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[CrimsonMoon]

History to Date:
Odin has flourished. Due to it's extensive reach of trading with the eastern lands and it's sudden exponential growth in technology and population, the Kingdom has grown to monsterously. With the sudden disappearance of the Crowned Prince, the King and the Queen, the young Princess Faerydae was crowned at age 15, around the time these changes began. She is now 18, leading an army against Mercia, which had begun to threaten Odin's borders.

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The Princess calmly gazed ahead as she rode her white horse. Her silver armor glinting in the sunlight when the thick canopy of leaves allowed it to pass through to the forest floor. It was known that this young woman had been through much pain the last few years, and it was known to all she would not bend the knee to any of her opposing kingdoms.

The young red haired princess' blue eyes flickered back to the extensive column behind her, cavalry: 3 horses in each row and nearly four hundred rows deep, beyond them footmen... Five shoulder to shoulder and too many rows to count. She smiles faintly, sending a prayer to her family, wherever they had gone as they broke the forest and reached the first of the Mercian farmlands. Quietly, gracefully, she placed her fox helm upon her head, drawing her ornate bow and placing an arrow in the grip," And so it is known..." She breathes, her voice barely making it from the helm but her knights looking at the young princess," and so it is known, Odin has arrived."

[Light]

Heisuke could feel the air brush his hair back, making the orange feathers braided in behind his ears blow back and forth, tickling his cheek and the inside of his earlobe. The warm fingers of the wind would have made a less-prepared man sweat, but the youngest knight of Odin had come more prepared. It looked on the outside that he had just donned a blue over shirt and dark, loose pants, but underneath the shirt was a thick leather vest. Under the sleeves on his forearms were plates to quickly block a sword attack, and there were matching ones on his shins for dirty shots.

The dark blades that hung from his saddle on the horse rattled and he reached down to pull them from their sheathes as Faerydae readied an arrow. The Happy-Go-Lucky knight had been in thought the whole way to Mercia, not answering to calls and most questions that were directed at him. Obviously he didn't think much of the campaign, but Faerydae was here and he'd not let her go without him. His eyes finally open and focus ahead, the brilliant shade of rare-emerald gazing ahead with a focused look. 

[CrimsonMoon]

(Fae: Hei-Hei! You looks so pretty!! *squishes cheeks*)

Faerydae pauses for a second before quietly raising the bow skyward then firing off an arrow. It screamed like a hawk as it shot upward, disappearing... Several of the knights began breaking in different directions, their respective units following, two knights lead each of the huge units of the army. Fae had obviously not been allowed to lead one of these units and had claimed Heisuke as her personal body guard along with a small group of loyal men and women who had become her personal guard within the last year.

Faerydae greeted each of the units splitting off from the main body of the army, why? Because she had a personal connection with all of Odin's citizens to a certain degree... Each life was like her own which pained her to bring her to war- alas... Mercia had pushed too far.

Fae sat back on her white horse, placing the bow on her back and looking at Heisuke, a small smile curving her lips. Her light strawberry red hair was pulled back into a loose braid, golden threads having been interwoven into her hair as well, her silvery armor, though seeming hard beyond reason, with closer inspection showed to be simple leather merely crafted to be incredibly deceitful. Her gentle blue eyes softened further," Hei-Hei..." She smiles

[Light]

(Hei: x'3 )

The brunette shifted in the saddle and looked over at the Princess. His lips twitched into a smile, his head bobbing up and down, "It'll be fine, Fae," he said to reassure her, his shoulders shifting back into a more relaxed position. He was tempted to jump off the horse and stay on foot, but there were too many risks with that.

"They don't know we're coming." Or at least they shouldn't. "It'll go okay." I need to stop thinking, it makes it more confusing.

This could be counted as his first real war. His chest constricted underneath the leather, the skin and bone, and beat uneasily. He had to be her bodyguard, which meant that he couldn't go out with the rest. He wasn't urgent to, but like Fae was forced to stay behind and felt bad about it, Heisuke did as well.

[CrimsonMoon]

Fae smiles slightly and nods, she felt reassured though she could see how trapped her felt. Their unity in anxiety making her feel slightly more relaxed," I know it will-" she gently calms her horse that shied slightly away from the massive war machines that had been developed and now were coming into light. Massive constructions of steel and wood that ranged from as tall as a giraffe to as long as one would imagine a sea serpent. She gently guides the horse closer to Heisuke and reaches out, pinching his cheek," We're just going to... Swat them on the butt a bit, alright?"

[Light]

His cheek stretches under her grip and his grin widens. "Yeah yeah, bite their feet off and everything, whatever you say Fae," he threaded his fingers in the horses mane and calmed his as well, the animal skittish at the weaponry mere feet away from them. Heisuke tapped his boots against the animals sides nervously. He could really use some tea cause he was about to chew his cheek through. "Makes sure they don't do anything stupid again, right?"

[CrimsonMoon]

" Of course~" she sings over the low rumbling of the heavy wheels of the weaponry, her gaze wandering over the machines before she looks back at him," Stop biting the skin off your cheek, you look like you're turning into an Opium addict!" She chides, gently pinching his nose before turning away to watch the columns and their weaponry rumble across the flatt land scape.

" I suppose... We should find a place to settle down as well, should we trail on of the battalions or remain here?" Her gaze falters slightly and one of the bodyguards gently places a hand on the Princess' shoulder

[Light]

Heisuke rolled his eyes again. He used his tongue to push against his cheek and wiggled his nose. So abused. His mouth stretched as he began to silently yawn, the bone in his jaw popping.

"We should probably go down a bit," Secure a waiting area, make sure it's not as easy as this spot here to get to. "Don't want to make the guys nervous, do we?"

[CrimsonMoon]

Fae places her hand over the guard's, silently thanking the soldier as he pulls away before looking at Heisuke and nodding faintly," Of course, if we were to be attacked... I'm sure it would make this campaign much less successful," she chides faintly, a small smile touching her lips as she wheels the horse around and gently urges the horse back jnto the thick border forest

[Light]

"That, Princess, is an understatement." Heisuke called ahead after her before urging his horse after her. He ducked his head and leans against the horses neck to reach forward and pat it's nose reassuringly. "Don't worry," he whispered gently, "I don't like dark forests either."

[CrimsonMoon]

Faerydae grins and cooes," Ah, Hei-Hei do you need me to stay next to you?" She sang softly as the patrol pushed through the trees

[Light]

"No," he said defensively, "I have Mister Horse here with me, and we're doing fine... ish... together."

[CrimsonMoon]

She gently guids her steed around a tree to his other side and as they meet once more, she reaches out and gently places her hand on his cheek," My Hei-Hei~ I will keep you safe and close," she cooes lovingly, affection and playful teasing lighting her bright blue eyes