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The Pursuit of Honour - Setting the scene for an inter-clan event!
It was a calm moonlit night. The surprisingly clear sky delighted every person who was lucky enough to see it. Only the loud music from the Imperial Orchestra could distract the captivated observer. It was a ball night organized by the Empress. The Imperial Palace was full of brave lords and beautiful ladies. In the middle of the crowd you could find skilled warlords: Knight-JD with the Force in his pocket, Limus the Too Honest, Tony Saber the best of zubrowka drinkers, King Wiking from distant Kingdom, Old Edwin touched by God, and many others. The Empress was sitting on her throne, she seemed satisfied. Her faithful assistant, friend and saviour of all men Arctic
was next to her. They were protected by the Empress’ personal guard. Away from all this excitement lady Laitha, a young but very skilled warrior, was still looking at the sky from the palace balcony. Her husband wasn’t with her, she was alone, but happy with all those stars.
It was impossible to stand next to the drinks table without meeting Patrickou. This legendary French lord was a big wine lover, especially when it was free. Without doubt Patrickou could easily win the title of the most joyful lord of this evening. He saw Laitha, took a couple of glasses and stole a bottle of wine. He joined her on the balcony and proposed a glass of wine. Patrickou wasn’t really sober, wasn’t as gentlemanly as usual. With a devilish swiftness he caught her about the waist, and kissed her again and again upon the mouth. When Laitha realized what was happening, she shoved him away. But joyful Pat was so joyful this night. He drank the last drops of wine and threw away the bottle. He was ready to catch her again, but was violently pushed by Christus, Laitha’s chief guard and gallant husband. Two other guards StormyMerl and Khellendronum were next to her and ready to protect her from any danger. Patrickou fell down to the ground. His guards weren’t far, they heard the disturbance and rushed to help their Lord.
- “Sir Patrickou is everything alright” – asked Bonydragony, one of Patrickou’s guards,
- “What’s going on here?!” – said Surimus , another guard of Patrickou.
- “I was assaulted!!!” – screamed Patrickou – “Her guards assaulted me!!!”
- “What? Liesss!” – claimed Laitha – “I’m the one who has been assaulted, Ugh!.”
- “I kissed you woman!” - exclaimed Patrickou.
Surimus helped Patrickou to stand up. Laitha’s guards put their hands on their sword hilts.
- “Don’t even think about it or you will die right here!” – said Bonydragony who was keeping sword in his hands.
- “Why do you stop them? We can kill them right now, cut off their heads and use them for drinks or for Hamlet representations” - added Surimus.
- “Stop it! Stop it immediately!” – it was the Empress. She wasn’t satisfied by her reception anymore, she was really angry.
- “Let me explain, dear Empress...” – Sir Patrickou began with only a slight slurr in his voice.
- “I don’t want to hear your explanations. How could you? Both of you! You were honoured to be invited here!” – said Empress.
- “Now you will leave my palace! But before you leave, listen to me, listen to me attentively, I won’t repeat it. You should resolve your conflict. To do so you will choose your best warriors, they will participate in the tournament to protect your honour and the honour of your clans. The Pursuit of Honour Tournament should start as soon as possible. Once it’s finished you will recover my favour” - every present person felt the anger in her voice.
- “Guards!!! Help our guests to find their way out!”
A few days after the Empress’s ball, Lord Patrickou and his faithful comrades were on the road leading to the Elite Warriors’ castle “Elitistium”. Patrickou hadn’t forgotten about the events in the Empress’ palace, letters were sent to legionnaires, peace was in danger.
“I’m Pat, joyful Pat,
Really great, full of faith,
I’m so cool | I’m so cool, and I rule,
Don’t mess, don’t mess with Pat…”
“Hmm, excuse me my Sir, but are you singing?” – fearfully asked Bahlaty.
“What? Who is talking to me? Ah! Bahlaty my dear friend, what are doing here?” – asked Patrickou in surprise.
“Hmm, actually I’ve been escorting you for three days” – timidly answered Bahlaty.
“No, it can be true! You can’t be serious, no, why didn’t I see you before?” – Patrickou was more and more surprised.
“I don’t know how to say it Sir, but you haven’t stopped drinking wine since we started our journey” - it took a lot of efforts from Bahlaty to answer.
“Wine! I really love it! Give me some wine, I’m thirsty.” – joy was visible in Patrickou’s eyes.
“More wine? But how is it humanly possible to drink so much? Oops… did I really say it… Sorry my Sir, we don’t have anymore wine” – Bahlaty became pale.
“No more wine? What's happening to the world? Thankfully we are arriving to Elitistium.”
Nanda was waiting for her old friend.
“Nanda! Nanda! You have a great castle, everything is so…elite here, maybe even too elite for me or for any normal person”
“Patrickou, you are finally here, it took a long time to arrive, but why?
“You know that I was invited by Empress? I had some problems there!”
“What kind of problems Patrickou?”
“Well, my clan will fight against Laitha’s clan. But we don’t need to talk about me. I’m here to congratulate you. You will be a great leader! I really apologize; I don’t have a gift for you. I had a box of the best wine that you can find, but I dra…. I mean Laitha’s warriors, no, Laitha’s thugs stole it!” – answered Patrickou.
“Really? Laitha? She is so young and such a nice girl. How can I help you my friend?” – asked Nanda.
“You want to help me? I will need your warriors to help in this war” – he said.
“But we don’t have any conflicts with Laitha or her clan my Lady” – Lyana intervened. “Lyana is right, why would we fight against Laitha? – added Siksoso.
“You are right my warriors, we have nothing against Laitha, but Patrickou is our friend, he is my friend. I want to help him. So I will ask you to help Patrickou with your combat skills, your bravery and your swords. If you want to help Laitha, you are free to do it. I bless you all.” – proclaimed Nanda.
“Stay here, in my castle, you and your friends need some rest. Onemark, could you show our friends their apartments” – she was interrupted by Patrickou – “Could Onemark show me your wine cellar, because I like to dri… I mean to think, but I need to be alone and a wine cellar is the best place to do it”.
“Onemark, show him our cellar” – “But Pat, don’t think all our wine”.
by WEGFWL super puper event team | | + |
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