James Barclay

[Auum]

I had to do a peice of fictional courswork recently, and of course i wanted to do it on the Raven.....

This is 'my own take' on Auum and his Tai storming the Temple of Yniss

Prior to you reading this , i am sorry for ruining the fine work of Mr. James Barclay, sorry

Attacking the Temple

Note: This piece of coursework is based on the novel Elfsorrow by author James Barclay


As Auum and his Tai gathered around the temple, they saw the invaders desecrating the temple. Without needing to look and see if Evunn and Duele were covering him, Auum strode out into the open and without hesitation drawing his bow and releasing an arrow into the throat of one of the guards, before the other guard could react he was hit in the head by Evunn?s jaraqui. Silently the Taigethen moved towards the temple?s east wall. Without speaking Auum boosted Duele and Evunn up the wall whilst he circled around towards the main door. Evunn and Duele suddenly appeared above Auum, signalling how many people were inside, there were fifteen people inside, he could do that on his own. First he needed to pray.

After a short prayer to the god?s he strode to the archway, peering inside. He saw one mage, thirteen of what looked like to be ordinary soldiers and one lieutenant. He would need to target the mage first and then the lieutenant. In the corner of his eye he could see Duele and Evunn patrolling the perimeter. He would have to do most of this alone, as he got his bow out and loaded his arrow, he started to breathe slower, until he was at a complete state of rest. He opened his eyes and let go of his arrow, without needing to check if his arrow hit, he fired the second for the lieutenant. Before the soldiers realised the mage and the lieutenant were dead, Auum was running towards them faster than they have ever seen anyone run. As Auum was running he threw two Jaraqui at the closest soldiers. Without stopping and ignoring the falling corpses he drew one short sword only to find a soldier running towards him, instinctively Auum ran and drop kicked soldier in the chest, stabbing him whilst falling. At this point the soldiers had weapons in their hands and were ready to attack him. He had killed five at this point.

As Auum was surrounded by four soldiers he drew his second short sword, seeing and opportunity one of the younger soldiers came running towards him slicing in a vertical motion, Auum stepped to the left and jabbed his short sword into the soldier?s leg, without thinking he kicked the soldier away and began his attack on the others. The soldier he was running to had started his horizontal swing at Auum?s chest, Auum crouched underneath the sword and swept the soldier?s legs from underneath him, within seconds Auum dug his sword into the soldier?s chest.
Duele and Evunn were at the entrance at this point dealing with the other six. Auum did not need to help Evunn and Duele, he knew what they were capable of. The last two soldiers were flanking Auum on either side. One of the soldiers screamed something unknown to the other, slowly the two soldiers started moving in on Auum. Slowly he started raising both of his swords, without warning one of the soldiers came in for a stab, smartly Auum jumped back and knocked the sword away, without delay the other soldier attempted to kick Auum in the back, without thinking, Auum rolled forwards, twisting mid roll. Without waiting he ran at the closer of the two soldiers, the soldier went for a diagonal attack from left to right. Auum let the soldier?s sword run down his own until the soldier was completely open; all in one fluid motion Auum stabbed the soldier in the shoulder following with an elbow to the neck. Leaving his sword in the soldier?s chest Auum rose to face the last soldier one on one, the soldier started stepping back, eventually started running for the temple doors. Auum was going for his jaraqui just as the soldier was hit with Duele?s arrow. Duele and Evunn had already cleared of all the other soldiers and were searching the temple for anything left behind.

Auum gathered his Tai with him and spoke to them in elvish ?have you checked the back rooms, Evunn??
?Everything has been taken...? Evunn sorrowfully said.
?We have a long day ahead of us; this is the first battle of many. See if you can track any more Tai groups and have them meet at the river? Auum said quietly. Suddenly a cry was heard from Duele, as Auum checked he saw Duele hunched next to the statue of Yniss (Elvish god of peace). As Auum came nearer, he saw what was wrong. The thumb of the statue was missing ?Duele, Evunn come with me now! We need to find the man with the thumb, or we will all share the same fate as these soldiers.?





Yet again, sorry......
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[skandranon]

Well done Auum
Hope you got good marks for it.

[Auum]

can only hope
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