The Reirvans....they come
The Reirvan people were a disciplined people. They were also a hostile one. And what they saw of the Jutts, they were disgusted. Filthy unwashed savages they thought. They all must be blooded! The spirits called out in anguish, and the Reirvans felt only Jutt blood could appease them.
Unfortunately, the Jutt had skills of the bow and arrow. Unarmored, these warriors would be cut down before they could even approach the city. The Reirvans determined that a siege was all that could occur, but the Jutt were clever. The Reirvan hid in the trees and hills of Jutt lands, but there was no harassment in Jutt waters. Farmers left the fields and instead worked on the boats, bringing in clams a plenty to feed the slaves building the slaves building the walls.
After the death of the first Emperor Ninjos, the second Emperor Nukos would lead the Jutt. Realizing that if the Reirvan ever took their city it would mean the end of the Jutt, Nukos declared a great fleet would be created and that the Jutt would find new lands to settle, away from the Reirvan.
These cities would be known as the Free Cities, each bound to one another against the Reirvan threat. First, Jutthaven, and then later "Nukos de Savior", the line of Nukos would reign well until the last Nukosian emperor Nikas was killed.
For it was not the unclothed warriors that the Jutt still fought. The Reirvan had mastered the iron metals, and their disciplined warriors now wore armor and held shields in their attacks. Though the axes and arrows would hold them at bay, for the first time in the centuries long siege, the Riervan were breaching the walls.
The death of Nikas led to the rise of a new Emperor Hammibras. And initially, he reigned well, a new city Irontwins being raised. But as the war went on, and the legions of Reirvan continued on, Hammibras slowly grew more and more pessimistic. A massive cohort was camped outside his walls, and every day the Free Cities lived in fear. Though Reirvan had not found them yet, it would only be a matter of time. And when a Reirvan scout eventually did find Nukos de Savior, Hammibras slumped into a great depression. The actions of the Free Cities would be for naught. None of the other cities could stand up to Reirvan. They would die, and eventually, so too would Juttenburg.
Only one option would remain for him.
Only peace.
It would be costly. Juttenhaven would immediately be surrendered, and Juttenburg would be evacuated, to be given over to Reirvan when the evacuation was completed. Upon hearing this treachery, the Emperor's Guard, the greatest archers of the Empire, turned the Emperor into a pin cushion. But it was too late. Juttenhaven already taken, and Juttenburg emptied, there was nothing remaining here to fight over.
Besides, rumor had it that this was not the end of the Empire. The death of the line of Wallace gave rise to a new general, Ivar Alexyvich. Rumor had it that he had killed a hundred Reirvans singlehandedly as the peace was announced, and then with the aid of some Blue Priestess from the North, killed the Emperor. As Juttenburg fell, Ivar declared a new Empire from Irontwins: The Holy Sovereignity of Alexeyvich, where the worship of the Eternal Goddess was mandatory. Perhaps this was some fool's dream. But his men called him the Pragmatic. Perhaps this was not the death of the Jutten people, but rather the rebirth?
Only time would tell.
In the meantime, the mighty Legions of Reirvan turned east towards a new prize. They heard that the nation they bordered, Swahil, was in a great war to the East. A perfect opportunity for the Legions...
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