IC: With the Lions, Leopards, Bats, Bears, Gorillas, and Scorpions fighting together, the Primordium tribes are outnumbered three to six. With the Eagles in and around Cavora now dealt with by the Bats, the Phoenix above the city being bombarded by the Bats, Leopards and Gorillas, and the Wolf ground forces being surrounded on all sides by the Bears, Scorpions, Lions and Gorillas, the tables have been turned.
Galvanor: "Urgh! Maybe I've no choice but to retre--"
The gryphon sees something suddenly zooming down toward him, and quickly dodges. Bliston alights next to Lycor, having jumped out of one of the Bat Javelin's cockpits.
Lycor: "King Bliston, you're here to lend your strength?"
Bliston: "That I am. I should've taken Lycan's warning about you to heart, Erdrik, or should I say Galvanor. He was right about you all along."
Galvanor: "He was not! I only wish to save Chima from the Manta Ray Empire, a real threat! Lycan used me as a scapegoat to rally everyone against, and his obsession with exposing my necessary disguise lead to his undoing!"
Bliston: "And yet... The fact that you were the one to end him proved his point."
Bliston spins his fired-up ax, and leaps at Galvanor with Lycor. The gryphon blocks both of their weapons simultaneously with his gauntlets.
Galvanor: "Honestly, I'm baffled that you didn't ally with me, King Bliston. We want the same thing!"
Bliston dodges a swing from Galvanor, and swings his ax, shattering the knife that was currently "deployed" in Galvanor's right gauntlet. Another knife protrudes to take its place.
Bliston: "No. You exposed your inner thoughts through your speech, without realizing it. I want to defend the mainland from the Mantas' possible invasion, and have been taking steps to prepare, in case. You want to use the tribes of Chima to attack and destroy the Mantas for revenge. We are not the same."
Outside the city, the Gorillas keep fighting, focusing primarily on locating Lobo.
* * * *
Within the Throne Room, more than half of the Sacred Pool is empty, its frozen water - and the many Chi orbs within - being passed steadily down the tunnel, whilst the axemen continue splitting the remainder of the Chi-ice into blocks and lifting it out of the pool.
In the outer corridor, meanwhile, the Sabretoothes' spring their trap at last. While Lycor, Bliston and Galnvanor focusing on each other, and small force of Lion Guards are trying the break through the barricade, smaller doorways open in the walls of the corridor close to the outer gateway. Dozens of Sabretoothes, having moved through servants' corridors rather than the main passage, now stream out from both sides in an unexpected pincer manoeuvre. In this way, the Lions sent to retake the Temple suddenly find themselves surrounded, under attack from both the front and the rear. Around half of the Sabretooth detactchment in the flanking group focus on attacking the trapped Lions, whilst the others charge towards the ancient Lion Gate, moving to seal it from behind and prevent any reinforcements from entering the Temple.
Bliston swoops a few feet away from Galvanor as Lycor keeps the gryphon occupied.
Bliston speaks on his radio: "Gold Squadron, regroup and target the Lion Gate. The Sabertooth Tigers are attempting to seal it from the inside. There aren't any lions at the gate right now, so use all the firepower you can muster to bombard the enemies on both sides of the gate."
Lycor shouts, without taking his eyes off Galvanor: "King Bliston, if you'll be gracious enough to permit me a favor, fly to that lever on the gate side of the bridge and pull it."
Bliston does so, and the bridge starts to retract into the temple, away from the gate. Lycor grabs Galvanor's wing as his adversary starts to take flight, and throws him off the retracting bridge. As Galvanor tries to fly back up, Lycor blasts him down into the city with a fire chi enhanced roar, sending Galvanor through the roof of a building below. The Lion King then turns and runs at full speed across the retracting bridge into the temple, along with his squad of lions, who manage to break through the barrier with a combination of powered-up roars, resistance to the ice blasts thanks to the fire chi, and some of them throwing their swords and axes into the enemy's midst. Bliston calls the Bat reinforcements who'd gone into Cavora to come out and fly down here into the temple with him, and the assembly of bats swarms in, further helping the lions break through the barrier and into the temple as the bridge retracts.
Outside the city, the Gorillas keep fighting, focusing primarily on locating Lobo.
* * * *
Within the Throne Room, more than half of the Sacred Pool is empty, its frozen water - and the many Chi orbs within - being passed steadily down the tunnel, whilst the axemen continue splitting the remainder of the Chi-ice into blocks and lifting it out of the pool.
In the outer corridor, meanwhile, the Sabretoothes' spring their trap at last. While Lycor, Bliston and Galnvanor focusing on each other, and small force of Lion Guards are trying the break through the barricade, smaller doorways open in the walls of the corridor close to the outer gateway. Dozens of Sabretoothes, having moved through servants' corridors rather than the main passage, now stream out from both sides in an unexpected pincer manoeuvre. In this way, the Lions sent to retake the Temple suddenly find themselves surrounded, under attack from both the front and the rear. Around half of the Sabretooth detactchment in the flanking group focus on attacking the trapped Lions, whilst the others charge towards the ancient Lion Gate, moving to seal it from behind and prevent any reinforcements from entering the Temple.
Bliston swoops a few feet away from Galvanor as Lycor keeps the gryphon occupied.
Bliston speaks on his radio: "Gold Squadron, regroup and target the Lion Gate. The Sabertooth Tigers are attempting to seal it from the inside. There aren't any lions at the gate right now, so use all the firepower you can muster to bombard the enemies on both sides of the gate."
Lycor shouts, without taking his eyes off Galvanor: "King Bliston, if you'll be gracious enough to permit me a favor, fly to that lever on the gate side of the bridge and pull it."
Bliston does so, and the bridge starts to retract into the temple, away from the gate. Lycor grabs Galvanor's wing as his adversary starts to take flight, and throws him off the retracting bridge. As Galvanor tries to fly back up, Lycor blasts him down into the city with a fire chi enhanced roar, sending Galvanor through the roof of a building below. The Lion King then turns and runs at full speed across the retracting bridge into the temple, along with his squad of lions, who manage to break through the barrier with a combination of powered-up roars, resistance to the ice blasts thanks to the fire chi, and some of them throwing their swords and axes into the enemy's midst. Bliston calls the Bat reinforcements who'd gone into Cavora to come out and fly down here into the temple with him, and the assembly of bats swarms in, further helping the lions break through the barrier and into the temple as the bridge retracts.
OOC: Is this the only squad in the temple? Where's Lyndis' squad at? Or is she with this squad?
Bliston swoops a few feet away from Galvanor as Lycor keeps the gryphon occupied.
Bliston speaks on his radio: "Gold Squadron, regroup and target the Lion Gate. The Sabertooth Tigers are attempting to seal it from the inside. There aren't any lions at the gate right now, so use all the firepower you can muster to bombard the enemies on both sides of the gate."
Lycor shouts, without taking his eyes off Galvanor: "King Bliston, if you'll be gracious enough to permit me a favor, fly to that lever on the gate side of the bridge and pull it."
Bliston does so, and the bridge starts to retract into the temple, away from the gate. Lycor grabs Galvanor's wing as his adversary starts to take flight, and throws him off the retracting bridge. As Galvanor tries to fly back up, Lycor blasts him down into the city with a fire chi enhanced roar, sending Galvanor through the roof of a building below. The Lion King then turns and runs at full speed across the retracting bridge into the temple, along with his squad of lions, who manage to break through the barrier with a combination of powered-up roars, resistance to the ice blasts thanks to the fire chi, and some of them throwing their swords and axes into the enemy's midst. Bliston calls the Bat reinforcements who'd gone into Cavora to come out and fly down here into the temple with him, and the assembly of bats swarms in, further helping the lions break through the barrier and into the temple as the bridge retracts.
OOC: Is this the only squad in the temple? Where's Lyndis' squad at? Or is she with this squad?
OOC: Her squad has been staunchly defending the fire chi stores within the temple during this time.
Petricoff: "Looks like Primordium is severely outnumbered down here. From their side, I only see wolves. And take a look at what's happening in the sky!"
The scattered Eagle forces in the air are bewildered now that they can't get in contact with Galvanor, while the Phoenix abandon the battle all the while.
Eagle General: "No, Phoenix, come back! What are you-- No wait, we should retreat too. There're too many of them... EAGLES! FALL BACK TO THE SPIRE. SOME OF US WILL REMAIN TO FIND HIS HIGHNESS. WOLVES, I ADVISE YOU TO RETREAT AS WELL!"
The main Eagle forces regroup and fly away east, as a small contingent of eagles dives into the Lion City to search for Galvanor. They manage to avoid being sighted by the Lions, who begin charging back into the city now that the threat outside has been significantly diminished. The Bats' Gold Squadron continues to fire on the Sabertoothes running toward the gate from the inside, allowing the Lions time to get through the gate and into the city.
OOC: In the air, its the Bats, Leopards, and maybe some Wolf helicopters? On the ground inside the city, its the Lions, Bats, and Sabertoothes. On the ground outside the city, its the Wolves, Bears, Gorillas, Scorpions, and Minor Tribes.
Petricoff: "Looks like Primordium is severely outnumbered down here. From their side, I only see wolves. And take a look at what's happening in the sky!"
The scattered Eagle forces in the air are bewildered now that they can't get in contact with Galvanor, while the Phoenix abandon the battle all the while.
Eagle General: "No, Phoenix, come back! What are you-- No wait, we should retreat too. There're too many of them... EAGLES! FALL BACK TO THE SPIRE. SOME OF US WILL REMAIN TO FIND HIS HIGHNESS. WOLVES, I ADVISE YOU TO RETREAT AS WELL!"
The main Eagle forces regroup and fly away east, as a small contingent of eagles dives into the Lion City to search for Galvanor. They manage to avoid being sighted by the Lions, who begin charging back into the city now that the threat outside has been significantly diminished. The Bats' Gold Squadron continues to fire on the Sabertoothes running toward the gate from the inside, allowing the Lions time to get through the gate and into the city.
OOC: In the air, its the Bats, Leopards, and maybe some Wolf helicopters? On the ground inside the city, its the Lions, Bats, and Sabertoothes. On the ground outside the city, its the Wolves, Bears, Gorillas, Scorpions, and Minor Tribes.
Petricoff: "Looks like Primordium is severely outnumbered down here. From their side, I only see wolves. And take a look at what's happening in the sky!"
The scattered Eagle forces in the air are bewildered now that they can't get in contact with Galvanor, while the Phoenix abandon the battle all the while.
Eagle General: "No, Phoenix, come back! What are you-- No wait, we should retreat too. There're too many of them... EAGLES! FALL BACK TO THE SPIRE. SOME OF US WILL REMAIN TO FIND HIS HIGHNESS. WOLVES, I ADVISE YOU TO RETREAT AS WELL!"
The main Eagle forces regroup and fly away east, as a small contingent of eagles dives into the Lion City to search for Galvanor. They manage to avoid being sighted by the Lions, who begin charging back into the city now that the threat outside has been significantly diminished. The Bats' Gold Squadron continues to fire on the Sabertoothes running toward the gate from the inside, allowing the Lions time to get through the gate and into the city.
OOC: In the air, its the Bats, Leopards, and maybe some Wolf helicopters? On the ground inside the city, its the Lions, Bats, and Sabertoothes. On the ground outside the city, its the Wolves, Bears, Gorillas, Scorpions, and Minor Tribes.
Finally, with the last army of Primordium having retreated, the Lions and Bats hurriedly tell the other tribes here about the Sabertoothes over the radio, requesting their aid in driving the Ice Hunters out of the city. The Scorpions agree to help, and charge toward the gate.
Outside the city, the Gorillas keep fighting, focusing primarily on locating Lobo.
* * * *
Within the Throne Room, more than half of the Sacred Pool is empty, its frozen water - and the many Chi orbs within - being passed steadily down the tunnel, whilst the axemen continue splitting the remainder of the Chi-ice into blocks and lifting it out of the pool.
In the outer corridor, meanwhile, the Sabretoothes' spring their trap at last. While Lycor, Bliston and Galnvanor focusing on each other, and small force of Lion Guards are trying the break through the barricade, smaller doorways open in the walls of the corridor close to the outer gateway. Dozens of Sabretoothes, having moved through servants' corridors rather than the main passage, now stream out from both sides in an unexpected pincer manoeuvre. In this way, the Lions sent to retake the Temple suddenly find themselves surrounded, under attack from both the front and the rear. Around half of the Sabretooth detactchment in the flanking group focus on attacking the trapped Lions, whilst the others charge towards the ancient Lion Gate, moving to seal it from behind and prevent any reinforcements from entering the Temple.
Bliston swoops a few feet away from Galvanor as Lycor keeps the gryphon occupied.
Bliston speaks on his radio: "Gold Squadron, regroup and target the Lion Gate. The Sabertooth Tigers are attempting to seal it from the inside. There aren't any lions at the gate right now, so use all the firepower you can muster to bombard the enemies on both sides of the gate."
Lycor shouts, without taking his eyes off Galvanor: "King Bliston, if you'll be gracious enough to permit me a favor, fly to that lever on the gate side of the bridge and pull it."
Bliston does so, and the bridge starts to retract into the temple, away from the gate. Lycor grabs Galvanor's wing as his adversary starts to take flight, and throws him off the retracting bridge. As Galvanor tries to fly back up, Lycor blasts him down into the city with a fire chi enhanced roar, sending Galvanor through the roof of a building below. The Lion King then turns and runs at full speed across the retracting bridge into the temple, along with his squad of lions, who manage to break through the barrier with a combination of powered-up roars, resistance to the ice blasts thanks to the fire chi, and some of them throwing their swords and axes into the enemy's midst. Bliston calls the Bat reinforcements who'd gone into Cavora to come out and fly down here into the temple with him, and the assembly of bats swarms in, further helping the lions break through the barrier and into the temple as the bridge retracts.
OOC: ... Thank you, that was most helpful.
IC: With Bliston having just accomplished the Sabretoothes' goal of trapping King Lycor and his small contingent inside the Temple, the group of Hunters attacking the gate fall back into Temple, some using ice and the remnants of the first barricade to block up most of the doorway whilst the others reinforce the other half of the flanking group and pressing their attack on the surrounded southerners.
Hearing the sound of fighting grow closer, the sabretoothes inside the Throne Room work increasingly faster to excavate the last of the Chi and move it into the tunnel.
The grouo attacking Lyndis, meanwhile, start hurling small explosives into the middle of her squad, hoping to break their formation.
Finally, with the last army of Primordium having retreated, the Lions and Bats hurriedly tell the other tribes here about the Sabertoothes over the radio, requesting their aid in driving the Ice Hunters out of the city. The Scorpions agree to help, and charge toward the gate.
Given that the Sabretoothes's sheltered position in the Temple prevents more than a few dozen people from attacking them at once, the Gorillas decide to send around fifty of their soldiers to help, whilst the rest of their army regroups outside the city.
Bliston swoops a few feet away from Galvanor as Lycor keeps the gryphon occupied.
Bliston speaks on his radio: "Gold Squadron, regroup and target the Lion Gate. The Sabertooth Tigers are attempting to seal it from the inside. There aren't any lions at the gate right now, so use all the firepower you can muster to bombard the enemies on both sides of the gate."
Lycor shouts, without taking his eyes off Galvanor: "King Bliston, if you'll be gracious enough to permit me a favor, fly to that lever on the gate side of the bridge and pull it."
Bliston does so, and the bridge starts to retract into the temple, away from the gate. Lycor grabs Galvanor's wing as his adversary starts to take flight, and throws him off the retracting bridge. As Galvanor tries to fly back up, Lycor blasts him down into the city with a fire chi enhanced roar, sending Galvanor through the roof of a building below. The Lion King then turns and runs at full speed across the retracting bridge into the temple, along with his squad of lions, who manage to break through the barrier with a combination of powered-up roars, resistance to the ice blasts thanks to the fire chi, and some of them throwing their swords and axes into the enemy's midst. Bliston calls the Bat reinforcements who'd gone into Cavora to come out and fly down here into the temple with him, and the assembly of bats swarms in, further helping the lions break through the barrier and into the temple as the bridge retracts.
OOC: ... Thank you, that was most helpful.
IC: With Bliston having just accomplished the Sabretoothes' goal of trapping King Lycor and his small contingent inside the Temple, the group of Hunters attacking the gate fall back into Temple, some using ice and the remnants of the first barricade to block up most of the doorway whilst the others reinforce the other half of the flanking group and pressing their attack on the surrounded southerners.
Hearing the sound of fighting grow closer, the sabretoothes inside the Throne Room work increasingly faster to excavate the last of the Chi and move it into the tunnel.
The grouo attacking Lyndis, meanwhile, start hurling small explosives into the middle of her squad, hoping to break their formation.
OOC: Lycor figured he'd trap the Sabertoothes in there with him, and the Lions/Bats have fire chi.
IC: With the Sabertoothes now away from the gate, a lion gets up the stairs and pulls the lever, beginning to pull the bridge back.
Inside, the Black Cloud swarms through the hall, flying straight toward the throne room/chi pool. While under the cover of the bats, Lycor and a squad of his lions detach from the rest of his group and head east to the fire chi stores, making it appear like the full group is still following the bats.
Lyndis' squad finally pulls back, barricading themselves inside the fire chi storage room.
Lyn: "Apologies, men. I made a mistake by charging forward, when we should've focused entirely on defending this room. It had been some time since I've commanded troops in battle. Wait... I hear something. Maybe the king is on his way here?"
Petricoff: "Looks like Primordium is severely outnumbered down here. From their side, I only see wolves. And take a look at what's happening in the sky!"
The scattered Eagle forces in the air are bewildered now that they can't get in contact with Galvanor, while the Phoenix abandon the battle all the while.
Eagle General: "No, Phoenix, come back! What are you-- No wait, we should retreat too. There're too many of them... EAGLES! FALL BACK TO THE SPIRE. SOME OF US WILL REMAIN TO FIND HIS HIGHNESS. WOLVES, I ADVISE YOU TO RETREAT AS WELL!"
The main Eagle forces regroup and fly away east, as a small contingent of eagles dives into the Lion City to search for Galvanor. They manage to avoid being sighted by the Lions, who begin charging back into the city now that the threat outside has been significantly diminished. The Bats' Gold Squadron continues to fire on the Sabertoothes running toward the gate from the inside, allowing the Lions time to get through the gate and into the city.
OOC: In the air, its the Bats, Leopards, and maybe some Wolf helicopters? On the ground inside the city, its the Lions, Bats, and Sabertoothes. On the ground outside the city, its the Wolves, Bears, Gorillas, Scorpions, and Minor Tribes.
IC: "They seem to have things under control, I don't think we need to stay. There are enough tribes here to take care of that."
OOC: This takes into account your other post as well.
IC: With Bliston having just accomplished the Sabretoothes' goal of trapping King Lycor and his small contingent inside the Temple, the group of Hunters attacking the gate fall back into Temple, some using ice and the remnants of the first barricade to block up most of the doorway whilst the others reinforce the other half of the flanking group and pressing their attack on the surrounded southerners.
Hearing the sound of fighting grow closer, the sabretoothes inside the Throne Room work increasingly faster to excavate the last of the Chi and move it into the tunnel.
The grouo attacking Lyndis, meanwhile, start hurling small explosives into the middle of her squad, hoping to break their formation.
OOC: Lycor figured he'd trap the Sabertoothes in there with him, and the Lions/Bats have fire chi.
IC: With the Sabertoothes now away from the gate, a lion gets up the stairs and pulls the lever, beginning to pull the bridge back.
Inside, the Black Cloud swarms through the hall, flying straight toward the throne room/chi pool. While under the cover of the bats, Lycor and a squad of his lions detach from the rest of his group and head east to the fire chi stores, making it appear like the full group is still following the bats.
Lyndis' squad finally pulls back, barricading themselves inside the fire chi storage room.
Lyn: "Apologies, men. I made a mistake by charging forward, when we should've focused entirely on defending this room. It had been some time since I've commanded troops in battle. Wait... I hear something. Maybe the king is on his way here?"
OOC: Still waiting for a good moment to insert Lynna. =P
Post by TheFirstDecade on Nov 16, 2021 21:24:47 GMT
-meanwhile in whatever commotion is happening out hee in the lion's abode and temples and whatnot, Forgotten Ravens from the junkyards of this area casually scavenge any remains of fallen soldiers in the battles for anything of value, money, weapons, orbs of chi, anything of value like i said.-
-Forgotten Lions whom have blended in with normal lion forces here keep detail of the battles happening here. As if on command a large convoy of Forgotten Scout Cars race ahead out of the forests and plains surrounding the lion city/temple, followed by alot of other vehicles form various tribes under Forgotten Control. All armed with fire chi of course.-
-Seems The Forgotten are willing to get into the fight, hopefully they'll benefit from it somehow.-
(OOC: Can someone catch me up on what is even going on here?)
-meanwhile in whatever commotion is happening out hee in the lion's abode and temples and whatnot, Forgotten Ravens from the junkyards of this area casually scavenge any remains of fallen soldiers in the battles for anything of value, money, weapons, orbs of chi, anything of value like i said.-
-Forgotten Lions whom have blended in with normal lion forces here keep detail of the battles happening here. As if on command a large convoy of Forgotten Scout Cars race ahead out of the forests and plains surrounding the lion city/temple, followed by alot of other vehicles form various tribes under Forgotten Control. All armed with fire chi of course.-
-Seems The Forgotten are willing to get into the fight, hopefully they'll benefit from it somehow.-
(OOC: Can someone catch me up on what is even going on here?)
IC: With the battle outside the city having ended, there are fewer distractions to keep the Forgotten and the other factions from noticing the unmistakable sight of glowing fire wings in the sky. The lion wearing the Fire Wing Harness seems to scan the area below, before flying into the city to resume his search for whatever or whomever he's looking for.
OOC: Leonard be like, "bruh".
Summary: Determined to strike the Lions first after losing the Crocodiles' allegiance, Galvanor called Set-Ra/Winslow and Lobo to his side, and they attacked the Lion City with their forces, their main goals being to capture or destroy Lycor, and to seize control of the other chi type's source: Mount Cavora. In attempting the latter, they came into conflict with Rex and his forces in the Bat Tribe embassy atop Cavora, spurring Rex to contact Bliston. Meanwhile, Galvanor dueled Lycor as Primordium (Eagles, Wolves, & Phoenix) clashed with the Chima Alliance (Lions, Bears), and Unichi (Gorillas, Scorpions, and now the Forgotten) ended up arriving to reinforce the Lions against the invaders.
While everyone was focused on defending the front of the HQ, however, the Sabertooth Tigers infiltrated the throne room from the ancient tunnels, freezing the chi falls and the chi pool (though the former was soon melted free by the Bats), and charging through the temple. King Lycor's mother Lyndis regrouped the lion guards within the temple to defend the fire chi stores, and contacted Lycor to tell him about the Sabertoothes' surprise attack.
As the other tribes, including the newly-arrived Bat reinforcements, held off Primordium, Lycor called the Lions back to the city to drive the Sabertoothes out. Lycor's force fought to break through a Sabertooth barricade on the bridge into the temple, while Lycor fought and "defeated" a persistent Galvanor with Bliston's help. After the Bats cleared their Cavora embassy of Eagles, Bliston and Lycor's forces both charged into the temple, breaking through the Sabertoothes' barricade before splitting up to get to both the throne room and the fire chi stores, where Lyn's force was holed up.
Outside the city, the Eagles, distraught by the sudden retreat of the Phoenix and their cut-off communication with Galvanor, decide to retreat as well, and the Wolves follow suit. (However, a tiny group of eagles remained to find their missing king in the city.) With Primordium finally driven off, the other tribes began entering the city at Lycor's behest, to face the Sabertoothes.