Knights of Snowballia: Reprisals

Chapter 2: The Seperatists

The next morning, a convoy of Seperatists head for numerous cities located in Snowballia. The cities of Gulfheim and Elkhart begin to notice boats approaching. They recognize these Seperatists by their uniforms, the jackets are black with a hint of red as an accent color, and the rest of their outfits are all black. They appear armed with weapons, and they begin to stage a hostile takeover of these two cities. Gulfheim falls quickly due to them barely recovering from the Keshavra eruption nearly 2 years ago, but Elkhart and its neighboring city Batavia put a strong resistance against Lago's Seperatists as their militias gain a strong hold against them.
Meanwhile, the Knights are going about their daily customs, unaware of the events going on until a distress call reaches one of the cities being attacked by Seperatist soldiers.
"Shit....", Andrew whispered to Sarah as they send their children out for school.

"Someone had sent a distress call. It's from Gulfheim, they need us to go and stop whatever is going on out there. Something about Seperatists for all I know.", he added concerningly.

"What are we supposed to do about it?", Dairrion says as he rolled his eyes at Andrew.

"I don't know, you tell me Dairrion you're the one who asked the question."

"Well, if these people are sending out a distress call, shouldn't w-"

"That was a rhetorical question sir. I was also being a bit sarcastic about it too."

"Seems dumb since you're the king of this whole land if you ask me.", Dairrion stated.

"For god's sake Dairrion.... ok. Knights, listen up. There's been an attack on Gulfheim, and the ones responsible appear to be a group we only know to be called the Seperatists. We don't know what their motive is or what the hell they want with us, but I am gonna send 5 of you to Gulfheim to drive them away from there. Who wants to volunteer for this?"

Madison walks out of the living room of the palace rolling her eyes thinking that the people attacked by Lago's Seperatists are worthless citizens wanting to die. Dairrion notices this, and although he's tempted by Madison to leave with her, he stays with the rest of the group after finding out she's just trying to get some sleep.

"Wow Dairrion, looks like you wanna kiss her and slap her behind!", Jevonte teased him as Dairrion gives him an evil glare and walks back to the couch he sat on.

"Settle down Jev, even if you could fight him he would take you down with one slice of his broadsword.", Adara says to him.

"Alright, if Maddy ain't goin, then who is? Speak up before I start selecting people to go.", Andrew states as DJ raises his hand. A couple seconds later, Josh chooses to volunteer.
"Okay... we got two people willing to help. Three more spots open people."

The other Knights seem uninterested, and so Andrew goes out of his way to pick the rest of the group: Zach, Jordan, and Allison. The five of them receive their orders and suit up, departing for Gulfheim ten minutes later. The rest of the group stays back at the palace to continue investigating the issue relating to the Seperatists.
The attack on Gulfheim rages on as Seperatist soldiers advance through the city with one goal in mind: bail Lago out of prison and reign destruction upon the known world.
Citizens panic frantically as enemy troops blaze through the city with swift and brutal attacks. The mayor of Gulfheim is shocked at the horror the events unfolding in front of him, knowing that the militia of his city won't be enough to hold back the Seperatists. A group of 5 soldiers burst through the town hall, ready to execute the mayor. He sees them shortly after they break down his entrance and is backed up toward one of the walls, begging for them to call off the attacks in exchange for Gulfheim's immediate surrender.

"Please.... stop this madness! I beg you that if you notify your leader and call off the attacks, I swear that Gulfheim will swear allegiance to the Seperatists if we surrender to you.", he says in a frightened tone as one of the soldiers charges up a high voltage weapon laughing at his statement.