Snippet #1747444

Yashie - Mitsuga Castle, Upperworld
Forenoon

Yashie ran out of the courtyard and into the garden, where two hands of his finest warriors had assembled, each hand having twenty warriors; ten spearmen, five swordsmen, three archers and two spellcasters each. His General was there, too, a battle-hardened elf named Wilben Darksbane. He was selected to be Yashie's general by Alaric, his father, who felt that Yashie needed quite an able general since he would possibly be prone to mistakes due to his comparitive lack of experience. So far Yashie hadn't made any such mistakes on the battlefield, but he still had great respect for Wilben who was a great warrior in his own right. "What news, General? Where is the Demonworld Scum?" Yashie demanded. "We have him trapped, Sire. He is close to the portal, but he is in the forest near it, our spies report. He can not leave the forest and move to the portal while it is daylight yet, for the sun's rays are harmful to him."

Yashie chuckled softly and clicked his fingers. "Excellent. Send a spellcaster to the portal as fast as possible to put them on high alert and to bolster them in case the Demonworlder makes a break for it. First hand, You will follow me and we shall use the road to the portal and fan out, moving in from the portal-side. Wilben, take the Second Hand and go through the woods, and come on him from the forest-side, thus trapping him. Dispatch a runner to father, ask for a few troops to be sent by boat down the river, just in case the Demonworlder tries to escape by water, and hurry!" Yashie beckoned to his soldiers and began running down the road to the Portal.

Yashie's soldiers were not strictly part of the army itself. He was allowed to recruit and train men, elves and other beings into a small personal army who answered directly to him, and not to the King. (Although the King did have the final say in matters of dispute.) This meant that Yashie could get things done without having to go through red tape and request men every time and it also meant that his troops were a shade superior to the general army since they were only few. Indeed, sometimes even Alaric used these men as his crack troops in sensitive operations and as such, these soldiers were known throughout the Upperworld for their tenacity, skill and bravery. It was with such troops that Yashie and Wilben hastened to capture the Demonworlder.