The Grey Wardens: Warden-Lieutenant Eshialand

[The Extra Kawai Zombo Command Force]

So. The Wardens Grey have survived the night. How.. Unfortunate.. The great losses you have incurred please the horde however and we thank you for this excellent meal Warden's. The horde hope's to soon feast upon your followers once again.. nyehehehe....

[RiderSyl]

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You spelled kawaii wrong.

[The Black Hawks Raconteur]

Tim! How dare you slap up something entertaining!

Both those reports were vivid narratives. Excellent writing. Do you plan to continue the saga?

[Pyrosky]

Lieutenant Pyrosky, swinging his broadsword through Shrieks as if they were fresh-churned butter, brought up the rear.

You bet your ass I did I've gotta second the above Hawk--excellent posts Tim. I'm loving these RP reports.

[Tim-Opolis]

Tim! How dare you slap up something entertaining!

Both those reports were vivid narratives. Excellent writing. Do you plan to continue the saga?

My previous shitposting is pretty entertaining too

You seem to like my writing far more than I do. I'm still not happy with quite a bit of parts of it <_<

I anticipate writing more of these, but can't really speak on how often they'll be as compared to shitposting or if it'll be continuing this specific narrative. I'm not super into a journal-style write-up, as you do lose a lot of descriptive ability and any sort of detailed dialogue options when you're just putting down a Commander's account of a battle. I'll likely move to a more third person narrator with it, either camera or omniscient depending on how I'm feeling. I dunno, you folks will have to keep on your toes

[The Extra Kawai Zombo Command Force]

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You spelled kawaii wrong.

Worry not Milady, It was... Intentional. Out of respect for the true Kawaii.. For she is deserving of that.. I will not be an impostor...

[Mostly Benevolent Tyranny]

My previous shitposting is pretty entertaining too

This is much better though! Definitely hoping to see more of it!

[Tim-Opolis]

My previous shitposting is pretty entertaining too

This is much better though! Definitely hoping to see more of it!

You're about to get the shittiest shitpost next just because of this

[Escade]

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Warden Reinforcements cut through Darkspawn lines

Commander's Log 2 - Aftermath of the Sun's Obscurance

We did it. At times, it was doubtful that we would last the night, but we did it. Darkspawn repelled, many villages protected, and a successful push to defend the Neutral Zone of Ostagar overseen. While at times we lost ground, we rallied and ensured that there would still be many a native Fereldan standing at the end of the night. The Mage from the Circle, Sir Merlin, he is truly a masterful healer. While my limbs are still sore from my wounds, I was able to lift and swing the sword without issue. I know not where I would have been without his know-how ensuring that I was more than just dead weight in the push against the Darkspawn foe.

They came upon us fast, four groups at once. One snuck through, but did minimal damage, while another was effectively dispatched. We battled through the whole night against our savage foe, with new Darkspawn rising to replace each that our weapons cut down. As the sun was obscured, so the dark foe was emboldened. They pushed forward, forcing us to give ground with each wave. While the piles of Darkspawn were so high they began tipping off the bridge, the enemy seemed endless. We fell back to the valley, bloodied but not defeated. Here we rode for the towns, defending those who we could, and warning the rest about the impending tide. It was such actions that brought us to a rocky outcrop, so as to gain a better vantage point. Here we stood fast, even as the sun gave way to moon and the enemy's strength grew.

Shizensky, Ainarom, and Catalyse were not with us anymore; dispatched to protect villages further north. Just three Wardens standing after the phase of the day, with myself nowhere at full fighting strength. It was around an old birch tree that we thought we might meet our end, each of us standing with our backs to its twisting branches as we beat back our enemy. Perhaps it was fortune which favored us on that day, or the Maker himself, but that tree was not our end. Cutting swathes through the savage host, well-timed reinforcements battled to join us in our darkest hour. With the sun setting on the horizon, having been spent through its blockade by the moon, we could barely see them approach. Yet through the shine of their armor, their fierce battle cries, and the flashes of their weapons, it was clear who had arrived.

Commander Altmoras, his twin blades a blur as they downed Hurlocks left and right, was first in the fray. Chamberlain Vincent Drake followed soon behind, having to use a makeshift battleaxe that barely slowed him down. Lieutenant Pyrosky, swinging his broadsword through Shrieks as if they were fresh-churned butter, brought up the rear. Answering the call after a long absense, Warden Ikania rained fire arrows down upon the Genlock archers, positioned securely in a rock formation. Alongside the Wardens rode foes of the Blight, staunch allies of the Wardens in this hour of need. Two Southerners rode to the support. One wore Violet hued armor, strong as the toughest steel, as Darkspawn fell under their sword. The other, plowing through the fray with a great Silverite mace, had a breast plate emblazoned with Nineteen stars, Lighting up the space around him. This was not all though, as Archuria, a Mage from The Order of The Phoenix, rained fire and ash upon the now-faltering Darkspawn host. While without these reinforcements, it is likely that we all would have fallen, their presence emboldened us to success and defensive prowess.

Succeed we did, with the foe pushed back step by step. With great effort, we fought our corrupted enemies all the way to Ostagar and across its great bridge. One wouldn't be blamed for assuming we had donned Red Steel, so brightly was our armor stained by Darkspawn blood. As the last Hurlock Alpha fell, his remaining minions scattered and fled. It was over, another incursion had been stopped. It would not be the last, and we would be battling a long time yet, but The Day of Sun's Obscurance had passed.

Regions Defended

Tjena
Coalition of Independent United States
Arcanica
Defenders of Democracy
Rayness
Visiona
Cato
The Simulation
Cashton High Pchool
Circular Quay
Degenerate Bureaucrats
The Faithful Union
Spanje
Napistan
Neutral Zone
Xparliament

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Wardens Present

First Warden Roavin
Chamberlain Vincent Drake
Commander Tim-Opolis
Commander Altmoras
Lieutenant Pyrosky
Senior Warden Kingdom of Circle of Magi
Warden Ikania

Allies In The Fight

SPSF Cthoria
SPSF Offshade II
TOP Archuria Centauri

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In War, Victory.
In Peace, Vigilance.
In Death, Sacrifice.

Both of these TGW themed ones were fun to read and made me miss the game. Really love how you wove references <3

Also can't wait till you come up with a cool name for the Southerners like the Order of Phoenix but epicer (what's to the South? I think Orlais but hmm...have to think....).

Extra Kawai, don't play yourself you're totes worthy of the two i's

Also totes going to get back to you about songs because trying to find things that other people will get without like links but my fave girlsquad theme:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBB_QOZNEdc

[Ikania]

[Altmoras]

Love the posts.

Also going to take this time to shill for the even better looking dispatch version: https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=873069

[RiderSyl]

If only you knew.

[Nakari]

If only you knew.

If only you'd let us know D:

[Tim-Opolis]

If only you knew.

How much I do?
How much inflation is affecting the Tim-Opolis salt mines?
How much GCRs are suffering under the incursion of the Userite?

Very cryptic, dude.

[Consular]

If only you knew.

So close to being a Star Wars reference.

[Escade]

Merlin, boi, still waiting on you.

[Altmoras]

A moment to rest and record the events of the day.

Commander's Log 3 - Success in the Field

Addressed to: Weisshaupt Fortress, The Anderfels.
Sent from: Montsimmard Fortress, Orlais.

The day's expedition was a resounding success, the Wardens had deployed on expedition to a quaint river valley on the edge of The Dales at the behest of a local noble. Our mission was to ensure that the caves dotting the valley walls were free of any Darkspawn before her ladyship sent her tenant farmers to cultivate the land. There were indeed Darkspawn in the caves, however I am pleased to report that every single tainted creature we encountered has been slain and its body burnt.

The Wardens were itching for a taste of battle following a long and uneventful ride home to Montsimmard through the drab Ferelden countryside, and luckily for us the Darkspawn were more than happy to oblige. Long before our connection to the taint allowed us to sense the presence of Darkspawn in the valley, Commander Benevolent Thomas detected the sound of slavering war cries and the stench of corruption in the air. We followed the smell first, happening upon a pair of stumbling Genlocks, they routed at the sight of us, but both were dispatched with a single swing of Chamberlain Vincent Drake's battleaxe.

After first blood was drawn the pace of the expedition increased rapidly, we rode south at speed along the eastern valley wall to the next cave in which the Taint could be sensed. The second cave we came upon contained a far more respectable raiding party than the first, a smattering of Hurlocks, Genlocks, and even an Ogre. Respectable as they may have been, the pack of Darkspawn was no match for the skill and steel of the Grey Wardens, flesh, armor, blade, bone, all were butter before our weapons and magic. Melody crushed a pair of Hurlocks with mace and shield, Ser Merlin roasted a trio Genlocks with a magical firestorm, Vincent Drake took on a dozen assorted Darkspawn himself, and I brought down the Ogre with my enchanted swords.

Seventeen was the number of skirmishes we had with Darkspawn throughout the valley, every single one similar to the encounter I described earlier. Groups of Darkspawn that would pose significant threat to lightly armed villages and holds being slaughtered by well equipped and well trained Grey Wardens. Darkspawn that stood and fought were invariably slain, and the few that fled suffered the same fate, either by the skilled archery of an Orlesian bard by the name of Escade who joined our expedition, or by the chevalier's lance that Constable Nakari won off of an actual chevalier in a game of cards. First Warden Roavin even happened by to throw a javelin into the final fleeing Darkspawn before I was able to confidently declare the valley to be free of their Taint.

In War, Victory. In Peace, Vigilance. In Death, Sacrifice.

~ Altmoras

Regions Defended: 17
Rdg England
Regional Gaggle
The Conservative Revolution
Very Very Secret
The Federalist America
Larfa
The Council Of States
The Union Of The Roman Empires
Alliance Of Free Nations Afn
Novus Imperium Romanum
Socialist Union Of Soviet International
We Need A Sandvich
The Etherium
Edus Unidos
Truly Anarchy
Agare Veryt
Tjena

Wardens Involved
First Warden Roavin
Chamberlain Vincent Drake
Commander Altmoras
Constable Nakari
Lieutenant Kingdom of Circle of Magi
Warden The Unknown Army

Allies Present
Escade SPSF

In War, Victory.
In Peace, Vigilance.
In Death, Sacrifice.

[Warden Roavin]

In War, Victory. In Peace, Vigilance. In Death, Sacrifice.

o/

[Federation of the Resentine Kingdom]

In war, salt. In peace, reports pages. In death, more puppets.

Good report folks.

[Plagentine]

In war, salt. In peace, reports pages more salt. In death, more puppets even more salt.

Good report folks.

Fix'd.

[Federation of the Resentine Kingdom]

In war, salt. In peace, reports pages more salt. In death, more puppets even more salt.

Good report folks.

Fix'd.

TRE saves the day yet again! <3

[Mostly Benevolent Tyranny]

In war, salt. In peace, reports pages more salt. In death, more puppets even more salt.

Good report folks.

Fix'd.

This looks a significant improvement on TGW's motto.

[Escade]

Love this report and this update and also love for Lily who does not give up because we win some or like even one. <3

[Tim-Opolis]

In war, salt. In peace, reports pages more salt. In death, more puppets even more salt.

Good report folks.

Fix'd.

A byproduct of success, in our case. You should try winning some time.

[Altmoras Prime]

Speaking of success, here's the dispatch version with all the fancy gameside innovations like background blocks and different fonts that I forgot to shill for when I made the original post. https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=877868