20 Players still alive: Atrahal, Barghast, Emurlahn, Galain, Hood's Path, Karosis, Kaschan, Kessobahn, Korlat, Meanas, Mockra, Okaros, Omtose, Ruse, Sheltatha Lore, Silanah, Sorritt, Telas, Tennes, Thyrllan
11 votes to lynch, 10 votes to go to night.
1 Vote for Thyrllan ( Meanas )
12 Votes for Meanas ( Barghast, Hood's Path, Emurlahn, Silanah, Telas, Atrahal, Tennes, Mockra, Sorrit, Okaros, Ruse, Galain, )
Players not voted: Karosis, Kaschan, Kessobahn, Korlat, Omtose, Sheltatha Lore, Thyrllan
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The steppes of Bing Zhou, bordered by numerous nomadic cultures, has long been seen as a wild and untamed land where the mightiest man is the one with the mightiest horse. Knowing this, the Lu and Xia dynasties had both garrisoned numerous cavalry squadrons in their Bing Zhou cities and spent vast quantities of gold to foster the capture and training of the plains' wild horses. In the wake of Ma Chao's incursion from Wu Wei, his ally King Midang of the Qiang brought his barbaric warriors riding across Bing Zhou to suppress the garrisons and trade routes of the region. Once Ma Chao had advanced to Tian Shui and began harassing Han Zhong, Zhang Xiu's ally Liu Bao of Xiongnu himself rode out. A great war of raids and ambushes began between the two mounted cultures, as Qiang and Xiongnu fought across the entirety of the steppes. Those in the middle kingdoms might think that each was supporting his ally, but in truth it was a resolution of generations of dispute over which culture was superior.
Into this fray, Huang Zhong sent his Nanman allies under the command of Meng Huo, the King of Kings. On a bright afternoon in 229 AD, King Midang and Liu Bao's personal armies clashed in the hills south of the great wall and each side strained to prove that the horses of their people were superior. As the battle raged, suddenly the earth began to shake and stones began to fall from the hills. Warriors on both sides were thrown as their horses reared and fled. Liu Bao and Midang, less a bowshot apart, faced one another, then turned towards the eastern hill where the tremors were growing louder and louder. Cresting the ridge and then pouring into the valley came a line of elephants, all twice the height of the tallest horse. Mounted on the grey beasts were warriors painted with savage patterns, firing crude bamboo arrows and javelins.
The elephant charge flattened the first ranks of horsemen but the remainder broke ranks and fled up the valley sides. At both the northern and southern summits, Midang and Liu Bao each found the remainder of their forces arriving as reinforcements. Each then lead their own charge back down into the valley, and from there a bloodbath ensued. Men were trampled beneath the feet of elephants while others leaped off their mounts with daggers to climb up the elephants sides and throw the riders off. Rider-less horses and elephants alike ran crazed through the press knocking men aside. A lithe Nanman woman was spotted running through the chaos, dodging under the stomachs of horses and elephants alike, tossing daggers in every direction which invariably ended in a Qiang or Xiongnu throat. Liu Bao personally lead a charge into the center of the Nanman line and rammed his horse into Meng Huo's mount, knocking the elephant off its feet. The Nanman king, enraged, grabbed two of Liu Bao's bodyguards by the necks and beat the Xiongnu leader to death with them. King Midang, seeing the Nanman leader distracted, rode closer and shot an arrow through Meng Huo's throat. Before Midang could ride off, the Nanman woman tackled him off his horse and planted a knife through his eye, and then she was run down by Midang's trailing bodyguards.
In the end, neither Qiang horse, Xiongnu steed nor Nanman elephant proved itself the superior mount. The weighing of the scales had cost all three forces the entirety of themselves.
Meanas (Khellendaros) is dead. He was Meng Huo, King of Kings, a Nanman of the Yan Dynasty.
Mockra (Khellendaros) is dead. He was Zhu Rong, Queen, a Nanman of the Yan Dynasty.
It is Night 5. 5 hours and 59 minutes remaining
This post has been edited by Path-Shaper: 11 October 2011 - 04:23 AM
Only someone with this much power could make this many frittatas without breaking any eggs.