Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-30655593-20190710061032/@comment-30655593-20190728055000

''Oculus gave an internal sigh. ''"Neville, we can't just keep butting heads with the enemy anymore. They overwhelm us in terms of men, firepower, and likely supplies. We cannot afford to keep just trying to push ahead battle after battle. We won't win, period. If we follow any other plan the results will go as followed: Most of you standing and listening to me will be dead and forgotten and once the smell of rot gets too much they'll burn your bodies in a giant pile and let your ashes fly away in the wind. Those that survive the battle will be submitted as slaves and forced into labor to the point of exhaustion and death where you will then be put in the giant pile and burned. Helena will be taken by force and be subjected to whatever that pig of a prince has in store with little chance of escaping. Then our kingdoms citizens will either be taxed to the point of barely being able to afford a loaf of bread or maybe they also will be turned into slaves, die of exhaustion, and be burned on the pile of bodies. And finally all the innocent families the enemy were holding hostage to force the slave-soldiers around you to fight will be either executed or, if not that, made into slaves and eventually die and the entire time that prince will be smiling knowing that even if the very few of us that we're able to make it through the kingdom, up the castle stairs and enter the throne room was going to die because we were too exhausted to fight, our equipment broken or nearly broken and he had his very best guards, the elite of the elite ready with polished equipment and fully ready to fight." His words spoke quite grimly of what would happen to the soldiers, Helena, the soldier's families back at the kingdom, and the innocent people that were being held hostage at the enemy kingdom. 

"Unless any of you can pull out a couple of thousand men, weapons, and supplies from somewhere, anywhere, then please, be my guest. But none of you can. All I listed can be avoided if we go with the plan I had laid out before you. It's our best bet on winning this hellish war and everyone here being able to go back to their families. Worst case scenario is that everything I listed happens but at least we had a chance, unlike any other plan that we could have tried that has it as an absolute result. This is a risk we HAVE to take for victory. It's either that or nothing. I will also be taking on the responsibilities and consequences on my shoulders. Helena listened and agreed to my plan. Please, Neville, any soldiers that are hesitant about the plan, this is the only way..." ''A long sigh left his lips after the speech. It's been a while since he talked for so long... And now he waited for Neville's and other knights reactions and responses. ''

MEANWHILE

"Uh... Kirk, I already answered. Yes, we will." Hopskins said, repeating his answer.