Riddles: Tales from Tailte IC {PG 13}

[AvisCrown]

Talmin sighed. "Nope. He and his men haven't moved an inch as far as we know. We'll give them a little time to move forward. If they don't move, we'll have to. The king wants this done with. It won't be pretty but we take as many heads as we can." Talmin said, repeating his already stated orders.

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Talmin had been sending scouts out regularly. One was returning from his last patrol when he noticed something. A horse was left alone. At first, he thought it must have escaped from the others but he realized it saddle didn't have the kings crest on it. He felt something drop on his head from the trees above and he instinctively looked up to find Lock.
"HEY!" He called up, alerting others.

[BumblingBee]

Shit. Locks head darted down, only to find another gaze locked with his own.
"Bollocks"
He skidded down from the tree and made a hopeful leap forwards. He landed with a messy role, stumbling to his feet. Without even a thought he grabbed Topthorns reins and belted onwards, mounting the horse as he went.

[Crazywolf]

Faid nodded. "Well hopefully matters will fall in our favour" he replied. "If we win the rebellion will be broken, even if some of them escape then the defeat itself will still cripple them." He then broke off slightly as he heard shouting from the edge of the camp.

[AvisCrown]

Talmin started a response but went silent as well as he too heard the shouting. He ran out of the tent and saw what looked like someone running off through the wood line. Looked like waiting any longer was pointless. "MEN WE HEAD OUT NOW!" He shouted over the chaos. Those chasing after the Lock attention was quickly redirected in prepared for the attack. Lock would hardly have enough to get back to the rebel camp by the time Tallinn's men were heading out.

[Crazywolf]

"If it's a scout we can launch the griffons after him" Faid suggested.

Across camp Haesten heard the call to arms and started getting his regiment on their feet and ready to move out with the rest.

[BumblingBee]

Lock mentally reminded himself to never let this damn horse out of his sight again. He knew why Aoife prized him so highly, as he could be bloody fast when he needed to be. Topthorn practically tore through the forest around them, leaving the shouts fading into silence behind them. Though Lock knew they wouldn't be far behind. At all.

Lock belted into the camp, startling many of the men. He didn't even wait, barking orders instantly. His men scuttled around him desperately, readying themselves as quickly as they could. Yet Lock knew they needed to go quicker.

[AvisCrown]

"No point! They'll come to us now! Let's just meet them in the middle!" Talmin shouted back as he mounted his horse.

[Crazywolf]

Needing no second instruction Faid moved to obey. As part of Tamlin's own company of knights his horse wasn't far away. Seizing the reigns from an orderly he swung himself up into the saddle.

Not far away Haesten was mounting up as well. He would be leading the cavalry-component of Caleb's unit while his newly appointed second-in-command took care of the infantry. The griffon riders of course would take care of themselves. He led his cavalry over to join the rest of the horsemen as they advanced forward.

[KittyKatAlly]

Kyda stepped out of the tent as the camp suddenly burst into life.
"What the hell is going on?" She asked one of the men as he ran past but she was ignored. Walking back into the tent she grabbed her daggers, what ever was happening was big and she needed to be ready.

[BumblingBee]

"HEAD NORTH!"
Lock was still shouting orders from atop Topthorn
"WE NEED TO NEAD OUT NOW TO AT LEAST TRY AND CATCH-"
But it was too late for that. He paused and listened as he heard voices on the approach. An army of voices in fact. And they weren't coming from his own.