OOC: Indeed, I agree, that was a great post! And yes, our RP went superbly well. One last, big post for the war.
IC:
Silhorn Family Mansion, 9:30 AMSergeant John McSheen had found the Silhorns at 8:30 this morning when some wealthy neighbours called the Police when they realized there were several bullet holes in the wall. What Sergeant McSheen had found was beyong horrific, an entire family of high ranked nobles slaughtered. They killed everyone, the women, the children, everyone. Lieutenant Sanditz arrived on the scene moments later and was shocked silent. Finaly, he said the dreded words: "Somebody's going to have to tell Inquisitor Silhorn..." The other constables and police officers looked up in terror - everyone knew that it was extremly dangerous to announce to an inquisitor that his whole family had been killed - as Sanditz said wearily: "I guess that means I'll do it." He sighed heavily and picked fethced his satellite phone.
Yishelem, Kingdom of Yishelem, 9:31 AM"I beg your pardon Lieutenant, it seems I have not understood you, can you say that again?" said Silhorn in his usual voice devoid of any human emotion as he held the phone to his ear.
"My Lord ... your family ... they've been killed" said sanditz, becoming increasingly worried.
"All my relatives"?" asked Silhorn.
"It appears to be so My Lord."
"Thank you officer."
"I'm so sorry My Lord." Silhorn then ended that call and dialed another number,
"Ja?"* said the disembodied voice. Silhorn pronounced only one word:
"Jetzt."
The Docks, Sandulka, Duchy of Geharon, Holy Luthori Empire, 6:48 PMBy now most of Luthori was aware of the Silhorn murders and pictures of Zuckerman had been widely circulated in every city. However, Zuckerman and his men were not planning on staying. The Luthori double agent, Hans Verrater, was waiting for them near a trade ship, the
Joly Lad, which would smuggle the Beiteynese out of the country. Verrater was an ethnic Hulstrian and had an extremly shady past. He had joined the OFI to avoid prosecution for war crimes and had allied with the True RAFB in exchange for information about certain high placed officials that the Beiteynese gladly gave him. Zuckerman shook Verrater's hand as they met in front of the ship.
"It is good to see you my brother and even better to be leaving this filthy country" said Zuckerman.
"Yes, indeed, however there is one matter we have to deal with before we board" said the agent in a thick Hulstrian accent.
"And what would that be?" asked Zuckerman, slightly suspicious.
"Your weapons, you must give them to me, you will have them back when we arrive. The mobsters who own this ship dont want anbody armed except their guys. Its either this or we stay in Sandulka." Zuckerman was exhausted. he had been on the run for the whole day and hadnt slept since arriving in Luthori. He wanted nothing better than to get the hell out of the wretched place and went against all his instincts and training:
"Ok, lets just get there as soon as possible." he ordered his men to surrender their weapons to Hans' men who took them aboard the ship.
"Can we go now, we^ve wasted enough time!" said Zuckerman, now becoming angry.
"NOW!" yelled Hans. All of a sudden, huge flood lights lightened the area where they were standing and dozens of Luthorian Imperial Enforcement Officers surrounded them, rifles pointed at the twenty or so Beiteynese. For a split second, Zuckerman was blinded by the floodlights and defenseless against Verrater, who then shot Zuckerman with a tranquilizer. The Jewish warrior collapsed to the ground, defenseless.
Undisclosed Location, Fort William, Duchy of Orange, Holy Luthori EmpireZuckerman awoke abruptly. He was standing in an ordinary looking room. His whole body was restrained so that he could only move his eyes. He was about to bite his own toungue, better die that way that to be tortured by the Luthorians. He closed his eyes, bit his toungue, while thinking "God be blessed", but did not feel anything. He tried again, with the same result. it took him another try to realize he did not have any more teeth, they had been pulled out. "The bastards" he thought. The door opened and a man entered the room. There was something vaguely familiar about him, but David couldnt remember what it was. The man looked him in the eyes, they were pale blue and there was something frightening about them, about the whol man. Not because he was larger or appeared tougher, he was small and looked weak, bu because Zuckerman did not see anger in the man's eyes. In fact, he did not see anything, it was like looking at a statue. The man turned and was leaving when for the first time since Birahteynu, Zuckerman was struck with horror. The man was leaving as David yelled: "Silhorn!!!" but the man had already left.
St Richard's Square, Fort William, Duchy of Orange, Holy Luthori EmpireA huge crowd had gathered in a place usually host to cellebrations of all kinds. Today however, the square had been closed off to minors and the occasion was morbid. A public announcer was about to speak:
"Good subjects of our Holy Emperor, William IV. Today, we are here to mark the end of the Yishelem rebellion. The enemy of the crown, whose name it pains me to pronounce, David Zuckerman, has been convicted of High Treason by the Lords of our Empire. He was sentenced to be hung, drawn and quartered for all to see for the hideous crime of High Treason against the Emperor and God. May all remember the terrible punishment of those who go against our Sovereign."
As the announcer finished his speech, the condemned appeared, tied toa hurdle, being dragged accros the street all the way to the square. The guards led him to an elevated platform in the middle of the square. The priest had nothing comforting to say, as high traitors were denied the last sacrament and instaed damned Zuckerman to forever burn in the mouth of Satan, next to the worst traitors in history. Zuckerman was then hanged by the neck for a short time, before he was forced onto a table and firmly restrained. Among excruciating cries of pain, the executioner cut off Zuckerman's genitilia and burned them in front of the condemned's eyes. he then proceded to do the same with his entrails, as the smell of burnt flesh spread through the air. Lastly, Zuckerman was quartered, his four members being cut off, starting with the arms and finishing with the head. The five body parts were to be concervated and shipped to Yishelem where they were to be displayed near the entrance of cities, a reminder of the fate of traitors. Zuckerman was pronounced dead at the end of the execution and the crowd applauded this news. Silhorn's face, while watching his sworn enemy die, broke into an exceptional grin and his eyes showed joy.
Yishelem Campaign Report to the Chief of the Imperial general Staff, Lord Constable, Field Marshal Sir Sean Dervershire, from Marshal Lord Arthur Lerenby, Officer in Command, TOP SECRETWith the death of arch-traitor David Zuckerman, the Yishelem campaign can widely be considered as over. Information taken on him has revealed the locations of some last terrorist strongholds in Yishelem which have now been wiped out. Below you will find our estimates for casualties. Please note that this only includes confirmed and accounted for enemy casualties. The civilian casualties numbers we believe to be quite accurate however we believe that many more Beiteynese soldiers died, although we have not confirmed this.
The Holy Imperial Army:
1,256 dead
The Holy Imperial Navy:
7 dead
The Holy Imperial Air Force:
21 dead
The Imperial Office of Foreign Intelligence:
3 dead
Yishelem Militia:
1308
Total Luthorian military casualties:
2,595
Luthorian subjects:
31 dead
Yishelem subjects:
284 dead
Total luthorian civilian casualties:
315 dead
Total Luthorian casualties:
2,910 dead
Republican Armed Forces of Beiteynu:
5,684 dead
Beiteynu Revolutonary Volunteers:
901 dead
True RAFB casualties:
2,935 dead
Total Beiteynese military casualties:
9,529 dead
Beiteynese civilians:
4,122,638 dead
True RAFB sympathizers:
12,718 dead
Total Beiteynese civilian casualties:
4,135,356 dead
Total Beiteynese casualties:
4,144,885 dead
Total casualties:
4,147,795 dead
OOC: Note, "Ja" and "jetzt" are german words meant to simulate Hulstrian. "Ja" means "yes" and "jetzt" means "now".
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