Hyrulian War Two--THE WAR ITSELF!!

[EmoCL]

[Booyakasha]

Sorry about the hiatus, O my brothers. I can't promise it won't happen again, but here's hoping. Now let's see if we can't back to brass tacks and rat-killing...

Freelancer After-Action Report!

Tazy (Zora): RP-- Zant spent the round recuperating in Red Rock Pass; received items. (Note: movement still reduced to one zone per square. You'll be back to normal in Round 9.) Still there.

X-3 (Hylian): Uzon traveled to Death Mountain Trail; killed 5 Goron troops. Still there.

Wyborn (Hylian): Equine butchery, followed by a trip to Kakariko Village and The Graveyard; there, the Knight presumably unearthed the song of whatevernot (suggestions are welcome). Current Location: The Graveyard.

CL (Goron): Darmanto traveled to Hylian Market and went totally freakout-sickhouse on the Hylian garrison there, killing 15 soldiers. Still there.

That Guy (Undead): No post; remains in Lost Woods West.

HYRULIAN GAZETTE!!
"I ut inimicos devorare!"
Issue 8......................04-16-08

EXTRA!! Anti-Goron revolution in Kakariko Village crushed--the search goes on for the ringleader, a Hylian of unknown origins!
EXTRA!! Zora force at Lake Hylia experience a Random Encounter with a Medium Neutral Party--a Loch Ness-style Creature! It looks at them quizzically and then swims off! Or hey, maybe they were imagining things and it was just a radiator hose! Who knows?
EXTRA!! Kokiri force at Lost Woods East experience a Random Encounter with a Medium Hostile Party--a platoon of renegade Skull Kids! 10 troops are slain subduing the villains!
EXTRA!! Environmental Alert!! Sandstorm over Thieves' Den! Thieves' Den impassable this round!
EXTRA!! Environmental Alert!! Tornados hit Hyrule Field NE! Any troops entering or leaving Hyrule Field NE suffer 5% losses, sucked up by the twisters!
EXTRA!! Battles at Hyrule Field NE! 30 Gorons from Hyrule Field N attack 1 Kokiri--attack successful! All Kokiri are slain; no Gorons die in the attack! Then 90 Undead from Lon Lon Ranch attack 30 Gorons at Hyrule Field NE--attack successful! All Gorons are slain; 12 Undead die in the attack, leaving 78 Undead alive in Hyrule Field NE!
EXTRA!! Battles at Spectacle Rock! 130 Gorons from Sooted Wilds attack 119 Kokiri--attack successful! All Kokiri are slain; 99 Gorons die in attack, leaving 31 alive in Spectacle Rock! Kokri counter-attack with 200 soldiers from The Tangle--attack successful! All Gorons are slain; 6 Kokiri die in attack, leaving 194 alive in Spectacle Rock!
EXTRA!! Strategic Retreat from Sylvan Verge!! 125/45A retreat before 692 advancing Undead; 692/10 = 69-man rearguard; 50/19A Kokiri sacrifice themselves, allowing the remaining 75/26A to withdraw to Lost Woods West!
EXTRA!! Archery Attack on Sylvan Verge!! 90A * (1d6+6=12)% = 11 kills! Undead force at Sylvan Verge reduced from 692 to 681!
EXTRA!! Battles at Thieves' Den!! 380/100C Gerudo from Red Rock Pass attack 169/50A Zora--attack successful! All Zora are slain; 79/21C Gerudo fall in assault, leaving 301/79 Gerudo alive in Thieves' Den! Zora counter-attack with 380 troops from Old Corral and Zora River--attack 'successful'! Everybody on both sides dies (Pyrrhus would be proud!)--Gerudo retain possession of Thieves' Den, as they controlled it before the counter-attack!
EXTRA!! Battle at Barren Mesa!! 30 Gerudo from Hyrule Field NW attack 5 Zora--attack repelled! No blood lost on either side--Gerudo return to Hyrule Field NW!
EXTRA!! Archery Attack on Red Rock Pass!! 50A * (1d6+6=9)% = 5 kills! Gerudo force at Red Rock Pass reduced from 50 to 45!
EXTRA!! Battle at Red Rock Pass!! 51 Zora from Old Corral attack 45 Gerudo--attack repelled! 4 Gerudo die in attack, leaving 41 Gerudo in Red Rock Pass; 5 Zora invaders are killed, and the remaining 46 return to Old Corral!
EXTRA!! Undead Force at Sylvan Verge encounter Kokiri Secret Bennie Beast--it's Kalle Demos! The monster pounces on and devours 25 Undead troops in a single go, and then vanishes into the night! Good gravy, Marie!
EXTRA!! Mysterious Horror attacks Barren Mesa! 4 Zora troops are torn to bloody shreds in the middle of the night!
EXTRA!! Mysterious Horror attacks Hyrule Field NE! 8 Undead troops are drawn shrieking into a patch of long grass, never to be seen again!
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Gorons: -5 troops, -300 rupees, -130 troops, -30 troops
FINANCES: 345 + (11/3)*100 + 10 (KHS) + 20 (KV) = 741 rupees; 741 - 300 - 20 (FL) = 421 rupees
TERRITORIES: Goron Citadel (MB) 250/150A, Dodongo Cavern 0, Death Mountain 50, Death Mountain Trail 314, Rivers of Stone 0, High Pass 50, Graveyard 5, Kakariko Village 25, Sooted Wilds 115, King's Highway South 90, Hyrule Field N 0
RESOURCES: 235 resources

Undead: +2 territories, -11 troops, -25 troops, -154 rupees, -10 rupees, -200 rupees, +50 troops, -8 troops
FINANCES: 514 + (15/3)*100 + 20 (LL) = 1034 rupees; 1034 - 20 (FL) - 154 - 200 - 10 = 650 rupees
TERRITORIES: Castle Burmunica (MB) 151, The Glacier 0, Ancient Kings 0, Dead Fields 0, Frozen Heath 0, Tundra Flats 0, Abandoned Farm 77A/5H, Chill Swamp 0, Crumbled Wall 247/40H, Bone Orchard 0, Hyrule Field SE 0, Lon Lon Ranch 159, Hyrule Field SW 1, Sylvan Verge 656, Hyrule Field NE 70
RESOURCES: 280 + 5 (CS) + 5 (HFSW) = 290 resources, + 5 horses
DEVELOPMENTS: Secret--Currently 2/3 finished. Scheduled completion-- Month 9

Kokiri: -2 territories, -10 troops, -119 troops, -50/19A, -400 rupees, +100 troops
FINANCES: 757 + (10/3)*100 = 1090 rupees; 1090 - 400 = 690 rupees
TERRITORIES: Kokiri Fortress (MB) 125, Deku Tree's Glade 0, Sacred Forest Meadow 0, Skull Kids' Refuge 0, Lost Woods East 0, Petrified Forest 230/45A, Lost Woods West 120/76A, Black Forest 430/45A, The Tangle 84/45A, Spectacle Rock 194
RESOURCES: 255 + 5 (RA) + 5 (SR) = 265 resources
DEVELOPMENTS: Hyrulian Morning-Star--Currently 3/4 finished. Scheduled completion-- Month 9

Gerudo-- +1 territory, -380/100C troops, -5 troops, -4 troops, -600 rupees, +50/50C
FINANCES: 618 + (9/3)*100 = 918 rupees; 918 - 600 = 318 rupees
TERRITORIES: Gerudo Fortress (MB) 180/10A/50C, Haunted Wasteland 50, The Colossus 50, Chasm North 0, Chasm South 43, Red Rock Pass 41, Scorched Land 100, Hyrule Field NW 75, Thieves' Den 0
RESOURCES: 254 resources

Zora-- -169/50A, -380 troops, -5 troops, -4 troops, -4 troops, -1 territory
FINANCES: 1033 + (13/3)*100 + 30 (RA) + 10 (OC) = 1506 rupees; 1506 - 20 (FL) = 1486 rupees
TERRITORIES: Zora's Domain (MB) 0, The Falls 0, Jabu-Jabu's Fountain 0, Lake Hylia 200, Flooded Pass 0, Zora River 0, The Lakeshore 0, Cursed Mere 0, Old Corral 252/50A, Peahat Plains 0, The Fences 22, Hyrule Field S 0, Barren Mesa 31
RESOURCES: 380 resources

Hylians-- -15 troops, -160 rupees, +40 troops
FINANCES: 408 + (9/3)*100 = 708 rupees; 708 - 160 - 40 (FL) = 508 rupees
TERRITORIES: Castle Hylia (MB) 85, Temple of Time 0, Hylia Castle Town 0, Hylian Market 10, Guarded Path 200, Ruined Tower 418/5A, King's Highway North 0, Stone Circle 277, Old Union Bridge 284
RESOURCES: 135 - 8 = 127 resources
DEVELOPMENTS: New Fortifications at Ruined Tower--Currently 2/3 finished. Scheduled completion-- Month 9
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All right, guys. Pretty sure that's all good and proper--I urge you to check my maths and call me on any errors you catch. Let's tentatively set the next Update for Monday morning, and, from there, try for a set Monday/Thursday cycle.

Any questions? Hit me.

In the meantime, be like Ike and FIGHT FOR YOUR FRIENDS.

[Microphone_Kirby]

Originally Posted by Booyakasha

EXTRA!! Undead Force at Sylvan Verge encounter Kokiri Secret Bennie Beast--it's Kalle Demos! The monster pounces on and devours 25 Undead troops in a single go, and then vanishes into the night! Good gravy, Marie!

EGADS!!!!!!
So... what next?

All troops from Sylvan Verge and 5H from Abandoned Farm (whom move to Chill swamp first) To Black Forest, attacking the Kokiri stationed there
All From Hyrule Field NE to Lon Lon Ranch (losing 5% of my troops in the process)
50 from Castle Burmuncia to the Frozen Heath

Train 50 Caviliers
Upgrade 10 Archers at Abandoned Farm to Horseback archers (for free, using the 5 horses I saved from last turn and the 5 I received this turn)

That all for now. Wait until next turn...

[I am nobody]

Movement:

All Death Mountain Trail troops to Kakariko Village
Launch Fire Catapult at The Tangle. (To kill troops)
All troops at The Sooted Wilds attack Kokiri at The Tangle

Purchases:

120 troops

[Tad Venture]

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LWW: 120 soldiers reinforce soldiers in BF (or however that works--if they get in before the attack, that's cool, if they attack after the attack, that's okay too)
PF: 125 soldiers attack new Goron troops in The Tangle
-125 soldiers attack Goron Troops in the Sooted Wilds
Spectacle Rock: 80 soldiers attack Gorons at the High Pass

Developments: Begin fortifications on LWW
buy as many Cavaliers as I can

[The Missing Link]

Damned rotten luck on the dice. But no matter; we press on.

Begin construction on secret project. Boo, you know the one.

As far as soldiers go...

Lake Hylia: All 200 troops north to Zora River.
The Old Corral: All 50 archers fire into Red Rock Pass. Then, 50 troops go stomping in to Red Rock Pass.

And then finally, I'll spend whatever rupees I have left over on new regular old Soldiers to be placed at Zora's Domain.

Tazy, you feelin' well enough to fight?

[Blake]

I think I should have 508 rupees. Some reason I trained 40 troops(I think my math was waaaay off that day) and then the freelancer fees.

so 408 + 300 - 160 - 40 in this case I believe.

[Booyakasha]

^Whoops missus. Sorry. Fixed now.

[Tazy_10]

TML: I'm always ready
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Zant woke up to the sounds of battle. He knew that he was either in the middle of a battlefield, or at least near it. The pain in his body was almost completley gone but he wasn't going to wait to be completely healed. He got up and stormed out of his tent, leaving the fairy behind as he headed towards the Zoras and Gerudo.

He finally reaches the battle to see the Gerudo and Zoras. Zant opens his book of spells and says "Morpha Apprendae!" and threw an arrow at the Gerudo. Suddenly, somewhat gelatinous water fills the Area from where the arrow landed. Instantly drowning 4 Gerudo, and leaving the others weakened severely by the fight to stay alive.

"MY FELLOW BROTHERS!" yelled Zant "THIS PLACE WILL SOON BE OURS!"
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Killed 4 Gerudo.

It's kind of wet in Red Rock Pass <_<

[X-3]

Before I make a move:

Originally Posted by Rule 4 for Freelancers

Freelancers aren't allowed in any enemy Fortified Areas--the enclosed nature of these areas prevents you would-be spies, saboteurs, guerillas and assassins from maintaining the low profile necessary to avoid detection. No exceptions.

That means I can't enter the three Goron(Red on TML's map)panels, correct?

[Jedi Master Ry_On]

It had been a boring, uneventful day for an unassuming clam-diver, poking around Lord Jabu Jabu's lake for a few tasty morsels for supper.

He should have known that something was about to happen.

When he surfaced for a breath before one last dive, he was greeted by a pair of curiously blue eyes. A green-blue aqua-scaled Zora with a piercing blue to his eyes was observing him curiously.

"What is the date?" the other Zora asked. The clam-diver, confused, recited the date. The other Zora quirked his head, equally confused. "Well that doesn't fit at all. Tell me, do names such as Talon, Chibi, Celeborn and Lord Empyrial sound familiar.

"Only from the old myths." replied the clam diver. "You know, The Assassin And The Gryphon, or The Gerudo Maiden Of The River. Fairy stories." The other Zora seemed amused by this.

"I see. And who is the leader of our people now?" Asked the mysterious aqua Zora.

"Why Lord Link!" Exclaimed the clam diver. "Everyone knows of our lord The Missing Link." The clam diver was suspicious of this stranger now. The aqua Zora grinned.

"The Map Maker. How excellent. Thank you, my friend." Eyes sparkling, he started to shore, leaving the calm diver in the shallows. Now curious, the clam diver called after him.

"Wait! Who are you? Who are you who doesn't know our lord?"

"I know your lord very well!" called back the aqua Zora. "As for who I am, you may call me Rio. Ryon Rioki Empyreal, Jedi, if you believe it. If not, Rio will suffice. Oh, what a fascinating time to awaken!" The strange Zora, Rio, laughed hardily, and broke into an energetic jog.

~*~*~*~

At Zora's Domain, Rio procured stationary from the local recruitment office. He scrawled a quick note, to be sent to the lord TML;

"Old Friend! Greetings from a different time and place. It seems I'm back yet again, by some grace of Nyaru. How might I most be of use to my people today?

Ryon Rioki Empyrial, JMRO, former Lord, now acting in whatever interest you wish."

[Booyakasha]

^You did get hired by TML, right?

Originally Posted by X-3

That means I can't enter the three Goron(Red on TML's map)panels, correct?

Only the main base is a Fortified Area. In the case of the Gorons, that'd be Goron Citadel. Feel free to dance around like an idiot in Dodongo Cavern or throw rocks into Death Mountain's lava pools while giggling--nobody can stop you. Do it all day long if you like. (That's what I would do if I were a Freelancer.)

The main base for each race is the zone followed by '(MB)' in the Hyrulian Gazette's territorial demarcations, incidentally.

[Blake]

X-3, if you're still doing me the favor about the spiritual stone thing it doesn't necessarily have to be stowed away in Goron Citadel. It could be near the citadel or something. And to all generals, the spiritual stones are only keys to a story I had in mind for my character. It will literally have no effect on the stat based part of the game so please don't roleplay and put your spiritual stones in immortal areas, pretty please?

[The Missing Link]

Yes, I officially hired him on, Boo. I just was lax about making a public post out of it. Sorry, ol' chap. X)

[X-3]

Okay, then.
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Uzon travels to Dodongo's Cavern, and searches for the Goron Ruby. CAN HE FIND IT, OOOOOOH CAN HE FIND IIIIT?

[EmoCL]

How much time do I have before the next warmod update? I MAY be able to squeeze a post in tomorrow, or maybe on Monday after play practice. We'll see.

[Booyakasha]

It's going up Monday morning. Assuming everybody's posted by then, of course. If not, it's getting pushed back to Tuesday night/Wednesday morning (exams Tuesday during the day).

[Blake]

Alright:

Castle Hylia:
- Train 120 troops
- 85 Troops move to guarded path

Old Union Bridge:
- 10 Troops attack the Graveyard
- 260 Troops attack King's Highway South

Ruined Tower:
- All but 50 troops attack Scorched Land

[EmoCL]

All traces of conscience gone, all humanity lost--or Goronity, I suppose--he had nothing to lose.

Darmanto awoke from his slumber finding himself enchained in an old warehouse. This was the Market, after all... it made sense. However, Din only knew where these chains had been. Rusted and beaten like hell they were.

Just like me, he thought. Ugly on the outside, ugly on the inside; good-for nothing and there to cause only suffering.

A fitting place.

He surveyed his surroundings. It was a wonder the Hylians even managed to drag his body to this place after he'd passed out yesterday; could they handle him now, fully conscious, with no longer anything to lose?

Darmanto tried fervently to rid his mind of images of grinning Hylians, dancing in mockery at his capture. Could he, WOULD he, proud freelancer of the Gorons, take this??

No, no he would NOT.

A bloodcurtling scream tore from his chest as he flung his arms wildly from the wall, ripping the chains from their clumsy hold.

He had business to attend to. A bit of business to finish.

There were only ten Hylians here due to yesterday's... incident. Ten measly hylians.

Even in his weakened and crazed state, it was easy for Darmanto to realize that by nightfall this place would be... oh, say, DESERTED.

By this time the Hylians had come running from hearing the Goron's crazed screech. Like keese to a flame.

Their last steps, to be sure.

Darmanto threw his right arm forward, the momentum flinging the still-dangling chain towards an unaware Hylian. A fatal concussion sent him crumpling to the ground.

After one death, the Hylians quickly became enraged. They did not want yesterday's... incident to be repeated. They raised their swords, screamed battle cries, and attacked.

Darmanto began swinging his arms in swift circles, twirling his chains like deadly streamers in a circus act.

He then ran. He charged. Metal met metal, swords met chain... people screamed, heads rolled, rock was scratched.

Alas, ten mere Hylians could never be the match of a Goron, no matter how scrawny.

Caked in the blood of himself and his enemies, Darmanto laid down. He looked into the sky, into Din's home... there was no forgiveness there.

He closed his eyes.

I am damned. But I damn myself... with pride...

Sleep claimed him.
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OK, so in reality the Hylians would totally have killed Darmanto's sorry arse after kidnapping him. Let's just pretend that they were going to but decided to take a lunch break first. :]

[Jedi Master Ry_On]

Waiting for the lord TML's response, Rio decided to take in the atmosphere at a local pub. He sorely missed these olden-day ways, but after seeing how short the drink list was, he began to long for the metropolises of a different era.

Sipping from a silver goblet that appeared empty but for a wisp of mist, Rio happened to overhear a most interesting discussion at the next table.

"...terribly exciting... hasn't seen the like of it in a decade... quite legendary, you know," gushed one voice in an excited murmur.

"Should... bring any... else in?" came a low hum in a much deeper voice.

Rio, interest perked, took one last sip of his ethereal mist, vanished the goblet, and stood up.

"Gentelmen, I couldn't help but overhear the makings of an adventure."