For the battle alone.

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Urgat Rip-Eye

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And some more.

The colour started to spread out from underneath the body, red liquid seeping into the previously untouched snow beneath the face down corpse. The Saracen wiped his twin daggers in the clean snow at his feet. “Sleep tight, scum” he whispered sarcastically as he shifted his weight and moved forwards like a shadow shifting in the night.

********

“SOD IT, GO!” screamed Hufner.

At the sound of the Purple Warriors battle cry, they launched themselves forwards. The humans were ready and waiting, mages and healers spread out around the walls, and steps of the Albion mile gate in Odin’s, their fighters, a solid line at the bottom.

Urgat followed his group as they surged forwards to within range. Whilst they stopped to cast spells, the other Purple’s groups continued forwards. The Talons were with them, and the clash of weapons echoed out as the battle lines crashed together like waves on rocks. Already Rubarb and Zuchini were devastating the Albion Support. They had decided beforehand to assault the same targets, by working there way from left to right. The left most spell caster screamed in agony as both followers of Bogdar ripped the very life force out of him and blasted him with engulfing darkness simultaneously.
He dropped in an instant, and already the twin terrors were onto the next unfortunate mage in line.

A hail of arrows fell amongst the Midgard warriors and previously hidden archers on the hill to the right flank were already reloading and aiming. Aimee responded the quickest.

“Stop!” she commanded, pointing at the group of scouts. As one, they all looked up in her direction… eyes blank and glazed. “Kliren! The archers!” she shouted out to the little blue spirit master of Talon’s reach whilst still pointing in their direction. The kobold needed no further hints; he led his group towards the mesmerized Humans. Just as they engaged Aimee began chanting, imploring her god to aid her allies. At the climax of the spell, the energy was unleashed and Eir’s power burst among them, blinding eyes, and bursting eardrums, stunned they could do nothing to prevent the Spiritmasters of Talons Reach unleashing their close range soul blasting power.

Carrot was also busy, his eyes fixed on the battlements of the wall. Green light played about his feet as he focused on disrupting the Albion support further. A storm of poisonous spores erupted about the Humans, they coughed and spasmed as the virulent fungus did its work.

Urgat was holding back, crouching alone, he watched as the fight raged. When would it come… it was inevitable, He watched as Demrog, and Melodia engaged a few of the humans who had broken off to try and stop his group for disrupting further. Both hacking at there foes whilst Korgarg Called upon Thor to rain down hammers of lightning on them.

When would it come? Urgat closed his eyes, and tried to concentrate, tried to think past the fleeting image… but he couldn’t, it was there, burning into his minds eye. The flash, the pain, and the feeling of uselessness.

“Urgat!” again, someone brought him from his thoughts “Snap out of it!” It was Carrot.

Urgat shook his head; more had come to engage them. Aimee was under attack and unable to heal, Carrot was desperately trying to heal the warriors’ wounds, whilst Urgat stood by and did nothing.

You be worth nothing you fool!” The troll shaman silently berated himself as he began the chant that would cause the very ground to rise up and trap the enemies.
 
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Urgat Rip-Eye

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Next Part

Silently he watched. The barbarian’s support was exposed and already under attack by some of the Legion. Their healer was in trouble, and their fighter already engaged… now was the perfect time to strike. Moving slowly forwards, he slipped his daggers from their sheaths, and smiled with the anticipation of an easy kill.

*******

Urgat chanted at the top of his voice. Guttural syllables rolled from his tongue as he implored Ymir to answer his call. The ground moaned and spewed forth twisting vines of green grass from under the snow. Several off the humans stopped in there tracks as they struggled with entangling vegetation. Aimee was free of her pursuer and started the call to Eir that would heal the whole group. In turn, that freed carrot to conjure awful disease around the trapped individuals. Dark mist enveloped the heads of the victims, forcing them to breathe the foul infection in. Urgat was sweating and shaking, he was too close to the fight… he needed space. The others would be ok now.

*******

There, one was breaking away. Troll and part of the support so a shaman most likely. It would do for a start. The Saracen inched forwards, he would come straight past at this rate…

*******

Carefully he back tracked, keeping an eye on his companions. They were doing ok, they didn’t need him. They…

Urgat’s world turned to slow motion.

First the flash, then the lunging Saracen, the bite of metal, and the eruption of pain, in reality a heartbeat, to the old shaman… a lifetime, in which he could do nothing but await the inevitable.

Troll blood sprayed from the wound in Urgat’s throat.

Urgat watched it fall, arcing down to the white snow at his feet. It made a pattern in the snow. It reminded him of a butterfly he once saw in the Vaneran swamp.

Tendons snapped, as the second, crippling attack hit home.

Closer to the ground now… “Must be on knees now” he thought to himself. The butterfly had gone; it was just a dark red stain now. The shape was a bit like lake Mularn, just need to be a little narrower at the bottom.

Gaping wounds opened up as dagger strike after dagger strike tore into his body.

So this was it…. What had it all been for? All the training, all the practice, All the time spent with friends…

Never again would he see the look on Rubarb’s face as an enemy charged into certain death, or the serenity in Aimee’s face as she calmly poured her energy into healing her companions, or the Simple look of pleasure that Demrog had every time he cut someone in half with one of those axes of his.

He would never know the joys of being a hand of Ymir, never complete his training, and never see those ranks of armoured humans falling to the might of his storm of spores.

He would look down from Valhalla, and lament not being there… in the fight with them…

Valhalla!
The fight!
His Friends!
His training!
His practice!
His Realm!
His… GOD!

Tears of regret poured from the old trolls face. He raised his head to the Saracen in front of him. It should not be like this, he understood now. But it was too late… the poison boiled through him, and the assassin was about to deliver the final blows. Regret, anger at him self, and sorrow at the thought of realising too late. Frustration crept into his mind and as the daggers fell towards him he screamed his revelation to the world.

“NO!” the call echoed around the valley near the Albion mile gate, and as it did, the emotion of a dyeing troll shaman called to Ymir himself.

Black ichour rose from a rent in the ground at the Saracens feet, burning, engulfing, and holding fast that which it touched. And then came the voice, just a whisper on the wind… but there none the less.

“You need not fear, Urgat of clan Rip-Eye, My son. Already have ye proven your worth to me a hundred fold, no mere troll cub could be a Flammen Vackten of Midgard. You have served me and Midgard well so far. Take the gift of the ichour of the deep, use it well against those who would seak to surprise you with no honour, and Live Urgat Rip-Eye! Live like a true Midgardian, Live for the battle… and the Battle alone.”

And then it was gone. And the shaman knew what needed to be done
 
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Demrog

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Re: Next Part

Originally posted by Urgat Rip-Eye
.... or the Simple look of pleasure that Demrog had every time he cut someone in half with one of those axes of his.....

You know me so well :)

nice work mate, keep 'em coming :)
 
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Slegga

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nicely written

nice story...maybe you should publish it and write more..thx for this freebie
 
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loogiechiken

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Wow - definate goosebumps at the end there.
 
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Urgat Rip-Eye

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Hi

Been away for a while.

Thanks all for the comments (more are welcome!)

TBH not sure if i will carry on from there...

I have some ideas... but the last line seems like a good natural conclusion to me...

hmmm..

<goes off to think>
 
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jollyroger

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Amazing.

Amazing writing there Urgie, I feels a paperback coming up ;)

Though it seems to be lacking pies.
However, because I know you I'll let you off.

<.<
>.>

This time.
 

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