With Fire and Sword

Exodus

Suddenly , Sir Francis wake up from his terrible nightmare . He wakes up and hear a whispering sound . Afraid for his life , he quickly wake up . He look around , he realise that he is lock up in a very wretched dungeon . He need to do something to escape , he look around and notice something sharp . A butter knife ! He grabs the butter knife under the hays and seek the guard attention , he curse the guard . A moment later , the guard came and warns him to silent or prepare for punishment . As the guard change his point of view , Sir Francis quickly grabs the guard and cut his throat without hesitation . He grabs the key to the chamber and unlocks it . He look to the ground and loot the equipment from the remains of the deceased guard . Acting as a guard , he walk through the courtyard and watch helplessly as the courtyard was spilled with blood , the bloods of his fellow countrymen . He manages to slip through the courtyard and arrive at the lower dungeon . He spotted several survivors inside the chamber . He rescue them and arm them with the most basic equipment available , they prepare for the greatest escape ever ! At first , they created a decoy to draw the guards attention . They burn the inner outpost , as the guards rush through the outpost , they eliminate them using the fire and ran for their life . They managed to escape through the sewer system and escape from the vicinity of the capital city . They rush to the safety of the countryside , they reorganised their plan , and finally they came up with a solution . They remember about their king’s old friend , the benevolent Queen Alessia who was expelled and went exile . They fight for the same cause , King Magnus is the one who responsible of usurping Queen Alessia throne in the northern kingdom . They bravely walk on foot and rush to the black marsh on the northern region . They are very determined to revenge their king’s death , once and for all .

After a week on foot , their progress were halted . They scout the area and spotted a bandit encampment just below the ridge . They need to think over again , whether to charge through the encampment which prove to be suicidal , or to take a more further and riskier route . Sir Francis order his men to gather a lot of wood logs , some stone and flints . Curious by their master’s order , they ask Sir Francis what is the purpose of this action . Sir Francis immediately take a flint and stone , and burn the woods , he quickly kick the wood , the fiery wood rolls to the lower ground and burns anything in its path . Astonishing ! Now they have find the way to deal with the bandits . They gather all the wood logs over the ridge and burn it . When the logs is ready to go , they kick the logs and watch as the fiery logs cause inferno to the encampment . It really burnt the encampment to the ground and some of the bandit flee to the thickness of the forest . Sir Francis then lead the charge and kills any remaining bandits . Soon after the decisive victory , they loot any valuable equipment from the encampment and rest for a while . Then they continue their conquest .








Its been nearly a week since they escape from their capital city . They walk like a dead men walking . Suddenly , Sir Francis shout with his Brittonic accent . Ah at last ! Thee frozen northern kingdom . How I miss the scent of this dull frozen place , come on lad move your arse up ! Finally the noble men had arrived at the northern region , only the bravest and the most lunatic person dare to approach this defile land . Even the wicked King Magnus and his army are afraid of the region . Where the pain from the frostbite could kill you any second . But not Sir Francis and his men . As they bravely walk on the snow while shivering themselves , an arrow hit one of his men with pin point accuracy . The man dies on the spot . Sir Francis commands his men to defend themselves . But they were surrounded by the unknown forces . Then a loud and clear voice was heard . Bloody mercenaries ! Kill them ! As the unknown forces ready to attack them , Sir Francis shouted . Hold your weapon ! Were from the Middlerealm kingdom , were not mercenaries ! Then a moment of silent , surprised by the statement . The unknown forces drop their weapon . A tall and bulk looking guy approaches Sir Francis , and shouted . Ah thee Grand Master of the Middlerealm ! What are you doing here ? Its cold and creepy out here , are you insane ? Sir Francis look at the face of the guy and shocked . Percival , is that you ? Oh my ! He hugs the guy and say , The Middlerealm has fallen . Horrified by the news , the guy shout . What ? It cant be , who dares to challenge the force of nature ? Wait , King Magnus ? Oh my , its dangerous out here , let meet Queen Alessia with haste !

Soon after the encounter , Percival escort the party to a hidden fortress right beneath a mountain . The fortress was named after the legendary dragon that ravage the land centuries ago , Magnabane .