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The Prince of Balamb could not remember being so scared of anything in his life. He knew it was only natural, and so even though he was afraid, it was a docile fear that didn't seem to affect him. All of his men moved into position easily, just as they had discussed. Just before the Balamb soldiers and Trabian archers left the gates for the lake shore and hillside, the Prince stood amongst all the fighting men and spoke. A speech he had been preparing for weeks now. This is Balamb. This is our home. No one can take it from us. Our Trabian brothers have come to help us defend our lives, our people, our country. We will never let the Galbadians take what is ours.
The Prince watched from one of the towers as the large doors were closed behind their soldiers, and watched as those soldiers took their positions. He watched the Trabian archers position themselves on the wall, and did not look for Riku as his beloved told him. He watched, in the distance, as the Galbadian army began to blanket the valley. The Prince watched as the mountain stronghold saw the beginning of it's first battle while Galbadians squeezed through the narrow area around the lake under a rain of arrows and a charge from the hillside. There would be many bodies in the lake come morning.
The Prince was escorted off the tower before the Galbadian army came within arrow range. He silently wished Riku to be brave, shoot strong and well, and protection. Sora remained on the grounds behind the wall, now clear of the rows of army tents it had previously been home to. Now it would be a battlefield. Conrad at his side, he was receiving word via soldiers running back and forth from General Rotharr's post in the tower commanding his men, to report to the Prince and General Weller how the battle was going.
The Prince watched from one of the towers as the large doors were closed behind their soldiers, and watched as those soldiers took their positions. He watched the Trabian archers position themselves on the wall, and did not look for Riku as his beloved told him. He watched, in the distance, as the Galbadian army began to blanket the valley. The Prince watched as the mountain stronghold saw the beginning of it's first battle while Galbadians squeezed through the narrow area around the lake under a rain of arrows and a charge from the hillside. There would be many bodies in the lake come morning.
The Prince was escorted off the tower before the Galbadian army came within arrow range. He silently wished Riku to be brave, shoot strong and well, and protection. Sora remained on the grounds behind the wall, now clear of the rows of army tents it had previously been home to. Now it would be a battlefield. Conrad at his side, he was receiving word via soldiers running back and forth from General Rotharr's post in the tower commanding his men, to report to the Prince and General Weller how the battle was going.