The day that Leonoric the Mad became rich.
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The day that Leonoric the Mad became rich.
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Arbash
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Re: The day that Leonoric the Mad became rich.
Unfortunately, you will need to rewrite the story in order to get the reward, for it is not good enough.
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Leonoric
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Re: The day that Leonoric the Mad became rich.
The Tale of King Leonoric and the Level 7 Ruin
Chapter 1
The year of our lord 2013 of the 9th month and 10th day,
The storm outside raged on with little communication from scouts sent in search of hidden treasures. King Leonoric strode over to the stained glass window of his tower in the west wing of the grand capitol Avalon and leered out at the pouring rain, seeing very little until the occasional crack of lightning lit up the castle courtyard and forest beyond.. it was early morning before sun up and he couldn't sleep. There was too much upon his mind from war and successfully fending off 12 other lesser lords to protect his army and his home to sleep and the weather didn't help.
Many of the candles in his quarters were burning low and even though there were tapestries adorning the walls and a roaring fire still the room was cold.. and quiet apart from the scurrying of a small rodent in the rafters which seem to visit every night.
There was a knock at the door at the entrance of the towers chamber, "Come" the king replied. with a creaking of hinges on the giant oak double doors the heroine Marrion Goodwill entered, clad in Paladin plate armour, blue silken cape and giant 2 handed sward that only a huge barbarian should be able to wield.
"What news comes this day Lady Goodwill?" asked the king.
"My liege we have heard nothing of our scouts we sent out weeks ago, not one raven sent back.. not that they could find their way back to the castle in this weather"
Marrion walked over to the stained glass window her noble king was looking out of, "it just doesn't seem to let up out there my lord" Marrion said while leaning up against a pillar.
The king said nothing and stood for a while, eyes still fixated on the endless darkness outside. "you know my Lady Goodwill, the only problem with being a king in a castle with a huge army waiting to march at my command is that if there is no news of monsters to defeat, inactivity eats at you... what is a righteous king without evil to battle?"
Marrion still leaning up against the pillar looked at her feet and pulled some stray hair that fell over her face behind her ear. The king slowly turned and slowly walked to the table and sat in his dining chair and slammed his dagger into the top of the table in frustration.
Just within ear shot was the sound of someone running up the spiralled stairs to the kings tower. the king slowly looking up and then at the door. Suddenly and without knocking a scout covered in mud and drenched spluttered "My lord! my lord thank god I made it back to the castle, the others said we should wait till morning but I set off on my own ahead!"
"What is the meaning of this intrusion" the king yelled furiously.
"My king! we have found a huge ruin with a massive amount of monsters mobilizing within and vast amounts of treasure lay within hundreds if not thousands of chests!."
The king shot up out of his seat directly looking at Lady Marrion, "This has to be one of fabled level 7 ruins that have been written about over the centuries..." The king slowly walks over to the fire place steadying himself with his hand up against the key stone of the arch of the fireplace and gazed into the flames.
"This.. could make a king.. become great.. and unforgotten. If I can utterly destroy this ruin and bring the treasures back here to my castle the bards will sing of me.. mothers will name their children after me.. I will become a legend to my own people and an example for all."
There was a brief silence in the kings chamber and the scout and lady Marrion exchanged a look, "my lord what is your command."
"Gather the men, get my sword, we march at once... and give the scout a silver coin for his trouble."
Chapter 2
With the army assembled and Lady Marrion on her black steed and impressive armour alongside the king spoke to the men in a strong voice. "Men.. today is the day that every man here will be remembered a hero... a legend among common men. No matter what inn you stay at over the kingdom they will buy you drinks, sing your name and idolize you."
There was muttering and bustling among the ranks, Marrion gave a brief pause and took a moment to enjoy looking at the men's confused expressions and gestures.
"Today our scout has reported that they have found an arch ruin... and in it the most fearsome and deadly creatures you could possible imagine..."
Again Marrion gave a brief pause and viewed the men's reaction who now were looking shocked, some even scared.
"Brave men" Marrion continued "though you may feel uneasy every man that fights this day will be handsomely rewarded and be personally thanked by the king himself"
The men some of them now perked up slightly others still not so sure. Marrion picked up on this and looked to her king, the king gave a nod.
"And free beer for life!"
There was a huge roar of cheering from the thousands that stood in front of the king and then shortly all of the men stamping their spear butts and clashing their swords against their shields at the same time making a unanimous thumping in enthusiasm while chanting the kings name. The king gave a slight grin that he could barely hide, Marrion rolled her eyes "ugh."
The huge gates and portcullis of the castle grind open and with king Leonoric and Lady Marrion at the head of the army they started to march in the thrashing rain towards the terrifying foe.
On the outskirts of the forest close to the castle and within view of the king and his army, a wrinkled hand grasped the final tree trunk between the hobgoblin and the vast clearing of land that lay ahead of him, darting black eyes viewed the army marching away, clearly an agent of evil travelling through the darkness and twisting trunks of the forest to avoid as much light and life as possible.
The hobgoblin slinked back into the undergrowth muttering "master no gonna like this, no one hit ruin within 200 kingdoms of his lair no no like like."
Chapter 3
King Leonoric, his heroine and his army continued their march east towards the location of the ruin, looking at the map Marrion informs her king "my lord we are crossing the kingdom border from 32 - 16 to 33 - 16."
The king raised his hand and the army halted, ahead of them large swathes of cursed forest and massive mountain ranges dominated the landscape. Marrion gets down off of her steed and approaches what looked like a small hastily constructed sign, King Leonoric calls out "what does it say my lady?" Marrion kneels down to get a better view of what was written, Marrion replies "Don't live within 500 squares of my lair...." she gets up and looks to her king and shrugs. The king raises one eyebrow and then turns to his men for a second, "ok...then... men onwards!"
At the tree line the hobgoblin who was still following the king and his army leered, "no no master no be happy hobgoblin get hit on head with dead rat!"
The hobgoblin now much more at home on the cursed forest terrain quickly hobbled his way back to his masters lair occasionally stopping to eat the odd cursed elf rabbit to sustain his energy for his exhausting trip.
By this time king Leonoric and his mighty army had now reached the base of the huge mountain range spanning across the kingdom and prepared for the monumental task crossing such a harsh terrain. In awe the men looked yonder at the impressive natural structure, huge boulders littered the incline up to the peak. tough roots and dead and dried foliage clung to the smaller rocks making any attempt to climb up hazardous at best.
The men looked to their king, "what can we do my lord, this terrain is deadly!". The king took a glance at his army before him and slowly pulled out a crumpled scroll from his belt and then raised his free hand and bellowed the magical words "Perceptum! Scorpious! Draconum!" and with the last word a huge blinding flash and chocking smoke engulfed the entire army. A lowly soldier coughed and spluttered but as the smoke cleared he held his arms out in front of him "I'm glowing!" as he turned round to face his peers they also glowed and had similar expressions of surprise on their faces. The king spoke "This spell will protect you greatly from any and all foes including the march that we now face, you will be protected until our return home!" The men let out a hearty cheer and picked up their weapons ready to march on.
Chapter 4
Marching long and hard the army and their liege finally cross the mighty mountains without harm or injury finally reaching the other side and then at the base again they halted. Ahead of them the steppes and dry grassland, further ahead thick black smoke rose from a huge ruin and sounds of foul creatures filled the ears of the king and his army. "Fear not" bellowed the king, "These creatures shall not best us, with my protection upon you we will rid the land of the evil before us!"
Unshaken and with sheer determination the army march on towards the huge gray stony mass, tension descended upon the army the closer they got. Reaching the outskirts of the ruin all sound of both animals and unnatural creatures ceased, looking into the ruins the men saw bright yellow eyes staring back at them, with the occasional flash of snarling teeth and crude weaponry.
The king spoke "Men.. today is the day you all become heroes, do not be scared as fear will fuel their strength! some of you may die today, but by the light we shall vanquish this evil and send them back to the darkest depths of the underworld!"
The men readied themselves drawing weapons, and lady Marrion rode her horse to the head of the army, dismounted and drew her huge two handed sword. Marrion turned to the army and yelled " for victory and for Avalon!" And with that the entire army of king Leonoric the mad of Avalon hurtled towards the ruin screaming mighty battle cries that could surely be heard from miles around.
In the darkness the Hobgoblin finally made it back to his masters foul lair and throne and scampered up to him "lord! oh darkest of darkest non team playing lord! there is Leonoric's army attacking a level 7 ruin! is has many thousands of shiny things in it!"
"WWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHATTTTT????" bellowed the hobgoblins lord, "how dare he set one foot within my 4000 kingdom range limit! to arms we will take this ruin ourselves and destroy king Leonoric and his puny army.
As the hobgoblin and his cruel twisted master hurried through the dark lanes of his castle they were about to pass the tavern when all of a sudden they stood frozen still... could their crusty ears deceive them? they barged into the inn and headed straight to the bar keeper, "You man" growled the hobgoblins master "what did you just say a minute ago"?
"Ah." said the bar keep, "All of a sudden the entire building started glowing golden and this parchment fell out of the air. let's see it reads." The barkeep clears his throat "Last news from your tavern! [level 7] Ruin has been destroyed on the server rise of civilization :- Arhon. Troops of player Leonoric won."
The hobgoblins masters jaw literally dropped down to his ankles "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"Oh no.. hobbygobby now get hit by dead rat for rest of life"
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Chapter 1
The year of our lord 2013 of the 9th month and 10th day,
The storm outside raged on with little communication from scouts sent in search of hidden treasures. King Leonoric strode over to the stained glass window of his tower in the west wing of the grand capitol Avalon and leered out at the pouring rain, seeing very little until the occasional crack of lightning lit up the castle courtyard and forest beyond.. it was early morning before sun up and he couldn't sleep. There was too much upon his mind from war and successfully fending off 12 other lesser lords to protect his army and his home to sleep and the weather didn't help.
Many of the candles in his quarters were burning low and even though there were tapestries adorning the walls and a roaring fire still the room was cold.. and quiet apart from the scurrying of a small rodent in the rafters which seem to visit every night.
There was a knock at the door at the entrance of the towers chamber, "Come" the king replied. with a creaking of hinges on the giant oak double doors the heroine Marrion Goodwill entered, clad in Paladin plate armour, blue silken cape and giant 2 handed sward that only a huge barbarian should be able to wield.
"What news comes this day Lady Goodwill?" asked the king.
"My liege we have heard nothing of our scouts we sent out weeks ago, not one raven sent back.. not that they could find their way back to the castle in this weather"
Marrion walked over to the stained glass window her noble king was looking out of, "it just doesn't seem to let up out there my lord" Marrion said while leaning up against a pillar.
The king said nothing and stood for a while, eyes still fixated on the endless darkness outside. "you know my Lady Goodwill, the only problem with being a king in a castle with a huge army waiting to march at my command is that if there is no news of monsters to defeat, inactivity eats at you... what is a righteous king without evil to battle?"
Marrion still leaning up against the pillar looked at her feet and pulled some stray hair that fell over her face behind her ear. The king slowly turned and slowly walked to the table and sat in his dining chair and slammed his dagger into the top of the table in frustration.
Just within ear shot was the sound of someone running up the spiralled stairs to the kings tower. the king slowly looking up and then at the door. Suddenly and without knocking a scout covered in mud and drenched spluttered "My lord! my lord thank god I made it back to the castle, the others said we should wait till morning but I set off on my own ahead!"
"What is the meaning of this intrusion" the king yelled furiously.
"My king! we have found a huge ruin with a massive amount of monsters mobilizing within and vast amounts of treasure lay within hundreds if not thousands of chests!."
The king shot up out of his seat directly looking at Lady Marrion, "This has to be one of fabled level 7 ruins that have been written about over the centuries..." The king slowly walks over to the fire place steadying himself with his hand up against the key stone of the arch of the fireplace and gazed into the flames.
"This.. could make a king.. become great.. and unforgotten. If I can utterly destroy this ruin and bring the treasures back here to my castle the bards will sing of me.. mothers will name their children after me.. I will become a legend to my own people and an example for all."
There was a brief silence in the kings chamber and the scout and lady Marrion exchanged a look, "my lord what is your command."
"Gather the men, get my sword, we march at once... and give the scout a silver coin for his trouble."
With the army assembled and Lady Marrion on her black steed and impressive armour alongside the king spoke to the men in a strong voice. "Men.. today is the day that every man here will be remembered a hero... a legend among common men. No matter what inn you stay at over the kingdom they will buy you drinks, sing your name and idolize you."
There was muttering and bustling among the ranks, Marrion gave a brief pause and took a moment to enjoy looking at the men's confused expressions and gestures.
"Today our scout has reported that they have found an arch ruin... and in it the most fearsome and deadly creatures you could possible imagine..."
Again Marrion gave a brief pause and viewed the men's reaction who now were looking shocked, some even scared.
"Brave men" Marrion continued "though you may feel uneasy every man that fights this day will be handsomely rewarded and be personally thanked by the king himself"
The men some of them now perked up slightly others still not so sure. Marrion picked up on this and looked to her king, the king gave a nod.
"And free beer for life!"
There was a huge roar of cheering from the thousands that stood in front of the king and then shortly all of the men stamping their spear butts and clashing their swords against their shields at the same time making a unanimous thumping in enthusiasm while chanting the kings name. The king gave a slight grin that he could barely hide, Marrion rolled her eyes "ugh."
The huge gates and portcullis of the castle grind open and with king Leonoric and Lady Marrion at the head of the army they started to march in the thrashing rain towards the terrifying foe.
On the outskirts of the forest close to the castle and within view of the king and his army, a wrinkled hand grasped the final tree trunk between the hobgoblin and the vast clearing of land that lay ahead of him, darting black eyes viewed the army marching away, clearly an agent of evil travelling through the darkness and twisting trunks of the forest to avoid as much light and life as possible.
The hobgoblin slinked back into the undergrowth muttering "master no gonna like this, no one hit ruin within 200 kingdoms of his lair no no like like."
Chapter 3
King Leonoric, his heroine and his army continued their march east towards the location of the ruin, looking at the map Marrion informs her king "my lord we are crossing the kingdom border from 32 - 16 to 33 - 16."
The king raised his hand and the army halted, ahead of them large swathes of cursed forest and massive mountain ranges dominated the landscape. Marrion gets down off of her steed and approaches what looked like a small hastily constructed sign, King Leonoric calls out "what does it say my lady?" Marrion kneels down to get a better view of what was written, Marrion replies "Don't live within 500 squares of my lair...." she gets up and looks to her king and shrugs. The king raises one eyebrow and then turns to his men for a second, "ok...then... men onwards!"
At the tree line the hobgoblin who was still following the king and his army leered, "no no master no be happy hobgoblin get hit on head with dead rat!"
The hobgoblin now much more at home on the cursed forest terrain quickly hobbled his way back to his masters lair occasionally stopping to eat the odd cursed elf rabbit to sustain his energy for his exhausting trip.
By this time king Leonoric and his mighty army had now reached the base of the huge mountain range spanning across the kingdom and prepared for the monumental task crossing such a harsh terrain. In awe the men looked yonder at the impressive natural structure, huge boulders littered the incline up to the peak. tough roots and dead and dried foliage clung to the smaller rocks making any attempt to climb up hazardous at best.
The men looked to their king, "what can we do my lord, this terrain is deadly!". The king took a glance at his army before him and slowly pulled out a crumpled scroll from his belt and then raised his free hand and bellowed the magical words "Perceptum! Scorpious! Draconum!" and with the last word a huge blinding flash and chocking smoke engulfed the entire army. A lowly soldier coughed and spluttered but as the smoke cleared he held his arms out in front of him "I'm glowing!" as he turned round to face his peers they also glowed and had similar expressions of surprise on their faces. The king spoke "This spell will protect you greatly from any and all foes including the march that we now face, you will be protected until our return home!" The men let out a hearty cheer and picked up their weapons ready to march on.
Chapter 4
Marching long and hard the army and their liege finally cross the mighty mountains without harm or injury finally reaching the other side and then at the base again they halted. Ahead of them the steppes and dry grassland, further ahead thick black smoke rose from a huge ruin and sounds of foul creatures filled the ears of the king and his army. "Fear not" bellowed the king, "These creatures shall not best us, with my protection upon you we will rid the land of the evil before us!"
Unshaken and with sheer determination the army march on towards the huge gray stony mass, tension descended upon the army the closer they got. Reaching the outskirts of the ruin all sound of both animals and unnatural creatures ceased, looking into the ruins the men saw bright yellow eyes staring back at them, with the occasional flash of snarling teeth and crude weaponry.
The king spoke "Men.. today is the day you all become heroes, do not be scared as fear will fuel their strength! some of you may die today, but by the light we shall vanquish this evil and send them back to the darkest depths of the underworld!"
The men readied themselves drawing weapons, and lady Marrion rode her horse to the head of the army, dismounted and drew her huge two handed sword. Marrion turned to the army and yelled " for victory and for Avalon!" And with that the entire army of king Leonoric the mad of Avalon hurtled towards the ruin screaming mighty battle cries that could surely be heard from miles around.
In the darkness the Hobgoblin finally made it back to his masters foul lair and throne and scampered up to him "lord! oh darkest of darkest non team playing lord! there is Leonoric's army attacking a level 7 ruin! is has many thousands of shiny things in it!"
"WWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHATTTTT????" bellowed the hobgoblins lord, "how dare he set one foot within my 4000 kingdom range limit! to arms we will take this ruin ourselves and destroy king Leonoric and his puny army.
As the hobgoblin and his cruel twisted master hurried through the dark lanes of his castle they were about to pass the tavern when all of a sudden they stood frozen still... could their crusty ears deceive them? they barged into the inn and headed straight to the bar keeper, "You man" growled the hobgoblins master "what did you just say a minute ago"?
"Ah." said the bar keep, "All of a sudden the entire building started glowing golden and this parchment fell out of the air. let's see it reads." The barkeep clears his throat "Last news from your tavern! [level 7] Ruin has been destroyed on the server rise of civilization :- Arhon. Troops of player Leonoric won."
The hobgoblins masters jaw literally dropped down to his ankles "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"Oh no.. hobbygobby now get hit by dead rat for rest of life"
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Arbash
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Re: The day that Leonoric the Mad became rich.
Great story! The reward will be issued to you tomorrow. Congrats once again!
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TheQuintus
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Re: The day that Leonoric the Mad became rich.
well done,king Leonoric,could you tell me what secret reward you got?