An unexpected warrior | AoH round 11 |

That morning, Vangark had seen his companions return, their heads down after being defeated. After hearing their grievances, he felt some guilt for not having accompanied them. But, as THE WICH had told him, one shouldn't break their word. He also wondered if he would get the same result, as the pairing for him could be tougher, but according to what Chayle had mentioned, Restraints' group was more cohesive and participatory.

In the afternoon, he went to meet his companions for that day. Restraints and Fraan were waiting for him, but as soon as he arrived, both asked if he knew any other warrior. There were two spots available, and two of them wanted to try their luck with the altars and see the pairing results. Hearing this, the king of K276 immediately remembered what happened with his kingdom friends.

"No, I don't know anyone else, at least anyone who speaks our language."

With AoH about to start, language was the least of their concerns; everyone asked in their alliances, Vang saw that in N30, everyone already had groups. Restraints in WxC reported the same situation. Fraan, belonging to WTF, asked in his. After a few minutes, and before saying he had found it, Athena D God appeared among them. Everyone was speechless; Fraan had a smile that not even the worst defeat could erase. Everyone even expected an alt to join them as a last resort, but Athena D God was not on anyone's mind. Immediately, he humbly asked with what other troops he could accompany them, as he would go with the spear. Vangark and Restraints were the strongest before his arrival, spear and infantry, and both had T5. But as the scenario changed, Vangark indicated that he would support Athena with his spears and would send infantry to Restraints; it made no sense to have two rally leaders of the same troop class. So, he would reinforce both to try to achieve victory.

When they deployed, they represented House Tyrell, located to the south of the map. After analyzing the rivals, Vangrk, Restraints, and Fraan agreed that the greatest danger would be Dra999 from House Greyjoy, as stated by the leaders of that group, who they had faced before. But surely, Fraan indicated that, despite everything, he wouldn't be a rival for Athena.

Despite the confidence generated by having a warrior of such caliber, everyone's fear was that there were two things that could harm them: keeping up with his pace and the language barrier; everyone spoke the same language except him. With the latter, Fraan indicated that they had to be attentive to the movements to be able to support him when necessary.

Once the battle started and the capture of the altars began, the Tyrells immediately began to demonstrate their power. Vangark, along with Restraints and Fraan, began to attack enemy altars, just as Athena was doing while the rest of their companions captured their own. Although he was defeated a few times by enemy infantry, he mostly achieved victories.

In this way, they kept the danger of someone occupying their altars at bay, undoubtedly a good strategy when you have several moderately strong warriors who can keep the other Houses occupied within their own territory. He noticed a particularity that he hadn't seen in other rounds: the coin altars were jealously guarded; each House reinforced them with many troops, so it was unlikely to achieve a victory by hitting SOLO.

While Athena captured Mercenary Camps in one blow, Restraints intended to do the same through an infantry rally, but Lannister occupied them before with the same class of troops.

"He has T5 infantry," Vangark managed to warn, and Restraints canceled the rally. Fraan initiated a cavalry one; the idea was for Restraints to hit from behind or do a swap if the first attack worked, but the delay was so much that Lannister obtained the protected state.

Vangark tested Dra999's strength by receiving an attack on the altar prior to the capture of Glory City; he alerted his companions, and they agreed that he was much stronger than before, but Fran insisted once again that he wasn't a rival for Athena.

When Glory City was open, everyone was waiting for Athena to start a rally. It's what everyone was used to, so everyone was amazed to see how that giant captured it in a single blow.

"To reinforce, send him spears," Fraan snapped Vangark out of his perplexity, and in a quick reaction, he sent his best dragon and T5 spears.

The rallies began to arrive; Vangark held his T5, which had not been injured until then, until Dra999's rally arrived; in the face of this, his companions indicated that he should withdraw them and reinforce again.

"I told you, Vangark, he's no match for—" Fraan didn't manage to finish what he intended to say when another rally from House Stark expelled Athena.

They removed him; he was reinforced, and yet they removed him; Dra999 hadn't been; he was from House Greyjoy. If they could remove that colossus before the protected state, obtaining first place could become complicated.

"The Starks are infantry; he should rally," said Restraints. Everyone became attentive to the horn's sound; however, Athena expelled them in one blow. And they quickly went to reinforce.

They stopped worrying; with that warrior by their side, victory was assured, even though the enemies tried to frustrate the Tyrells' triumph through rallies, but none of them were now capable of harming the T5 troops; only the T4 ones were wounded.

After that victory, they thanked each other, as both Vangark and his companions of that day had not tasted victory in a long time. But everyone knew that it wouldn't have been possible without Athena. From now on, they would provide support if necessary; the bonds that began with Chayle in the previous round were now strengthened. The king of K276 returned to his kingdom with a new experience and some lessons to share with his companions.