Project 1999 - Kuriak's Great Crusade

Chapter III: Rest and Resupply

Kuriak enlisted the help of a local wood elf by the name of Iceyy, and they began to cooperate in dismantling the outer defenses of the citadel. However, Kuriak was finding it increasingly evident that the local elves were fickle and unreliable. Though Iceyy was loyal and persistent, countless others broke and fled at the first hardship, or were mutilated by the legionnaires.

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Fortunately, Kuriak's forces managed to occupy Crushbone's outlying areas and Kuriak himself was able to free the slaves... from their mortal coils. Arch Duke Xog would be pleased. In order to eventually besiege the stronghold, however, he needed to resupply, strengthen, and requisition more disciplined forces.

Using some of the money he had earned selling belts, Kuriak paid an elf to send him to the Commonlands, where he hoped to improve his gear and martial prowess before returning to Cabilis. Here he joined with individuals who made a far more capable fighting force than the elves of the Faydark.

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The scattered camps of Deathfist orcs were of far less strategic value, but they made for good training, and the Commonlands appeared to be a prime staging point for all kinds of expeditions. Practitioners of powerful magics freely bestowed their blessings. Rich merchants hoarded wealth and influence beyond even that of the Haggle Baron; their greedy tendrils touched even Xog. Though Kuriak knew he would need to report back to Cabilis to continue his advancement, he was reluctant to leave a place of such opportunity.

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