The daughter of a trader

Annalise was the daughter of a rather rich trader and had been living in the city since her birth. She only had turned 18 shortly before the start of the siege and quickly had found herself trapped inside the city. As the siege continued, the situation became more and more dire for everyone though the young woman with her red hair had tried to cheer the people of her father's household up.

But now, as the fall of the city was awaited, she had huddled in the corner of one of the mansion's cellars. Outside she could hear chaos erupt as the city seemed to have fallen. She could hear someone bang several times gains the massive wooden door of the mansion's entrance, followed by the sound of the door falling onto the ground.

Screams could be heard and from the number of steps, she could hear, she was certain that a lot of persons were storming into the mansion. She could hear furniture tossed and some stuff breaking, as also more screams and sounds of angry soldiers, which made her curl up even more, trying to hide behind the barrels.

Then the door to the cellar was ripped open and she could hear someone come down the stairs.