[MR] A Call to Arms from Sacred Stone

[Brenda Butler]

We hear the call of Sacred Stone, and come to stand by our ally and
countryman. You may count on the quiet strength of Hidden Mountain to come
to your aid!

Thylacine Aquila of Dair Eideand, Baron, Hidden Mountain

Aodh Adendra Marland, Baroness, Hidden Mountain

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Wayne Remes <wremes at carolina.rr.com> wrote:

> Unto those fighters supporting our just cause, those very armored, rapier
> and missle equipped troops, does Axel, Seated Baron of Sacred Stone send
> greetings,
> Advance scouts have brought word of three Black Diamond columns entering
> our fair domain. One made up of Cavalry swiftly sweeping thru the open
> terrain in the east of Sacred Stone, a second made up predominatly of rapier
> equiped troops in the west moving quickly on foot toward the old ruins of
> Castle Hindscroft, and a third made up of armored foot and missile equiped
> troops in the center.
>
> It is imperative that we not afford them the castle ruins as a base of
> operations to strike further into Sacred Stone from.  Accordingly I've
> dispatched messengers to all the rapier units under the Sacred Stone banner
> to proceed with all haste to the ruins of Castle Hindscroft to engage the
> aggressor.  I've included several unusually good sketches of the ruins with
> this missive. http://warofthewings.com/castle_hindscroft.html.
>
> Black Diamond's armored column will be stopped thru the spirited defense of
> Elchenburg Castle by armored and missile troops loyal to Sacred Stone,
> giving time for the rest of Sacred Stone and her allies to muster and move
> to their aid.  We will then crush Black Diamond in open battle on the field.
> I have sent messengers to all our armored forces to converge on Elchenburg
> Castle.
>
> The Black Diamond Cavalry column will be met and swept from the plains by
> our own and allied Cavalry.  Accordingly I have sent riders to our cavalry
> units instructing them to find the enemy column and sweep them from the
> field, then ride to Elchenburg to sweep down on enemys flanks during the
> anticipated field battle.
>
> Pay no attention to the savages known to be battling each other with
> Atlatls in the northern areas of Sacred Stone that you encounter enroute to
> your muster areas.  There is no need to engage them, as they are not part of
> the fight,  and it is well known that Atlatl's can pierce lighter armors,
> and find open faces.
>
> Valor and honor, a sky filled with clouds of our arrows, the strong sword
> arms of our armored and rapier fighters, and our superior horsemanship, will
> indeed carry the day. With the defenders of Sacred Stone standing together,
> our just cause can not help but be victorious. I salute you all. Oct 10th
> will be a day long remembered in story and song, and when the tales of this
> day are told in the halls of men, and your children ask what you did at WOW
> IV, you who stood in battle that day will not have to say "..well I shoveled
> Shit somewhere in my home Canton."
>
> HAKKE PALLE!!!!,
>
> Axel
>
> Baron
>
> Sacred Stone
>
>
>
>
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