Carmen is a mercenary soldier of a unit of Men-at-Arms Crossbowmen led by Constance.
Biography
3865
Hunt For Dionne
By 3865, Carmen had joined a mercenary unit of Men-at-Arms Crossbowmen led by Constance.
Constance's mercenaries, including Carmen, 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, Hayden, 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 them 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.
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.
The Battle's Aftermath
After the battle, Hugh ordered Platus to get Constance. Limping towards the group, Constance arrived, assisted by Jaque, as requested with Platus. Hugh attempted to commend Constance and her unit, however Constance replied with hostility. Despite Platus reminding Constance to talk to Hugh with respect, she continued to be hostile and Platus went to strike her with his hand. Orion grabbed Platus by the wrist, stopping him, and threatened to break him if he was to strike any soldier in in the force. Tancred called for Orion and he released Platus. Hugh dismissed Constance and she left back to her unit, questioning why she threw his gratitude back at him with Trennio backing him up.
After reforming and continuing the hunt for Dionne, Hugh, Constance and the rest of the 32nd Legion arrived in Torgias to meet up with Tancred, Orion and unknowningly Aestelle. Hugh, along with his aides Platus and Trennio, rode over to the two paladins and Aestelle. Constance dismissed her unit and she along with Jaque and Hayden went to see if Orion wanted to join them for a drink which Orion wanted to accept however Orion knew they will soon be on their way north. Hayden then left to round up the mercenary forces before they got too drunk while Jaque inquired to why Orion shaved his head. After discussing with Constance and Jaque, Orion agreed to stop shaving his head so he looks less intimating.
The expedition continued on through the Mountains of Tarkis, as they rested Constance was summoned by Hugh, via Tancred, due to an issue at the head of the column and left to meet him along with his aides,Platus and Trennio along with Aestelle and Captain Georgis. Hugh pointed out smoke coming from a small fishing village, called Peleura, indicating that it had been attacked and was burning down. Constance didn't believe that Dionne was behind this, still believing he was honourable, and Hugh did not want to divert course unless there was evidence that Dionne was behind it. Aestelle offered to go and find out what happened then report back, with the expedition continuing North until Aestelle was back.
A short while later as Constance rested with her mercenaries, including Wulf, Mallius and Hayden. Constance spoke to Hayden as he was writing a letter to his daughter, Maya. A rider approached informing of Aestelle's return and Constance left to meet up with Hugh. As Constance approached Hugh and Captain Georgis while Trennio was instructing the packing of Hugh's tent. Tancred arrived also just in time for Aestelle to deliver her report to Hugh. Aestelle advised about the Abyssal attack and her discussion with Am'Bira. As they discussed, Hugh summoned over his aides,Platus and Trennio. Constance dismissed the reports, insisting that Dionne wouldn't side with the Forces of the Abyss which Aestelle insisted to be true. Constance and Aestelle disagreement became heated with Tancred having to step in to calm the situation. Hugh decided they were going to go south to chase down Dionne and the Abyssal Legion which Aestelle informed that they would have only been able to amass such a force by the use of a portal stone. Hugh then ordered Aestelle to go South inform the Duma of the situation.
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 and her mercenaries to take the eastern side, Captain Georgis to take 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.
Constance, now awake and with her mercenaries on the eastern side of the hilltop, arrived at the far end of her crossbowmen by Jaque. Noting they can hear them chittering in the distance, Constance advised to stay hidden and to start shooting only when it's neccessary. Constance moved back to her place in the center of the line and waited. 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 Constance 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 Wulf and Carmen were with them to begin with, however they were taken away and presumably killed.
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