Magnus Haraldsson, Chancellor of Blackenwald, sat in his office going over the reports from the different Departments of his administration. His office was huge and obviously a symbol of his importance along with the old Witch sitting in the corner chanting to herself. Deputy Chancellor Hugaldr Kórekr knocked on his door and awaited permission to enter. The Chancellor gave the waiting Deputy a quick acknowledgment and he entered the office.
Magnus nodded towards a chair and the Deputy sat down and pulled his notes from a briefcase.
“What have you for me today, Hugaldr?” Magnus asked
“Chancellor, we can consider Ragnarok to be over. We have finally hunted down the last Ruus organized resistance.” replied the Deputy
“Have you got a status report?”
“Yes Chancellor, we have sustained tremendous damage. Our infrastructure is severely damaged from years of war and we are nearly bankrupt. Internal trade has not been happening since the last civilian freighter was sunk three years ago ...”
“I see .... continue”
“Our Army and Airforce has been gutted and most of the Navy now lay at the bottom of the sea”
“And what of our enemies?”
“Total Annihilation, the Ruus put up the hardest fight and we can expect small bands of unorganized guerrillas to be active for a few years. We have brought back close to a million Ruus and Finn survivors and they will be put to work rebuilding Blackenwald.”
“the rest ?”
“The remainder of the civilian population have been put to the sword as per the prophecy and direction of the old crows”
Magnus let out a low laugh and nodded his head in the direction of the room corner where the witch continued to bob her head up and down.
“Careful what you say, she may be blind but it is said that they can tear images from people’s minds. Remember, they are the medium in which our Gods communicate with us and upsetting them may be classed as upsetting the Gods”
[TBC]
_________________ Benno the Mad Wrote:
man, you gotta realise that thor and bos fell out of the patriot tree (like the ugly tree, but instills patriotism instead of ugly) and hit every branch on the way down.
"Gone now, dispersed by the brutal destruction of this one day, was the belief that the Darkman and his army of the dead were so superior as to be invincible. By attempting to destroy the morale of the Marines, the Darkman had restored it to full vigor. Dia De La Muerto had failed in its objectives."
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Si vis pacem, para bellum
If you want peace, prepare for war
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