Criznelkart | Attack on Beredor
Attack on Beredor
Criznelkart, Lordym of Criznelkart
Mighty-lord Shuromin: So, do you like this food?
Lord Uthastinok: Indeed I do! What are these dishes?
Mighty-lord Shuromin: Glad you asked that. This dish, over here, you probably know, although not in this form. Called Anagon, it is a rare variant of the much more common Alissur grass that is found all over the Northern Hills. It is not endemic to the White Hills, however, but was brought here by having its seeds cling to the fur of Hoarfanc the Great and his followers, who, having just returned from Monamar Oversea, were still nomadic. Back then, only a few stable Bouneye Lordyms existed on this side of the planet, as the Terrors of the East were far greater then. According to tales passed down from that time, only the higher peaks of the Northern Hills, such as most of the White Hills, were above the level of the Great Western Sea, of which only fragments now remain, scattered all over the planet. Lake Izen is one of the remnants of this sea.
Lord Shuromin paused for an instant, and then continued.
Mighty-lord Shuromin: About the origin of these other dishes you see here, I have just as little knowledge of that as you do. I was leaving my room a few days ago, when suddenly, I saw a bright flash in front of me, recalling the appearance of a hyperdrive flash, and then suddenly a large box appeared in front of me with strange image labels made with some antiquated, non-electronic technology on the lid. Here's a holoimage I had taken of it:
Lord Uthastinok: And what was inside the box? I'm presuming it was...
Mighty-lord Shuromin: Yes, these strange "chocolates", or whatever they're called, that we're eating, were found packed inside the box, which apparently came from this strange land of "Schulmania". From what our intelligence could gather, "Schulmania" is apparently a nation inhabited by humans and some strange creature similar in some ways to the cats we have seen on visits to Earth. The location of this land of "Schulmania" is currently unknown.
Lord Uthastinok: Interesting. So anyways, how're your children doing?
Mighty-lord Shuromin: Oh, they're doing fine. I had to order some of them to return home from central Zargil, as that is very likely to be the target of the Terrors, once they resum their attacks.
Lord Hako: Speaking of Zargil, you were saying something earlier about the excellent defenses of that Lordym?
Mighty-lord Shuromin: Yeah... oh look, here comes Lord Wisant! He's more informed on this matter than I am.
Lord Wisant: Hello, Shuromin!
Shuromin rose and greeted his friend.
Mighty-lord Shuromin: Welcome to Criznelkart, Wisant! Did you have a pleasant trip here?
Lord Wisant: Yes, thank you. Anyways, what was the important reason you had called me here for?
Mighty-lord Shuromin: Since you're more knowledgeable on this topic than I am, I was wondering if you could explain to the Lords Hako and Uthastinok about the recent attack on Zargil by the Terrors of the East.
Lord Wisant: Very well, I shall. The attack on Zargil took place three days ago, during the evening, while our White Council was in session in the Fortress of Beredor...
Three days ago
The Fortress of Beredor, the easternmost point of both the Northern Hills and the White Hills, is designed to be the epitome of Boneilan defensive architecture, being both beautiful and deadly.
The largest earthworks on the entire planet are situated here, and support a large canal which provides drinking water for the Bouneyes inside, and also functions as the only route in or out of the fortress. The fortress also has many walls circling it, so that in order to reach the central tower by land, you would have to pass 10 concentric rings of heavily-defended walls.
The central tower, the Tower of Ocsaleyn, named after the only Bouneye military leader capable of battling the Terrors head-on, is built of pure, unpolished steelstone, making it so strong that the only two things capable of taking it down in a relatively short time frame are a meteor impact and an antimatter explosion, both of which are capable of taking down virtually anything. The fortress is also heavily defended in other respects, ranging from its 92 antimatter-armed ballistic missiles, each of which is armed with a 75-kiloton antimatter bomb, to its dozens of Tubewing Fighter-class spacecraft (specially modified Tubewing Scout-class craft designed for attack instead of scouting)
Over here, on the other side of the plain that seperates the heavily-terraformed Hill of Beredor from the main body of the White Hills, lies the source of the canal that leads to the fortress: the underground river Moridel. Recently, some spelunking Bouneyes discovered a massive cave system leading into the heart of the mountains.
Here is the easternmost part of the canal that is defended by a wall, as after this point, the earthworks become steep enough to remove any need for a defensive wall around the canal.
Over here, where there is a ramp leading down from the canal to the level of the swamps, a small fortress, which currently has only three outdated short-range bombers for its protection, has been established. Three days ago, Antor Bitush had just been transferred here to serve as the fort's new commander. If you had been there, you might have heard this conversation going on via holocommunicator between Bitush and a security officer in the nearby Fortress of Beredor:
Bitush: So, anything to report? You know, we always need to be on the lookout for attacks on this location by the Terrors, unlikely though that may seem.
Security officer: No, nothing's reading on any of the scanners, except for a thunderstorm a few kilometers south of here. Sometimes, I wonder why all this security is needed, since there has been no conflict of any kind between Bouneyes and the Terrors for nearly eight centuries.
Bitush: I often find myself wondering the same thing. Heck, I even hear the Princedym of Melikan to the south actually trades with "them", if you can believe it.
Security officer: Wow. That's just... wow. That's really interesting news. Where did you learn that?
Bitush: The local gossipers, of course. Nothing official, as far as I...
Security officer: WHAT ON BONEILA???
Bitush: What is it?
Security officer: Bitush! Prepare yo.. ...bomb... ...media... ...tiajsl... ...tack... ...axvdgo... ...Kaptek!
Bitush stared at his console in disbelief as the holocommunicator's image fizzled, crackled, and then finally disappeared. All attempts to regain contact with Beredor Fortress, or anywhere else for that matter, failed...
What's going to happen to Bitush? Please come back next time for another episode of Boneila: History!
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