It was an Indiana Jones moment!

[aldin]

My mercenary buddy Sonnenkinder had finally lost all his troops and was demanding that I pay him a ridiculous amount of money to keep him around. Not being particularly kind I put him in the van of the army with orders to charge the enemy, but asked my other commanders to wait a bit before they advanced.

The battle was joined. Arrows flew as my magic crashed into the enemy and Sonnenkinder swung his sword over his head screaming and running at the poorly armored foe. They advanced cautiously, perhaps wondering why I'd sent only a single soldier to deal with them. Another set of arrows and spells sliced them and their fear of Sonnenkinder grew great. The enemy routed leaving Sonnenkinder the only man standing in the center of the battlefield.

Heh - mebbe I should have paid him to stay...

~Aldin

[Gandalf Parker]

I got a nice giggle out of that. Thanks for posting.

[Saxon]

Funny, I had a friend with the same name. After many years of solid service, all his buddies died off but he still wanted a lot of money. Facing a cash crunch, I told him our friendship was based on respect, not money. He left in a huff and joined Man. Three turns later, I think Man and he had a similar discussion, as Man sent him charging, alone, straight into ten of my Summer Lions. Too bad I was still having a cash crunch and had not fed the lions…