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Author's Notes: I wrote this mainly because I was bored while getting my 99 Cooking stat. I hope you all like it, because I definitely enjoyed writing it. Review please!
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"Sir, the Mahjarrat have pushed our forces back to Andelm." Came the report from a breathless courier in Varrockan livery. Grim faced, General Theodrus replied, "Send another battalion of the guards; we must halt their progress as soon as possible. If Yialus falls, it won't be soon before they're at our gates." The courier nodded vigorously, turning around and running back from whence he came. Turning back from his brief conversation, Theodrus consulted his maps. Worn and slightly outdated, the yellowing map of the Kingdom of Varrock was filled with small wooden pieces depicting men with swords, spears, or bows, as well as cavalry and cannons. Dishearteningly, those in the colors of Zaros outnumbered the pieces in the colors of Varrock.
Beckoning to waiting courier without looking up, Theodrus
said, "Tell the King we may need to pull forces from the Canifiscan Outpost to augment those in the field already." The courier, as soon as he was sure Theodrus had no more to add, dashed off wordlessly in the direction of the throne room. The room Theodrus and the handful of senior officers were in was not much different from the throne room, being made of the same brownish-grey stone as the rest of the castle. It had similar tapestries as well, in the colors of Varrock, as well as bearing its shield-and-sword insignia. There were several tables scattered about the room as well, which was not quite ten paces long. The tables, in addition to the small crowd of people, made the War Room feel cramped and hot.
Another courier came running into the room and was intercepted
by a senior officer, who took a paper from the breathless boy and told him to stand against the wall with the others. Looking over the paper, the officer grimaced and brought it to Theodrus. Taking the wrinkled paper into his hand, Theodrus had much the same reaction as the officer. Muttering to himself, the general said quietly, "The Faladians have been overrun at Saronis and Otrech. That means that the Zarosians will be closing in at Draynor before long." Glancing up, Theodrus called to a senior officer, "You there, Williams, send word to General Percival that his battalions will be moving in to aid the Faladians. You will be accompanying them." The senior officer, saluting, gathered his decorative hat and set a brisk pace out of the War Room.
In his mind, Theodrus laughed dryly. At this rate, the war will be
over soon, for better or for worse.