true to their king. He should've been a septon maybe, taken a different kind of oath, one that would have let him sit the war out. Less full of glory maybe, but it would have been one of healing, instead of cutting.
That thought didn't help as he raised his blades to fight yet again. But it caused him a pause. He would need to stand vigil, to think through this later.
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Post by Vex on Aug 2, 2016 8:47:56 GMT
Seeing Ser Malkym tumble to the railing, Harlan attempted to position himself between him and the attackers, attempting to engage the foreigner.
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Post by Ethan Flatrivers on Aug 2, 2016 9:43:07 GMT
Nyles is having a moment of moral clarity as his uncle has doubt. These men needed to die in the most immediate way available.
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Post by The Raven on Aug 2, 2016 11:25:18 GMT
Harlan accepts a shallow cut across his upper sword arm from the bald killer. He cackles and in broken trade tongue declares, "I make fine pants out of pretty man's pretty cloak! Astonishing pants for Kubark!!" Despite the better position, neither Nyles nor Harlan manage to strike the madman, though Nyles kicks another enemy's front teeth out. He seems conflicted over whether to pause and pick up his teeth before the outlander smacks him in the back of the head.
(Light Wound to Harlan. Another Light Wound to a Targaryen thug.)
While Richard's foe backs up the stairs in an effort to find some kind of advantage, Sebastian Florent's blade cuts into a man's side before hurling the man bodily onto the ground floor, where his neck and most of his spine is shattered. He will die of asphyxiation in less than a minute. His last thoughts are of when he squired for Breakspear in Duskendale. He's helping the Prince put his armor on, and His Highness says, "Listen well, Jon. A king is only as good as his kingdom. Men will tell you the opposite, but a just people will not tolerate a tyrant, and a lawless kingdom has no use for an honest ruler. That means all of us, from my father to the man who shines my armor, must strive to be honorable men. Not foolish, but decent and unafraid of sacrifice. Do you understand me, Jon?"
Jon dies realizing he still doesn't understand.
(One vastly overmatched opponent left.)
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Post by The Raven on Aug 2, 2016 21:26:37 GMT
Suddenly, the toothless charges and tackles Nyles, grabbing hold of his kicking legs, pulling him onto his back and down the stairs. The second man in leather draws a dagger and kneels on the squire, trying to probe his visor with the blade. Nyles feels the cold steel cutting in his cheek, his nose, even his left eye. Even worse than the maiming is the sense of helplessness, the armor crippling his movement as much as the bastards holding him down. It feels like an eternity to the young man, a hell in which the Smallfolk exert their revenge for every proud and ugly thought he ever had.
Nyles doesn't see Harlan slit his tormentor's throat, but he does feel the trickle of blood fall through his visor and the other thug let go. And the laughter of the strange sellsword.
(Reduced Heavy Wound to Nyles. He will be able to continue fighting should he manage to get up. The eye injury is not as severe as it feels, though he should see a maester forthwith. Yay for platemail.)
Richard kills another man with a single stroke. His name was Qarl and he was formally engaged to wed Lenora. However, since the war ended, he has been spending long nights away from her, preparing for the return of the true king. Lenora thinks he is seeing another woman, perhaps Catelyn the castle seamstress. She would have have confronted him about tonight.
"Richard! Your nephew!" Cries out Sebastian, as he sprints down the stairs stepping over the squire's body and take up his defense.
(The path upstairs is cleared.)
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Post by Ethan Flatrivers on Aug 3, 2016 15:22:48 GMT
Nyles has run from Benjy's goons twice. He does his best to pick himself up to keep swinging. He will not run a third time.
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Post by Ser Richard on Aug 3, 2016 18:03:19 GMT
Richard ordered Nyles immediately "Step out Nyles!" The three knights were already pressed for space, the squire would be obstructing the way "come on man!"
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Post by Vex on Aug 3, 2016 20:45:56 GMT
"You alright? Nyles?" Harlan asked the squire, quickly turning around again to face the foreigner once more, obviously not wanting to turn his back to him for long.
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Post by Ethan Flatrivers on Aug 3, 2016 21:16:54 GMT
"Never better," he said through gritted teeth. He rolls on his belly and grabs his bleeding eye in a vain effort to stanch the flow of blood.
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Post by The Raven on Aug 3, 2016 22:33:01 GMT
The toothless commoner grapples with Harlan, trying to drive his sword into the chainmail. He is stronger than he looks, and his breath smells of old fish as it murmurs unintelligible threats that might seem more threatening if he could still enunciate properly. The blade makes manages to slip into Harlan's gut before Sebastian arrives, slamming the pommel of his weapon into his inferior's face.
"Tell my wife-" manages Ser Malkym before Kubark pushes his sword through the knight's mouth and out the back of the head. "Is love! Is true love, yes?!" Seeing the other two knights descending the stairs, Kubark draws a long dagger and takes a few steps down, perhaps preparing for some kind of glorious duel.
(Another Light Wound to Qarl, who really only signed up for the coin. Medium Wound to Harlan. Kubark backs down the stairs, leaving Qarl as only active foe.)
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Post by Ethan Flatrivers on Aug 3, 2016 23:23:29 GMT
Nyles tries to drive his dagger into Qarl's foot . Quitting wasn't an option. He'll hit him with his helmet if he has to.
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Post by The Raven on Aug 3, 2016 23:54:55 GMT
Nyles slams his dagger into Qarl's boot, nearly pinning it to the floor. The paid killer howls in pain, leaning forward and dropping his defensd, allowing Harlan and Sebastian to finish him off.
Kubark leans against the wall just below the various slumped corpses, scratching his bald head with his knife. "If Kubark die today, only great shame will be no hair. Kubark have magnificent silver hair, but boss make Kubark cut magnificent silver hair. Plain Westerosi would be dazzled."
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