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brianeyci said:
Gaius nodded. "Then I must speak to the heir of King Phillip, or whoever commands the realm in these parts. If you would take me to him, I will surrender my horse and my sword, and reveal my intention soon.
Brian
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Briareus walked closer and picked up the sword from the ground. "this is a good weapon, you should not toss it away like that. And your intentions…. We’ll see about them" Briareus turned to one of his man;
"lieutenant?"
"sir?"
"take 50 riders and escort our guest to the capital city. you will leave right now. I will remain in these parts for some more days with the rest of the riders"
"yes sir"
Briareus turned back to the messenger. "here is your sword, carry it with honor"
and the messenger and his escort rode off again. and after half a day the arrived at the capital. slowly the riders rode towards the crowded city, the riders passed the main bridge to the city, there where no walls to guard this city, the city was surrounded with some massive cannels. wide and deep. there where five wooden bridges across, that could be burned when an enemy was near. every bridge was guarded by a massive guard tower manned with only the most loyal soldiers.
after the bridge came the city, slowly the riders rode across the city, everywhere ya looked ya saw small merchants selling and buying goods in the crammed streets.
after some time the riders reached the military part of the city, again thy had to cross an large bride with massive guard towers next to them. This was off limits to civilians. only if you had to go to the harbour ya could go across this erea after being searched. the main academy with her training grounds and the main barracks where on the right, ya could see some platoons of medium infantry conducting drills every hour of the day. and the royal buildings where on the left. it was not a great fortress, but it was an elegant building made out of white marble. with only a few towers for defence. these towers where the highest buildings in the entire city. straight ahead ya could see an large fleet in the harbor, consisting of large warships and transport vessels, but also fishing and merchant ships.
The cavalry lieutenant:
“ we’re here, I will escort you to your room. There you can rest until u are being summoned, thought that might take some time... would you please follow me?”
Without waiting for an answer the lieutenant dismounted his horse and walked inside the building. The inside was also made out of white and grey marble, every few meters there stood an guard.
The lieutenant walked quickly to the west wing of the building, in an rather large room he stopped and turned around. The room furniture was simple, an large bed, an sofa, two simple chairs and a table with some fruit and water in a bottle. On the walls where some paintings, but also two crossed swords. The floor was covered with light red carpet that felt really warm. There was a small fire in the fireplace. There was one small window watching over the city.
“this is your room Sir, I hope all is to your liking?... I must return to my men now, but there is an small bell on the table if you need anything like food or wine. An personal servant will come right away and ame sure ya have everything you need.” the lieutenant bowed and walked away, closing the massive wooden doors behind him.
(militairy training
30 triremes: ready
20 transport vessels: ready