After circling the Capital City of Esden, the A320 carrying the Prince and his entourage finally landed on the Esden International Airport. The Archesians are once again had their jaws dropped as they marvel on the size of the airport. Several big white 'planes', far outsizes the one they've took. Several 747's and even an A380 could be seen on the apron.They were then guided towards silver looking 'helicopters' slight bigger than the one they've also took from the Town of Brancel. What they are staring at is NH90 helicopters, three of them are readied to ferry the Prince and his entourage towards the palace.They've taken flight and was able to once again see up close, the tall glass buildings dominating the city of Esden. They are on full disbelief on what they are seeing. A bustling Capital that does not have any semblance on their own.But they were delighted to see a familiar building. Although modernized and renovated throughout the years, the Palace have the semblance of a med
The sun shines through the pristine waters off the coast of Cardonia. Six grey ships peacefully navigates the calm seas, the flotilla is steaming at a speed of 15 knots. It has only been three days since the Crown Prince was proclaimed as Regent.The command ship of the whole task force was the R-Class frigate, the Response. She and her sistership, the Remembrance are the primary warships of the task force. Built in the late 2010's, these frigates are derivative of the MEKO-200 frigate designs of Germany, their silhouette closely resembles that of the variants of the Algerian Navy apart from the bridge being a deck higher and a different mast.Equipped with a forward 5 inch Mk. 45 gun, a whopping 32 cell Mk.41 VLS, equipped with quad packed ESSM missiles, it packs a total 128 missiles at full load. And to top it of all, 16 anti-ship missiles could be also loaded, but the Cardonian navy has developed their own missile based on the widely successful Exocet, a land attack version could a
The Marines had already captured the Southern part of the fortress. Leopard tanks mercilessly plow through the brick walls of the fortress. Marksmen took care of the archers from the top of the wall, MANPADs took out any remaining wyverns of the Empire.Hundreds upon hundreds of beasts and humans corpses lie on top of each other as they forcefully swarm the Cardonians only to be met with horrendous firepower. If they will not be killed by the tank, the IFV's would mow them down with automatic cannon fire, followed by the personal weapons of the Marines. The tight streets of the city provides maximum firepower of the Marines as they could easily focus their firepower to mow down waves after waves of Empirial soldiers. It was a one sided massacre."IMPOSSIBLE! WE ALREADY LOST TWO THIRDS OF OUT FORCES!" grunted the Empirial Commander as he can see his helpless troops get easily killed from long range."Commander, the wave tactic clearly isn't working, the troops are losing morale by the
"You....you... You meant to say that our forward force was completely annihilated?" a man dress in red robes startled. This is the Prime Minister of the Empire, Lem Phrang."The report goes on like this. 150 ships including the 'Dos Proden' had sunk, another 50 are known to be captured by the enemy. Out of the 40,000 troops on Schielde, only about a hundred was able to return, wyverns are thought to be wiped out."*Thud**crac*A man in red robes with gold ornaments pierce his sword on his glass table."The Archesians doesn't have the might to take down our glorious army. Who is it that helped them? Who is it?!" furiously said the man. This is Emperor Laude Scolus, a half breed of a human and a demon. He was the reason to unify his continent, thus demons and beast live together with what he calls "high humans". Humans that these beast would not ought to devour but serve."Your Greatness, reports when they were attack, points to the Centrals. Burning giant arrows that is capable of des
2 Months after the reclamation of Fortress Schielde.Distraught at the loss of his fleet and forward army. The Emperor decided to send his Royal Fleet to bombard this "Cardonia".Words had travelled from continents to continents about the sudden return of a mystical country and it defeated the dreaded Empire of the North, the Empire of Scolus. The astonishing feat had portrayed Cardonia as the land of the Gods. Suffering zero deaths when their army of 1000 faced 40,000 Imperial troops was a favorite topic among merchants and storytellers alike.These figures were so absurd that many countries in the Central Continent, Collective Countries of the East and the Dominion of the South dismissed as fairytale and mere propaganda.The Empire has the strenght to at least go up against the mighty countries of the Central. Thus a country to the West defeating them is pure heresy for military officials.But the stories demeaning the great Empire of Scolus earned the ire of their Great Leader, the
"Enemy ship detected! 20 km off our starboard!""Ready main cannons! Fire if within range!"Upon seeing this massive grey ship approaching their side, the flotilla began to get ready. They've just finished rescuing the sailors of their downed ships."So they finally showed theirself huh?!" the Imperial Admiral bursts."These finest ships imported from the Centrals are more than enough to sink that!" the Captain of their 'Emperor' then replied as he observes the peculiar grey ship slowly emerging from the horizon.The grey ship is steadily sailing at 18 knots and almost parallel at them but it is getting closer by the minute."Watch out for those giant arrows they have, they might use them again!""Target is within range! Cannons ready!"The massive 12 inch cannon on a single rotating mount slowly rotated and fixed their bearings. A single Emperor class have a total of 4 turrets with a single 12 inch cannon and it's effective range could only go for 18 kilometers and more than enough t
After weeks of preparation, a small flotilla of three ships departed the capital city of Cardonia, Esden. The flotilla is tasked to establish formal diplomatic ties to the Central Continent. The Reliance, Retribution and Motivate will sail for almost a month to cross the violent oceans that divides the two continents. The Central Continent is East of them, meanwhile where Cardonia is located is lazily called as the Western Continent and or Western Kingdoms.The Motivate is the second ship of the Cheer class ocean going replenishment ship. At 190 meters long and a displacement of 33,000 tonnes, it is the second largest ship class Cardonia has in service. Primarily as a fleet oiler, it can also store dry goods and various stores and even some ammunition. It is the perfect ship to accompany the Frigates on these long expeditions as they are primarily designed for this. Armed with a Phalanx CIWS, a pair of 25mm RCWS, Simbad Manpads and along with decoy systems, they are quite capable on t
A group of Azalean officers then boarded the Reliance. They were given a quick tour on the way to the bridge to meet the Rear Admiral.The Azalean officers marvelled the interior of the Cardonian frigate, they were noted saying that the level of sophistication albeit it's hard for them to admit, by far it has exceeded their current ships of the line.They were then lead towards the bridge wherein the Rear Admiral, the ship Captain and the head of the diplomatic envoy, Mr. Ronhald Senta awaited them.After a debrief on the situation on the Western continent, the Azaleans reported back to their ship, then relayed the information to the mainland.For an hour, they've waited anxiously.Then a small group of Azaleans once again disembarked from their airship. This time around their Captain joined the boarding party."Greetings everyone I'm Captain Zandre Erdal of the Svernard, Azalean Royal Navy.""I'm Rear Admiral Jhosep Brandinco, Royal Cardonian Navy. I'm the highest ranking officer of
Police officers and SWAT teams are now rushing towards the 5th street. The songs of gunfire echoed throughout the tall buildings of the City of Esden. Most officers now are armed with long guns even in their regular patrols as lessons from the previous attack on a town, Geilra to be specific.Brandishing their old but reliable M16A2's, HK33's and their new CZ Bren 2's, the police officers joined their already pressured comrades at fifth street.The massing army of beasts were then showered upon by 5.56mm rounds, some were even armor piercing, enabling the police to tackle even the thick skinned monstrosity. However with the intense fire, the large minotaur is still quietly standing still, it stands listless in the middle of the street, unbothered by the hundreds of bullets that were smacking him.A police helicopter, an Airbus H125 were now over them providing sniper fire from an officer with an M-14 EBR. The FLIR on the helicopter provided a clear picture for the authorities especial
KINGDOM OF CARDONIAA large silent parade of vehicles goes through the almost empty streets of the Capital City of Esden.Through their windows or tv screen. Citizens watch in sorrow as the parade honoring the late King and the hundreds of people who lost their lives on that fateful day 15 days ago. Hundreds of Cardonian flag were flown through the balconies and windows of the loyal citizens. They gave their firm salute as the parade passes them.Six BMW motorcycles lead the convoy in a triangle formation, A Mercedes hearse quickly followed them, a large convoy of black vehicles were also trailing behind. Inside it was the body of the late King. It is then followed by six Volkswagen Transporter hearse's, these meanwhile are the remains of the six valiant King's Guard who have died protecting him, as such they have the honor of being paraded with the King.The Air Force conducted a slow flyby with Blackhawk helicopters above the convoy as it droved through the avenues of the Capital,
EMPIRE OF SCOLUSNORTHERN PROVINCE"READY!""AIM" "FIRE!!!!!"*BANG.....BANGGGG!!!*A thunderous volley of fire coming from rudimentary flintlocks atop a stone fortress overlooking the crossroads connecting the Northern Province to the rest of the Empire.A large band of desperate beasts, wolfmen, pigmen, goblins and otger unknown creatures quickly fell into their knees as their bodies were penetrated by these very effective silver like cannonball.*BOOM....OOOMMMM*Another set of volleys this time coming from small cannons. Slinging large silver cannonballs to the enormous orcs charging the fort at high speed. The cannonballs rip right through their thick muscular bodies."RELOADING!!" soldiers shouted almost in sync as they quickly reloaded their smoking muskets."DON'T LET THOSE BASTARDS GET NEAR THE WALL!" an Imperial Commander shouted towards his shaken men.Dozens of lances and spears then struck anyone whose trying to climb atop their stone walls.After that, a second barrage
KINGDOM OF LITENIAPEARL PALACEA huge banquet was being held at the majestic cream white Palace, this is to celebrate the return of the Second Prince of the Kingdom from his year long adventure onto the desert continent of Sabrah. This part of the world remain as one of the most untouched regions as the very harsh environment prevents any successful expeditions.Various tribes also makes diplomacy as non existent as regions are divided among the many different tribes. However for traders like the Litenians in particular, the juicy resources that are hidden away in the various sand dunes are very hard to resist. From emerald, to gold, to iron and to this blackish flammable substance similar to their 'liquid fuel'.As such this dangerous endeavour is really worthy for this grand banquet.The King himself is entertaining many different merchant heads and diplomats from Azalea and Dylasla.This happened a few days after Cardonia has been attacked, before the new King has been crowned and
EMPIRE OF SCOLUSNORTHERN PROVINCEPROVINCIAL CAPITAL KAELIt has been three days since the Cardonian flying swords terrorize the Imperial skies and dropped these great fireballs all around the Empire. These stories quickly snowballed from one merchant to another, and within days the whole Empire knew what hit them and became anxious on how to prevent it.The chain of command as they know it has been destroyed in one day. Most of the higher demons are in the Palace that time for the Emperor's supposedly week long banquet after their successful attack on Cardonia's own Capital.Local lords and Imperial commanders took over command of their regional units and what is left of the Main Grand Army after their main fortress also suffered the same fate.There are no words coming from the Capital on what is going on. They feared that Cardonia did wiped out their hierarchy in the series of attacks. Tension between the local lords and generals both demon and human are sure to spark sooner or la
KINGDOM OF CARDONIA7 DAYS AFTER THE ATTACKThe whole Kingdom is still in full lockdown. Police cruisers and policed versions of APC's like the Pegasus and Leland Bearcat's patrol every streets and avenues in a rotational basis for the last few days.But the patrolling armored vehicles despite the good-intentions, are making things worse for the citizens watching behind their windows, who have been clueless ever since the attack. There were no clear message from the acting government, for all they know, the Capital is in ruins and this country might be heading for the same fate, and this martial law like lockdown is further fueling their doubts.National television is constantly maintained and censored by the government, only airing announcements about curfew and other relief provisions but no answer to what is really happening, censoring the media is a no go for a country who values freedom. However the parliament decided to keep it's mouth shut until there is a clear direction. A go
A small flight of three F-16D Blk.50's and a modified A330 MRTT were flying one hour ahead of the nuclear strike group composed of the Sukhoi's.These sleek blackish grey fighter aircrafts with their protruding Conformal Fuel Tanks makes them the most beautiful aircrafts in the whole world, add the beautiful afternoon sun above them, they were literally glistening. These fighters specifically are attached to the 101st Fighter Squadron, the ones responsible for the protection of the Cardonian Capital, their squad mates did help out during the cruel attack, however this wasn't enough for the Squadron. The flyboy's are thirsty for revenge not only that these bastards desecrated the fabulous city of Esden, killed their King but their reputation as guardians of the Capital are greatly tarnished.They might not be the ones pulling the trigger, but it is a worthy revenge even if serving as spotters.The F-16's were equipped with a large Cardonian made Synthetic Aperture Radar and Laser Targe
HIDDEN ELVEN KINGDOM OF ALTAIRA few days ago.Their massive magic barrier surrounding their sanctuary were almost destroyed by the massive amount of Azalean airships breaking through.Their warriors gathered all their weapons and took their defensive position on what seems to be a sudden invasion by their distant kin.It was a surreal sight to behold as dozens of airships clouded the high mountain ranges that is serving as their natural barrier. Anyone would be edge when witnessing such fleet emerging out of nowhere.To calm down the apparent tense situation. The Azalean Flagship bearing their Royal Insignia quickly descended and Princess Penelope also quickly showed herself as a sign of peace.After a few explanations and apologies from both parties. The 'Altairners' welcomed their kin to the Kingdom. The Azalean fleet then scrambled to find any available space to dock or park.Princess Penelope and the Azaleans were warmly received by the Altanairian Queen. Penelope quickly discuss
The remnants of the once proud Capital city is currently being demolished by thousands of beasts and demons.The black scorched land provides this eerie canvass for the monsters that is swarming over it. They are clearing the rubble to make way for new infrastructure and military installations vital to the newly built Empire.A small group of humans from the Northern Province watches in pure terror of what has become of their revered Capital. Gold have once poured over the Capital now it reeks of feces and blood. It has been desecrated to bear oblivion.This small group were the once who have stayed loyal to the Emperor as such they would receive 'proper' treatment under the new banner. Somehow most of then were regretting the side they have joined, but hearing the news how the Easterners and of course the Southerners are being dealt with, they are a little bit thankful.One of the representatives vomited as they march towards the majestic Palace. He has saw a glimpse of a woman bein