Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-25808351-20170203204458/@comment-25808351-20170217163119

"The city, under attack?!" Eva springs from her seat. She grabs Hex and runs out of the room. She barrels out of the house with the other maids, but she stops when she sees the devastation. Her eyes glance over the burning city, stopping on a stationary Marcus. Eva looks over to see Samia, weak and barely able to stand.

"Lady Samia!" Eva rushes to her side. "What is happening?!" The Kikimora cries, Samia can barely utter a syllable before she collapses. "MARCUS!!!!" Eva screams, Marcus walks to Eva's side casually. "What's wrong with her?" She asks.

Marcus is silent, fierce and reserved. "Conrad is using Dimeritium bombs, and trace amounts of Demonic Silver, rolled up into one catapult bomb. The city is saturated in it. Dimuritium neutralizes magical energies, and the demonic silver causes demonic energy to bleed out of Mamono, making them weak." He states. As Marcus finishes his statement, five mages that border Zahmeria at strategic spots far beyond the city chant a spell that casts an ethereal dome over Zahmeria. Five beams of bright blue energy form a barrier that engulfs the city, keeping the bomb's contents contained.

"Great, now this. Their using this dome to keep the Dimeritium from dissipating." Just then, the Baron rides down on horseback, his bodyguards not far behind.

"Marcus, what are we facing?" He ask with authority. As the dome spreads down, the light illuminates the field, Conrad's full force can be seen. Thousands upon thounsands of rogue Order soldiers, dozens of catapults and canons, three siege titans, five Order mages and Conrad himself with the god sword and shield. "By Ares, Zahmeria has no weapons to combat this." The Baron staggers.

"Round up the people, and take them into the mountain. Lead through the catacombs to the otherside. They will escape that way." Marcus speaks very calmly, the hot wind from the fires flutter his coat as he watches the city he protected his entire life, burn.

"What if Conrad blasts the mountain? Why hasn't he just, blasted the city?! Why siege?!" The Baron becomes engulfed in rage.

"Because he wants Zahmeria to burn, not disintegrate. Here's what I'm thinking.... I will face Conrad head-on, draw his attention to me. When he's focused on me, evacuate the people. Cynd you help with the evacuation. Armata, you will kill those battlemages producing this dome. Then flank behind Conrad and cut his damn head off." Marcus walks up to Samia who weakly rises to her feet.

"Marcus, I'm sorry. For the second time in my life, I'm watching home burn...." He eyes well with tears. "And I'm powerless to stop it."

"It's okay Sam, I'll take care of it. This city will never fall so long as I have breath." He clasps his hands on her cheeks and kisses her longingly. Marcus looks down to see his two small children looking up at him, he slowly crouches down and holds them both. "It's okay sweethearts."

"Papa, are gonna go fight the badguys?" Roxanne squeaks.

"Yeah, daddy's gonna fight the badguys." He replies with a warm smile. Heide says nothing. She clutches her doll tight and cries silently as she too watches her home burn a second time. Marcus looks to her. "Hey, Heide, don't cry." He squeezes her tight. "I'll stop these guys and save our home."

"Ok." She says with tears streaming down her cheeks. Marcus let's go of the children and rises. He turns back to the conflict and begins his march to the fight. Snow and ash fill the air, mixing together to create a foreign concoction of grey powder. With every second and scream, Marcus grows more intense.