TotW 71a: For the Empire....{Masterly crafted by Thallian}

[Mega Tortas de Bodemloze]

For those of you new to Warhammer, a lore guide by Ethien http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=331759


IMPORTANT FOR ALL CONTESTANTS

It has come to my attention that some of you still have problems with the word limits that where set up for this competition. I will check all entries personally to see that no one violates this rule. Contestants who violate this simple rule will be disqualified.


RULES :

1. Post a short text about this picture, with min. 200 max. 500 words, in a spoiler. Learn this rule by heart guys. No more violations will be tolerated.

2. If you are a contestant you are honour bound to not read other contestants' writings until you have submitted yours.

3. The winner gets 1 point on the Leaderboard, if there are at least 4 contestants.

4. Deadline: last day of each week (Sunday).



Attention Please: You'all shall have Til March 1st to craft your masterpieces. That will put us back on the regular weekly schedule

[Czone]

Let´s give this a try

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I hang. I hang with my family, with all my brothers and sisters. Together we are one, but separated we will be when we fall. I see many men, thousands. They cannot compete with our numbers though, not nearly. We will fall, we will all fall and we will make some of them fall. They will curse us, or say we are a bad omen. But they don't know why we fall. Do we? I don't know. I only know that I see men, walking. Walking in steel and the skins of others, like they always do. They are ashamed of their real selves, so they hide behind the skins not meant for them, and their steel. I know that if they walk in steel, they will try to kill others. For that they cut down trees and make long sticks, tipped with steel. They make sticks of steel. Sometimes the steel will be sharp and pointy, other times blunt but big. Yes they're all big, but we will engulf them when we fall. Because we are one. They will put steel in others, trying to take their lives. These will do it for the bearer of the poleaxe. I think they call him "king". Yes, that was the word. They march, for their king. The king doesn't march. He just stands atop his wooden moving ground. He orders them forward, hoping to make himself mightier by killing others. He will succeed, the others will fall. But we will fall infinitely longer. We will engulf them and their enemies, then we will flow back together or drown. The time has come. Now I will fall with my family. We will separate and fall. We will fall hard and annoy them. We will sicken them. We will make the ground mud and we will make the slip. We will fall and we will ruin their banner. The time has come. We fall, I fall. I fall and I land on the king. He wipes his face and mutters curses to us, but we fall.

[Mega Tortas de Bodemloze]

Congrats Czone.....

You just broke the record for a ToTW story entry. +Rep w/o even reading it... Btw welcome the the TWC Forums...

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{ unless you've already been around a while}

[Czone]

I've been around, but not actively. I noticed this thread about ten minutes after you posted it
Good luck everyone else

[Mega Tortas de Bodemloze]

Well, we're very glad to have you with us.... Please let us know if you have any questions bout stuff....

[Major Darling]

Reserved and I will do it this time!

[Ariovistus Maximus]

Ooh this is awesome! A perfect match to re-enter TotW with.

[Dave Strider]

So is this a TATW TOTW?

[Mega Tortas de Bodemloze]

WarHammer!!!!!! Die Heretic!!!!!

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forum...sprune=&f=1377

[Dave Strider]

Sorry! The only mods for M2 I've heard of are BC, SS, DLV and TLR!

[Mega Tortas de Bodemloze]

To each their own, in they're own way... Well that's where this week pic came from anyhow. It's from the "Call of Warhammer" screenshots thread.

[Spartan262]

Reserved and I will do it this time!

Same goes for me.


Ambush in the City

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Today we got the word that me and my company of men were being assigned to gaurd
the Emperor in his yearly travel across the Empire. I gave word to my men and we
prepared for the march. We all though this would be a cake walk , but little did we know
how wrong we were. Two days later we sat out on the journey along with the Emperor, our
first destination a small town on the edge of the Empire, this was where we ran into
trouble. We saw smoke sprawling over the horizon. Even though this sine did not bode well
we continued on. An hour after we saw the first somke, we made it into the town. Fires
were raging on things that could be set ablaze, in the center there were a pile of bodies,
all the vilagers were murdered, but by who. No sooner than we began to march out of the
village , a great noise roared on all sides , Orcs. Normally orcs aren't very smart
people, but these were smart enough to ambush us. We were all taken by suprise. The brawl
that followed was some of the worst I'd ever seen, Orcs decapitating anyone in site and us
fearing the worst for our Emperor, were takin by suprise when we saw the Emperor take up
his Great Hammer, His "War Hammer" if you will, and fought with all his might but still
yet it was not enough. He was felled with one swing from an Orcish Sword. We fought to
regain his body , but to no avail. We realized it was hopeless and finally retreated ,
even though we knew that we'd be hung for our actions. We arrived in our Capital and told
them of our misfortune, but mercy wasan't betaken on us. My men were executed and I am now
serving a lifetime of pain and torture in the castle's dungeon amung lowlives and
criminals.

[Lupu]

Reserved, but I know nothing at all about warhammer except that it has a weird style that I don't like .

[Mega Tortas de Bodemloze]

Good, good, good, you'all.... now please bear this in mind.....


You'all have til Eaaaaaaarly morning of the 1st of March to submit this entry. Once the door shuts, If ya ain't in the ark, you gonna get wet.
{if the dog ate your pixels, ya better find me before midnight on the 28th......kay..}.

Don't know about WarHammer...{straches head}, ahhhhh, no matter, the pic is limited only by the flow of your pen. if ya really want some background, sound off and we'll get you some...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko4Q0cgo1N8

WarHammer..."The Chosen Ones"....

[Saint Nicholas]

1st of March? That's more than a week away my friend! We could squeeze two competitions in that amount of time to cap off February.

Reserved by the way.

Storeh goez heeeaa

Woo!

[Mega Tortas de Bodemloze]

tis true, tis true...However we stand at mid week so to be fair to all, I would'nt cut someone short on time....

Tell ya What....If ya wan't someone, throw some pics up and maybe we'll have two offerings for this time slot......Kay...

[Spartan262]

I'll try to get some good pics (But I'm not to good of a photo taker)

They will be from some different Rome Total War Mods (EX. 77bc, 56bc, TGW, DTW, RTR)]\


Nevermind My Pictures are worse than Turbo Lover by Judas Preist.

[Borissomeone]

Hello, this is the first time taking part in this fine competition I hope you enjoy my tale called 'The Song of War'. I wrote this one awhile ago but have changed it to suit the great picture by Thallian.

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The Song of War

The song of war plays around me, the constant drone of weapon on weapon, the screams of man and beast as they are cut apart, ah how the song of war makes my heart sing. The wind adds its song to the one that roars around me, it moans and sweeps around us as we struggle. The pelting rain adds its own tune upon my armour as I stand waiting and watching, the banner of Sigmar snaps and cracks behind me adding another beat to the song.

A new note is added to the song, a horn blares over us, almost drowning out the mantra of war; the remaining men surge forward adding their voices to the song.


The rain comes in waves, driving sheets that threaten to drown out the song I so love to hear, I march in time with the beat of war, my hammer smashing down foe after foe ending their part in the chorus of death and despair that is this day. Knights of Chaos come to me; armoured forms take up the sky. I swing, crushing one foul head, dark blood adds fresh colour to the washed out shades that paint the battle field. With each blow I end one part of the song but it does not take long for another to join in the wailing, screaming and clash of weapon upon weapon that make the song of war.

The sudden crash of cannons adds a deep and dangerous tone to the battle, Knights of Chaos explode in balls of fire, once part of the song and now part of the landscape, a wide grin claws its way over my face, ah how the song makes my soul dance to its wild rhythms as we of the Empire push this foul army back.

A rumble and grumble, thunder overhead and then the sudden flash of lightning, an image is etched into my eyes from the sudden brilliant light, man against Chaos captured forever in one frozen moment, each combatant highlighted in radiant detail. A man of the Empire staggers past as my eyes clear, one arm missing his scream is loud in my ears as his wound pumps blood in time with the song of war, reaching new levels of madness we make it to the final chorus for today’s act.

A great moan bubbles forth from the bloodied army of Chaos, is this the end of the song? I cast my eyes over the battle field, thick smoke billows here and there, pleas for help caress my ears. Ah but it seems the forces of Chaos no longer want to be part of this fine choir as they finally break and run, it does not matter for tomorrow I’m sure we will start to sing again as the rain continues to caress my skin washing away the stink of this day. Tomorrow we will start another melody, one that will rival today’s little refrain.

[♔Mr.♔L.E.E.♔]

I will try to participate in this old boy!

[Ethien]

Good, good, good, you'all.... now please bear this in mind.....


You'all have til Eaaaaaaarly morning of the 1st of March to submit this entry. Once the door shuts, If ya ain't in the ark, you gonna get wet.
{if the dog ate your pixels, ya better find me before midnight on the 28th......kay..}.

Don't know about WarHammer...{straches head}, ahhhhh, no matter, the pic is limited only by the flow of your pen. if ya really want some background, sound off and we'll get you some...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko4Q0cgo1N8

WarHammer..."The Chosen Ones"....

I have this Warhammer lore compilation that will be of great assistance to those new to the universe. You can find it here.