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Edited by Charlemagne: 3/4/2014 10:49:24 PM
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The End of the War

(I wrote this in another thread in the Destiny forum but thought I should post it here. I edited it for this as well as for the original upload.) This is my rendition of the final battle on the Wall at the end of the Collapse. The war-broken Titans were scattered amongst ash and ruin within the remaining sections of the Wall. Their comrades littered the outer fields as an unstoppable force known only as the Darkness rained down on them. They had called for reinforcements until their communications broke down; none came. There weren't even one hundred of them left. And then he entered. The outlaw from the ruins of Mars. He had led a band of what he called Hunters for a time, but he was the last one. They didn't move when he entered, their eyes only fixed on him. Their broken armour echoing the image of the walls around them. The pounding of the enemy beat through the rubble and earth. At the end of all things, he was no longer and outlaw to them, just a Hunter amongst Titans. A wolf amongst bears. "This is not how it ends." He said from under his hood and helm. A few of them looked up at him with pain and curiosity in their eyes. "What I see now, in the eyes of the last defenders of the Wall, of the City, in but a shadow of what you once were. Defeated before the battle is even done; hopeless and shattered. I cannot give you hope, but we can fight so that those who will one day walk these passages can may it." More heads stirred; some rose, others nodded. "Are you not Titans? The defenders of Humanity. Gifted with strength and power from the Traveler itself. And here you sit, like the ruins around you. But no, this is not the end. The Traveler is coming. I will not stay here at the end of the war, cowering in the halls of our once great City. I choose to fight; to fight the enemy who has brought us to our knees, but never to kneel." They began standing one by one, agreeing in their quiet murmurs. "What say the warriors of the City? Will you die with me, for the sake of our people. Will you show this Darkness that we will not be stamped out so easily? One last push! One final battle to prepare for the Traveler's coming. For the end of this hellbent war." Their answers grew louder to his words. "We'll fight with metal," he chated. "Yeah!" The cheered in response. "Blood!" Yeah!" "With our last dying breaths to defend the City!" Their war-cries echoes through the Wall. They gathered and armed themselves for the final fight. "You will be remembered as the Titans who fought to the brink." He pulled his assault rifle off his back, standing on a broken pillar at the entrance to the battlefield. "Come, let's show this Darkness the strength of Humanity." And with that, they cried out in one final charge. ... Broken armour and soldiers littered the field. The energy was still radiating out of the Traveler. The air was still, but the world moved slowly. Smoke rose from the ashen warriors. The sky was dark and blanketed with clouds. And there he was, in the centre of it all. On his knees, blood stained and broken. Peering down at his hands from his cracked visor, under his tattered hood as he rested on his knees. But he was not kneeling, he would never kneel to his foe. The great sphere was broken, but hovering over the ruins of the Last City. His head slowly tilted up, only to see a darkness not ten feet from him. The Darkness. Just a fragment of what had come; a remnant of dark energy. It was as though it stared back at him as his eyes dimly lingered on it. A gentle breeze ruffled his cloak and the last of the Darkness disappeared in the dust. But he knew it was not over, not just yet. He slowly staggered to his feet, picking up his weapons from the ground and holstering them. "Ghost," he commanded, barely above a whisper in a tired voice, "it's time to go back...home." The word wasn't exactly what he meant, but it fit. The hovering companion appeared before him, slightly damaged from battle, but functional. "Understood, my ki— sorry, Charlemagne." He knew he didn't like being called that, but he still would say it anyway, to remind him. King.

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  • Hapoy Necro Charlie day

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  • I think the wall was built after the collapse...

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    • Nice work :)

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      • Nice, glad to see you writing your story finally.

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        • Edited by anyposs: 2/23/2014 2:07:38 AM
          So the last of humanity was nearly wiped out by that smoke-thingy from Lost. Fantasmic. [spoiler]Ignore my sarcasm, I loved the telling of your tale anyway. ^^[/spoiler]

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          • Edited by Fidmaster: 2/22/2014 8:27:51 PM
            ...makes me feel bad for being a bandit with the armor of an once great guardian I ain't no guardian I was a bandit an outlawed from outside the wall in my travels me and my bandit companions were having a brake we had founded potatoes so we cooked and enjoyed the meal by the light of a fire suddenly we found ourselves surrounded by beasts with multiple arms we had only seen two armed beasts by then me and my men fought but our ravaged weapons were no real match I was the only one left its Capitan laugh at me and left me to die I would have liked to die then but I survived I began walking when I could walk no more I saw a weird clothed soldier by thee I didn't knew about guardians it was a warlock he said a guardian from the walls to the people, as soon as he ended something in my head the face of my man slayed made me attack him a stab my bayonet into his armor i had pierced it then I pulled the trigger I couldn't control me when I noticed I had his armor over he had an asistant a weird floating robot he didn't seem to know his masters face as he never notice the change I new I couldn't go into that safe place so I just walked when I felt like dying I found myself inside a canyon there was a big building I came inside and it seemed to be a factory from the golden ages so I stayed there I had restarted multiple sistems I had light, a machine that could create monsters by mixing DNA and some machine that seemed to build weapons and equipment designed in an old machine but it worked many guardians came but none of em returned home until one day one came in white clothed he had no armor or weapons he just came and talked to me he knew my past and offered me a deal me as a guardian and my past will disapear . So here em I taking that wise man word as style of life......

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            • Starring, Charlemagne! *applause*

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              • It was a decent story, and it wasn't too long for my attention span.

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                • Awesome. But where are the Warlocks?

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                  • NORMALLY I WOULD JUST SAY POTATO, BUT THIS ACTUALLY WAS A GOOD READ

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                    • That was very cool. Major internet points for those scenes.

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                      • This is awesome^^

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