[RPG] [The Past I]The Fall of Omsk (Glorawarthien)

[Chuong Huynh]

Not many can say they fought during the fall of Omsk and even though he did,
his recollection of the events were spotty. The allied realms of Sirion,
Eleador and Rancagua had amassed a large army outside of Kazakh, the capital
of Omsk. While Oligarch did what they could to help their allies Omsk would
fall.

He was just a eagar young noble, looking forward to his first real battle
with his unit of famous sirion mixed infantry. The ranks of men and elves
waited in battle formation upon the swampy outskirts of the city.
Glorawarthien looked across the battlefield, scanning the ranks of Eleador
infantry for his brother. They would have a great many stories to tell back
home when this battle was over.

The attack order came and his men readied themselves for taking on the
daunting fortifications of the city. Arrows readied, his mixed unit moved
into range with the rest of the archers as the battle horn sounded for the
infantry charge. Volleys of arrows were loosed as the Rancagua-Eleador
infantry swept across the battlefield like a blue-green wave. The marshes
around the city slowed their advance, their siege weaponry caught in the
bog. The fighting at the wall caused heavy casualties on both sides. But the
battle turned for the better as the large units of pegasus knights flew
overhead, charging the defenders atop the battlements. As the defenders fell
from their fortifications, the walls were soon breached and Glorawarthien
marched his men through the breached fortifications to mop up the remainder
of the defending forces.

It was not until the battle was over had he stopped to look around him,
blood pooled in the streets as the dead were piled for burial. This was the
first time he had seen the devastation of war, its true face behind the
romanticized mask, though it would not be the last.
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