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Arl Eustace sat in front of his wife and daughter inside the carriage that was flanked by armored soldiers on the way Gwaren. They were crossing the grassy plainlands for about 5 days, Eustace began stroking his grey beard, adjusted his eyepatch and looked out to the window to find his son Kent riding his white Stallion, his black hair blowing in the gentle wind. The Arl was lost in thought when his wife interrupted him. "Do really need these many soldiers?" she said.



Eustace slowly turned his head. "Yes, we do Martha." He said bluntly. "With the villagers springing ambushes noblemen over the past few months, security is necessary."



Martha sighed "You're right considering the peasants captured Bann Damien two weeks ago. Martha began to give her husband a stern look, "Eustace we should've conducted negotiations with Arl Millician."



"Bah!" Eustace snorted "Millician already tried to negotiate with the Teryn a few months ago. He roared at him and called him a traitor and Arl Millician left and haven't been heard since!"



"Jon Elain is




(OOC: Not finished with the conversation above. Will finish later.)


A scream was heard from behind. "What was that?!" Anna cried while clinging to her mother. With his hand placed on his hilt, Eustace peered out of the window "Kent!" He yelled, "what is going on?!"



"AMBUSH!" Kent yelled drawing out his silverite mace, but it was directed at the soldiers rather than Eustace. More screams were heard from all directions to the right of Eustace a soldier fell down an arrow sticking out on his neck. Arrows whizzed seemingly out of nowhere as the Arl's forces scattered trying to find cover or were being covered by arrows. Anna was crying on Martha's shoulder while Martha looked at Eustace with desperation. Eustace eye was filled with fear, even his wife woman whom Eustace always looked for advice didn't know what to do. When he was younger Eustace would always remain calm under pressure and welcomed a challenge.



But for the first time, he did not know what to do.



The arrows seemingly stopped and moans and cries for help were heard. Eustace looked at his wife and daughter "Are you all right?" He asked with fear.



Anna was pale but she nodded slowly while Martha nodded as well. Eustace then turned to his son who was off his horse and was tending to the wounded. "Son-" He croaked.



A booming voice echoed through the grasslands. "VILLAGERS! IT'S TIME TO FIGHT FOR YOUR FREEDOM AND BEAT BACK THE TERYN AND THOSE WHO SUPPORT HIS CORRUPTION!"



A primal scream reached Eustace's ears, It sounded like a pack Blighted Wolves Anna, with tears streaming down her face covered her ears. Cries of "SMILING KNIGHT!" and "FREEDOM!" was what said in response. Moving to the left Eustace eye widened as he saw men and women wearing mismatched rusted Iron armor and multicolored gambesons equipped with Halberds and Iron Longswords. From behind them were what Eustace thought were Knights, but they didn't wear any family symbol. The people began to descend and attack the already scattered unit.












"Kent!" Eustace said desperation about to draw his sword and exit the carriage to join the fray but instantly remembered Anna and Martha and stayed where he was.



"Why aren't we moving?!" Eustace thought, he would get his answer as the driver fell off in front of the carriage, her eye pierced by an arrow. "An early victim of the volley!" Eustace thought bitterly, they were surrounded with no way out.



The grasslands were filled with the screams of the Arl's and peasant soldiers, clashing of swords, the scrape of armor and Kent barking out orders. The Horses screamed as death surrounded them, and Eustace spotted a peculiar looking figure: A Knight, wearing silverite armor and equipped with a wooden shield with a white, smiling tree on it. He was slicing the Arl's soldiers left and right and raised his sword in triumph. The peasants and knights yelled in jubilation in response. Clearly, this was the Smiling Knight: The apparent leader of these peasants.



The door to the carriage swung open as a peasant stinking of garlic grabbed at Martha. "Hold still bitch!" He growled, "you're coming with us!"



"Mother!" Anna cried in horror covering her mouth, as Martha struggled against the peasant holding her arm. Eustace was about to rush in but saw Martha grab the peasants knife that was located on his belt and stabbed him in the neck. The peasant looked at her in shock, as blood came from his mouth. Martha pushed the corpse out of the carriage while Eustace breathed a sigh of relief. However, behind him two people: Knights, grabbed Anna. " LET ME GO! MOTHER! FATHER! KENT! HELP!" She yelled as the Knight yanked her from the carriage and threw her to the ground. Angered was about to attack, but the second knight punched him in the jaw.



Eustice landed on Martha's lap as the Knights closed the carriage door. "That's my daughter!" he shouted, specks of blood coming out from his mouth. One of the Arl's soldiers not knowing was going on rushed slammed the right side of the door and got in the driver's seat. Shouts of "RETREAT!" came from Kent "Protect my family! Get them to Gwaren safely!"



"Wait!" Martha desperately shouted to the soldier, but she wasn't listening. "They have my daughter!" Eustice shouted but the carriage rode away, with the Arl's soldier's fighting their way out.



"MOTHER! FATHER! DON'T LEAVE ME!" Anna cried while one of the Knights held onto her waist as she struggled to get free. The battle was drawing to a close, Kent was hacking away at the peasants, trying to fight to his last breath, buying time while his solider's flee to Gwaren with his family. "Surrender!" The Smiling Knight bellowed his armor stained with blood.



"Go fuck yourself!" Jon spat, sticking his knife into the unarmored gut of a peasant and charged at him. The Smiling Knight held his shield up, enduring blow after blow by until he was able to bat away Kent's mace attacks. The Smiling Knight found an opening and slashed the gap in the knee of Kent's armor. Screaming, Kent kneeled down as the Smiling Knight advanced on him. Unwilling to give in, Kent and the Smiling Knight clashed weapons. "Surrender now!" A knight yelled, "Or we'll gut the bitch!"



"Anna!" Kent whipped around and saw Anna in tears with a knife to her throat by the Armored Knight. Kent gritted his teeth and dropped his mace he looked around him and saw the peasants and the Knights finishing off the soldiers who couldn't flee. "May the Maker curse you and your coup!" Kent said angrily spitting at The Smiling Knight's breastplate.



The Smiling Knight said nothing and sheathed his sword and motioned the peasants to haul him away.

OOC: Listen to this while the battle is going on!:


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