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The Halls of Judgment
Odin looked at the newly
arrived guests to grace the Hall. He was apprehensive when he first saw
Geraldine but now with the other three at her side, he can see that they are
formidable foes. The four guests are standing in the center of the Hall while
the warriors of Asgard stands on both sides. Thor was most annoyed as having
one to usurp him was already insulting but now with an additional three more of
them was unacceptable.
"I protest, my Lord;
more of them are seen as an insult to our warriors. We are your warriors, and
would never be placed as below that of the ...outsiders." Thor stood
before his Lord.
"Silence! I did not
asked for your words on the matter." Odin came out loud in this voice.
"Thor would have his own warriors back. Now they had seen their weakness;
I expect them to be the warriors they were once before. Before the lull in the
fighting made them weak. As for the Valkyrie, they shall ride with Lady
Sif."
Odin look to the Crusaders.
"I have another army for
you. Not of men or women, but of warriors breed. Bring forth my guests
now." Odin command. The doorway of the Hall was thrown open and heavy
footsteps are heard as the Frost Giants stepped in to the Hall.
"Frost Giants
here?" Thor shouts out in anger but Odin stopped his outburst with the
slammed down fist.
"Come in, Hval son of my
old foe, the Giants." Hval walked in with two of his warriors all carrying
the famed issgeisl; weapon of the Frost Giants. Hval walked in and bowed to the
Lord of Asgard before he looked at Geraldine.
"I heard of your
exploits. I am honored to know and to serve you. We, the Frost Giants would
serve you." Hval bowed to the leader of the Crusaders. "My army of a
thousand awaits your command. March us to Hell and we would wiped it off the
dimension."
"Good words, Hval but
Lord Seth would not stopped at Asgard. Your homes would be next and then the
Dwarves. No one would be safe." Odin then stepped off from his throne. He
whispered to his ravens and they flew off. "We are outnumbered and we need
to bring the fight to us. The place to fight would the Citadel of the
Gods."
The citadel was situated on a
high rectangle plateau with steep cliffs on all sides except the northern
cliff; where it tapers down on a low gradient to the plains. Along the gradient
path was a row of five metres high statue of the heroes watching the plains on
the left side while on the right side were the statue of the Gods and Lords.
These statues were made of stones and probably weighs a few tons. Its only two
hundred metres across on the gradient and the warriors have build three
barricades on the way up. Each barricade is covered with a wall of stones and
iron spikes. Each barricade have also their offensive weapons; ballista with a
double bolt release mechanism. The bolts are dipped in silver for this battle.
Each barricade would have a squad of a hundred warriors manning it, while the
Valkyrie manned the main citadel.
The citadel had a high wall
build facing the plains with only the two gates fronting the only entrance and
exit from this place. There are no side walls as the fort was built into the
plateau with unscalable sides. Inside the fort, there are three main
structures; the center one was the Hall of Asgard, with the left building the
Hall of the Lords and the right one the Hall of Warriors. Just like the two
gates at the wall, one was for Lords and the other Warriors.
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