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Post by Gamemaster on May 10, 2007 6:41:34 GMT -5
Angenmar Paven Salan Kajakan Folon
7/1/41 Cledman VI
Ulor Kortelan arrives with Lorgan and a hundred horsemen.
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Post by Kortelan on May 10, 2007 10:47:54 GMT -5
Kortelan stayed on his horse and tried to strike an image that he thought would be befitting an Ulor but he didn't think he was successful. He followed the two soldiers from the 1st Kantora Kajakan Tros towards Ersolan. As they went he surveyed the area just taking in everything he could.
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Post by Gamemaster on May 12, 2007 2:02:30 GMT -5
Kortelan noticed that Angenmar Paven was not a very large town, though it was larger than Bakoya Kajak. Almost all the buildings were small, single story structures made of wood. The Ulor's Palace and the garrison fortress towered over the others. The garrison fortress was right on the water. The Ulor's palace was nearby, but not adjacent to it and not directly on the water.
Quite a few ships were tied up at the docks. None of them seemed to be normal commercial ships. Some were obviously navy ships, equipped with two decks of oars and rams at the bow of each ship, just below the water level. Others looked like merchant ships, but they had no cargo onboard nor were they loading or offloading any. Their crews were just waiting around near the docks, mingling with the troops.
Very few townspeople were in sight. The town seemed abandoned except for the vast army of soldiers whose encampments were everywhere.
There seemed to be no order to the army camps. They were spread out all over the place and all manner of debris and rubbish was strewn across their campsites. The soldiers themselves were, at this moment, mostly lounging around. Some were roaming around town. A great many of them were deployed in a semicircle, covering all the land approaches to the garrison fortress. The navy ships in the port and two more biremes anchored just offshore cut off the approach by sea.
Ersolan's men were involved in the siege, but Ersolan himself was back at their camp, some distance away. He emerged from a tent when he saw Ulor Kortelan riding up.
Ersolan smiled broadly with relief, "Your excellency, I can't tell you how glad I am to see you here. We've overrun the Ulor's palace, but we don't know what happened to Ulor Tremalkan. Also, the enemy is still holding the garrison fortress with a strong force. There is talk that Princess Evanit wants to try to take the garrison fortress by storm. I was glad when she wanted to attack the Ulor's palace and I supported her when she forced Korinyva's hand on that. I did not realize she knew so little of military affairs. Attacking the garrison fortress in the same way that we attacked the Ulor's palace would be madness. On top of that, Korinyva is trying to assert authority over all of us and is even saying I'm not even an officer in the Imperial Army. I'm not even sure whether I am. You gave me command of imperial troops, but you didn't clarify whether you were appointing me to imperial service. The way things stand, we're doing well and we could besiege the enemy in the fortress, but we've got three separate forces under separate commanders all arguing with each other and if an enemy force arrived to reinforce those we are already facing, it could go very badly."
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Post by Kortelan on May 12, 2007 16:30:23 GMT -5
Kortelan nods as he is listening to Ersolan. "Yes I understand. And by the way yes you are an officer in the Imperial Army because you command 3 units of the Imperial Army. Lets call a meeting of all the leaders and we shall figure out what to do."
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Post by Gamemaster on May 13, 2007 2:27:48 GMT -5
Ersolan says, "Well that's part of the problem. If I'm an officer in the army, what is my rank? The only rank I have is Gurikan ya Rizado which is a rank in the Rizado Kajakan Tros, not the Imperial Army. It's the highest rank in the Rizado Kajakan Tros, but it sounds like Gurikan which is the rank of a kantora commander. Please appoint me Ekanor Falan. It is the rank Tylifon had and I have clearly taken his place. It is also the same rank that Korinyva has so he will no longer be able to say he outranks me."
Ersolan then turns to one of his men and says, "Send runners to call a council of war here. Invite Korinyva and any officers he wants to bring, my kantora commanders, Ekanor Falan Dulimuk and Naltor Evanit."
The man goes to carry out this order.
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Post by Kortelan on May 13, 2007 15:50:32 GMT -5
Kortelan clasped Ersolan's shoulder and said "My friend you are no doubt the Ekanor Falan and I only wish I could appoint you to higher." he raised his voice so others could hear "Let it be known from this point on that Ersolan is officially the Ekanor Falan of Kajakan Tros."
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Post by Gamemaster on May 13, 2007 16:34:41 GMT -5
Ersolan smiled with relief. Others nearby cheered. Soon, Ekanor Falan Dulimuk from Tanan arrived and said he expected Naltor Evanit shortly. Then Ekanor Falan Korinyva arrived with a bevy of officers. After introductions were made, Korinyva said, "I am glad you have arrived, Ulor Kortelan. Perhaps with your help, we can put an end to these pointless arguments over authority. I have just received this letter from the Imperial Regent which should be sufficient to end this debate." He hands the letter to Kortelan. Kortelan reads the letter and it says: Ekanor Falan Korinyva
Congratulations on your success at Angenmar Paven. Try to bring your army back to Yishil as soon as you can.
On the matter of authority, I hereby decree that you are second-in-command of the Imperial Army and I hereby promote you to the rank of Gurikan Falan. I hereby confirm that you have authority over all Imperial Army forces in Kajakan Folon and I specifically include the Kajakan Folon garrison, all troops from Kajakan Tros, Tanan, Slythia, Trayavix and Nassavix as well as any other imperial troops who are there or may arrive there during your presence in the province. I also specifically give you command of the entire garrison at Kajakan Yost.
Any soldier or officer under your authority who, upon seeing this letter, does not immediately obey your orders, you may have summarily executed as an example to the others.
This letter shall not be construed to give you command of any ships or naval forces.
Rubanya Cledman, Imperial Regent Crown Prince Lord Chancellor of the Empire Commander of the Imperial Army
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Post by Kortelan on May 13, 2007 18:42:07 GMT -5
Kortelan read the note and searched for any loop holes. He found one right away. He does not let his joy show however. He nods and looks up solemnly to Ekanor Falan Korinyva "Well now this note changes my plan. Unfortinuatly I have to take council with Ersolan and my other aide. I am deeply sorry for this as I just called this meeting but my discourse will be brief. After which we can come back to this issue." He turns to Ersolan, "Take me to a place where we can speak in private and have a runner fetch Lorgan."
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Post by Gamemaster on May 14, 2007 1:18:22 GMT -5
Ekanor Falan Korinyva seems outraged, but he pretends not to be.
Ersolan and Lorgan meet with Kortelan separate from the others.
"What can we do about that?" Ersolan asks.
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Post by Kortelan on May 14, 2007 17:35:41 GMT -5
Kortelan smiled. "Well I read the note and its very clear that his power is only over the Imperial Army." He looked over to Lorgan, "How fast can we make everyone part of the Varron Rond? I figure if we make them all part of the Varron Rond and quickly taught how to fight like the Varron Rond once fought we can keep ourselves separate and gain a huge advantage. Also I want all knowledge about Krulmuk. I don't think he is stupid enough to attack Rubanya directly when Rubanya has had so much time to build defenses and muster his forces. No I think he intends to cut off his foe and stop here and in Varronia to pick up the garrisons. I want more information though first because I don't know his style. The smart thing would be to do what I think he will do. Or at least its the most obvious move, but will he do that or will he go to besiege Rubanya and then call for reinforcements? Rubanya is oblivious to that possibility. So I think we should stay here ready for either move. If he comes here first we can weaken him and perhaps give them more time to prepare and if he goes straight to the siege we can answer the call for reinforcements and attack from within his camp at night. What do you two think?"
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Post by Gamemaster on May 16, 2007 4:14:04 GMT -5
Ersolan says, "Why the Verron Rond? Why not make them all part of the Rizado Kajakan Tros? (North Bearland Guards). I am already the commander of that and all the kantoro commanders are my own men from the Rizado Kajakan Tros. It's unfortunate that we just declared that I am an officer in the Imperial Army, but that was only in front of the men from Kajakan Tros. It could be reversed."
Lorgan says, "There is a procedure and an initiation ceremony required to join the Verron Rond. The troops could be under the leadership of the Verron Rond, but they can't just be made members. A lot of them aren't even Verronese."
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Post by Kortelan on May 16, 2007 17:11:44 GMT -5
He nods, "Yes lets go with Ersolan's idea. Make them part of the Rizado Kajakan Tros. We can say that once alone you told me you would rather return to your position as the commander of the Rizado Kajakan Tros and you didn't say it in front of the men because they needed that moral boost. Then we can make all the men part of the Rizado Kajakan Tros and our problems will be solved as far as leadership. What do you two think about my ideas with Krulmuk?"
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Post by Gamemaster on May 16, 2007 19:27:40 GMT -5
Ersolan says, "I don't know Krulmuk either so I don't know what he will do. I have heard the rumors, as you obviously have, that he is headed for Kast Yvar and may come here next or perhaps attack Lorekan and then come here. Of course, he might also go straight to Yishil. I can tell you this much, though, any provincial capital will have a garrison fortress like the one here. It cannot be easily taken by storm and a siege will take a very long time or require that he detach a large force from his main army."
Lorgan just shrugs and says, "I'm not a soldier, I don't know. I've never even heard of Krulmuk before."
Ersolan says, "I think if the Rizado Kajakan Tros is going to be this much larger, that we should have more ranks. So far, we have only three ranks, Gamodiker Davin, Ekanor and Gurikan ya Rizado. There needs to be a rank for a kantora commander. It should be Gurikan like in the Imperial Army. Gurikan ya Rizado should be the highest rank, our equivalent to Gurikan Falanorata. Actually, we need another rank. Those spearmen of the Imperial army kantoro are definitely not any kind of Gamodiker Davin. They should keep their rank of kantor. That should be the lowest rank of the Rizado Kajakan Tros, a rank below Gamodiker Davin."
(OOC: "Gamodiker Davin" means "Battle Axe Man" in Verronese. "Kantor" means "spearman" in Zekresh and is the lowest rank of the Imperial Army. "Ekanor" means assistant or lieutenant in Zekresh. "Gurikan Falanorata" means literally "Highest Captain" or "Highest Leader" which is translated into English as "Field Marshall." "Gurikan ya Rizado" means "Captain of Guards" or "Leader of Guards" in Zekresh. ("Captain of THE Guards" would be "Gurikan yaa Rizado" instead of "Gurikan ya Rizado". In Zekresh, "a" means "the" and "ya" means "of". The phrase "of the" is always either combined into "yaa" or just shortened to "ya" which changes the meaning slightly from "of the" to just "of". The difference between "ya" and "yaa" is simply how long you say the "aah" sound and in common usage the difference disappears.)
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Post by Kortelan on May 16, 2007 21:17:50 GMT -5
"We can deal with that later. We need to get back to hold the council of war and counter their move. If I can get the upper hand here I can go and talk to the garrison. We might be able to get them to surrender if we let it be known that as long as they agree to fight under Ersolan's control nothing bad will happen to them. So soon after their rout they should be more willing to talk."
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Post by Gamemaster on May 17, 2007 20:37:53 GMT -5
Ersolan and Lorgan agree and they return with Kortelan to the council of war.
Ekanor Falan Korinyva says, "You asked for this meeting, Kortelan. Do you have something to tell us all?"
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