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Mount and Blade: Rise of War, Chapter IX

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  Betrayal   The Nords were ruled by a ruthless man, who was called Rothgar. He managed to overthrow and single handedly kill the noble king Ragnar. The truth is that the whole kingdom of the Nords, was against king Ragnar’s decision to surrender his arms to Harlaus and pay tribute to him, after the heroic victory of Harlaus outside the walls of Sargoth. After this compromise that Ragnar made, his kingdom was divided. As you can imagine, Ragnar’s army soon run away from their rightful king and joined Rothgar’s cause, who after a short siege of the Nordic capital, beheaded his king and crucified his body just above the city gates, for everyone to see. His head stood at a pike outside the main gates of the city. This was, in short is the story of Rothgar, the usurper. Or at least this is the way Harlaus told us about him. I married the young and beautiful Elina, but I could not stay with her for us to have our honeymoon. I had orders from Harlaus and I had a duty to the kingdom of

The Argive: Gates of Hades, Book I, Chapter IX

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  Chapter IX Revelations The two friends traveled for a long time through the desert. The heat and the hot wind made their journey very difficult. The water supplies run of from the very beggining. A problem also was that Achilles was away from a source of power, thus he had no ablility to use his elemental power us, nor heal himself. They traveled in silence during the heat of the day, and tried to find warmth at each other's company, during the cold nights.  "I never thanked you" said Achilles to his friend one night. Nikolaos looked at him with question in his eyes.  "I don't think that I get you…" replied Nikolaos. "Back when I traveled to the Underworld. Your initiative to throw me into the sea saved my life. I thank you for that". "Yeah… That" said Nikolaos, with some uncomfort, knowing that this was not the whole truth. "What's wrong?" "It wasn't me" said Nikolaos. "What?" said Achilles with