Ashun's 8th Round of AoH

A gorgeous summer evening shone down on the earth beneath the sky. When dawn finally came, everyone who dared to leave their houses saw a vast stretch of unclouded blue sky that stretched far into the horizon. On this momentous day in history, a warrior belonging to the mighty N3O by the name of Ashun traveled from King's Landing, the King's mansion in Westeros, to the Lannister household in another magnificent castle located deep within Westeros, Casterly Rock, for a new conquest. He knew exactly what he had to do, and it was an obvious task. It was time to fight for the City of Glory's once more, and Ashun's task was to assemble his forces, take the city, and win the Arena of Honor. Ashun was not fighting by himself, but he was aware of how important this seemingly simple task was. Such a task had only been accomplished by the most legendary troops in history, who also lived to tell the story.

Excitement filled Ashun as he anticipated another thrilling battle, armed with his previous experience, including one successful capture of the City of Glory, but also mindful of past failures that he hoped to avoid. He knew what to expect and was familiar with the event's structure. The rules for him were straightforward: survival of the fittest. Six Houses of ten fighters each were tasked with fighting over the stunning City of Glory, which was surrounded by a colossal ice dragon, as well as several other structures, though these were less crucial. The city's possession was the key to victory, making it the most wanted prize for all.

The other structures would earn points for Ashun and his team if they failed to capture the City of Glory. These points would improve their rankings and fame. The dragon pits, mercenary camps, and trading altars were the most important amongst those other buildings, offering significant bonuses for the team's success. Trading Altars were second most valuable after the City of Glory, providing what was necessary for a success if defended properly. However, this time, the event was changed, before your team could consist of 5 members, but now you can choose all 10. This was a big change for Ashun, who now had to find another 5 experienced warriors to fight by his side.

This made the task easier for Ashun, as now he didn't have to worry about the teammates he doesn't know, not being able to keep up with the 5 strong fighters he chose. A failure to capture the City of Glory would also be harder to achieve, as they could properly cover every weakness they could have. He knew he wasn't the strongest in Westeros, he was not going to be the strongest even in his own team, but he firmly believed in the might of teamwork and was sure it'd bring him far.

To ensure that a defeat won't happen for him, Ashun had sent ravens out to start assembling his team. First he sent out to his friends in order to have them join him on the adventure. He made sure to choose all of them wisely, with a lot of shared battles, they knew everything about each other. They were Kayanide, Lyyanna, HeliumSloth and GodofDeath, there were years of experience of fighting together, their playstyles fit each other really well, and the trust levels were above anything that one could imagine.

Up next was finding suitable comrades that would be available, with many people inside N3O already merging their teams together, the time was running low. Ashun was under a lot of pressure to make the right call that would please everyone, but as fate would put it, apxucmpam reached out to him with just few hours before the start of the event. He offered to merge their teams, they seemed to have a common goal of reaching great heights but with an even more promising team leader, Tweety, the duke of N3O, he was inside the team.

This offer seemed irresistible for Ashun, who immediately agreed. He knew them perfectly, their formations would fit in like a glove to everything that Ashun had in mind. And with their goal being the same high aspiring one, combined with the strength of Tweety, they were now going to go for the merge. With this newfound merge, they were going to depart for the battlefield.

The road to the battlefield was one filled with questions and curiosity about how the approach was going to be, the timer for the event was a dangerous one, as the strongest BDR team was around the corner. If they were to match against them, they were going to aim for the second spot, even though that will not have been their immediate goal. They had no chance at defeating that team.

When they got to the battlefield, Ashun felt a rush of excitement brewing for what was coming, but he first wanted to know more about his opponents. With a quick look over the battlefield, he could see their worst nightmare coming to life. The BDR team was their opponent. This would pose a big threat to them, but they were going to give it their all for the second spot in the rankings.

The battle has now commenced, the strongholds were open and ready to be captured. Everyone in the team split accordingly to get a hold of them, whilst Tweety captured the house, everyone had to now reinforce it. Ashun was thrilled to see the synergy building up so fast, as they all chose a trading outpost as fast as the timer reached 0.

With the strongholds made into trading outposts, the points were starting to flow fast, which made it time for altars to unlock. At the start of the match, BDR took all of the altars that were available, not giving anyone a chance to move outside of their stronghold, aiming for trading altars, as they gave the best points. They seemed to be aiming for the most amount they could get.

This was bad news for Ashun and his team, as they would have to fight even more fiercely to be able to obtain their second spot. But thanks to Tweety, as soon as more altars unlocked, the team has managed to secure them with his strength. On top of it, Ashun was filled with joy at the sight of them being trading altars as well.

The defense on those altars has now begun, it was a fierce fight to witness, many factions wished to capture them in order to stop the points that House Lannister was producing with each minute held. The gruesome sounds of steel clashing and cries of help was the only thing that Ashun could hear. Despite hearing them very often in his fights, he could never get used to them. He considered everyone that could ignore the sounds as someone that went mad.

As the fight raged on, the defense on the trading altars was successful, BDR had ceased their attacks, with only focusing on the City of Glory and fighting all of their other opponents who dared attack them. In Ashun's perspective, this could only benefit them, as they had less fighters to deal with, letting them amas more points and consolidate their second spot.

Ashun and Tweety were fiercely waiting for anyone to dare attack the Altars that he was holding, ready to defend them with all of his might, but as time went on, they realised that the event had ended.

They were successful in reaching their desired second spot, only behind an incredibly strong BDR team. The battle was more intense than any other Arena of Honor round fought before, but Ashun wondered if that might be because of the changes the event had undergone. He was rejoyced with his and everyone else's performance, promising them that they will for sure team up once more in the future, whenever that may be. That time they would aim for the top spot.