The Outer City

Walking through the outer city was devastation to look at. You remember all the people, the somewhat clean streets, the market place with many merchants and vendors selling their goods. You spent just about 5 years in the outer city, you had so many good and so many more bad memories of it. But still...it made you sad to look at how destroyed this outer ring is now.

Many buildings still bellowing smoke, the grounds littered with hundreds of bodies, mainly Sunriders and Rathkin warriors but also a ton of random citizens that probably got in the way. You actually question the Syndicate for killing so many of these innocent civilians but as they were fighting back Errian's second wave, Rathkin did backstab them so they probably didn't give a shit at all about anybody Rathkin.

You know all three regions took major blows to their armies but who got the worst of it? Rathkin was bottled up in their inner city, defending their most defensible part. If the Syndicate didn't show up you think the Errian could have encircled the city and starved them out eventually. Errian did lose an entire wave of forces when the Sunrider's first showed up and you're guessing they lost a good chunk of their second wave too, considering you don't see any Errian forces anywhere in sight except the occassional dead body. As for the Syndicate, losing many of their Sunrider's hurt, but they still have their full **** back home. They weren't going to be happy about this at all, you honestly feel Rathkin probably doesn't stand much of a chance if the Syndicate marches their entire military south.

Your mind continues to race thoughts as you wander through the city, making your way to the inner section. You know it'll be guarded, you hope your status as 2nd place at Nillix will let you in. You hope that once you get into the inner city you can make your way to the King's Castle in the direct center of Rathkin, which is most likely where they took Luna, Eleanor & Ashe...assuming Ashe got caught that is.

You stayed defensive, your sword and dagger in your hands as you continued walking, not sure if you'd encounter any resistance at all, but you were ready to defend yourself if needed.

Eventually you do make it to the one single bridge that leads to the inner city. Just as you expected, guards...almost everywhere. You cautiously sheathed your weapons and slowly moved up "I'm Rathkin! Let me enter!" you shout aloud as you continue to walk up.