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Corkus I

'I pray to the God of Tits and Wine! The Goddess of Whores! And the Deities of the Bedroom! Bwahaha!' Corkus screamed as he pulled the painted lips of another Yunkish whore toward himself.

With a skin of the sweetest Yunkish wine in one hand and the tits of a different whore in the other he was certainly enjoying himself. It had only been a few weeks after the Hawks had managed to conquer Yunkai, and Corkus felt like he was in heaven.

Having spent a good amount of his time on the former Bedslaves of the so called Wise Masters. And how wise they had been! Corkus loved to tell the stories of the Hawks to these ladies of the night. With him as the centerpiece off course.

'Ladies let me tell you about how I and my Hawks conquered this great city!' Corkus screamed out on top of his lungs.
With it demanding the attention of the full twenty prostitutes in his residence. The residence had formerly belonged to one of the Wise Masters, and was quite fact it was probably the wealthiest home Corkus had ever had the pleasure of calling his own.

'There I was with my soldiers, men who I would trust my life with! At the walls of the great city of Yunkai. I demanded their surrender, or else they would perish. Yet your Wise Masters would have no ear for my own wise words!' Corkus declared proudly, completely ignoring Griffith's leadership of the Hawks.

One of the whores took notice and asked with a sweet voice, 'But Lord Corkus, what about the White Hawk?' Corkus spit out his wine on hearing that, thinking these whores would not know such things.

'Well yeah, I mean, he was there too, in fact were good friends! We lead the Hawks together you see! I am a man of diplomacy, strategy and the art of warfare! While he is more of a Knight, a knight thirsty for blood! A mad dog really! Ahaha... Ha!' Sweat began to form on Corkus his forehead.

'Oh Lord Corkus you are such a great man! Please continue your story!' Another whore said as she stroked his member softly. Corkus grinned and regained his composure. 'Off course ladies, now let me continue, but don't stop doing that though.' Corkus coughed and took a sip from his wine.

'So there I was with my loyal soldiers and good friend Griffith, the Wise Masters, or should I say Dumb Masters! Of this city thought they could defeat us in a straight up battle! And I was about to give it to them! Hard! So I sent in my top butchers to break the lines of your castrated bitch soldiers! Bwahaha!' Corkus was laughing so hard at this own jokes that he almost spilled his wine again.

Some whore then said, 'But Lord Corkus, they say the Unsullied held against the first attacks of the Hawks! And that the Unsullied are the greatest soldiers in the world!' The whore pouted a bit while saying so. Corkus blushed. 'Well you see, they held at first, but thanks to the idiocy of their many commanders they could not fight well. And I saw many holes in their defense.' He grinned while the whore's mouth formed a perfect 'o' in response to that.

For once Corkus wasn't lying, the Unsullied had proven to be formidable opponents, but as the Hawks flawless combined arms started to appear overwhelming the Yunkish commanders committed the greatest fallacy in battle. Instead of holding a single line they started to form their own Unsullied around them, to protect themselves and themselves only.

Here the Hawks mounted crossbowmen could easily exploit the holes in the Yunkish lines. Allowing for the Hawks cavalry to charge in, completely breaking any resemblance of formation in the Yunkish lines.
After that is was basically mopping up the shieldwalls the Unsullied had formed around their Masters with either crossbowmen, a heavy cavalry charge or sending in Guts and the raiders.

'I also hear that you breached the walls with magical powder, is that true?'
Corkus once again lost his bravado thanks to these well informed whores. 'You seem to know a lot ladies.' He said, trying to change the topic.

One of the whores smiled broadly, 'A man tells things when he's happy. We make man happy.' Still stroking his growing member while her friends clang to Corkus his arms. 'Lord Corkus won't you protect us?' One of them asked, the others giving their approval soon after.

Corkus raised an eyebrow, 'Protect you ladies? From what exactly, you should know that I can defeat any man! Any!' Quickly banishing Griffith and Guts out of his memory.

One of them kissed him deeply while the others continued their business. After the kiss the whore moved to Corkus's ear. 'We are alone now, no Dumb Masters to protect us.' She stroke through Corkus his hair. 'You are brave man of the Hawk, you can protect us no?' The whore kissed him again, and Corkus his mind was racing.

He could see it now, him Corkus, protector of whores! Well he shouldn't call them whores if he was to become their protector. Perhaps Protector of Free Woman or Workers of the Night would work better. Or perhaps... 'Ladies, ladies, I understand your worries. And you can forget about those problems now. Because I Corkus! Protector of Life's Pleasures will protect you from now on! I swear it on my honor as a Hawk!' He proudly bellowed to all attending Ladies of the Night.

'Oh Lord Corkus! Master Corkus! You are so wise and generous!' His ladies said, complimenting him on every aspect of him. He was buried in them as they took care of his earthly needs. And it did not take long for him to finish his business.

'Wow, that was great, looks like the the Dumb Masters had some wisdom to teach after all, right Pippin!' Corkus looked at this comrade Pippin, the enormous 'Summer Islander' as his ladies called him. Who had also been enjoying the bounties of Yunkai, as they had in Midland and Chudar. Pippin simply grumbled a simple 'Hmmmpf' , probably one of approval. 'Alright then, time to visit Griffith and get my unit assigned to the occupation of Yunkai!'

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Griffith was in the headquarters the Hawks had swiftly set up in one of the great Manses of the Yunkish Masters. As Corkus and a few of his best soldiers and his paymaster walked into the room where Griffith had set up his office he was greeted with a friendly smile.
'Ah Corkus, I see you're done exploring all the streets and lanes of Yunkai for now?'
Corkus returned the favor with a cocky smile, 'You should join us one time Griffith, the Ladies would love you.' Corkus quickly realized that he was being a bit too informal with his commander and changed the topic.

'Griffith I have a favor to ask of you.' He said looking serious for once. 'I want to be assigned governor of Yunkai, or at least lead it's occupation force for time being.' Corkus started to form some sweat on his forehead, hoping he had not been too brash with Griffith. The man always appeared to be friendly, but could be a true monster when needed.

'You want to become Governor of Yunkai in my name? Not Lord, Duke or Count? I always thought you appreciated the fine life of a noble.' Griffith said mockingly.

Corkus then said, 'This land has no Lords, only Masters and slaves, I appreciated neither. And I know you hated the nobility of Midland, fools that they were. I have always been your friend and soldier, let me serve you now by governing this city.'

Griffith smiled, 'Well said, I knew you could be serious at times, otherwise I wouldnt have made you a commander.' Griffith narrowed his eyes. 'But you must promise me one thing, and one thing only.'

'Anything Griffith' Corkus said, having felt sweet relief when he heard Griffiths approval. Griffiths eyes then pierced into Corkus his soul. 'Do not betray me.'

Corkus was taken aback by the sheer cold calculation in Griffiths eyes. 'Off.. Off course not Griffith, I would never betray you.'

Griffiths cold stare changed into his charismatic image instantly. 'Very good Corkus, I shall see that you get an administrative staff to support your administration. You know I have big plans for this land, and you must prepare this city for those plans.'

Corkus grinned, 'I know exactly what you want me to do.' He gently grazed the guard of his sword.

Frozen862,

1 - I thought Robert would be the person to announce something so important so trivially. :p

2- Cyricist made some good points, though I don't agree with all of them.

Blorg13, unlikely, his demonic form would be very direwolf like though. If that helps you. His human form will probably not change that much, but it will be a lot tougher.