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By 3865, Hayden had joined a mercenary unit of [[Men-at-Arms Crossbowmen]] led by [[Constance]]. | By 3865, Hayden had joined a mercenary unit of [[Men-at-Arms Crossbowmen]] led by [[Constance]] as the unit's musician. | ||
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{{Stepsofdeliverancelogo}} [[Constance]]'s mercenaries, including | {{Stepsofdeliverancelogo}} [[Constance]]'s mercenaries, including Hayden, were recruited for an expedition to hunt down Constance's former captain [[Dionne]] and were waiting for the arrival of [[Tancred]], [[15th Order of the Sacred Ark Cohort]] and the [[32nd Legion of the Basilean Hegemony]] along with other members of her unit including [[Jaque]], [[Carmen]], [[Wulf]], [[Mallius]] and 25 others (30 in total). | ||
Constance and her mercenaries began to travel with the [[32nd Legion of the Basilean Hegemony]] and [[15th Order of the Sacred Ark Cohort]] and were 3 days away from the [[Mountains of Tarkis]], setting up camp to rest for the night. | Constance and her mercenaries began to travel with the [[32nd Legion of the Basilean Hegemony]] and [[15th Order of the Sacred Ark Cohort]] and were 3 days away from the [[Mountains of Tarkis]], setting up camp to rest for the night. | ||
Revision as of 02:57, 2 October 2025
Hayden is an retired ex-basilean soldier of the 78th Legion of the Basilean Hegemony.
Biography
3850
In 3850, Hayden had a daughter called Maya.
3854
In 3854, Hayden had joined the Basilean legion was part of the 78th Legion of the Basilean Hegemony, which was lead by Captain Dionne. This was until Dionne disobeyed orders and rebelled agains his Basilean commanders. Despite Hayden not joining Dionne, he along with other members of the 78th were discharged, branded and imprisioned by Dictator Hugh as punishment for Captain Dionne's rebellion against the Duma, guilty by association.
Six months after being imprisioned Hayden was released. Out of the 23 soldiers from the 78th Legion of the Basilean Hegemony who were sent to prision, only 9 survived including herself, Jaque and Constance.
3865
Hunt For Dionne
By 3865, Hayden had joined a mercenary unit of Men-at-Arms Crossbowmen led by Constance as the unit's musician. (rewriting currently below)
Constance's mercenaries, including Hayden, were recruited for an expedition to hunt down Constance's former captain Dionne and were waiting for the arrival of Tancred, 15th Order of the Sacred Ark Cohort and the 32nd Legion of the Basilean Hegemony along with other members of her unit including Jaque, Carmen, Wulf, Mallius and 25 others (30 in total).
Constance and her mercenaries began to travel with the 32nd Legion of the Basilean Hegemony and 15th Order of the Sacred Ark Cohort and were 3 days away from the Mountains of Tarkis, setting up camp to rest for the night.
Eventually the expedition force arrived south of Emalitos, Constance and her mercenaries have set up camp and were discussing the events which occured within Emalitos against the townfolk between Orion and Hugh.
Battle in the Fields of Emalitos
As Dionne's began to attack the expedition, Constance and her mercenaries began to get into positon, moving north and taking postion to the right side of the road near Emalitos. Hayden have short blasts on his horn to communicate to those who could not hear Constance. The mercenaries arranged themselves into three columns, with ten men/women each row. Looking ahead of them, they saw hundreds of warriors in formation. Constance order the unit to load.
Constance and her mercenaries began to fire at the incoming Men-in-Arms Swordsmen while being peppered with shots from the rebel's crossbow unit as the Swordsmen marched towards the mercenaries, and were managing to slowly pick off swordsmen while taking their own losses. Hayden would quickly tend to the wounded the best he could.
Constance's mercenaries continued to fire at the oncoming swordsmen, even ignoring getting hit herself, as they got closer and closer. The enemy crossbowmen had turned back from the Paladins and continued firing at the mercenary unit. Constance was hit in the leg by an incoming bolt but pushed on. Jaque began to worry about how close they were however Constance yelled back to not run or they will be cut down and to keep shooting. One group of Men-in-Arms Swordsmen managed to get close enough and charged at the mercenaries and locking Carmen into hand-to-hand combat.
As Orion's paladin's charged, the enemy crossbowmen shots attempted to slow them down. Some of the mercenaries had began to flee as Orion saw Constance and Jaque on the front lines, then he heard the order from Tancred to break off his attack which he complied despite the shock of the Constance's mercenaries including Carmen.
The rebel swordsmen charging at the mercenaries stopped as they reformed to face Orion's paladins. Constance ordered her mercenaries to fire while they had the chance. The rebel swordsmen turn again to fact Constance and her mercenaries once they saw Orion's paladin's cease their charge. As they did, Tancred and his paladin's smashed into side of the swordmen, spliting the unit into two. The swordsmen turned to run, only to be cut down by the paladin knights. The battle was won.
After the battle, after reforming and continuing the hunt for Dionne, Constance, Carmen and the rest of the Mercenaries along with the 32nd Legion arrived in Torgias to meet up with Tancred, Orion and unknowningly Aestelle. Constance dismissed her unit and she along with Jaque and Hayden went to see if Orion wanted to join them for a drink.
The expedition continued on through the Mountains of Tarkis, as Carmen rested with the rest of the unit, Constance was summoned by Hugh, via Tancred, due to an issue at the head of the column due to a collapsed bridge. Orion and Aestelle managed to fix this and the expedition continued on.
Ambush on the Hilltop
After three days of tracking the Abyssals, the expedition were resting for the night when Tancred was awakened unexpectedly, sensing something nearby. Leaving his tent, he attempted to try to find the source of this disturbance and walked around the camp. Sensing Abyssal's sorrounding the campsite, he quickly ran to Jeneveve and asked her to subtly start waking up the paladin's starting with Xavier. Tancred then moved to two sentry guards on duty and advised them to quietly wake up Hugh and prepare his men for battle. Tancred advised the enemy was all around them and they began to set up their defences with Constance, Carmen and the rest of the mercenaries took the eastern side, Captain Georgis took the north and west and finally the Tancred and his Paladins to take the south, with some of the best paladins preparing to mount their horses.
Carmen with Constance and the rest of the mercenaries based themselves on the eastern side of the hilltop.. Noting they can hear them chittering in the distance, Constance advised to stay hidden and to start shooting only when it's neccessary. Suddenly, the Lower Abyssals emerged in their direction and Constance advised one of the squires to alert Hugh and commanded her troops to fire then quickly loaded again to fire off another shot.
Eventually Carmen and the rest of the mercenaries were overun by the Abyssals and either captured or killed.
Death
After the battle, Constance awoke to find herself imprisioned by Abyssals with Jaque and Hayden inside a wrecked small farm building. Slowly coming to terms with the consequences of losing the battle, Constance learns from Hayden and Jaque that Carmen and Wulf were with them to begin with, however they were taken away and presumably killed.
External Links
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