Cowardly maggots! Bow your thrice cursed heads and thank the goddess that you still draw unworthy breath!
Doyenne Unson
Quest - #2 WinnerMercenaries and bounty hunters? We don’t need the help of scum like that.
Vice-Admiral Koszcu
QuestIf you wake up in a field of green grass, looking at a woman of flesh and steel. Be glad, you are dead. If you wake up covered in blood and shit, be gladder still. For you are alive and your time is not yet come!
Doyen Velit
QuestA rare sight, but one dreaded by the foes of dwarvendom.
QuestStanding atop the parched hill and triumphantly displaying their gory trophies , the berserker s begin to shriek aloud their terrible, keening war-cries, confident that the coming battle will belong to them as the enemy flees before their frenzied onslaught, all its discipline and training forgotten in the face of a foe that harbors no fear at all for any enemy born of humanity.
Just as the red mist clouding their eyes begins to fill their minds with fantasies of mass slaughter, a mass of shadowy figures suddenly materialises out of the darkness, charging towards the berserkers with long, loping strides that lend them speed that is at once awesome and terrifying to witness, even to the crazed minds of these onlookers.
As a heavy,furry shape hurtles into the the commander, he falls to the ground, his throat ripped out by the savage fangs of his assailant. As his life ebbs away from him in the rapidly expanding jet of blood gushing from his ripped arteries, savage growls become the lullaby lulling him into the never-ending slumber of death.
QuestCapable of delivering up to 20 iron spikes per minute at nearly the velocity of an arrow, the Iron Spike Launcher-9000 is the front line weapon of his most elite clock-work soldiers.
QuestIn an age of sail, one of the most important of resources is a source of tall, straight and strong trees for use as masts. Mastwood island is one such location.
QuestThe greatest of chieftains, uniter of the hordes, harbringer of chaos, many names he held, yet what is the truth behind one of the greatet Orc leaders of all time?
Codex QuestMUL-FS550 Fire Support Robot
Variant of Mobile U Logistic Robot
QuestIs it liberation or conquest? Humane thought or wanton deicide?
A malicious ploy to make the divine starve?
QuestThe Pocket Ironbones, whilst not quite the war machines that they were intended to be, have been useful in the service of Banhosea all the same.
QuestRR80 Corpsman(TM) - Battlefield Casualty Recovery Robot
QuestEvery soldier knows he may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice. What he doesn’t always know is the depth of the other sacrifices he may be called upon to make.
QuestThe soldiers charged screaming into battle, their faces twisted into masks of hatred as they struck out with blows stronger then humans would normally be capable of. Each wore on his shield arm a Star of Rage, a starfish-like creature, ruddy red with the blood that it was draining from his body.
QuestThe largest warship of the Terran Hegemony capable of landing on Earth and launching again into orbit.
QuestEven the boldest quake with fear of the Kobelyn Cavalry of Terkuss Tahkhan! Especially if they’re on the same side!
QuestWar has begun, and the troops have begun to move. Lying on the border between Esteov and the God’s Spine Mountains, Kerrengen Keep secures the main source of fresh water for the capital of Esteov, Lake Kerrengen.
QuestIn seeking to escape serving the Lord of Ravens many a hope flickered and died, for those who oppose him end up serving him after all.
Quest"Their trumpets are also of a peculiar and barbaric kind which produce a harsh, reverberating sound suitable to the confusion of battle."
from the memoirs of Diodorus Siculus,
Commander of the Legion XIX (retired)
QuestI would be willing, yes glad, to see a battle every day during my life.
George Armstrong Custer
QuestTaronia - Land of mystics and sages. Taronia - Land of the Gods. Taronia - Land of Conquerers.
Codex QuestThe nurse put a hand on his shoulder, speaking softly, “Calm down, sir, you’re inside a hospital. You’re safe.”
The man’s eyes darted back and forth, his whole body shaking in terror, “Nooo,” He whispered, “I’ll never be safe, I saw him, I saw him jerking and writhing around, then he looked straight at me and fell over.”
Quest“Woe, brethren! What hath these gods wrought? For a thousand suns we have had peace, and now in an instant the light is being extinguished. How can any survive in these Wars of the Sects?”
- Arbiter Ariston Nikomachus
The Continent and its faiths have thrived with little fuss for a millenium. And now, with a few holy words, all of heaven, earth, and hell seem to be at war…
QuestExiled from their home this elite military force is adrift in a foriegn land. All these people have ever known is war so they put themselves for sale as mere mercenaries at the same price as any other sword slingers. But these men have brought a new type of type of warfare to the northern lands and the fields of battle will run red with their enemy’s blood.
QuestLong has the question of truth been pondered. Long has this been a folly few recognise in time. A killer, a soldier even with a sword is one thing. But a killer who thinks he has found a definite truth, which he decides to fight for, is the most dangerous man in the world.
QuestBehold, for I am the form of Destruction
Inscription on the Virednith
Quest“They just keep coming. You cut one down, two more are right behind it. We can’t win, they just keep coming…”
- Unnamed soldier, overheard at the battle of Caele Aran
“Why should we send our young men off to die when we can manufacture the War Walkers for the same purpose?”
- War-Theurge Ceylon of the Fourth Dynasty Army
QuestWar is the biggest business of the future.
QuestNow was to be the Third such invasion, and who knows who would be writing the records….
QuestA brief list of warship types and their identification
Quest
New Submissions
From
2007-02-20 10:57 PM to
2007-04-01 12:00 AM
Welcome to the Sounds of War Quest. We will be rewarding a 12XP Bonus per submission with the first place submission earning 150 and second place earning 75.
The only important word in this Quest is War. Any category is OK, just make sure you check the quest box when putting in your submission. This is a new procedure, don't forget it!
Any direction your imagination takes you. Anything at all, as long as it has to do with, you guessed it...War.
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Strolen's Citadel fifth quest, One of a Kind was a huge creative success. A total of 33 quest items were submitted and each author took away an extra 12xp with each of those submissions.
Without further ado, I give you your Strolenite voted top two Winners:
Surrounded by the countless skulls of his enemies is our Strolenite Medal of Honour winner. 150XP goes to:
Wulfhere for The Field of 10,000 Skulls
The Strolenite Badge of Recognition and 75XP goes to our second place winner, the divine and mortal:
Scrasamax for Terat, the Goddess of War
Congratulations to our winners and everybody that took the time to submit a quest submission!!! It was an awesome turnout and an awesome set of submissions!