Your Battle Speech!

A few hours pass where Lexie and yourself just continue to talk and enjoy each others presence in your chambers. It actually makes you slowly start to forget about all the other hectic and upcoming issues you're about to face. But, as all good things come to an end, so does this time with Lexie.

The two of you leave your chambers, walking side by side, making your way to the Training Grounds, making your way to give your speech in front of all the Sunriders. Directly behind you, good ol' Stocky and Stumpy. The closer and closer you get to the exit of the mountain into the Training Grounds the louder and louder it actually starts to become. Thousands of warriors must already be at the grounds, waiting for their leader to fill them in on their plans.

Exiting the mountain and looking out into the distance, out into the grounds, it makes you think about the times back when you first came here, back when your sister was getting challenged, back when she gave her speech...so many warriors, and now they were all waiting for you.

As you push yourself through the crowd, Lexie following right behind you and your two "guards" behind her, you make your way towards the Plateau, that tiny little walkway out to the circular plateau where you will be alone, giving your speech. As you get closer, you see Ashe is already at the edge of the pathway to the plateau, waiting for you.

"About time." she let's out.

"Sorry, got carried away." you smile at her "Did you..."

"Yup, all good!" she says a bit more excited

"Thanks Ashe." you say as you turn your head, looking at Lexie, giving her a little smile.

It's not long before you make your way alone, out to the Plateau. Ashe and Lexie guarding at the pathway, making sure nobody else can make their way across, even holding back Stumpy and Stocky from doing anything stupid. After walking around, pacing back and forth on the plateau for some time, you eventually notice that almost the entire Training Grounds are filled, shoulder to shoulder with warriors and Sunriders alike, all waiting for you. The Sun was starting to set and you figured you should start your speech soon so the warriors of the Syndicate can indulge themselves in one more night of debauchery before they head to war.

"WARRIORS OF THE SYNDICATE!" you begin, yelling as loud as you can. Ashe helps you out a bit by bashing her sword and shield together at by the pathway, echoing steel through out the air. It takes a good few seconds but eventually the entire grounds start to simmer down, awaiting your speech.

"Sicilian warriors!" you begin, trying your best to be loud enough, but also sounding strict and authoritative "One final night. One final night of enjoying ourselves at the Syndicate. One final night before we head south to crush the Kingdom that betrayed us." A few cheers happen, you pause, letting them quiet down again. "After the Sun has reached it's highest point tomorrow and begins to slowly start to fall, we will head out. We travel south, reaching the middle of the desert hopefully by the time the Sun is almost set, letting us get through the hottest part in the midst of night. We shall travel south to a small town called Murnic. Murnic, is a very tiny Rathkin village on the outskirts of the actually Kingdom."

You hear more cheers and some boos at the mention of the name Rathkin.

"We will clear out Murnic of their guards and use it as a location to set up camp and rest from our travels! After another day or two, we will ride south another half a day, right into the heart of Rathkin." you continue to walk back and forth around the plateau, trying your best to project your voice to different locations around the grounds "We will discuss our plan for Rathkin while we are recuperating at Murnic. Our first goal, is getting to and taking care of the guards of Murnic so we have a safe place to reunite."

A ton of the warriors begin to cheer and raise their hands in the air, ready to go to war and finally get revenge on Rathkin.

"Now, first things first, regarding Murnic. We will ONLY and I mean ONLY attack and kill off people who are defending the city. Any peasants, slaves, families, women, child, even men. If they do not bear arms, YOU WILL NOT HARM THEM." you hear a few groans and boos "DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?"

You wait, still hearing a mixture of cheers and boos "If I find out Rathkin civilians who didn't take up arms were harmed and killed, I will personally take care of you myself. Again, do I make myself clear?!" you yell out loud, causing more and more cheers and approvals through out the plateau.

"Good!" you shout "Now, do me a favor. Look to your fellow Syndicate allies to your left and right. Go ahead, take a few seconds, just look at them." you pause, watching the many warriors glance back and forth to their allies standing next to them "Look into their eyes, take note of their face, the freckles on their cheeks, the brightness or darkness of their hair, the smile of their lips. Remember those features of that person. I tell you this, because at the end of this war, that person may not be with us anymore. That person, may end up giving their life so the rest of us can get our revenge." you look down at the ground, balling your fist up briefly.

"Remember them! They are your friend, your ally, your lover, whatever they are to you, remember them from this moment on. For after we crush Rathkin to the ground, after we return to the Syndicate victorious, we will honor every single one of you if you do so fall during our battle."

You take a deep breath, letting that sink in as many warriors continue to look to their fellow comrades, nodding their heads, remembering their allies. "Now, less than one day before we ride south. I suggest, you all make the best of it, I know I'm going to make it a memorable one! Whether you want to sleep early to rest your body, eat the most expensive meal you've ever had, keep training to sharpen your skills more, get absolutely shit faced and forget the night or hell, grab the nearest piece of ass and get off one more time." you hear much laughter. Whatever you want to do, please just enjoy this night, make the best of it because come tomorrow, our victory march to Rathkin begins."

You let the cheering continue for a bit before it begins to quiet down once more "This fight is for the Syndicate! This fight is for Rathkin betraying us! This fight, we will give everything we have! We WILL destroy Rathkin for what they did to us! We WILL show them the true power of the Sicilian Syndicate! WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS!!!!" you shout loud "FOR THE SYNDICATE!!!!" you end your speech, yelling loud into the sky.

The whole training grounds erupt into cheering, the noise almost deafening as so many warriors and Sunriders are yelling and cheering at the top of their lungs. Many are bashing their weapons together, causing ringing sounds to echo off the mountain walls and far off into the distance. The whole mountain itself seems to be vibrating slightly with the amount of force the Sicilian army is letting off.

You can only let out a deep breath as you look around, glancing at all the warriors ahead of you. You crack a smile on your face, still slightly impressed how you managed to come from such a small Errian village to becoming the leader of such a powerful army.