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KNIGHT'S HONOR - Chapter 10 - Part 8"Wait," Marquess Svenor broke in. "Pardon my intrusion, but I have an idea, milord."

"Explain, Marquess Svenor," Duke Maginfred invited.

"Milord," Marquess Svenor elaborated, "if I were to make use of the postern and return to my castle, I could raise nearly a thousand men. If the others here were to do the same, we could return with a sizeable army. If nothing else, there would be twenty less men to drain the supplies here."

Duke Maginfred looked thoughtful, but Sir Derek shook his head. "Assuming Hagan's forces didn't catch you, it could take you till March to get to Niev and back on foot in this weather. I do not think Hagan is going to

KNIGHT'S HONOR - Chapter 10 - Part 7Everyone returned to the Great Hall grimly. They took their positions at the table wordlessly, and then Duke Maginfred stood to speak. He cleared his throat and waited until the room of people quieted.

"Our supplies of food will last two or three more months," the duke told them. "That will keep us to at least the end of January. However, Hagan and Badir now have a combined force of roughly fifteen thousand men."

"Fifteen thousand?" Count Liber protested shrilly, looking ghostly in the candlelight. "We cannot fight fifteen thousand men!"

Duke Maginfred ignored him. "If Hagan and Badir wait, they will have as much trouble with supplies as w

KNIGHT'S HONOR - Chapter 10 - Part 6Kree was already on her feet. Why ever Hagan had come, she knew helping Brightguard was not his intent. She and Sir Derek, with Maginfred and many others behind them, ran to the top of the keep. Kree hurried to the crenellations and stared out across the land. "How did he get here so fast with an army? The messengers have just returned!"

A familiar feeling of dread formed in her stomach as she caught sight of Hagan's army approaching. More and more, it felt like she could not escape Hagan's foul presence. Time after time, she found herself facing him, no matter how much she hated it.

"See there?" The count of Politya rejoiced. "Hagan brough

KNIGHT'S HONOR - Chapter 10 - Part 5That evening at supper, lit only by candles and shards of dusk light filtering through arrowloops, the Great Hall was no darker than it had ever been. Yet, the seriousness seemed to make the vast room even gloomier. The ongoing siege had taken its toll on the people's moods, and there was no laughter or joking to be heard, not even from the pages' end of the table.

As his squire, it was Kree's duty to serve Sir Derek at the evening meal before she could sit down herself. It was an honor for a squire to wait upon his—or her—lord, and hers was made greater by Sir Derek's reputation. More than once, Kree saw pages and other squires

KNIGHT'S HONOR - Chapter 10 - Part 4When Kree moved her belongings into the Tower of Learning, and she was embarrassed to find her sleeping area curtained off from the rest of the room. I suppose I should be glad for the privacy, but I miss being like all the other pages and squires.

Sir Derek had later taken her down to the armory, saying as his squire, she would be in the thick of the fighting and that Duke Maginfred wished her to be supplied with arms and armor. She already had a hauberk, bracers, and greaves, but she received new boots, a short sword, a coif, an arming cap, a gambeson, and chausses—mail trousers. The gambeson and arming cap were a padded tunic and ca

KNIGHT'S HONOR - Chapter 10 - Part 3As Sir Derek's squire, Kree's place would now be in the Tower of Learning with him, awaiting his command. She was collecting her belongings from her chest in the Tower of Pages when Haldis found her.

"I wish I were you!" Haldis exclaimed, out of breath from running up the stairs. "Sir Derek hasn't taken a squire in ten years!"

"I know," Kree replied. She was excited, but there was still something that she couldn't figure out. "I don't know why he would want me, though. If I were the best page, it wouldn't be by much, and I'm the runt of the group. And a girl on top of that!"

Puzzlement troubled Haldis' face for a moment and then she grinn

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Help! Help! Pick-A-Portrait!by ~Roskvape

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So, I need a portrait for book covers, websites, and all that pesky social media stuff. I should get a professional portrait done, but I say, "Nay, nay! I have a nice camera and plenty of experience with photography. (And even more experience covering up my photography flaws with Photoshop--hahaha!)"

But I could really use some input.

If you have a moment, could you please comment with your favorite number? Or tell me the background is too busy. Or tell me to stop wearing a hat. Or that my brown shirt is too dark and makes me look like the horseless headswoman. (This photo spree was spur of the moment, so I didn't even consider my outfit . . . total lack of planning.) Or any other sort of input that might be helpful?

P.S. I haven't really cropped any of them yet, so no need to bring that up at this point.

Much obliged!

*Callesthe Mar 20, 2013

:icontoddndtheshiningsword: has asked me to give me my thought on the matter, and i hope i'm still on time hehe XD any case my choice would be no 3, as the elements look most properly balanced in that one ^_^ i like it really much, hope my thoughts have helped :3

~Roskvape Mar 21, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

Thanks!

*Callesthe Mar 21, 2013

welcomee~

*Callesthe Mar 20, 2013

~doodle-guy7 Mar 12, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

told me to give a suggestion.
I think the best choices would be 1 and 3.
Of course, 1 looks quite casual so if you want to think of something original, I'd choose 1 because I like casual designs and such.
The background's decent enough for the picture, so I don't think you have to change it.

~Roskvape Mar 16, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

Thanks!

*ToddNTheShiningSword Mar 13, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

You are an expert on what's casual, lol.

Hehe, I just came over here to see if anyone I asked had come over here. Yours is the comment on top, and I feel compelled to reply to comments with my face on them, lol.

*AzucChan Mar 12, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Hey there!~ Just came here to tell you that I like pic numéro 6 the most!

Your art is so amazing <3
(Todd sent me btw haha)

~Roskvape Mar 16, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

Aww, thank you! Thanks for weighing in!

*AzucChan Mar 18, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

No problem!

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