Calradian Chronicles: Coming Darkness

Chapter 13: The Siege

Comnos: Calradian Empire

Night was slowly falling and the armies outside readied their weapons. Drosios was on his horse in the back, his helmet held under his arm. The emperor looked at his men joined with the Vlandian men ready for a siege. 

Drosios:
All be ready for battle! We have one chance, we must not fail!

Vadrios rode up to where he was beside his father for the siege. Both men rode up to the front of the armies beside Amorcon at the front lines. Drosios put his helmet on and over looked the enemy archers ready for a siege. The emperor gripped the handle of his sword and readied as the archers pulled back their arrows and the enemy soldiers stepped out to defend their city. In a swift action Drosios unsheathed his sword and raised it up into the air with a loud roar.

Drosios:
Attack!

The Imperial and Vlandian armies charged into the violent battle enduring. The enemy forces then charged into battle and attacked weapon first into the battle. With the clashing of swords and armor the battle raged on in the field. Drosios rode down and sliced the head off of one of the soldiers. Amorcon then drove his spear down into the backs of an enemy soldier and with drew it to signal his men to move forward. Drosios looked up at the archers beginning to rain arrows down on them.

Drosios:
Shield wall!

The soldiers then raised up their shields to where the arrows were blocked. Vadrios looked at saw a passage to where they could break down the gates.

Vadrios:
Father, over there!

Drosios looked to the spot that his son had indicated and noticed it would indeed work. He pointed his sword to the gate and many soldiers came up to it with a battering ram. The gates broke open and the soldiers warmed into Comnos. Many of the soldiers ran up onto the upper ramparts and began attacking the archers. Drosios dismounted his horse and looked passed the many soldiers and saw the path to the keep. He then grabbed hold of Amorcon's arm and pulled the king's attention to him.

Drosios:
Handle the men out here, I'm going for the traitor myself.

Amorcon:
I can do that!

Drosios:
Good. Vadrios, you are with me!

Vadrios:
Yes father.

The emperor then led his men up towards the keep as they fought passed the soldiers. When they arrived at the keep they began forming a shield wall and fought the many soldiers on the stairs leading up to the keep where Archon Comnos must have been. The empire soldiers fought up the stairs until the door flew open.

???:
Enough!

The men all looked and saw an aged man walk out onto the top of the stairs. The man everyone recognized as Phelian Comnos himself, Myvan walking slightly behind him.

Phelian:
Emperor Drosios, I see you've come all this way. Well enough of this meaningless bloodshed, I say we settle this with a duel. You win and my men will surrender, but if I win the throne is mine.

Drosios looked between the groups and considered his options. He first looked to his men then up to his traitorous vassal.

Drosios:
Very well, I except.