 A History of Anvil & Piracy |
Xui'al
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A History of Anvil & Piracy
by Horatio Gargonath and Eulius Finnus
Several hundred years ago, during the years of terror when the Camoran
Usurper forced himself upon Dawn?s Beauty, the western Cyrodiilic town
of Anvil was little more than a collection of uncivilized murderers,
thieves and barbarians. Criminals and malcontents preyed upon helpless
travelers and merchants along the western coast of Tamriel, and an
important stopping point for them was the town of Anvil. While now
Anvil is a town of pristine alabaster and an important trading port, as
well as Cyrodiil?s only direct access to the Abecean Sea, it was at one
point little more than a collection of huts, with no semblance of order.
Eventually, a fa?ade of order sprang up, although it wasn?t controlled
by the Empire. At this point Haymon Camoran was ravaging the entirety
of Tamriel?s west, destroying the pristine forests of Valenwood and
spilling blood upon the sands of Hammerfell, preventing the Empire from
allocating the necessary resources to combat the increasing pirate
threat. By this point a powerful pirate organization was formed. Known
as the ?Red Sabre?, they continued to terrorize the shipping lanes,
bringing destruction and death to all that met them. Their leader was a
provocative and vulgar man known as Torradan ap Dugal. He had the
astounding ability to organize these brigands, and as a result they
proved to be the greatest sea threat to the war against the Usurper.
Cyrodiil could no longer bring in supplementary troops and supplies via
the seas, as the menace continued to rise in the Abecean Sea. It may
seem foolish for a group of rough criminals to simply assault Imperial
vessels, often under the command of seasoned Altmer captains, but
fighting the Usurper had stretched Imperial lines thin, and large, well
defended armadas were simply unavailable. Finally, after years of
exhaustive fighting and a great deal of lives lost, the Usurper was
defeated. With the Imperial Navy already mobilized, the Elder Council
thought it prudent to secure solid access to the Abecean Sea, should
another conflict arise.
A young commodore was chosen to engage and defeat the bold criminals
that plagued the western coast of Tamriel. Fasil Umbranox had shown a
great deal of skill and bravery during the war with the Usurper, and
since his fleet was in the best working condition he was the one
chosen. The initial battles with the numerous pirate ships proved
utterly disastrous for the pirates. While they had experience thieving
and pillaging, they had no experience in combat. Conversely, the
sailors of Fasil Umbranox had seen plenty of combat, and easily brought
the criminals to justice under the prevalent waves of the Abecean.
Umbranox?s ultimate goal was to retake Anvil, but he also had to
protect the seaways and couldn?t pursue this goal immediately. After
almost four years of chasing and destroying pirate vessels, Red Sabre
or not, the commodore was able to close in on the Black Flag, the
supposed ringleader's ship, in the Anvil harbor. Incredibly confident,
Umbranox transferred over his entire fleet?s compliment of battlemages
to his flagship. He then proceeded to enter the harbor and engage the
Black Flag, alone; his fleet either landing soldiers on shore or
holding out in the distant harbor, to prevent the pirates' escape.
Dugal was also confident, but wise enough to know of commodore
Umbranox?s exploits, and attempted to hide rather than fight. Umbranox
predicted this, and used the mercurial power of his battlemages to send
a large amount of rock tumbling down the hillside, crushing and
destroying Dugal?s flagship. All hands were lost, but this did not
satiate the self-assured young commodore, as even though the leader of
the Red Sabre and most of their fleet and crews had either been
destroyed or brought to trial, Anvil remained a small settlement for
malcontents and the scum of society. Having already landed a small
force, Umbranox gave the order and burned Anvil to the ground, killing
the populace that was unable to flee into the hillsides, where they
would never amass into a large enough group to plague the law-abiding
people of Tamriel ever again. Umbranox was then named Count, and began
the construction of a proper settlement. The lawful, orderly city of
Anvil is what sits upon the remains of burned-out villainy today. In a
final act of defiance to sea-faring criminals, Umbranox had his castle
constructed on top of the rocks that crushed his rival, Torradan ap
Dugal.
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12.11.2006 05:21 |
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Beautiful! I love it.
Q. This doesn't affect the outcome of anything, but have you also submitted this to TR's BoT?
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12.11.2006 05:56 |
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Ebonyknight
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You just copied that from a book ingame...
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12.11.2006 06:16 |
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Originally posted by Ebonyknight
You just copied that from a book ingame... |
no he didn't
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12.11.2006 07:24 |
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OblivionMon
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12.11.2006 15:53 |
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Ebonyknight
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Its very close to copyrate though but there is more story and different wording my bad
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12.11.2006 17:37 |
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cruxvader
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Copyright, and yeah, no problem it's good you spot out similarities,
but if he alters %50 of the work or more, it's legal... At least that
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