OK. General Elric now has his troops equipped, but he has no officers to delegate command to, thus he walks out of his castle into town.
The puddles expanding inwards from the sides of the road rippled as the heavy drops of rain from the torrential downpour reached the Earth and added their essence into the reflecting pools. An occasional shaft of tinted light filtered through gaps in the wooden shutters of the stone dwellings to either side of the road upon which the traveller rode. Sounds of laughter and merriment echoed in the dark and dispersed into the howling wind which invaded the town of Imrryr. The sound as the metal shod hooves of the riders horse hit the cobbled lane was barely audible above the whistling of the wind. The riders face was hidden by the dark and the cowl which had been drawn round their head to offer slight protection from the stinging rain, if it could have been seen however, no-one would fail to note the femininity of the features. Her cloak streamed in the wind behind the rider and beads of rain dribbled down the flanks of the mighty stallion upon which she sat.
General Elric was impressed by the way the woman sat her horse, he saw the hilt of a sword and knew instinctively that he was looking at a fearsome warrior, though she be a woman. From the shadows in which he is concealedhe steps in fron of the horse, forcing the rider to stop, the woman, mistaking him to be a drunk draws her sword and the sound of steel rings through the night.
'Put the sword away, it will do you no good.' he said, even though he was unarmed.
'I could kill you right here old man' she replies, even though he can't be more than 5 years her senior.
'What brings you to Imrryr?'
'What business is it of yours?'
'It is my business who comes to Imrryr in the dead of night well armed and clearly foreign.'
'Though I see no reason to tell you, maybe if I do you will let me pass, I am here to enlist in the General's army.'
'But you're a woman!' he laughs softly as she touches his throat with the tip of her sword,
'And what difference does that make old man?'
'Men are warriors, women should remain in the home.'
'Then let me tell you something old man, I killed my first man when I was 5 - while he was raping my mother, I have honed my skills and can best any man in the world in a dual, if the General turns me away that is his choice but I am easily the better of any man here.'
'You are certainly what I need, I am General Elric and welcome you into my force, I hope you will oversee the training of new recruits - I want my army to be the best in the world, your name?'
'They call me Dus'Mordis - She Who Kills'.
OK, so Elric finds a warrior officer (he hopes anyway).
OOC: How does a strategist have so low intelligence? The other two have 19, just wondering why mine is 9..., seems weird for a strategist who neds intelligence to lack it.
Please update again today
Edit: Does terrain have any impact in this NES because to my south is all desert and I'd like to know whether that has adverse effects if Im going to expand that way
If so, can we have a terrain map, just so theres no confusion. And thanks for the bright pink colour