The Liberation of the Imperium (Closed RP)

[Brotherhood Steel the 2nd]

Dimitri met with the commander of the three hundred POWs captured. He received intel that the POWs were turning traitor. Though it was good for the war it meant that Dimitri had to be on his toes. "So I was told you would like to speak to me?" Dimitri said to the commander.

As the commander meet with Dimitri, he showed a somewhat nervous face as he began to speak with him. "Well, yes I did wish to speak to you. A hint of warning to you and your forces, you need to stop here and not venture further south to the island fortress of Serov in the South Aluvean Seas. If you continue, you will only see sights that will haunt you and your men for the rest of your days in this life. I'm sure you are aware of the power Maximilian posses and part of that reason is why you haven't seen anyone in the villages or towns you past in the last several hundred miles. He has...done things to us that will haunt us until we die." As the commander paused, he lifted his shirt to show the tattoos and brutal markings carved into his body. After showing Dimitri, the commander spoke up again. "You will find these marking on any soldier that has served in Maximilian's forces as he has used black magic to take our souls away from us. Chances are that many of the civilians are already dead too because of this."

[Brotherhood Steel the 2nd]

Alastair was impress by the sight of the city. He had only heard of his own people and the Dwarves building cities like this. He turn to resistance leader. "Excellent place to hide."

The commander dropped his head a bit but was still optimistic " This is still incredible, we found by accident the possible greatest resistance against Maximilian, we have probably a large use for your fighters. You know the country better then any of us, knows the enemy forces better and most importantly you know what was going on the last 10 years here in the Imperium. However that will have to wait until we return to Steel Harbor as we have a mission to make the way to the west free until we hit the mountains..."

Zhukovnotov listened to his new friends as they talked about how the city might become an advantage to the alliance, he spoke up his mind. "While I did say that we were willing to help you, I cannot risk having this city found by Maximilian's forces. We have fought and lost to many people for this city's survival and I wont risk it now. These people have been living in safety from the fear of Maximilian's rule, and with this war now escalating Maximilian will sure be more alert to were enemy troops are coming from."

[Kingdom of Phoenixia]

Zhukovnotov listened to his new friends as they talked about how the city might become an advantage to the alliance, he spoke up his mind. "While I did say that we were willing to help you, I cannot risk having this city found by Maximilian's forces. We have fought and lost to many people for this city's survival and I wont risk it now. These people have been living in safety from the fear of Maximilian's rule, and with this war now escalating Maximilian will sure be more alert to were enemy troops are coming from."

" I'm not suggesting that we use the old tunnels, that would inefficient and dangerous. No I suggest that your men are disturbing the supply lines and that you are sending a advisor to the council of the crown alliance or do you want to draw back now that we have a chance to end this madness ones and for all ?"

[The Elven Imperium]

As Francis watched the meeting spiral out of control, he was pulled aside by an aide informing him about the recent progress that had been accomplished thus far in the last 24 hours by the various campaigns of the Crown Alliance. After getting some useful information, Francis spoke back into the meeting. "This is why I was against the Warforge idea to begin with, Council. You all knew in the beginning when I was chosen as Supreme Commander that this war needed to be followed my way if we were going to have even the slightest chance of succeeding. Whether some of you want to admit to it or not, the Warforge ARE beings now. I don't have a problem with the Warforge fighting, but I am against them being used as cannon fodder for your own protection. Only you, the Elves, have benefited from any loses to your own as the rest of us human nations still have taken many causalities even with them by our sides. You all knew this was going to be an ugly war, so you have no excuse for saying you didn't want your people to die. How the hell do you think I feel or my Emperor feel after ten long years of this war?"

As Francis took a moment to regain himself, he knew that this issue would never die so he decided to end his part right now with the Council. "My allies, I warned you over the last year of the consequences of both the Warforge project and of the threat Maximilian posses. However, it seems that some of you here still don't believe me or my ideals. As such, I'll leave you all to decide how you wish to proceed in this matter. However, either way, I will not step down as Supreme Commander of this alliance. Now, if you will excuse me, my nation needs me and my allies and friends are fighting to keep your nation safe in this war."

As Francis finished, he left the tent and proceeded back to the city hall to meet with some other commanders and one of the Warforge leaders to discuss tactics for the siege of Muscov.

The Council debated Francis words. There was massive yelling and talking in Elven as he left. Francis walk to his office. Inside there was several of his officers and a tall 8ft Warforge looking back at him. It saluted to him.

[Brotherhood Steel the 2nd]

As the sun shined bright on the next day, Shatner woke up to 12,000,000 men and 500,000 tanks parked right out of his tent. Along with 1, 200 artillery. He got ready and walked out of his tent. He ordered his men to gear up and supply themselves with anything they needed.
"Tis' going to be a very hard day for you and me." Said Shatner as he walked into the command bay. He walked to his most trusted drone operator, Cpl. Mark Harringwright.
"Have you picked up anything on the radar? Any incoming air?" Said Shatner hesitantly
"Yea, I can tell you something, sir." Said the Cpl as he turned his chair facing Shatner "200 enemy jets fully loaded are on their way right now. Get everyone ready and move into the woodlands. ETA 10 minutes."
"WHAT? How could this be possible? We bombed their airfield last night!" Yelled Shatner as everyone turned to him
"Sir, We only managed to hit ONE airfield out of the 10. Remember? 10 F16s got shot down. The rest of the Squadron pulled back" Said Mark
"Okay, How many jets do we have?" Said Shatner.
"35, Hahahahaha" Said Mark giving Shatner a smile

As the forces of RebeliousCanada hurried to meet the air response from Maximilian's forces, 200 heavy fighters and bombers were making their way to their encampments to exact revenge from Steel Harbor and from the last few days of the RC's forces taking back the coastal towns and villages. As they were ten miles out, the pilots of the bomber squadron began to ready their weapons to lock onto the town and forces of the RC. However, they were soon meet by the air forces of the RC as an air battle ensued.

[Brotherhood Steel the 2nd]

The Council debated Francis words. There was massive yelling and talking in Elven as he left. Francis walk to his office. Inside there was several of his officers and a tall 8ft Warforge looking back at him. It saluted to him.

As he walked back into this office, he looked at the Warforge and saluted back before he spoke. "So you must be the leader of the Warforge. Well then, to introduce myself I am Lord Francis Kissinger, Supreme Commander of the Crown Alliance. It's a pleasure and honor to meet you and have your people serve with us in this war." As Francis finished, he offered his hand in friendship to the Warforge as he waited for a response.

[Brotherhood Steel the 2nd]

"I'm not suggesting that we use the old tunnels, that would inefficient and dangerous. No I suggest that your men are disturbing the supply lines and that you are sending a adviser to the council of the crown alliance or do you want to draw back now that we have a chance to end this madness ones and for all ?"

As Zhukovnotov listened to the lady's response, he thought for a moment before he replied back. "I am fine with having my forces disrupt Maximilian's supply lines and doing the dirty missions for this alliance. However, I'd wish to see my Emperor and Lord Kissinger once your forces meet to converge upon Steel Pass and Kingsmarch as I owe my life still to my Emperor and I have to repay the debt. Now, do you have anything else you wish to discuss because my men and I are leaving soon to venture into the east for a recon mission to the capital."

[The Elven Imperium]

The Warforge look at him and then took his hand. "I am Hercules. It is a honor to meet you." He said in a booming voice. It would have been a preumious name except the Warforge looked impressive and well clean like a god.

[The Elven Imperium]

As Zhukovnotov listened to the lady's response, he thought for a moment before he replied back. "I am fine with having my forces disrupt Maximilian's supply lines and doing the dirty missions for this alliance. However, I'd wish to see my Emperor and Lord Kissinger once your forces meet to converge upon Steel Pass and Kingsmarch as I owe my life still to my Emperor and I have to repay the debt. Now, do you have anything else you wish to discuss because my men and I are leaving soon to venture into the east for a recon mission to the capital."

"Yes my friend. we need proper intellience on Maximillian forces and their intent. We need to know where they are so we can defeat them. If you could help our scouts that would be worth more then a hundred thousand men." Alastair responded. He admired these people, but he didn't want them to risk themselves needlessly.

[Valorono]

Dimitri met with the commander of the three hundred POWs captured. He received intel that the POWs were turning traitor. Though it was good for the war it meant that Dimitri had to be on his toes. "So I was told you would like to speak to me?" Dimitri said to the commander.

As the commander meet with Dimitri, he showed a somewhat nervous face as he began to speak with him. "Well, yes I did wish to speak to you. A hint of warning to you and your forces, you need to stop here and not venture further south to the island fortress of Serov in the South Aluvean Seas. If you continue, you will only see sights that will haunt you and your men for the rest of your days in this life. I'm sure you are aware of the power Maximilian posses and part of that reason is why you haven't seen anyone in the villages or towns you past in the last several hundred miles. He has...done things to us that will haunt us until we die." As the commander paused, he lifted his shirt to show the tattoos and brutal markings carved into his body. After showing Dimitri, the commander spoke up again. "You will find these marking on any soldier that has served in Maximilian's forces as he has used black magic to take our souls away from us. Chances are that many of the civilians are already dead too because of this."

Dimitri was a little surprised about the armed forces and even more so about the civilians. "We will do whatever we can to get your souls back." Dimitri said to the commander. "Even if it may seem as an impossibility we will do all that we can to help you and your people." Dimitri said with a faint smile on his face. "Now the question is what do we do with you?". Dimitri turned away from the commander. "I'm going to give you and your men an option. Come fight with the Valo Army and Myself to fight the hideous works of Dear Maxy. Or I keep you with us as prisoners. You will be treated with respect, but as POWs." Dimitri said waiting fro the commanders response. "oh", he added, As for Serov, we have no option but to attack and win." Dimitri said prodly

[RebeliousCanada]

As soon as Shatner found out they were ten miles out, He ordered all men with AA Launchers to stander ready in their fox holes. Every place there was a heavy gun, A man was operating it, pointing out into the distance.
"RCS HammerHead this is Maple Six, Unit 21, We need air superiority at grid 21,34,22,83,01, Over!"Said Shatner in his calm voice over the radio
"Maple Six this Is Hammer Head, We read you loud and clear. Our radar is looking into your position. We calculated and found you 220 miles inland. You will not be getting the Jets in your airspace for another 10 minutes. Us and the RCS Boomer are launching every single Jet we have to counter the attack. Just get your fighters in the air. Okay?" Said the Radio operator of the ship
"You got it. Thanks for the support, out." Shatner was just about to alert his men when a Hell-fire missile hit a Humvee. Incinerating the men inside.
"We're under atta-" Screamed a Marines as he was shot in the chest. Soon enough, All of the men and tanks on the ground were firing their machine guns into the sky. 200 planes weren't the attacking force Henry predicted. It was 2000 planes along with 500 T90s and 10,000 T72s. Supported by 1,000,000,000 infantry fully armed.
"Com'on! We can take em! Shoot to kill or live to die!" Screamed a Canadian tanker as he went full charge into the enemy with his tank brigade.

[Brotherhood Steel the 2nd]

The Warforge look at him and then took his hand. "I am Hercules. It is a honor to meet you." He said in a booming voice. It would have been a semiprecious name except the Warforge looked impressive and well clean like a god.

As Francis listened to the large Warforge, he was surprised to see how quickly their language skills had become more advanced to the point where they were speaking perfect English. After introducing each other, Francis sat down as he began to explain some plans to the Warforge about the upcoming battle for Muscov. Over the next several hours, Francis, Jaaera, several Constannian Generals and Hercules went over first-draft of plans for their assault on Muscov. However, as they were in the middle of discussing the defenses Muscov had, Francis was called to the main conference room. Upon getting there, he was surprised to see the Prince Celanor, his father-in-law, his wives and child, and Prince Andy. As he looked on, Francis spoke up. "Well, you all called me and seeing you all means you have something to tell me so you have my attention."

[Brotherhood Steel the 2nd]

"Yes my friend. we need proper intelligence on Maximilian forces and their intent. We need to know where they are so we can defeat them. If you could help our scouts that would be worth more then a hundred thousand men." Alastair responded. He admired these people, but he didn't want them to risk themselves needlessly.

Listening to the Elven leader, Zhukovnotov responded back. "Any intelligence I find I will forward back to Steel Harbor and to your armies in the field. So you can call your scouts back as they will be spotted by Maximilian's men easily. Now, I'll have my men take you back to the meeting place and you can meet me there again in one weeks' time. Until then my friends." As the meeting ended, the group was taken back to the meeting place as Zhukovnotov and several recon patrols made their way through the tunnels to the East to begin their recon mission.

[Brotherhood Steel the 2nd]

Dimitri was a little surprised about the armed forces and even more so about the civilians. "We will do whatever we can to get your souls back." Dimitri said to the commander. "Even if it may seem as an impossibility we will do all that we can to help you and your people." Dimitri said with a faint smile on his face. "Now the question is what do we do with you?". Dimitri turned away from the commander. "I'm going to give you and your men an option. Come fight with the Valo Army and Myself to fight the hideous works of Dear Maxy. Or I keep you with us as prisoners. You will be treated with respect, but as POWs." Dimitri said waiting fro the commanders response. "oh", he added, As for Serov, we have no option but to attack and win." Dimitri said proudly

Listening to Dimitri's offer, the commander replied back quickly. "We'll take you up on your offer, Dimitri. But please don't offer me or my men help for our souls as the way they were taken from us we can never get them back. I'll inform the others to be ready by daybreak to assist you, my grace. Goodnight." With that, the commander shook Dimitri's hand before he headed back to the other POWs to inform them on the new plans and to get a restful sleep for the night.

[Constaniana]

As Leona heard the news, her mind rushed with many emotions and feelings as she didn't know how to respond. Her mind just raced with the thought, I'm pregnant? I'm going to be a mother? I honestly don't know how to respond to that. As her mind filled with these thoughts, Leona felt her body growing weak and her mind clouded. As such, her body and mind pasted out as her mind continued to race with thoughts of the news of herself being pregnant both made her happy and fearful of what was to come in the future.

---

As Tiberius listened to Charles, he understood how Charles felt about his kids and how they were reacting to this war; especially Edward has he had just had a child not that long ago. As Charles finished, Tiberius spoke up to his friend. "Well, if you wish, we could have Victoria and Luke brought here to Steel Harbor for a few days. As you can see, we do celebrate Christmas here in the Imperium and with the Western Continent mostly secured from Maximilian, the least I can do for you and the others is host a Christmas Party at the end of the month when Christmas comes. Besides, by then the new Imperium Army will be ready and after Christmas we can take Muscov and then head to Kingsmarch and the Steel Pass to claim the western half of the Imperium." As Tiberius finished with his talk, he noticed Prince Russell come into the room with a face of both happiness and confusion.

Dr. Florence shook Leona a little. "Princess? Princess? Are you alright?" She asked, seeing the state the young woman was now in. "You shouldn't be too worried about it; you'll manage just fine. Look at me, I bore six children for Stuart and I'm just perfectly well at this age. Well, maybe my hair could be a bit less gray but you get the point,"

---

Charles smiled appreciatively when Tiberius made his offer about a Christmas party once the western half of the continent was liberated. "That sounds quite magnificent, my good man. I'll certainly be looking forward to that," he responded, when Russell burst into the room. "Son, what is the matter?" Charles asked.

"Leona's pregnant!"Russell blurted out, grinning wildly and blushing. "Well, you've certainly been busy, haven't you?" Charles said, laughing, as he wondered how Tiberius would react to the news.

[Valorono]

Dimitri was a little surprised about the armed forces and even more so about the civilians. "We will do whatever we can to get your souls back." Dimitri said to the commander. "Even if it may seem as an impossibility we will do all that we can to help you and your people." Dimitri said with a faint smile on his face. "Now the question is what do we do with you?". Dimitri turned away from the commander. "I'm going to give you and your men an option. Come fight with the Valo Army and Myself to fight the hideous works of Dear Maxy. Or I keep you with us as prisoners. You will be treated with respect, but as POWs." Dimitri said waiting fro the commanders response. "oh", he added, As for Serov, we have no option but to attack and win." Dimitri said proudly

Listening to Dimitri's offer, the commander replied back quickly. "We'll take you up on your offer, Dimitri. But please don't offer me or my men help for our souls as the way they were taken from us we can never get them back. I'll inform the others to be ready by daybreak to assist you, my grace. Goodnight." With that, the commander shook Dimitri's hand before he headed back to the other POWs to inform them on the new plans and to get a restful sleep for the night.

As Dimitri went back to his tent he put Otto in a bed made of goose down and wool. He himself went to bed as well. His mind full of thoughts. Thoughts of war, life, death, music, etc. He passed out around twenty minutes later but even in his dreams he was busy.

[Brotherhood Steel the 2nd]

As soon as Shatner found out they were ten miles out, He ordered all men with AA Launchers to stander ready in their fox holes. Every place there was a heavy gun, A man was operating it, pointing out into the distance.
"RCS HammerHead this is Maple Six, Unit 21, We need air superiority at grid 21,34,22,83,01, Over!"Said Shatner in his calm voice over the radio
"Maple Six this Is Hammer Head, We read you loud and clear. Our radar is looking into your position. We calculated and found you 220 miles inland. You will not be getting the Jets in your airspace for another 10 minutes. Us and the RCS Boomer are launching every single Jet we have to counter the attack. Just get your fighters in the air. Okay?" Said the Radio operator of the ship
"You got it. Thanks for the support, out." Shatner was just about to alert his men when a Hell-fire missile hit a Humvee. Incinerating the men inside.
"We're under atta-" Screamed a Marines as he was shot in the chest. Soon enough, All of the men and tanks on the ground were firing their machine guns into the sky. 200 planes weren't the attacking force Henry predicted. It was 2000 planes along with 500 T90s and 10,000 T72s. Supported by 1,000,000,000 infantry fully armed.
"Com'on! We can take em! Shoot to kill or live to die!" Screamed a Canadian tanker as he went full charge into the enemy with his tank brigade.

As the battle ensued between both forces, Shatner's men were meet with a ferocious barrage of air ordnance combined with a sneak attack of fifty thousand of Maximilian's soldiers. As the battle began to intensify, both forces fought out with hellish instinct to inflict as much damage as they could. Although they were badly outnumbered and this was more or less a suicide mission, the forces of Maximilian were determined to inflict as much damage as possible to the forces of the RC before they all died.

[Constaniana]

As the night wore on for the Constannian Forces, they were surprised to see that the Imperium people were decorating the outsides of their homes and the streets with lights and decorations. Singing and carolling could be heard also in the distance as the towns people were beginning to get into a festive mood that they hadn't experienced in many years. It was lively enough that several of the Constannian Princes came into the town to see what was going on and ask some questions.

Prince Edward walked through the town, seeing the people begin to get into the Christmas spirit. Such open celebration in spite of the bleak and terrible war that surrounded them all brought a smile to the young Crown Prince's face. As his boots crunched through the snow that had already gently fell to the ground Edward looked at the townspeople going about their business with new joy. Edward stood in the town square as there was a tree which had been quickly decorated with lights and candles. He could see there was another person standing there, a young boy who seemed to be about 15 years old, with pale blonde hair and light green eyes. "Tell me, boy, what's your name?" Edward asked him.

[Brotherhood Steel the 2nd]

Dr. Florence shook Leona a little. "Princess? Princess? Are you alright?" She asked, seeing the state the young woman was now in. "You shouldn't be too worried about it; you'll manage just fine. Look at me, I bore six children for Stuart and I'm just perfectly well at this age. Well, maybe my hair could be a bit less gray but you get the point,"

---

Charles smiled appreciatively when Tiberius made his offer about a Christmas party once the western half of the continent was liberated. "That sounds quite magnificent, my good man. I'll certainly be looking forward to that," he responded, when Russell burst into the room. "Son, what is the matter?" Charles asked.

"Leona's pregnant!"Russell blurted out, grinning wildly and blushing. "Well, you've certainly been busy, haven't you?" Charles said, laughing, as he wondered how Tiberius would react to the news.

As Leona regained consciousness, she spoke to Dr. Florence with her facing being blushed from the news. "I'm sorry doctor, but the news is exciting to say the least. I just never thought it would happen so early since I just turn eighteen only a few months ago. It's the matter that both Russell and I tried to plan it so we didn't have a kid until after the war was done. But I guess God had other plans for us and this life I now carry. If you can help me, I need to see my father and explain this to him." As Leona began to get up, she still felt woozy and again feel back onto the bed still exhausted from the news and fatigue.

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As Tiberius heard the news, he himself nearly passed out from hearing that his daughter was pregnant with child. As he found a seat, he spoke up to the news. "Russell, that is most wonderful news. I mean, I shouldn't be surprised given how you two act around one another, but wow. It looks like I will become a grandpa after all. But why isn't see with you right now, Russell?"

[Brotherhood Steel the 2nd]

As Dimitri went back to his tent he put Otto in a bed made of goose down and wool. He himself went to bed as well. His mind full of thoughts. Thoughts of war, life, death, music, etc. He passed out around twenty minutes later but even in his dreams he was busy.

As the night wore on for the forces of Valorono and the now enlisted men of the former Maximilian military, thoughts and chatter could be heard in the air as they were only two days travel from the southern most end of the continent and therefore, the island fortress of Serov. While some of it was excitement for a real fight and the chance to claim glory, others thought of certain death and uncertainty of what they would be facing. Either way, the a few days time their forces would be facing one of the last holdouts in the Western Continent of Maximilian's troops. As the sun rose that next morning, the POW commander and his troops were already awake and lively as they tendered to their fallen comrades by burning their bodies to ash. As such, they could feel Dimitri's presence when he stumbled upon them having a private service.

[Brotherhood Steel the 2nd]

[Prince Edward walked through the town, seeing the people begin to get into the Christmas spirit. Such open celebration in spite of the bleak and terrible war that surrounded them all brought a smile to the young Crown Prince's face. As his boots crunched through the snow that had already gently fell to the ground Edward looked at the townspeople going about their business with new joy. Edward stood in the town square as there was a tree which had been quickly decorated with lights and candles. He could see there was another person standing there, a young boy who seemed to be about 12 years old, with pale blonde hair and light green eyes. "Tell me, boy, what's your name?" Edward asked him.

Looking at the tall and strange man, the boy spoke up. "Sir, my name is Timothy Von Zxmathis. Thank you again for the work you have done for us as we can finally celebrate Christmas without being threatened by those mean and evil men. Can you help me get the star on the tree, kind sir?" As the young boy finished, he held a beautiful crystal star that was to be placed on top of the tree. However, it was a tall tree and he couldn't reach the top of it and needed help.

[Valorono]

As Dimitri went back to his tent he put Otto in a bed made of goose down and wool. He himself went to bed as well. His mind full of thoughts. Thoughts of war, life, death, music, etc. He passed out around twenty minutes later but even in his dreams he was busy.

As the night wore on for the forces of Valorono and the now enlisted men of the former Maximilian military, thoughts and chatter could be heard in the air as they were only two days travel from the southern most end of the continent and therefore, the island fortress of Serov. While some of it was excitement for a real fight and the chance to claim glory, others thought of certain death and uncertainty of what they would be facing. Either way, the a few days time their forces would be facing one of the last holdouts in the Western Continent of Maximilian's troops. As the sun rose that next morning, the POW commander and his troops were already awake and lively as they tendered to their fallen comrades by burning their bodies to ash. As such, they could feel Dimitri's presence when he stumbled upon them having a private service.

As Dimitri walked in on the service Dimitri had Otto in his hood and brought along an Orthodox Priest with him who was originally there for his confession. There was a cool mist in the air. "I'm sorry that so many of your men had to die commander. As I am sorry that anyone has to die. But freedom isn't free now is it?" Dimitri said with a chuckle. "I don't mean to intrude but I can say some words for the departed if you would like." The priest said. "Speaking of which i never got your name commander". Dimitri said to the commander. "I am Tsar Dimitri the First of Valorono, if you didn't know". DImitri said with a chuckle.

[The Elven Imperium]

As Francis listened to the large Warforge, he was surprised to see how quickly their language skills had become more advanced to the point where they were speaking perfect English. After introducing each other, Francis sat down as he began to explain some plans to the Warforge about the upcoming battle for Muscov. Over the next several hours, Francis, Jaaera, several Constannian Generals and Hercules went over first-draft of plans for their assault on Muscov. However, as they were in the middle of discussing the defenses Muscov had, Francis was called to the main conference room. Upon getting there, he was surprised to see the Prince Celanor, his father-in-law, his wives and child, and Prince Andy. As he looked on, Francis spoke up. "Well, you all called me and seeing you all means you have something to tell me so you have my attention."

Celanor spoke for the group. "The council as decided by a slim majority to allow you to do as you see fit with the Warforge in country for now. They also like to let you know no future warforge will be sent to the Imperium till the council feels they are properly ready for duty. The Council also express it's desire that if You interfeer in Elven military affairs again the Empire will withdraw it's support from the current conflict. Prince Andy as head of the warforge project shall be recalled to head up the project to supervise the project." He last statement sent a sorrow look on Andy's face.

[Brotherhood Steel the 2nd]

As Dimitri walked in on the service Dimitri had Otto in his hood and brought along an Orthodox Priest with him who was originally there for his confession. There was a cool mist in the air. "I'm sorry that so many of your men had to die commander. As I am sorry that anyone has to die. But freedom isn't free now is it?" Dimitri said with a chuckle. "I don't mean to intrude but I can say some words for the departed if you would like." The priest said. "Speaking of which i never got your name commander". Dimitri said to the commander. "I am Tsar Dimitri the First of Valorono, if you didn't know". Dimitri said with a chuckle.

As the commander looked at the priest he nodded and allowed the priest to perform a small ceremony for the departed. After the ceremony was over, the commander spoke to Dimitri. "It was something that happened to some of us, Dimitri. Without our souls some of the soldiers within the military became complete obedient servants to their commanders and would follow them to death. Only those that had strong minds were able to resist Maximilian's influence to an extent. That is the reason why only three hundred of us surrendered to you as the rest of the 30,000 men you killed had lost their wills long ago. But they are in a better place now, free from the corruption Maximilian brought them." As they were getting ready to head out to march, the commander also answered Dimitri's question. "And to answer your question, the name is Baron Richard Von Hilfiger, past commander of the 3rd Legion of the Steel Guards. I am one of the few men left that have seen this war since the beginning with Maximilian and I can tell you many things have changed for the worse back east. Perhaps if we live I'll tell you some stories. And by the way, the fox you have in your hood, just be aware that here in the Imperium they grow to become the size of large dogs. So be careful." With that piece of advice, Richard joined his men in the convoy as they began their march.

[Brotherhood Steel the 2nd]

Celanor spoke for the group. "The council as decided by a slim majority to allow you to do as you see fit with the Warforge in country for now. They also like to let you know no future Warforge will be sent to the Imperium till the council feels they are properly ready for duty. The Council also express it's desire that if you interfere in Elven military affairs again the Empire will withdraw it's support from the current conflict. Prince Andy as head of the Warforge project shall be recalled to head up the project to supervise the project." He last statement sent a sorrow look on Andy's face.

As Francis heard the news, it was a mixed bag as he would have oversight of the Warforge but Andy would be suffering from the result. And it didn't help him much either that Prince Celanor was being devious with the threat of pulling the Elves out of the war. Nevertheless, Francis held in his pride and spoke to the group. "While it is a shame to see Prince Andy leaving us, I doubt he will be gone long as talking with Hercules here they respect him very much as a leader and creator. In fact, as much as I respect your decision Celanor, I am reassigning Prince Andy as my personal adviser to help me better understand the Warforge we have here. Nevertheless, I will keep myself out of Elven Military business unless it pertains to direct conflict with the Crown Alliance's goals and objectives. Now, seeing as there ha been enough drama for one day, id like for you and my father and wives to stay as I'd like to hash out these last details for the upcoming invasion of Muscov." As Francis finished, several aides brought out the plans and maps they had been working with all day on the invasion of the northern port city.