Shadow Fortress CCS

The dawn had just started appearing in what seemed would be a beautiful spring day, and the MBL Great Hall was completely silent and empty. Shadow Fortress Champion City Siege was about to start in a few minutes, and it seemed obvious that the MBL alliance would not be there.

However, if you have happened to read a little about MBL, you will not be really surprised to hear that ChristianOr was determined to participate, and she appeared in the Great Hall almost forcibly dragging Major Tom and Bearface with her. Oddly enough neither was complaining for having been woken up at this unearthly hour, as it had happened too many times to count.

Are you not going to tell us how we ought to participate to give the poor MBL warriors the chance to obtain the precious battle diamonds? asked Major Tom sarcastically, looking pointedly around.

Well I am one of those, she replied, smiling sweetly at him, undeterred by his tone. Come on guys, it will be fun. We go in, do a couple of easy rallies, and you can go back to bed in ten minutes with sixty battle diamonds.

MAJOR sighed, and grabbing his armour, made his way to the battlefield. Bearface and ChristianOr were right at his heels, so when Major stopped dead in his tracks they bumped into him. 

Nightmare, was all Major said.

You are having one? asked Bearface, but ChristianOr had seen and nudged Bearface to look across.

Ur Candy, she explained, he used to be called Nightmare, she added in a low voice not wanting to hear Major ranting again about people who changed their names.

Bearface couldn’t care less.

We are dead.

And he was not exaggerating. The opposite side of the battlefield was flooded with a million little camps of the alliances 7R5 and ORY, which were working together, and of course being led by Ur Candy. Ur Candy was a legend in the Champion City Sieges, and it was said he had never lost a single one. On the other side it was just the three of them, and few other people having entered along the Champion City Siege.

The trumpets sounded the beginning and after a few initial brief scuffles, Ur Candy captured, as was expected, the Shadow Fortress. The three MBL leads looked at each other wondering who of them should rally, and Major and ChristianOr turned to Bearface.

It has to be you, ChristianOr told him decisively. He is playing infantry, you are the only one who might walk away from this with at least a report.

She is right, lad, chimed in Major. If he was still cavalry, I would rally him, he added insincerely, but no one really believed him. Major liked to fight, but he had not reached the age he had, by taking on suicide missions.

Bearface sighed and called the banners and ChristianOr and Major did their best to fill his rally.

His swift cavalry reached in mere seconds the Shadow Fortress and everyone braced for the impact.

They were bleeding heavily but Major was the first to notice.

We won? he asked incredulously.

Must be a fluke, Bearface said. 

Try again, ChristianOr instructed.

To their surprise three more MBL warriors had appeared so at least the rally would be full.

He is reinforced with very little inf, Bearface noticed. 

ChristianOr shrugged, clearly not giving a damn.

Go again? was all she said.

Bearface once more rallied, and they all held their breath.

Major cheered loudly. 

Son, that is no fluke, you have won three times in a row. And a couple more and we will have our battle diamonds for sure.

People started to knock on MBL's door. 

What is happening? Major asked perplexedly.

Probably they want to get some points too, guessed Bearface.

Well, in that case let us not be bad hosts, ChristianOr said seriously, hiding her smile. Go again?

Bearface checked his dwindling troops but did not have the heart to disappoint anyone. So he went again.

The cheers this time was deafening. Bearface did not need to even look at ChristianOr to hear her go again. However his rally size was getting smaller and smaller, he would not last long. The people who had joined MBL started to get disappointed. They were too many of them and not enough room. Bearface unleashed his rally.

He turned to face them.

I am so sorry, this has to be my last. Imagine I will open with only five hundred thousand troops, I have no more, he said apologetically.

An immediate roar of protest came from the people that had joined. ChristianOr started to wonder if she should rally to ease Bearface’s burden but she had no doubt she would be leading them to certain death. She turned to look at Major and ask his advice, but she saw him running to open the MBL doors.

Two beautiful women were standing there and had been banging the door asking for admittance for a while but their knocking had been drowned out in the din of the battle and protests. Major however, even though he was still in a relationship with his healer girlfriend, he was not one to not notice the ladies.

Wait isn’t that the… ? ChristianOr was asking but she was interrupted.

Baby, cried almost everyone recognising her. 

Bearface had let his last rally go but no one had noticed.

Everyone was clamouring around Baby and her friend Adaline. She was a notorious fighter, with a legendary reputation throughout Westeros.

I am in the mood to do some rallies, but we were all alone, she said melodiously. I hope you do not mind us being here. 

Certainly not, my Lady, said Major who had managed to be next to her, despite facing heavy competition. I will be filling each and one of them.

And so he did. By the time Baby and Adaline set up, Ur Candy had abandoned the Shadow Fortress but Ana had started occupying it. 

But isn’t Ana inf? and you spears? asked ChristianOr perplexed.

No matter, Baby replied. 

Join and you shall see, called Adaline, tossing her red braid behind her as she called her own banners.

ChristianOr could not resist a challenge so she quickly joined both, narrowly avoiding the crowd who almost stampeded her in the effort to join also.

I see what you mean, she said laughing happily and clapping enthusiastically. Again?

Most certainly, Adaline said

Once more the crowds cheered, as now everyone had the chance to get their battle diamonds.

Ana left the Fortress to her ally Degenerate, and the banners were called again.

The two ladies were unleashing rally after rally and you would be hard pressed to know who was happier. Major for being surrounded by such breathtaking beauties or ChristianOr who was making enormous piles of battle tokens. 

Bearface looked at the both of them, and shook his head. Neither of them would change, but he wouldn’t want them to.

ChristianOr saw him looking, and waved enthusiastically.

Bearfaaaaaaaaaaace!!! Come!!!! Let’s go again!!!!!

And Bearface waved back, and went again.