The runaway princess!

They came without warning... Seemingly out of nowhere the largest beastmen herde ever encountered swept through the Bretonia dukedoms Carcassonne, Brionne, and Couronne, all 3 were gone. . 2 more dukedomes, Montfort and Lyonesse were under siege. Most of their peasent populations had been slaughtered by the herde. Princess Ivetta "Ivy" Peugaue, was in Montfort at the time of the attack. Cut off from the rest of the kingdom, the decision was made to evacuate her to the grado empire.. A group of brave knights had volunteered to serve as a distraction to allow her time to escape... She was close now, just a few miles from the grado/bretonian border. Fort Darg wasnt far, the grado fort was taking surviving peasents.
 
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CLOSE CALL

Ivetta was scouted to the border by the knights that so loyally server her father, she was safely brought to the edge of the empire, the walls dividing her home from her future. Everything had happened in a blur back in town, the fire, the screams it all seemed so sudden for the princess to process. When she finally managed to collect her thought she was already facing the gates as her knights talked to the guards to see if they allowed her safe passage. It was needed some coins to persuade the couple of guards and they only allowed the princess to pass by herself, the knights that saved her life weren't allowed the same luxury of finding a safe haven but soon she found herself on the other side of the walls with a path of dirt before her and plains around her. She started to followed the path to reach the closest town so she could find a place to stay the night and gather strength and clean her thought to her next moves.

As the night approaches she could see the soft lights of Grado graced her eyes and guided her last few steps. Bretonia was now a faraway nightmare and a distant past. She walked within the walls of Grado with her once elegant clothes now ragged from the escape, the edges of her dress were slightly burnt and ripped, her veil was all shredded in pieces due to the running to save her life. She walked through the streets of Grados and tried to find an Inn that she could spend the night, feeling alone and lost.



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The bodies of various beastmen were strewn across the road to the fort. Most of them had bullet wounds to the heart, lungs, and head. Indeed, empire made guns were renowned for their long range accuracy. The fort could be seen from the distance, pillars of smoke from either cannons or rifles were seen as the garrison were taking shots at any beastmen that came in range.
The forts doors were wide open, they were letting refugees in
 
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