The Green Knight feinted suddenly to the left as he noticed the momentary opening his Unseelie opponent presented him, such a brief slip would have gone unnoticed by any normal mortal and probably most Sidhe as well, but The Green Knight was not normal, not even close. Back in the Old World The Green Knight had served his God as manifested divinity, he was comfortable with a material body honed to absolute perfection and knew all the little tricks that the physical world had to offer. The Unseelie were fast, strong, silent and savage, but they posed little threat to The Green Knight.
As the Unseelie struck at what she thought was an opening only to find The Green Knight's practice staff knocking her legs out from under her. With a cry of fury she slammed into the dirt and found herself staring up at The Green Knight's staff lightly resting upon her nose. With a grin the enigmatic Seelie Knight pulled the Unseelie up and patted her on the shoulder reassuringly.
"Your form was excellent Iseiri, but you need to remember to focus upon your opponent and not upon The Gray Prince and The Crown of the Red Sky under the crystal tree."
The Green Knight openly grinned ast Iseiri turned from her usual icy blue to a lovely bright golden pink and began panicing all over the training ring.
"Calm down girl, it's a good sign, it means she's forgiven him. The less conflict between our peoples, the better; the Old World is behind us now, the new stands before us, the time for ancient hatreds is long past, now is the time for new loves, new lives!"
"Er, ah, yes, um... ..."
The Green Knight laughed as the paniced expression reached a climax and she tore off across the yard with a look of mortifying embarrisment etched upon her features. Iseiri would make an excellent soldier and possibly even a solid commander as well, although she'd need to get over those hormones. The Crown of the Red Sky was not the only Sidhe finding out that strange hings happen to mortal bodies.
With a flourish, he spun to his next opponent; The Stalking Mist, a hulking near-psychopathic Unseelie warrior with a penchant for unexpected ambushes and a truely terrifying ability to fit into spaces that by all rights should not accomodate his large frame. Despite his size, The Stalking Mist was blindingly fast and as silent as the depths of winter, The Green Knight did not worry that he might lose, but he would sure enjoy the fight!
In the distance, beneath the crystal tree, The Gray Prince smiled inwardly as he whispered sweet nothings into the ear of The Crown of the Red Sky. It had taken longer than he would have liked, and he almost lost her with that thoughtless argument, but she and all her firey temper were finally his. And i am finally hers.
The last thought startled him momentarily, he would never have thought it possible that he would ever give a part of himself away, but it seemed that relationships were more complex than that. And, he ruefully thought, i do enjoy her company...
Far away within the woods, Abraxas the Wise smiled to himself as the autumn leaves fell around him. It was good that he had come here, here he could make a difference, here he could assist his kin. And Begonis was a delightful young girl too, full of fire and promise, one day he hoped to teach her children; the Seelie researcher had barely scratched the surface of the great wisdom he possessed.
"Yes. It is good."
(3 + 1 Labour) Research Engineering, Excess Research to Mining
(1 Labour) Work Plains Tile 17 - +4 Food
(1 Labour) Work Plains Tile 16 - +4 Food
(1 Labour) Work Forest Tile 11 - +1 Food, +1 Wood, +1 Leather, +1 Research
(1 Labour) Work Forest Tile 18 - +3 Food, +1 Wood
(1 Labour) Make Leather Armor - -1 Leather, +1 Leather Armor
(1 Labour) Make Wooden Spears - -1 Wood, +1 Wooden Spears
(1 Labour) Make Wooden Shields - -1 Wood, +1 Wooden Shields
(2 Labour) Build Granary - -2 Wood
Total Labour Usage - 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 12/12
OTHER:
Train 1 unit of Soldiers - Wooden Spears, Wooden Shields, Leather Armor
TOTALS:
12 Food Produced, 12 Food Eaten
2 Wood Produced, 4 Wood Used, 2 Wood Subtracted from Warehouses
1 Leather Produced, 1 Leather Used
1 Wooden Spears Produced, 1 Wooden Spears Equipped
1 Wooden Shields Produced, 1 Wooden Shields Equipped
1 Leather Armor Produced, 1 Leather Armor Equipped
WAREHOUSE:
1/20 Wood
2/20 Leather
