on a rainy day the year is 783 CE, a young boy just 15 years old of age are seen standing on top of a big boulder watching the far horizon as once in a while he saw a group of around 3 men riding a horse looking around like an hungry beast, to busy with his thought even the boy did not realize that a group of man approaching him
"Silver... you seems worried" Asked Takhen son of Lubadir the Great Elder of the tribe, as Silver heard his word he turned around and stopped watching aimlessly towards the horizon ahead and face the man "worried is an understatement Takhen, I do not worry about something that is bound to happen like the fight against the Vloders, I am more worried about how much the clan Leader or my Father value pride over the Tribe, and I am still skeptical that Harroth tribe would even consider our offer worth the effort without extravagant amount of price we need to pay" said Silver in deep and calm tone, but his eyes are looking like a man that is still trying to give everything he have to offer so that his tribe still stood tall facing the imminent crisis
"whatever the decision is, one thing is sure Silver, we need to fight like we always do right?" asked the simple headed Ganga not even worried and more of excited of the fact that sooner or later there is a battle where he can prove to the God of Valhalla that he is worthy to take his seat in the great table there
Silver hearing his sworn brother said such a word chuckle and started to calm, he understand that whatever the result of the meeting that are held in the war room is, soon they will need to fight and ready to give everything away when the war that is bound to happen start
[war room]
"as the Prince said chief, its whether we drop our pride as the once proud tribe of the north and refuse to ask the Harroth and focus our force on repelling or maybe faced off against the Vloders, or keep our pride and be ready to fight two ways war against the Vloders and Keleum tribe" The great elder said, he as one of the older generation will surely choose to keep the tribe ancient pride that has died down from generation to generation but he as the elder of the tribe still need to follow trough the chief order and decision
"our warrior is ready to fight against the wave of enemies my Chief, say the word then we will be marching on either boat or our own very feet to face them" Said Ganfo as the most respected leader of the whole warriors
the Warriors of North doesn't have any fancy title or strict hierarchy like those on the west, the leader of the army are always get picked by the one who hold most respect, usually its either the Chief himself or maybe the Warrior that the Chief said so to lead the entire warrior army
and even when the leader get chosen its not unusual that the warrior would still follow their own family leader or maybe their group leader as each army usually consist of more than 10 groups having each leader of their own and only follow simple order like raze there fight here or retreat there, siege there, something like a grand strategy is rare even with a war consisting more than thousands of men
a minute pass down slowly as Haymon the Chief of wolf start to steel himself up to make the decision that will determined the future of the tribe, a decision so hard to take as it is either war against two heavy front or becoming a slave for at least more than 5 years, as he was readying him self and start ordering the envoy to tell the Herroth tribe that the Wolfsbane are willing to become their vassal a knock on the war room are heard "come in" said Haymon seemingly tired after thinking about the future of the tribe so hard this couple of hours
Silver already donning his armor all black in color his chest plate is made of Steel while other parts are from a thick woven leather making it easier for movement, the North are rich in mineral as there is more then a thousands mountain to get the steel needed for any war or skirmish that is happening what are more searched is the man power to mine and refine those metal to be a useful steel ready to be forge
"I found a way" simple word comes from the boy mouth which confused all the elder that is present including Haymon as everyone knew that he is the one who propose the suggestion of allying with Herroth astheir Vassal. "what do you mean by you found a way? aren't you already give us the available choice? or do you have any other plan son? do say so, your thought are really needed in this time" said Haymon not wanting to dismiss his Son brilliance
"Far east I can hold of Vloders, the ridge there will be the best obstacle to hold them, Vloders has around 1500 man, give me in charge of the White Fur group of our family father, I will hold off Vloders" said Silver
the White fur is known as the warrior directly under the command of Wolfsbane royal family it have 200 warriors and are known as the strongest force in the entire tribe as they were handpicked by the chief personally "as you've said your self, facing Vloders is a miracle, but what about Kaleum tribe? we all know how greedy they are after losing the war against their rival, they need a port and a ship and we have both, even if Kaleum is not as strong as vloders, they have 900 man ready to be deployed as our spy say so and allying with Herroth will ensure they will do nothing" said Lubadir after hearing what Silver has said
"Great Elder Lubadir, I never say I will beat Vloders or say anything regarding we beating them, against Vloders the best possible outcome whether we ally with Harroth or not, is to have a prolonged war, but with Kaleum will be a different story, they have less resource and less power than us, 600 man will be deployed to attack them first, if we can take them down before the 3rd sun rises then we will be able to fight Vloders, I am confident that I can lead the White Fur group to hold Vloders off for 5 nights, after 5 night then its up to the God whether I survive or no, our victory lies in how fast we can take out Kaleum, rather then sending an envoy towards Herroth for an alliance we can send one with gold and loot so that they will not attack us, at least for a year" explain Silver confident in his own success
when all the elder heard his explanation they fell in a deep thought thinking of all the possible outcome of what will be happening if they took that path, all of the path are filled with deep thorn, yet the new path that Silver just suggest give them a ray of hope for the future without needing to sacrifice any future development even with the cost of many warriors doing it or maybe a chance where the Tribe will lose a prince as one of the casualties, before all the elder have any time to process or take the plan calmly, the door of the room slammed open as a messenger still trying to catch his breath speak slowly yet making the grim news heard all across the room
"Vlo-vloders.. they, are marching and already raze our camp site in the border 2 man died trying to send the news chief.." said the messenger seemingly exhausted beyond word and basked in blood maybe from his fallen comrade trying all his best to give out the news, with a heavy sigh, Haymon looked into his son eyes, Silver notice the glance of his father nod calmly assuring him that he can do it and ready to take that path
"hahh... Ganfo, ready the man, we will march to kill Batui, Silver... be safe... son." the last couple of word are filled with heavy burden as Haymon is sending his one and only son to the depth of hell to face against their strongest enemy that is currently raring its fangs against the wolf "NO, I WILL GO CHIEF, THE BOY IS TOO YOUNG, I WILL BRING MY GROUP AND FACE VLODERS" Ganfo said in disagreement, Ganfo has seen Silver as his own and is sure are worried for the futere Chief safety, he would rather be the one to be chopped down then to see the future of the tribe face against the demon in the form of Vloders
"Warrior Ganfo, trust me, I will not drink the Valhalla wine before you do" said Silver not wanting to back down "I will go to take his word father, for today, I want to be one of the White Fur" said Ganga from the outside hearing what is happening inside and decide to go with his sworn brother face off against Vloders, Silver hearing that word nod and look to his father "Warrior Silver of Wolfsbane Clan will depart immediately" Silver said not caring at what Ganfo want to say, Haymon looking at his son back departing to face against 1500 man with only 200 man sigh heavily