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Strangeo Forum The Long March    VioletGrendel      8/24/2013 Chapter 1: The Attack Prince Lian looked at his father, King Lian XXIII, in astonishment. "You really mean it? You are really going to step down?" "Yes I am." His father sighed "I am getting old, Lian. My colours are fading. Even you must admit that. The law of the council states that a king must step down when his colours begin to fade." "But, father! I don't know the first thing about ruling!" "You'll learn. I did." Prince Lian was a Trident Norn. He was prince of the kingdom of Triden, where all the citizens except for Advisor Azhar, the royal advisor, are Trident Norns. All? Not quite. One strange female was not grey, or blue, but orange! She had come into Triden, the Blue Valley, as an egg, hidden in a crate of imported desert oranges. Her name was Lava, and she was at this moment seated in the house of her foster parents, picking at a knitted doll that was coming apart. She idly glanced about, and sighed. She wasn't allowed to go to the coronation of the new king, King Lian XXIV. She wasn't allowed to go because her foster parents didn't want her to attract 'unseemly attention' to them. They where cousins of the royal house, and so they were allowed privileged seating in the Coronation Hall, and they didn't want Lava there! She kicked her ankles miserably. She had been looking forward to the coronation for months! Suddenly Lava came to a decision. She would go anyway! In spite of her angry foster parents! She was fed up to the teeth with not being allowed to go anywhere because of her colours! She put on her prettiest blue head-ribbon, and pranced out the door. Vryskia smiled evilly as she contemplated her plan. The valley of Triden had resisted her attacks for so long because of its angry warriors, but now, that was ended! The grendels she had sent to conquer the Hardman outpost in the Bilogy Jungle had returned, and now she would pit them against these norns! No mere norn could stand up against the fierce attack of some Banshee Grendel crack troops! She decided that the new King Lian XXIV she would add to her collection of norn souvenirs from her campaigns. Yes. That was a good plan. She turned towards her grendel captains, and gave the order to begin the advance on the valley. Prince Lian smiled beneficently on his subjects, and scattered some jungle berries down among them from his high balcony above the city. Eager norns caught them in mid flight, and gulped them down, enjoying the exotic taste. His advisor, little Azhar, handed him a few more. He sprinkled them liberally among the norns. My subjects! He thought dazedly. Then Azhar whispered into his ear "We had better get on to the Coronation Hall, your majesty." Prince Lian nodded, and they left the balcony, and made their way towards the Coronation Hall. Lava pushed her way through the press, to catch a glimpse of her future monarch, Prince Lian. She just got to where she could get a view of the balcony, when a few jungle berries landed in front of her. She grabbed one, while norns to either side of her got the rest. The berry melted in her mouth with a curious bitter-sweet tang. She loved it. Lava looked up towards the balcony, and saw the famous Prince Lian, smiling on the multitudes of norns below him. Lava felt like laughing triumphantly. She had seen the prince! The banshee grendels closed in. As Prince Lian was making his way towards the Coronation Hall, the grendels reached the edges of the city. All the norns were at the coronation, so the grendels moved speedily through the city, until they reached the crowd around the coronation precession. Then they began to thump the norns in the precession. Lava screamed, terror filling her heart as a massive banshee grendel rushed upon her, grinning. Lava turned, and ran, but the grendel was faster than her, and it grabbed her up in it's rough arms, and carried her away, to a little hut, where several other norns were, crouched, huddled together, filled with terror. Prince Lian felt fear rise in his chest, as Advisor Azhar cried "Hurry on! Hurry on! Get to safety, your majesty." Prince Lian pressed the little norn's hand, and then he ran towards the Coronation Hall, the nearest building. He never reached it. A big banshee grendel, spotting him, grabbed him up, and despite his kicks and cries for help, carried him off to a hut where norns were being held captive  What is the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything? 42!   Lambie   9/19/2013 Cool, this ties in with A Little Norn! (Or maybe the other way around, since you posted this one first.) Are you planning on continuing this version, or will you continue the story with A Little Norn instead?   VioletGrendel   9/22/2013 I could continue it if you want. Almost the entire story, except what happens to Lava, is in A Little Norn. What is the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything? 42!   VioletGrendel   9/22/2013 Chapter 2: Vryskia's Palace Vryskia seated herself and said "Bring in the prisoners." A pitiful line of norns, chained by their necks, arms and ankles in a line, was brought in. Vryskia noted a norn who, despite the way he was chained, carried himself proudly. Vryskia decided that he must be Prince Lian. Then a norn in the line surprised her. It was a female, and she was a Magma Norn! Vryskia's grendel spies had informed her that all the citizens of Triden were Tridents! Vryskia said "Which of you is Prince Lian?" Prince Lian swallowed, and said "I am." Vryskia was surprised again. This was not the proudly standing norn! This was simply an ordinary looking norn! She said to her grendels "Put him in the Norn Cage." The small prince, only twenty three minutes old, was removed from the line, and thumped away. Vryskia then turned her attention to the proudly standing norn "Who are you?" She asked. "Advisor Azhar." Was the clipped reply. Hmm. Advisor Azhar. A dangerous character. "Take him to the Experiment Room." She said. Then she waved her hand, and the rest of the norns were taken away. Prince Lian was locked into a cage, with many other norns, in very bad condition, around him. He recognised one, King Lingo III, the Bondi Norn. His once iridescent blue colours, however, were now faded to a sad brown. "Lingo?" The prince said. King Lingo turned, and said "Who is it?" In a thin rasp. "It's me, Prince Lian." "Lian. So they got you too." "Yes. In the middle of my coronation ceremony." No more words were exchanged between them, for at that moment a large banshee grendel jailor came up and shook the entire cage. "Shut up!" He growled. Lava was led away in the line of norns, her heart beating fast. They were led into a huge underground chamber, hewn from the rock, and filled with a foul stench. Norns were at work, growing food for the grendels, mining ore for armour and weapons, making the weapons and armour, weaving cloth, doing all sorts of work to keep the massive palace going. Lava was set to work weaving, and soon her fingers began to bleed, from the stiff threads as they moved so fast. But still she had to go on. The Shee groaned. Just what was Clia doing now? Dancing? He blinked in astonishment. No, not dancing, she was doing a weaving sort of movement across the Norn Meso, to get to the door. She pushed it, and he switched to the Capillata Hub camera. Clia crossed to the Comms Room door, and then she was in the same room as he was. "Hello, Clia!" He said. "Clia like shee" Said Clia. Then, all of a sudden, and quite unexpectedly, Clia cried "Capillata go to Albis!" The Capillata obeyed her orders, and began to move. "What are you doing, Clia!" Cried Sheeden. Clia gave a small smile, then said "I got a message from Advisor Azhar, of Triden, he says that he is about to be experimented on by Vryskia's grendel scientists, and that Prince Lian of Triden and those of his people who are still alive are her captives also. I thought we had better go and help." "Indeed, yes! Capillata! Go to maximum speed!" Advisor Azhar was roughly shaken as one of his guards snatched the mini radio from his fingers. Another said "Vryskia'll want to see that. Don't damage it." "I know, Fig!" Snarled the other. Then they marched little Azhar, who was still a baby, but with the mind of a young shee, on down the corridor. They came to a terrifying chamber, filled with worrying machines. Advisor Azhar was locked into a glass compartment, then the guards left. Two grendels came in. One said "We've got Azhar in here today!" "Yes. I think we should try and understand how he is so clever by dissecting his brain." "We've tried dissection of brains before now, it doesn't really reveal anything." "Well, lets try making an exact copy of his brain, and putting it into a grendel, then." "That might work. Alright." Mounting terror filled Azhar as the two grendel scientists approached. One open the door, while the other shot out a metal device that he was holding, which clasped Advisor Azhar around his chest. The grendel pulled him out, then thrust him into a chamber at one side, exactly the shape of a norn. The door was shut, and he was in darkness, unable to move! A stinging pain erupted in his head as tiny wires shot into it. What is the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything? 42!   VioletGrendel   12/12/2013 Chapter 3: The Trek The Capillata whooshed down through the air, and came to rest floating serenely near Vryskia's palace. Sheeden and some faithful Hardman and Trident norns appeared on the surface of Albis, near Vryskia's palace. Sheeden bravely led his norns towards the gates. Six banshee grendels guarded the entrance, and when they saw Sheeden and his norns, four ran forward to thump, while the other two ran in to give the alarm. The grendels were easily overcome, and Sheeden led his norns into the palace. Prince Lian heard noises of battle! Trident war cries! "Coroden! Orrode! Cichi!" He could hear them yelling. All names of famous Tridents. His throat itched to respond, but he kept quiet. Then he heard the Hardman battle chant: "Go! Go! Go! To fight we go! To fight grendels we go! From vendor and toy we go! From home and mate we go! We go!" Hardman and Trident fighting together? That could only mean one thing! The Lone Shee was coming to rescue them! The only one who could command the allegiance of all the norn and ettin peoples was Sheeden. Prince Lian cried "Sheeden!" In delight. Then norns burst in! Tridents and Hardmans both. They overcame the jailor, then opened the cage. Some of the norns were too weak to understand what was going on, and those who could helped them out. Prince Lian felt delighted! No more Banshee menace! Then his mind turned to thoughts of his subjects, and Azhar."Quick!" He cried. While Sheeden had held the upper hand at first, soon Vryskia's greater numbers began to force him back. He had managed to rescue the slave-norns, and Advisor Azhar, as well as those Vryskia kept as souvenirs, but now he was being forced back. Sheeden hoped that he had rescued everybody. They retreated back, to find all Sheeden's norns in a miserable group on the ground, and the Capillata gone! They trooped away from Vryskia's palace for a while, before stopping to organise themselves. The norns had automatically sorted themselves into types as they marched, except for Lava. She felt more at home among Tridents. Prince Lian was also to be found among the Tridents, and so was Advisor Azhar. Prince Lian was overjoyed to find his friend again, and he anxiously asked after Azhar's health. He discovered that Advisor Azhar had suffered a hurt to his skull, which would heal, but was painful. The Lone Shee had a headache. It was hard enough to think with a headache, but when he had a lot of norns to look after as well! Especially when he didn't have any tea to relieve the situation. He rubbed his head, and decided that their goal ought to be the Magma kingdom in the southern desert, Laverna. He took a map from his black bag, and examined it. Their route would take them through the Jungle of Kogh, a jungle grendel stronghold, over Lake Milin, the kingdom of the Aqua-norns, and finally to the desert kingdom of Laverna. The Lone Shee refolded the map and returned it to his bag. He would have to organise these norns somehow, so that they would be easier to keep track of. He decided to put all the baby and Bondi norns in the centre, and the fiercer types on the outside, so that, in case of attack, those who were less able to fight would be on the inside of the ring. Then he decided that the injured and sick norns would ride on a cart, which they would make, so that there would be less chance of their dying. So The Shee called the strongest norns together, and they began to cut down some trees, to make the cart with. Soon they had a rough, but functional cart. Then the ill and wounded norns were carried onto it, and they began their march again, with norns taking turns to pull the cart. What is the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything? 42!

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