Nogare replies, "You mean Karic? I thought so. I'm sure he won't get into any trouble. Even if they did rat him out, they wouldn't try to kill him or anything, since they need every man they can get to fight this battle. And you know Karic is trustworthy... trust me..."

Beside Nogare, Rothereb called to Bannin, "Sir. What if they bomb our walls down! They have such thing! And most of the weapons are wood! How shall we prevent them from burning us?"

Harkinian didn't reply straightaway. Leibi looked to the King, and answered for him. "It is good that you asked Rothereb, son of Greatblade. We have decided that one of the blacksmiths who can hammer out of metal will accept North Iron Ore. Although it won't be as brilliant as South Iron Ore with North Iron Ore, we need it to save ourselves. Thus, many Gorons from the North Forest Mine have brought us North Iron Ore to use for protection."

"But what of the walls?! They will easily blast through it with a single bomb!"

"I agree. Ever since the creation of gunpowder, castles have been harder and harder to defend. Thus, what we have done to deep our castle alive was make our castle out of Steel and metal. We have long been able to reach the iron, so we already have the right amount. Therefore, it will be more difficult. But possible regardless."

Hearing what they said, Sovelis gives his ore up. " I have had this for a while, not knowing what to do with it. I was going to gild my staff with it, But the Army needs it more han I do." He says as he hands the general his ore.

OoC: I didn't REALY give it to him, just act like it...

OOC: Of course.

IC: Bannin chuckled. "I see that you still need some training. I can't believe a scholar said that. You give it to theb blacksmith of the castle. There, everyone will recieve their weapons, alright, Sovelis?"

The King waited for him to continue, but being that he didn't, he cleared his throat, and said, "Now, are there any questions of the war? If not, I dismiss you all. Bannin, it would be considerate if you could guide the men back to the plaza, and let those who are waiting know that they are dismissed as well. I have things to start do."

"Yes sire."

"Leibi, see to the blacksmith, and start to hand out the weapons."

"Yes, sire."

Nogare bows, as do a few others, and he makes his leave, along with Earnen, Melwen, Mrust, Rothereb, Nibor, and Aldo.

Earnen whispers to Aldo, "This is bad. Children!I never remember my father being this harsh when even Duelblade's bandits came to Ruto!"

"He is doing what he thinks is best for Hyrule."

"How?!"

"By increasing the number of defenders. If we have less, the castle will be defenseless for a longer time," Aldo said simply.

Earnen didn't reply.

Rothereb turned to Nogare, who was looking down at the note that Denning gave him. "Who is that from?"

"Aniafea."

"Why would she give you that? Few gt teh honour of getting a letter from the Oracle of Faith!"

"We have been friends for a while. We always would talk in the Temple Quater... But when this kingdom falls... I am going to be sure no slave of the Exiles dares to touch her!"

"Come on, Cousin! Stop being such a pessimist! We will defeat the Exiles! They will not last a moment within the castle walls!"

Nogare faced the opposite way of Rothereb. He knows we will not last...

The son of Greyblade quickened his pace away from the group. Maybe you should talk to him a little bit...

OOC: I'm starting to be as obvious as the Legend of Zelda, the Lampshade, eh? Don't expect it for the action.

" Norage! Wait up!" Sovelis runs after him, not even bowing to the king. He had no king, he wasen't even from hyrule....

Still respecting the mage, although still his mind bubbling with the doom of the near future. "Hi, Sovelis. You did good. Few humans around here are willing to speak out to His Highness. I respect that." He bowed his head, and continued.

Rothereb was about to go after him, but Nibor stopped him. "Brother. Leave him. He just doesn't have the confidence. And even if we do win, he knows well that they will attempt to kill Aniafea. Remember when the Exile came to the castle, and attempted to change our religon? He was forced to. We all know that since Blank helped her in the arguement, both she and he will be some of teh first to be killed. Nogare is friends with her, and will hate to see her die. If you saw me die, you would hate that, no? Nogare has suffered much - he lost his father to the Exiles, a friend named Weralgae Enfruty, his sister, he never even knew his mother - he had it hard."

Rothereb looked at the ground. "Very well. I understand, Brother."

"Good. Now, we need some weaponry. Let's go."

"Alright."

OOC: Not quite good enough, Sovelis. Keep trying.

OoC: keep trying what?
IC: Sovelis was following Norage and felt a pang of pain in his right shoulder. " OW!" he yelps as he instintively raised his left arm to hold hid right shoulder. His left sleave roles of his arm, revealing his arm to be fully artificial.

hmphh.. Shouldn't we call help from the eastern lands across the sea?
WE are trapped between these walls, we must get help from the back.. otherwise we will DIE, we can't resist forever..

I know our relation with the east arn't as good as before but we must try!

Nogare stopped, hearing Azador. He spins around, and says, "There is no way for them to reach us, Azador." His tone was sharp. "How will they reach us?! The only ways for them to get here are prevented by the Exiles. Mido town is blocked by a boulder, which can't be passed. And even to get there, they must cross the sea, which is infested with over one hundred Big Octos and more, and even if they were to come past the sea, they won't be able to land safely - Parapa has our enemy, and it's a desert - it is hard to feed thousands of soldiers as they cross a desert. The Exiles can because they have lived in the desert for years, and are immune to it. And beside that, Harkinian never built any castles in the East. He could have easily, but he didn't, and the East was the first to face the wrath of the slaves of Ganon 4 years ago. Even if a fw agreed, it would be too few to create a worthy army that can cross so many obsticles. Trust me, Azador... we are alone...

"And Calatia is fighting their own war against the Exiles. Why don't we just forsakeHyrule, and go to Calatia's aid, eh? We can't! We won't even be able to get that far before the Exiles come from through the North-South Passage, and kill us as we go. It's not just Parapa we're fghting... we also fight those of Death mountain, who have so many of our loved ones as prisoners. My sister, my mother, my uncles. I'm sure your family is there, too. All the south is defenseless against the wrath of the Exiles... there is no knowing either we will win or not. But I swear in teh name of the gods, if they dare kill anyone I love, I will kill them all!" Nogare snapped his head in the opposite direction, and stomped off.

"Don't mind him," says Aldo, "He's upset about everyone's death."

"Nogare!" Mrust called after him.

Nogare stopped.

"I know you don't want to see the dth of your friends, but there's no other way oto get out of this. You are not the only one who is suffering in these times. We need you to fight this one."

Nogare didn't reply instantly. He finally says, "... Alright. I know. I just... I don't want to see any of you guys hurt..."

"We're all going to be hurt in this fight. There's no escaping it. Fight for them."

"... You're right. My father would tell me the same thing. ... I always forget his lessons..."

"... Death must be faced by everyone, someday."

"I understand. I'm fine now... well... fine enough. Let's get away from these crowds, so I can read what Aniafea's letter says."

" We should just concentrate on the problem at hand." Sovelis says

OOC: OK, I hear ya, Sovelis. But I want everyone to post here, so they're all caught up.

After a while of following Nogare and sovelis he finaly speaks up asking When are the exiles going to attack?

Nogare looked down at James. "Quite soon, friend. Possibly this night. Any moment. But I think we will be warned far before they reach us."

He looks over to the rest of the group. "Is everyone here?" he asked.

OOC: Ok, now, I just want everyone who posted before to post here now. Thanks.

" We had better get to our posts then." Sovelis says as he runs off tho the walls.

"Hmmm I agree with Sovelis.But we weren't told what our posts where."says James

Yes.. I'm ready says azador, while he takes out his staff,

what are our orders sir?