The Siege of Tlictato
Day 1
The Crown Prince walks up and down the walls, as the last fleeing refugees from outlying farms and villages seek out the safty of the walled city. Tales of Rape and Pillage swarm around them, Infesting the City with a feeling of unity against these barbarous Rebels. The sky fell to darkness and wall of Flesh and Metal descended around the city.
"You have heard tales of the rape and pillage of our peoples by those we once thought the same. They accuse me of not allowing them to defeat the Carthaginians, I do not know the ways of war as these Fuedal Lords did, indeed I approached them over the matter, due to my revelation. They saw fit to tell me that they could defeat this new foe. But they were mistaken, and our people slaughtered. I preached Wisdom, and I ended the war, better as it is to lose your sight, than to lose your head. They disagree, seeing it as a sign of weakeness, rather than the strength that it is. Thus they rejected my Wisdom, and the Wisdom of God. They have degenerated to little more than Toltecs, they shall be purged,"
-30th Crown Prince to the Peoples of Tlictato
Day 3
Arrows Flow like rain at the walls, the tide turning this way and that as the City's defenders reply. Bronze mixed with Obsidion arrows, a green refracted sunbeam, lights up the Crown Prince, and then is gone. Three of the Four City gates have been blocked up with rubble from empty houses, the Pandemic having provided ample spare masonary. Lord Tzapatjama had made some probing assualts on the walls, followed by a quick assualt The defenders had thrown back this assualt with ease, Lord Tzapatjama chance of an easy, quick victory vanished.
"This War has me treading the Path of the Destroyer, My position of Crown Prince has me treading the Path of the Seer. I must guide my peoples through the arrows and stones that fall upon us, and the webs that stand between a man and God. It must be noted that the men around me have stood their entire lives, motionless. Their arrogance of being a pure Olmecian has sucked them of the vigour and creativity of some of the newer citizens of Olmecia. I must take up the path of the destroyer, and declare war not only, upon myself, but also, upon the people around me, and in the fires of war they shall be re-forged. And then I shall guide them, to their final resting place."
-30th Crown Prince, War-Seer.
Day 8
Some of the larger Catapults have finished, both sides have no began hurling good sized rocks at each other. Men fall, brained, only to be replaced by another face, another beleiver. The Larger Catapults will be finished soon, the walls will not be able to withstand the blows of them. Help is required, or the City will fall.
"I have began forming a new army, Loyal to myself, Oaths have been made, all will be required to make an Oath not just to me, but to God. No longer will Fuedal Lords be able to garner followers that have no connection to myself. The Men are eager to please, and have begun to think creativly, the pressure of the Stones now falling from above has made them bond, and think of ways to defend ourselves, they realise that the final assualt shall begin in a matter of days, though they do not know it yet, re-inforcements will be arriving soon. I saw the signal-fires with my own eyes. It is almost a race, Will Lord Tzapatjama breach the city prior to the reinforcments, or will he be assualted from two sides? Or will he make a fatal error and attempt to capture the city when the reinforcements arrive, thus opening him up to a fatal counter-attack? Regardless, the core of my own followers have begun to reason that ability without wisdom is useless, I have told them that God is testing us, and The Chosen Shall survive,"
-30th Crown Prince, Meeting of The Chosen
Day 9
One of the larger catapults was completed today, well, sort of. It managed to throw a boulder the size of a small house, crushed a building with wounded in it. Unfortunatly the Catapult also destoyed itself, not being constructed properly the stress' involved tore itself apart, an Engineer managed to have himself flung against the wall, his entrails decorate it. You could almost hear Lord Tzapatjama screaming with rage.
"One can feel the tension in the air, Lord Tzapatjama men realise that their is little hope of them turning back now, so they whip the levies up describing the wealth of the city. Barbaric, but they realise that their Oath Ties to Lord Tzapatjama bind their fate to his. The levies have been misguided, they may be able to return, but their suffering will be many-fold, for they must learn through the helplessness, and frustration. When one sees the light, it shall catch like wildfire, but until then, they die. It is unfortuntate that behind us both is dead ground, we cannot help but continue down the Path of the Destroyer,"
- 30th Crown Prince, On Salvation
Day 12
The Sky had begun to rain house sized boulders, and Lord Tzapatjama had begun his final assualt when The Coronoprincipal reinforcements arrived just in time, breaking Lord Tzapatjama's momentum. Lord Tzapatjama retreated, leaving a large portion of his army to be slaughtered.
"And Gods Chosen Shall prevail"
- 30th Crown Prince
Day 25
Lord Tzapatjama counter-attacked from his retreating march, this suprised many, and left many of the older Commanders being overly cautious. This time delay let Lord Tzapatjama secure a good defensive position, the Conflict here reminded everyone that war was far from won. We did however manage to make his position unteneable, so he has again retreated searching for a better positon, we have had to stop, to lick our wounds for a bit.
"My infulence continues to extend, I have managed the army well, and promoted those who I deemed of the correct aptitude, faith and Loyalty. As I have done with the lands, I have encouraged those with creativity to come forth. If I must whip up a hurricane to stir these sturgid stagnent waters then so be it"
"I have managed to seek a suitable aid from the Punics, it would serve us well to remeber how I took my path,"
-30th Crown Prince, Post Bonampak
OOC: I have made certain assumptions on the future I think
