The second part. Hope you guys like it!
Onnroth was doing pretty well. He fought in some minor skirmishes, and earned quite some gold and trust. He was promoted to captain and gained a gold bonus from Arkim. Feeling like he could use a few new things, he walked through the city of Xanunor. The city was known for it's high walls and statues, but there were alot of fountains aswell. It was the semi biggest city in the whole kingdom. It's people were skilled armourers and merchants, making the city prosper. After arriving at a smith, he checked for a new shield and some new mail armor. A certain shield caught his eye. "Ah, the shield of the Unwielding, that is," the smith said when he saw Onrroth looking at it. The shield, a kite shield, with the emblem of the ancient city of Ethia, the city of the 7 long lost knights, was made of the most durable steel Onrroth had ever seen. "It was the shield of the knight Bilinu, the knight known to be master of the axe." The smith said to put some pressure on Onrroth. "How much do you want for it?" Onrroth asked interested. "2000 gold coins, it's well worth it!" The smith said. "2000? Are you mad?" Onrroth replied suprised. "It is an ancient shield, and nobody ever made a better shield than the 7 shields of Ethia." The smith explained. "I don't have that much ..." Before Onrroth was able to speak the whole sentence, a madman nearby started to yell at the smith. "You! I know you! You ruined me! You're the smith with those low prices, drawing all my customers away untill I had no money left! You will pay for this!" The madman shouted. And before Onrroth realised it, the madman was hitting the smith. Unfortunatly, the madman used to be a smith aswell, and thus he was wearing some light mail armor. Onrroth didn't hesitate, drew his weapon, and put the man down before the guards arrived. The people were all looking at the onrroth, amazed as they ahd never seen one with such skill of the axe. The smith thanked him for saving him from the madman. "2000? Oh my, 500 for you for saving my live!" Onrroth gladly accepted the new shield, which still costed him nearly all his pay, but he felt it was worth it.
When Onrroth was done walking through the city, he returned to Arkim. Once he reached Arkim again, he put of his mail Helmet off his dirty blond hair, and bows to Arkim. "I have a mission for you. Your first test as a captain in my personal army. An Orc camp has been found nearby. It isn't too big so you won't have to lead many people yet. You will be able to finish those orcs off, or atleast drive them from our lands.
And so, Onrroth left the beautifull city of Xanunor, and went to the coordinates Arkim gave him. Getting closer to the camp, more and more small settlements were raided. The strange thing is, that there are alot of orc bodies near a certain house. They decide to leave it and to hurry to the camp. The first thing they see when getting near the camp, is a thin black tower. "Stop, I want a longbow archer to fire at the orc in the tower, before he sees us and alarms the camp." Onrroth ordered. And so a longbow archer aimed at the orc on the tower. Luckily, orcs aren't the greatest builders, and thus they often build pretty low towers. It took the archer 3 misses, before he finnaly killed the orc on the tower. Luckily, none of the orcs noticed any of the arrows. Onrroth and his soldiers entered the camp. They could kill a small group of orcs before the camp was alarmed. The orcs swarmed around Onrroth, but his soldiers fought well and made sure their captain wouldn't be flanked. onrroth, in the meanwhile, was fighting one of the orc commanders. By using his skill with the axe and his new shield, he was able to kill their first commander and lure out the second. He swung his axe, splintering the skulls of the orcs that were unlucky to cross his path. Most of the orcs were already killed, but an archer was able to fire an arrow in the direction or Onrroth. Onrroth didn't see the arrow coming, and was hit in his upper leg. His soldiers immidiatly dragged him to the back, and fought the rest of the orcs. At the end of the battle, blood was everywhere, and so were the bodies of both humans and orcs alike. "Sir! the camp is clear, but we've found a few prisoners, and a captured paladin!" But before Onrroth had the time to reply, the Paladin was already standing in front of him.
"Thank you, my lord. My name is Davroar of the Sunrise, since shortly a paladin, and defender of the nearby lands." The paladin was muscular, about 1.80 metres high, had dark brown hair, Heavy paladin armor and a sword and shield. "Thank you for saving my life, but especially that of my brethren", the paladin said. "Is there anyway I can repay you for that?" He asked. Onrroth, not hesitating for a moment, replied: "Find lord Arkim in the city of Xanunor. He is looking for able soldiers for his army. He serves the people and defends the empire against both the orcs, and those filthy Malformed". Davroar thought for a moment, but then accepted meeting Arkim. "Aye, I will, but I first want to loot the camp, if that's fine with you. I saw the orcs move in with a special shield. Hey! Did you already find that one?" The paladin suddenly says suprised, looking at Onrroth's shield. "No, if you mean this shield, it's the shield of Bilinu. I bought it in Xanunor." Sighing, the Paladin looked around in the camp, but found nothing interesting. "They moved it. Even the orcs know it's worth. Damn it!" The paladin shouted. "I will visit the towns around here, help them rebuild. "When thats done, I will visit that man you named. Arkim was it, eh?" Davroar said, and before Onrroth could reply, he was gone already again.
