Guild Wars! [Event]

[Rainspattered]

Well, you could just rely on me destroying your corpses so horrifically there is no way to raise them effectively. Like when I dropped a castle on them. They were more "paste" than "corpses" which pretty much prevented raising. Since I use mostly terribly destructive magic to battle, this isn't unlikely. Any non-annihilated corpses would be intentionally disintegrated to prevent ressurection by your clerics, since we need your soldiers dead more than alive and a liability to our forces; Res' works on undead if they are willing, which your soldiers will be. A few spells and we have part of an army in our walls. No thanks, we'll be destroying any corpses not already destroyed. That a good enough IC excuse?

[Xerillum]

yeah. and this is open war. I've launched six offensives. your alliance? nil.

[Rainspattered]

You outnumber the undead, civilians included, 4 to one, all military. No, we're not going to launch open assaults on you. There is a difference between bravery and tactical infeasibility.

[Flabbicus]

You outnumber the undead, civilians included, 4 to one, all military. No, we're not going to launch open assaults on you. There is a difference between bravery and tactical infeasibility.

In 401 B.C.E. 10,000 Greek mercenaries under the general known as Cyrus engaged in pitched battles, witnessed untold horrors, and began a desperate march across the desert, over raging rivers, and into the jaws of hell itself. They fought an army vastly outnumbering them, and broke even.

So do not despair, others have been in similar situations.

[Xerillum]

Yeah, other battles commanded by Alexander, his army was outnumbered 3 to 1, and he won because his units killed 4 for every 1 they lost.

[Destro_Yersul]

In 401 B.C.E. 10,000 Greek mercenaries under the general known as Cyrus engaged in pitched battles, witnessed untold horrors, and began a desperate march across the desert, over raging rivers, and into the jaws of hell itself. They fought an army vastly outnumbering them, and broke even.

So do not despair, others have been in similar situations.

They were the Spartans, and they were the greatest warriors who ever lived. *Cue Halo Music*

((v:Right, thanks. Stupid not being able to spell sometimes...))

[Xerillum]

you mean cue.

[AmberVael]

In 401 B.C.E. 10,000 Greek mercenaries under the general known as Cyrus engaged in pitched battles, witnessed untold horrors, and began a desperate march across the desert, over raging rivers, and into the jaws of hell itself. They fought an army vastly outnumbering them, and broke even.

So do not despair, others have been in similar situations.

Yeah, other battles commanded by Alexander, his army was outnumbered 3 to 1, and he won because his units killed 4 for every 1 they lost.

Then there are the many battles where one army outnumbered the other and the large army slaughtered the smaller army. Those are not mentioned because they are not unusual, and are therefore not as interesting.

[Xerillum]

quit being negative!

[Flabbicus]

They were the Spartans, and they were the greatest warriors who ever lived. *Cue Halo Music*

((v:Right, thanks. Stupid not being able to spell sometimes...))

(( I have yet to read the new Halo book, I should get on that soon. ))

[Lykan]

Then there are the many battles where one army outnumbered the other and the large army slaughtered the smaller army. Those are not mentioned because they are not unusual, and are therefore not as interesting.

They are if it involves overthrowing a government... But that's because those fights ussually lead to a complete change in society, and a change in society is mentioned in the history books.

Plus, people like reading about stuff like that. I guess that means the majority of society are punks.

[AmberVael]

^: I speak in generalities. Of course my statement does not cover everything.

quit being negative!

Quit being overly positive, and I will not have to balance your foolish optimism out.

[Xerillum]

I am not positive!

[Rainspattered]

What Verdandi said. We're going to to go in against the odds, we'd like them to favour us a little bit more before we make the big assault.

[Xerillum]

*brings in reinforcements*

[Flabbicus]

Now you're just being mean.

[Xerillum]

he he he... tricksy dwarveses

[Rainspattered]

Peace Envoy being sent. It will never work, but the Undead feel it's their duty to try and send one before they attack the dwarves, since they have yelled at the dwarves for senseless attacks.

[Xerillum]

OK. I don't want the undead intervening in the goblin/dwarf war.

[Rainspattered]

That will be a problem. The essential article of the treaty is that assaults on the Goblins cease. In fact, we'd want it so no soldier in your forces entered the slums on any condition. If one does, it will be considered an act of war, violating the treaty and returning undead hostilities at you. If any Goblin is harmed by a dwarf, the treaty will also probably be voided (unless, say, a Goblin shoots a dwarf non-fatally with a crossbow and the dwarf defends himself, we don't begrudge you that.) Any conflict which you initiate, verbally or physically, though, will void the treaty.
Also, the next 460 Dwarves who die will have their corpses used to pay back the mindless undead we lost in the Dwarves' unjust attack upon our homeland.
Like I said, it will never work, the Undead just feel responsible to attempt to solve things peacefully before invading you.

[Thri-Kreen_DK]

Quick! Hire me goblins, so I mayest smite themest dwarven B*****d's.

[Xerillum]

hmm, the two hundred thrikreen against 100,000 highly trained dwarven soldiers, inside a castle... sure, you'll be sure doing some smiting!

[Kalbereth]

If this continues, Markan may have to end it. In an exceedingly violent manner. I'm also favoring the underdog on this one. How many troops do you think the emperor of a continent can bring in, I wonder?

[McBish]

Our peaceful town being torn apart by war. Oh woe is me.

[Renrik]

Any dwarf sighted within 100 feet of the slums will be shot by the GSA.

[Xerillum]

To tell you the truth, in numbers of men, the goblin alliance is stronger. plus, the dwarves have lost every battle from retreat.

[Rainspattered]

I don't think we outnumber you guys. There's 20-some thousand undead, a good number of whom are just civilians. That means the mafia and goblins have to add up to about a hundred thousand to equal your combined forces, I think.
Anyway, I don't know who's the underdog. While you have for sure been rebuffed at every battle, we've also never attacked that I know of; I think the forces are pretty equally matched. I hasn't gone on all that long, either, really. I'd let it go on to a standstill before ending it.

[The Orange Zergling]

hmm, the two hundred thri-kreen against 100,000 highly trained dwarven soldiers, inside a castle... sure, you'll be sure doing some smiting!

"And we do so with pride!"

Sorry... just had to say that.

[Xerillum]

and you know how easy it is to kill the zergling! and the undead are pretty much unkillable.

[Rainspattered]

We're pretty much badgers. Nice, cute little creatures who get irrationally violent and defensive if we're ever forced out of out little hole. I would say Wolverine, but somebody took that already, and Badgers are rockin' the two-tone style. Man, Badgers are ill. Next one of the town characters to die horribly will be replaced with a Badgerman.