> The Strife of Survival and Honor
>  by Torulf21
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> Chapter 1
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Kremlore, a world full of lives, a planet with a single continent. It was  very diverse with wildlife and home to a race called Brard, a race of humanoid bears living in clans and tribes. Kremlore was divided into three geographical regions. The Brards lived in: the Valley, in the centre; the Arctic Tundra, in the north; and the Marshlands, in the south; respectfully.

There was a clan of Brards called Ursidae, a clan of  nomadic hunters and gatherers and traveled "many suns" before settling down at  the Valley. Ursidae clan had lived a peaceful life until they realized they were not the only Brard clans to exist. Their peaceful life was shattered by the arrival of two hostile tribes; the Polar, white-fured cannibal warriors, and the Grizzly, brown-furred masters of beasts. For years the Polar clan and the Grizzly clan wage savage war against both Ursidae clan and eachother, driving all three clans into the edge of extinction.

After many years of brutal savagery, the Ursidae clan received a hero, Kenai, learned by the shamans of the mountains the art of Terrakii (Transmutation), the power to bend and form all elements of nature to his will, control nature's elements to his and the Ursidae clan's benefits. Kenai successfully repealed the Polar and Grizzly clans, he was about to finish those two rival clans to keep his clan safe. What stops him is the true reasons for the rival clans actions against the Ursidae clan.  With the help of the mountain shamans, Kenai learned that the Polar clan practice cannibalism in hopes of gaining immunity from a terminal genetic disease that is wiping out their tribe, as for the Grizzly clan they are masters of agriculture and animal herding, using them as their source of life. However, seasons of extreme heat is killing their crops and their animals, causing them to capture both Ursidae and Polar as sacrifice in hopes to end their extreme dry seasons.

Learning that the Polar and Grizzly clans only did their horrific acts against the Ursidae clan and eachother out of desperation and misguidance. Kenai  storms the Polar and Grizzly fortresses, passing by all opposition before confronting and killing their chieftains and corrupted shamans, earning the leadership over not just the Ursidae clan but also became chieftain over the Polar and Grizzly clan. With both rival tribes defeated and united under the dominance of the Ursidae clan. Kenai's art of Terrakii helps the Polar and the Grizzly from their unforgiving desperations in return they provided the Ursidae clan both the Polar's skills in combat and the Grizzly's mastery of farming and beast tamming.

Under the leadership of Chieftain Kenai, the Brard clan, Ursidae, became the most dominance clan over all of Kremlore. Kenai taught both his children and his unified clan his powers; the art of Terrakii so that in the future when disasters or darkness attempt to drive their species to extinction, the Brards have to power to rise above it.

From the regin of Kenai, came a millennia of peace. The Brard clans still maintain their primitive ways but conflicts was nothing more than mere storms to be past. That age of peace brought life and joy to the Brard race... until. A natural catastrophe riped the earth apart, tearing all the lands of Kremlore and killed over millions of Brards. From that catastrophe, the surviving Brards breeded the  most fearsome warriors of the world, fighting each other for resources and territory. Those warrior cultures are called Agnari, Ezoti and Jihebi.

Agnari --- Descended from a long line of craftsmen, the warlike Agnari are one of the most powerful warrior society of Kremlore valley. Far more than mere barbarian looters and raiders, they have a complex and sophisticated culture. Their pillar of honor is “Belief, dignity, power.”

Ruled by warlords and tribal chieftains, but deferent to their shamans, there exists a rigid social order amongst the Agnari. Prestige and power come from a Brard's abilities as a warrior and a leader as much as his lineage.

Heavily dependent on infantry, the Agnari make great use of  javelins and the devastating impact of the charge, led by elite warriors of Transmutters and Oathsworn. It is by fighting this way that leaders have earned their places: as champions, proving themselves in conflict.

While many matters ostensibly fall to the Agnari's warlords and chieftains, in reality, much is governed by the will of the shamans, including declarations of war or peace. Blending animism with a pantheon of greater, local and lesser household of nature, the religous transmutation art is one of the key factors uniting the disparate Agnari clans.

The Agnari enjoy improved income from their artisans, as well as profiting from the Brard's expertise with gold-working. In battle, their cavalry benefit from natural mountmanship, while the charisma and fighting prowess of their warlords and chieftains make them formidable warriors, and earns them diplomatic respect amongst other Brard clans.

Ezoti --- Masters of Transmutation and speed, the Ezoti are a proud and fierce people. They inhabit the south lands of Kremlore's marshes and fens. They are practiced raiders, and frequently engage in battle with their neighbours, the Agnari and the Jihebi. Their pillar of honor is “Iron, conquest, pride.”

The Ezoti principally make use of infantry when at war. Equipped with  large oval or sub-rectangular shields and either a sword or spear, their  main distinction from Brard clans of the continent is the practice of painting or tattooing their fur, combined with a greater use of slings in battle. Although light cavalry are used, the Ezoti clans are famed for their highly manoeuvrable war-chariots. After harrying  the enemy with javelins, warriors dismount and engage in a fashion  similar to the beast lord champions.

Far from simple barbarians, the Ezoti have a proper teaching of Transmutation use to establish strongholds , as well as large religious centres. Although based on agriculture,  their economy is sophisticated – they even mint their own coins. Their  culture, craft and wealth are illustrated in the form of fantastic gold  torques and other jewellery worn by their veterans.

As Brards, the Ezoti are brave and warlike; invoking the monsters of nature as they charge into battle drives them to even greater feats of valour. Their expertise with iron makes the resource a particularly effective  form of income for the clans, as does their skill at raiding and looting. And as a warrior society, the happiness of the people increases with every fresh declaration of  war.

Jihebi ---  The Jihebi are an indomitable warrior culture dwelling to the north of Kremlore. Not a single clan, but rather numerous sharing a common language and similar religious beliefs, they frequently raid their neighbours across the marshland and the valley. Their pillar of honor is “Blood, Nobility, Courage.”

Heavily reliant on infantry and ambush tactics, raiding is their  predominant form of conflict. Lightly equipped, most Jihebi warriors make  use of the framea, a javelin-like spear, as swords are a rarity. Often  unarmoured they carried their rounded, oval or long, hexagonal shields  into battle and wore little more than simple cloaks or other garments at  times.

However, their fighting prowess is legendary and their warriors rightly feared. Even the mighiest beast would tremble at the sight of a charging band of Berserkers – or feel  the icy hand of fear clutching his heart when the sinister,  black-painted Night Hunters spring from the forests.

All the clans of the Agnari, Ezoti and Jihebi fought against each other for thousands of years, unaware of the one who was pulling the strings over all. A cult lead by a bloodthirsty warlord and shawoman, Palion, who believes that since Kenai's rule the Brards have grown weak and wants to create an age of all-out war through manipulation of each warrior culture and used mighty transmutation to orchestrated the natural catastrophe to force the Brard race to wage war against each other, allowing her to sow the seeds of perpetual war and create stronger warriors to rule over the weak.

Through the effort of three champions from all three warrior cultures, Palion and her war-loving cult was annihilated but not before Palion used the transmutation power to drain of two thirds of the planets core to make Kremlore too weak to live on for centuries. In the aftermath, the armies of all clans laied down all their hostile intention on each other and their champions sworn to work together to find a way for their race to survive.

For fifteen years, the Brards has found no sucess to save Kremlore from it's destruction. During those fifteen years the Agnari, the Ezoti and the Jihebi warrior cultures; all the clans of Brards are united as a single horde. To make the unification work more better the Brard clans build up a tournament for the title of Warchief of the Horde. The winner of the tournament was a Brard war-shaman and a master of Transmutation art, his name is.... Sitka.

The Brard shamans knew they could not save Kremlore, but they manage to use their transmutation art to build a dimensional gateway, called the Ancestral Portal. It is a gateway to a new world, a world for the Brard race to travel and find a new home.

So it happens, the Horde, the entire Brard race under the leadership of Warchief Sitka marched into the portal to enter the new world and find a new home.
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A uninhabited peninsula west of the Minos Kingdom

The Ancestral Portal was opened and it's light leads the Horde towards a coast with both sand, grass and high trees. A Brard Warrior with light-brown fur and blue thunder-like tentacles around his body came from that light portal and after taking ten steps forward came an army of his fellow Bear warriors, the Brard race, the Horde has arrived. Beyond the high trees to the west, reddish-grey mountains tipped with snow stood as a natural wall. Otherwise they have arrived in a large landscape almost surrounded by ocean.

As the Warchief keept walking forward with his horde. The Brards didn't just brought warriors with them, they also brought workers, stocked with food, building equipment as well as a detachment of the newly created Oathsworns. They were trained in warfare at sea and landing upon foreign land. It didn't take long for more Brards to join them as they made their way to the high trees. Their eyes scanned from side to side. While they weren't very good scouts, they without a doubt were good warriors.

Sitka walked very far as he could with his horde following behind. He waved towards his warriors while scanning the horizon and the small clusters of trees.

"Spread out all of you, search around this new landscape. Try to keep low for the time being. If you find anything at all, let me know immediately!" Warchief Sitka ordered his warriors as they crouched and walked out across the grass field, some choosing to  secure the tree-clusters. As they gazed out along said fields, they  spotted nothing but untamed wilderness. A small river ran down from the  thicker forests in the distance.

Everything was quiet, save for the marching warriors and a few birds. No smoke was seen on the horizon. The wind was  practically at a standstill, despite being right next to the ocean.

After several hours of searching and scouting, Sitka noticed that the portal was closed and his entire race has emptied from Kremlore and the whole landscape/peninsula was covered by the Brards. Sitka and his warriors has reached the mountain chain that acts as a wall and now he had enough since it was night time.

"That's enough exploring for now warriors. We must rest now, tomorrow we will build us our new home in this land. Make camp and get some sleep. Tomorrow, we will start the real work." Sitka turned toward his people as they all make a huge encampment all over the peninsula. The Brards use their transmutaion skills to make camp more easier; turning sand into tents, huts and houses, turning grass into food and trees into watch towers. The Brards began to pick up thick bags and rucksacks of tools and materials. Some of the stronger bears carried barrels of food, alcohol and water.

It was the begining of the Horde's exodus. Sitka could feel it. Their new home in a new world. With all of that, begins a new journey. The Horde will build their new nation in this land and hope they can befriend with the new world's natives. They hope so.
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Right now at his own hut, Warchief Sitka was roasting his meat with his own fire. The creature he hunted and killed was like nothing he has ever seen before. It was half-chicken and half-lizard, and it has the ability to turn his warriors to stone by it's own eyes. However, Sitka have more important matter to think about while he was cooking.

It has been four months since he brought his people to this new world and it's was a stressful and boring work. All the Brards have been doing is building, hunting and small scouting, as warriors the Brards needs some combat as excitement to remove their edge. The Horde has been using their transmutaion abilities to make their tools, tents, huts, weapons and equipments for the Horde. So far it's working perfectly well and the Horde is very well prepared for any invasion force comming towards them if needed.

The Brard hunters manage to kill new preys and those preys are very much new to them. Never in their whole life have they seen these new kinds of animals. Either way, their meat was very delicious. The Brards also used the trees that were in the peninsula before their arrival were transmuted into fruit trees and the Brards had their fruit trees tended to. Since the Horde is in a peninsula they are surrounded by ocean and therefore the Brards used their transmutations to build ports, beach defences and warships. They also builded fishing ships to eat tons of fishes.

The ocean was salt water so the transmutaion of the Brards helps them separate the salt from the water and make the water clean enough to drink, and use the salt for their food.

Here is Warchief Sitka who finished cooking his meat and starts to eat it while he was looking at the mountain chain that blocks the Horde on the peninsula. A few minutes while he was eating his meat came his right-hand bear, Turok in to his hut. Turok is a black fured, golden eyed Brard of the Dread-Claw Clan, a clan of the Ezoti.

"Forgive me for this irrelevant news Warchief, but the warriors and I are starting to be on edge here now. All we ever done is petty hunting, farming, building and fishing in this peninsula and we still have no idea about this new world. It has been four months since our arrival, we wish to make a real exploration to know more about our surroundings. Infact since our population will start growing we need to expand our territory so that we won't have to suffer by overpopulation crisis." Said Turok. It was alot of true in his words, even Sitka must admit.

"It is not irrelevant Turrok, you are right. These months of stress and boredom has put us all on edge and we mustn't over-grow our numbers. So tomorrow we will do real exploration and start building new settlements. Tell the other chieftains that I want them all ready to take their warriors and workers to cross the mountains while you and I follow the coasts to the edge of the mountain chain. We will build new villages so that our growing population won't cause us starvation." Sitka told him.

"Understood warchief!" Turok said with his fist in his heart-chest as a sign of respect before he went out of his hut.

After two hours of eating and drinking his meal, Warchief Sitka went outside his hut where he was greeted with all the clan chieftains along with Turok. All the chieftains looked excited and happy with the information that the Horde shall finally expand. Sitka wasted no time to give orders to his fellow cheiftains.

"You all have waited patiently during these last four months and now it shall finally be paied off. Here's the plan. The clans shall cross the mountains, build new towns on it and beyond it. We march east. The Ezoti clans will march to the right arm of east to explore and colonize; my clan the Blue Storm Clan and Turok's Dread-Claw Clan will follow the coast line of the right arm and find the edge of the mountain chain. The Jihebi clans will colonize all over the head of the easter march and spead. The Agnari clans will expand our Horde in the left wing of the east and build new towns. If any of you find contact with sentient natives of this world try to approach them with friendly hands and trade stories with them... But if they prove to be too hostile towards you, as much as to try to attack you all have my permission to exterminate them all for the survival of our race." Warchief Sitka told his chieftains his plan for tomorrow and they all bowed their heads and placed their fists in their heart-chests.

"Gather your strengths now and tomorrow... The Horde will rise!" Warchief Sitka said with pride and his fist into the sky. It was followed by the roarings and cheerings of the Chieftains since now is the time for the Horde to expand and their race to be known to the new world.

With that, everyone got some sleep and it was now morning. The Horde was ready to rise into the unknown.

*One Day after*

It took them seven hours of preparing their land and sea forces for their grand exploration. The Horde was no doubt a huge force of warriors, a united army of clans. Warchief Sitka stood on the highest hill-top, looking at the Horde that he now leads are now preparing for what warriors are meant to do. With that Sitka raised his weapon in the air with pride.

"FOR THE HORDE!!!" He roared in the air and it was followed by roaring cheers of all the Brard warriors from all clans. After the cheering roars all the clans spread out throughout the entire mountain chain as the Blue Storm Clan and Dread-Claw Clan follow the coast line of the mountain chain to explore.

Warchief Sitka and his right-hand bear, Turok walked with their clans on the coast for like five hours with the sea wind, the singing birds, the sound of waves and last but not least the view of the large mountains. All the Brards as well as all the chieftains (including Sitka) was very excited for the adventure. After five hours of walking, Sitka and Turok saw what looks like a cave beneath a mountain in the chain but not only does they se a cave but also a creature that look like he was guarding the cave, an ugly bipedal dog moving around while wearing crude armor and a spear. Sitka was thinking this must be a native to this new world. Despite how ugly it looked like it is very important for him to know what exactly it's species is called.

"Look Turok, this creature must be sentient, prehapes even native." Sitka told Turok as his warriors stoped to see to.

"I see it, Warchief. And it's very ugly! How do we approach it?" Turok asked as the other warriors agreed with the ugliness.

"Wait here and I..." Sitka was interrupted when he heard crying along with struggling and a pleading of a few females. He and his warriors crouched down in order to stay hidden. It didn't take long before they saw more of those ugly bipedal dogs comming along with... a few two-legged equine creatures and they where all females. The Brards were convinced that this world have more species than just one. But what they saw was that the equines were in chains, dragged by the dogs by force and they all have bruses over their bodies, which means they are either prisioners or.... maybe....

"What you got there now boys?" The dog who guards the cave entrance asked.

"A new addition of slaves for us." The lead dog said. NOW the Brards know who these dogs are, slavers.

"Very well, send them to the mines!" The cave guard dog said and the dogs obeyed by dragging the mares with them.

"So these canine creatures are not just ugly, they are filthy too." Turok said with venom in his voice and the other Brards hummed in agreement.

"Not only is killing slavers and tyrants our duty but we also have something to gain by saving these slaves." Sitka said, causing Turok to raise an eyebrown.

"They can tell us everything about this new world." Sitka explained so that both Turok and the other Brards understand. "Come along." Sitka said as he got up and start walking towards the cave, followed by his warriors.

They all moved down toward the cave guard, who heard the footsteps and looked up. He blinked at the odd-looking bear creatures, he never saw anything like them before. Whats got his attention most was the weapons that they carried with them and that was enough to take caution.

"Stop right there fellows, what busi..." The dog didn't had time to finish when a litle electrinic wave came from the right foot of Sitka (who use transmutation) and quickly came towards the dog and the earth-ground turned into a very long spike and impaled the dog to the sky and giving him a slow but instant death. Once Sitka, Turok and their clans almost entered the cave they notice that the cave have two tunnels, leading to different directions.

"Turok, take your clan to the right while I take mine to the left. Free every slave you can find and slaughter all the slavers, while we go inside we'll leave slash marks behind on the wall so that the slaves can find their way out. Keep moving forward, hopefully we'll meet on the other side." Warchief Sitka ordered his right-hand bear.

"Yes Warchief!" Turok said as he and the Dread-Claw clan moved towards the right side of the tunnel while Sitka leads his Blue Storm clan to the left. Both the clans was leaving their slash marks on the walls so that the slaves can find their way out.

*Sitka's Path*

Sitka and the Blue Storm clan had been walking around for over ten minutes looking for any sign of the slaves or the canine slavers they saw earlier only to find nothing but a few dog tracks that would  disappear after a while thus leaving them without a trail to follow.

Nevertheless,they kept moving forward and slashed at the walls every so often, leaving markers for them and the slaves so that they wouldn’t get lost in the endless caverns.

The more they walked the closer they are because they starting to hear noises comming from their path ahead. When they came closer Sitka saw what was enough to make a Brard go berserk. He saw stallions, mares, and foals in chains being forced to work in the  caves mines. All of them were malnourished and bruised from being  constantly beaten. The mares had obviously been raped by their captors,  he could see the look of fear and terror in the eyes of the mares as  their dog like captors walked by making sure that they were working.

As Sitka looked so did the rest of the Blue Storm clan and they all were filled with rage. Sitka looked at his soldiers.

"I'm gonna go down there and kill my first scum in this new world, come to my aid once that's done." Sitka ordered the Blue Storm clan and they all nobbed in understanding of his order. Sitka turned his attention first to a canine who was dragging a mare by the hair while she was holding her child in her arms for protection. As the dog stopped to chain her hooves, the Brard Warchief was approaching behind him.

"You where suppose to find more gems, bitch! But nooo, you just had to insult me with only rocks!" The canine slaver shouted in anger at the cowering mare that had her filly in her arms while he went for his whip.

"Please don't, we did as best as we could, please." She sobbed in terror as the diamond drew back the whip, ready to strike the mare who now defend her child.

"Now this will teach you to do better!" The dog roared as he was about to whip her. However, he was stopped by a bear's hand holding the whip with his strength. The Dog turned around and saw Sitka tower over him, causing the dog to stare in shock. After a few seconds of staring, the whip starts to spark with lightning and it electrocuted the dog, causing him to scream in pain until he feel down dead.

It didn't take long before more canine creatures charging the Warchief with their crude weapons. But as they were ten feets close to him the ground turned into earthly spikes that surrounds and impaled some of the dogs. By the second the Blue Storm clan charge forward to aid their chieftain/warchief. The attack on the dogs came swiftly and because of the Brard's brute strength and incredible fighting skills the canine slavers were slaughtered by the second. The mares who are forced to dig gems there saw the whole slaughter with their very eyes and couldn't believe what they are seeing, a group of bear creatures are killing the dogs.

When the killing begins to end, Sitka walked towards the now terrified mare and filly that were chained up. They tried to back away from the man only to be stopped by their chains. The mother held her daughter tightly in her arms. Tears ran down her face when she saw the bear creature crouch down and bring his big hand towards her. She clenched her eyes shut as she waited for her life to end only to  find that she was still alive. As she opened her eyes she saw that her  and her daughter’s chains were gone. With that the Brards of the Blue Storm clan use their transmutation abilities to remove the chains and the bonds away from the slaves.

"All of you, head towards the entrance of the cave, we have slashed markings into the cave walls. Follow them and it will take you all to the entrance.” Warchief Sitka said as he and his clan starts to move forward.

"Who are you?" The mare asked after she came out of her state of shock.

"We are the Blue Storm clan." Sitka answered before he disappear.

'I was asking for your name' the mare said in her mind.
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*Turok's Path*

Inside the tunnels there were the Diamond Dogs enslaving ponies, a few zebras and avian creatures. The slaves were used for digging or pleasure. Among those slaves, specifically the griffons was none other than the legendary crew of Captain Celaeno. The heroric pirates that helped liberate Equestria from the Storm King reign of terror. Now they are captured by these Diamond Dogs and are forced to do gem digging.

They have been slaves for two days and now all the crew members are in a cell while a Diamond Dog took Captain Celaeno towards a table right infront of them. Forced her into the table as her crew watched helplessly, as does the other slaves around while the dogs keep whipping them to work.

"Now you little birdy bitch! You shall know your place!" The Dog said in malice as he tied Celaeno's arms and legs on the table with her belly down as her crew cried out for her and threaten the dog with death to save her.

"May you rot in Tartarus, beast!" She spat and then received a slap on the face.

"Now you've done it!" The Dog said as he rip off her pants, revealing her ass out. The dog began to grab her ass cheeks and gave it a few slaps while he hardens his cock. Celaeno clenched her eyes as she prepare for the worst to happen.

Sklash

Out of nowhere a spear flew towards the rapist dog wannabe and killed him through his heart. The Diamond Dogs saw all that and rally around his corpse. It didn't take long before the dogs and the slaves heard the...

"Oorah!!!"

The warcry was heard when a black humanoid bear came down jumping on the dogs. Stomped down two of them with his feets and them with the swing of his claymore sword he slashed four diamond dog heads off. It is revealed that the black bear creature was none other than Turok, Chieftain of the Dread-Claw clan of the Ezoti warrior culture.

As he raised his claymore sword in the air and roared outloud, the rest of the Dread-Claw Brard warriors came charging on the Diamond Dogs. The Brards skills in combat was without equals so each swing of their weapon always cuts down any canine slaver in their way, even if a slaver was able to block a sword or an axe the brute strength of the Brard sends the Diamond Dog off the ground.

During the slaughter the Brards use their transmutation abilities to free the slaves from their chains and their cages. Turok used his to turn the table and the cage door into air, and freed Captain Celaeno and her crew. As the crew ran towards their captain and embraced her with a hug, Turok took a huge boulder with his hands, lifted it over his head and tossed it towards a group of Diamond Dogs that was about to jump on the crew. Captain Celaeno noticed that and realized that he saved her and her crew again. What astonished her about these bear creatures was their great physical strength.

After Turok showed his strength he redraw his claymore sword and charge forward to fight along side his own warriors. Turok swinged his sword down on a Diamond Dog and cleaved him in half, then he plunged it within the mouth of the closest dog on his way, after snatching his claymore sword from the dog he swinged it in a half-circle and severed five slavers heads off.

When that was done, Turok saw a group of ten dogs with crude weapons charging him. Turok was about to attack but was surprised the charging avian creatures that he rescued. The female one plunged her sword at one of the Diamond Dogs and the rest of her crew used their own crude weapons to fight them. Turok was impressed with their fighting skills and their courage but he also wonder how they have been captured in the first place.

It took only ten minutes for the Brard warriors of the Dread-Claw clan to wipe out the slavers and now they start freeing the slaves as well as arming them with the dog's crude weapons.

"Did we lost any member of our clan?" Turok asked one of his warriors.

"No chieftain, these canine filths are weaker than out own cubs."

"Rally our warriors and search for any surviving canine before we move out! This fight was barely close to a fine battle." Turok said in both boredom and disappointment for the Diamond Dog's weak strength and lack fighting skills. "Are you kidding me?" Turok heard a feminine voice from behind and turned around.

"THAT WAS AWSOME!!! You bears just came out of nowhere and wipe the floor out of these Diamond Dogs like they were nothing!" It was none other than Captain Celaeno herself and her four crew members (three males and one female/hag).

"You all fought valiantly, it's a wonder mutts bested you." Turok said, causing Celaeno to blush furiously.

"They didn't!! They ambushed us when we were suppose to track something down." Captain Celaeno explained, a little embarrassed.

"You still have our thanks for comming, we so wanna make these mutts pay for their atrocities." Said the one who is missing a hand.

"We wanna help take out the Diamond Dogs and rescue our friends who are still captured." Captain Celaeno said with determination in her eyes.

"Those slavers keept us all in chains for two day, but you gave us a second chance for payback. Now we are ready to shred them to pieces!" The other with one eye said, causing the rest of the crew and the freed/armed slaves to cheer in agreement.

"If it is blood you all seek, you are welcome to join." Turok said, impressed by their newly built courage. They all smiled to him for allowing them to seek revenge.

"Kill every slaver you can find, on the double!" Turok told them before he turned his attention towards his clan.

"Move forward warriors! kill every slaver and free every slave you can find!" Turok ordered his warriors as he moves forward in quick pace, Captain Celaeno ran toward Turok to come next to him.

"May I ask for your name? I am Celaeno, captain of the Lightcloud!" She said to him as the Brards, her crew and the freed/armed slaves charging forward to kill more of the Diamond Dogs.

"Turok, Chieftain of the Dread-Claw clan." Turok said to her as they began to pick up the pace to battle.

*Sitka's Path*

Sitka moved on along with the Blue Storm clan warriors. He used his transmutation power to increase the temperature of the canine slaver's weapons and armors to make the fight more simple. The slavers died in mere seconds and the Brards freed pony after pony, Sitka himself came across something amazing to his eyes. He saw a group of humanoid bovines chained up against the wall. Sitka used transmutation to turn the chains into billions of oxygen atoms, causing the bovines to be freed from their bonds. Sitka approached one of them who happens to be scarred and older than the rest of them, assuming he is the leader. Sitka offers his hand to help him up.

"Thank you very much brave one. We are in your debt.” The scarred one said as he took Sitka hand to rise up while the other bovine members gather their weapons and help the Brards free the slaves.

"May I ask who you are warrior?" Sitka asked politely.

"I am Rush Horn, commander of my company of warriors. Who might you be?" Rush Horn asked.

"I am Sitka, cheiftain of the Blue Storm clan, Warchief of the Horde and leader of my race called Brard." Sitka said with his fist in his heart-chest. Rush Horn's ears perked up at this as he looked at Sitka with interest.

“I have never seen or heard of a race called Brard before in my whole life. But I must say warchief you and your warriors fight incredibly well and I am impressed with your magic ability." Rush Horn said in respect as he and his warriors looked amazed by the Brard's fighting skills.

“You have our thanks for freeing us from these accursed diamond dogs. They have been capturing slaves for months without a trace." The Bovine commander said.

"For what reason would these dogs have to practice honorless slavery?" Sitka asked, disgusted by the Diamond Dogs slavery.

"They take slaves because they need workers to harvest the gems of these mines. They often enslave as many males and females they could get, they even take calfs as slaves. But most of the time they rape the females just for fun.” Rush Horn spat in disgusted as Sitka's face turned into a demonic form of rage.

"I was tasked by my king do find these scums and dispose of them. They ambushed us when we made camp and used some kind of sleeping smoke to capture us." He finished.

"Tell me commander, do you and your warriors thirst for their blood?" Sitka asked.

"We do." He answered knowing where this would lead, with a smirk.

"Have your warriors tell the slaves to follow the slashing marks my clan left behind, it will lead them out side the cave. While your at it-" Sitka picked up a rock and then turned it into a fitting battle axe to wield. "- fight with the Blue Storm clan so that you may have justice in blood. Let's fight together!" Sitka finished with handing the axe to Rush Horn who took it without a second thought.

"It will be an honor, warchief!" Rush Horn said full of pride and joined up with his warriors giving them orders and then follows Sitka towards battle. Sitka and Rush Horn along with their warriors side-by-side marched off into the darkness where more filths awaits to be slaughtered. It was Diamond Dogs vs Brards & Minotaurs.

It has been fifteen minutes since Sitka and Rush Horn meet, Brads and Minotaurs fought together against more Diamond Dogs that stood in their way and freed every slave they came across. Rush Horn told Sitka that their race are called Minotaurs as Sitka informed him about Turok and his clan on the other side comming in hope to meet them on the other side.

They broken though the defence line and was heading straight towards the center of the tunnels. Brards and the Minotaurs are slaughtering the Diamond Dogs with fury and without mercy. Sitka and Rush Horn fought together as a duo team and  completely devastated the morale of the slavers. Even though the Diamond Dogs outnumber them 15 to 1 the Brards and the Minotaurs superior strength and amazing fighting skills are slaughtering them all with ease. The Blue Storm clan with their allies passed the lines of defences and terrified the slavers who are now running for their lives, leaving their slaves to be freed.

As the warriors eradicate the slavers, Sitka spend his time going from cage to cage and use his transmutaion to turn steel gate into smoke and free all slaves. Everytime he walks into a cage, the slaves would back away from him in fear of death, he keept freeing them even thought they were afraid of him. When he came to the last cage, he noticed that the slaves there had armor on them, 'they must be soldiers' Sitka thought. He walks towards it and they back away from him as all did.... except one.

This one who didn't back away got the Warchief's attention. The fearless one was a purple mare with a red mohawk, scar on her right eye and a broken horn. Instead of fear she looked at him with interest and curiosity. Once Sitka got close to the cage, the mare didn't move an bit, he used his transmutation on the iron cage and turned it into smoke. She didn't changed her astonished looking face. Sitka looked down on her face to face and said something that she would never forget.

"You all appear to be soldiers yet these weaklings defeated you without a fight? How sad." Sitka said and that cause the purple/scarred mare to blush furiously and he starts to walk away, intercepted by her.

"W-what, it... It's not our fault! T-they got the jump on us!” She shouted in embarrassment as she came towards his face.

"How? The sun was in your eyes? I don't think so." Sitka teased her causing her to blush more furiously as he turned his attention to Rush Horn who held a Diamond Dog with his left arm, bashed him into the wall before he slamed him down on the ground and then brought his axe down on the dogs belly and killed him. Sitka walked to him.

"You seems to be enjoying yourself, commander Rush Horn." Sitka complemented him.

"You have no idea, these scums had it comming for a long time." He smiled at the cheiftain as he saw the purple mare comming to them. With her soldiers following behind.

"F-Forgive me early outburst s-sir... I-I’m  Tempest Shadow, commander of this squad of royal guards. W-Who are you?” The mare named Tempest Shadow asked as she tried to put on a brave face. She has always been a very brave mare but now this towering, two-legged bear creature begin to send her the chills.

"This is commander Rush Horn who is in charge over the minotaurs here. I am Sitka, cheiftain of the Blue Storm clan and Warchief of the Horde." Sitka said as he starts to walk forward, followed by Rush Horn and Tempest.

"I-I have never s-seen a species as you before. And what is this 'Horde' that you are warchief of?" Tempest asked.

"My race is called Brard and the reason that you have seen my kind before... is because... we are not of this world." Sitka said as he keeps walking, but Tempest and Rush Horn slowed down abit because of their shock.

"Not of this World?" They asked in union.

"Later, once the scums are eradicated we'll talk." Sitka suggested to them. They so wanted to have answers from him about his race but they must admitt that he is right. Freeing the slaves from the Diamond Dogs is more important so they nobbed in agreement and followed the young Warchieftain.
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The Blue Storm clan and the Dread-Claw clan made huge progress in pushing forward. The Diamond Dogs weren't strong, their garrison was hardly a garrison at all. They did have some armor on them and was only armed with crude weapons, but they didn't fight as warriors. The Brard warriors along with the Minotaurs and the freed/armed slaves mowed them over like it was nothing. The Brards and the Minotaurs brute strength and the slaves numbers combined makes them looked invincible compare to the Diamond Dogs. It didn't take long before the slavers formed a shield wall to block the way, normally the Brards would storm them all but Sitka's instinct tells him to hold the attack for a while, the Blue Storm clan along with the Minotaurs and freed/armed slaves formed a line of their own by Sitka's orders. The Brards obeyed without question but the Minotaurs and the slaves wonders why.

"Why are we stopping?" Tempest asked.

"I want to see their leader before we finnish the jobb." Sitka explains. He along with Rush Horn and Tempest walked forward, only to be soon encountered by what looks like a large Diamond Dog in a plate armor.

"I take it you are in charge here?" Sitka asked the plated dog as he and the pony and minotaur send hateful glares at him.

"You are correct and I can see that you are the leader of these strange bear creatures that’s been stealing my property. When my pack members told me that there's an army comming and taking my property from me." The leader of the diamond dogs said in a snobbish and emotionless tone.

"How dare you call us PROPERTY!!!? You and your pack has been foalnapping innocents across the country and forced them to be your gem diggers and SEX TOYS, YOU BASTARD!!!" Tempest screamed in pure rage.

"Do not forget that this is the land of the minotaurs!!! The Minos Kingdom will not allow scums like you and your kind to terrorize us or anybody else!" Rush Horn said in a calm but hateful tone. Now Sitka knows that these mountains and the peninsula that his people now lives in belonged to another kingdom, but he has to take that up later.

"I, Iron Growl, can never be stopped by anyone! I am the alpha of these mountains!" The dog named Iron Growl said out loud with arrogance.

"Not stopped no, but you will be CRUSHED by the might of the Horde and the Blue Storm clan is but a small piece of glass of it and we are already eradicating you scums from existence!" Sitka said, followed by the growls of the Brards.

"You were just lucky to come this far but now with me here, I WILL DEST-" Iron Growl was about to yell out but was interrupted by five glowing boulders that flew down towards the Diamond Dogs and exploded with fire when they hit the ground. Sitka and the other looked up to see where they came from. It was none other that Turok along with Captain Celaeno and the Dread-Claw clan with the freed/armed slaves. Dread-Claw clan Brards lifted five boulders and used their transmutation powers to control the boulders atoms to increase their heat to the point where they would molt into lava.

"The canine leader is down there! This is our moment of triumph!! LET'S TAKE THIS MOMENT TO VICTORY!!!" Turok yelled out which cased the Brards of the Dread-Claw clan along with the pirates and slaves to roar and shout in encouragement as they raised their weapons over their heads. Not very long everyone charged towards the Diamond Dog slavers in a unified effort to end them once and for all.

"TO THE WARCHIEF, FOR THE HORDE!!!" Turok roared as he and his warriors came to close combat with the dogs. All the Brards also roared 'FOR THE HORDE' during the battle, it didn't take long before Sitka, Rush Horn and Tempest Shadow to meet Turok, Captain Celaeno and her crew to meet in battle.

"What a fine time to show up, Turok." Sitka said jokingly as he crushed the neck of a Diamond Dog and Turok cut a dog in half.

"I couldn't let you have all the fun, Warchief." Turok said with a smirk.

"Captain Celaeno! Are you alright!?" Tempest asked right after she electrocuted four dogs with her magic.

"Never been better! Now it's payback time! Come on!!" Captain Celaeno shouted in entusiasm as she keeps charging at the slavers.

The Diamond Dog slavers and the unified force of the Brards, Minotaurs and slaves of many species (mainly ponies) clashed at each other in a fierce battle, both sides giving it their all. There was a minotaur, carrying a greatsword, battled a diamond dog with a sword and shield. The minotaur swung his sword vertically at the slaver. In response, the diamond dog used his shield to block it.  It helped him, but at a cost.  The shield  he used was wooden, and once the sword mad contact, it shattered into a  million pieces.  That blow made the diamond dog stagger a little, enough for the minotaur to swung at his stomach, slicing him in half. The green bird pirate with one eye charged toward three diamond dogs who has spears, they tried to impale them at him only for him to dodge them and in swift speed he cut their throats open with his daggers in his both hands.

The whole battle has been turned to the Brards and the slave's favor. The Diamond Dogs are loosing their numbers and starting to run away along with their alpha, Iron Claw. The unified force chased them all throught the tunnels until the slavers meet a dead end. The slavers was now surrounded, outnumbered and outmatched.

"You canines are not even worthy of being called dogs." Turok said in a mocking tone.

"You have been defeated, if you value your lives you should surrender." Warchief Sitka demanded.

"You heard him! We won and you all will do as we say or else." Rush Horn supports Sitka.

"I WON'T ACCEPT THIS, IF WE GOING DOWN WE'RE TAKING YOU ALL WITH US!!!" Iron Growl yelled out as he tossed a torch into a hole on the floor for it to soon explode, cauising the whole cave started to shake and cave in. It didn't take long for everyone to know that the whole cave is about to fall down.

"TAROK!" Sitka yelled and he knew what he was getting to. Both the Brard chieftains ran towards the cave wall left and right. They both clapped their hands, causing sparks of lighting to come from their paws. Once they quickly came close to each of their wall they slammed their hands on the walls, they are filled with lightnings and they keept surround the whole cave along with the floor. The dogs as well as the slaves were shocked that they were not electrocuted by the lighting. The sparkings on the cave lasted for at least ten seconds before the whole cave was filled with blinding light that cause everyone to cover their eyes. Once the light died out and everyone opened their eyes, they noticed that the lightning was gone and the cave was no longer collapsing. In great shock and awe they all looked at both Sitka and Turok who are now walking away from the walls and meet each other in the center, looking at the Diamond Dogs.

"You canines are unworthy for mercy." Sitka said as he and Turok stomped down on the ground to use their transmutation power and turned the ground that the dogs stood on into long spikes and impale every Diamond Dog left. Killed every last one of them, it was finally over, the freed ones has won.

"Y-you guys have magic? HOW!?" Tempest asked with extreme shock.

"Who cares how? It was amazing!" Captain Celaeno cheered for the Brard leaders.

"Indeed it is. Never in my whole life have I seen such a display of strength and magic in combat, also you are a natural born leader. For here on now, I and my soldiers are in your debt, great Warchief Sitka." Rush Horn said in respect to Sitka, causing the other minotaurs to both cheer for him and respecting the Brard warriors next to them. The now freed slaves among them also offer their most thanks to the Brards for saving them.

"You honor us, Rush Horn." Warchief Sitka thanked the minotaur. The Brard warchief turned his attention to Turok who came and gave him the helmet of the dead alpha dog. Sitka took it and raised it above his head for everyone to see.

"Our first victory in the new world!" Sitka declared, Turok and all the Brards of the Blue Storm clan and Dread-Claw clan roars and cheering in victory. Since they came to the new world this was their first real battle and their very first victory. However, every none-brard had one thing in mind and one thing only.

'The New World?' Every none-brard thought.

*A Few Hours Later*

As everyone walk out of the cave, Sitka and Turok explained to Rush Horn, Tempest and Celaeno about their race, the Horde and the destruction of their homeworld. They all show sympathy for their lost, when Sitka explained that his race has now colonized the uninhabited peninsula and made it their new home and he also told them about the dimensional gate and that the other clans are now exploring around to build new settlements as expansion points. Tempest and Celaeno told them that they were on mission to search for a powerful source of magic that has cause disturbance to the weather which leads them directly to that uninhabited peninsula. Rush Horn explains to the Brard chieftains that they are in a nation called the Minos Kingdom, the kingdom of the minotaurs and that peninsula counts as their territory by the world. However, he also told Sitka that making it a home there without permision would mean a violation against minotaur sovereignty. However, Rush Horn knows that they where new to this world so they couldn't have known that, also since the peninsula was literally uninhabited for miles upon miles. There is nothing saying that this even is minotaur territory except being included on a map. Rush Horn promised Sitka that when he returns to the minos capital to report he would try his best to convince the minotaur king to let his people stay in the peninsula and come over to them to talk about their races relationship, he would tell his king the great deeds that Sitka and his warriors did for them. During their conversation Sitka and Turok explains about their "magic" which they called it, Transmutation; the ability to change one substance into another with it's own atoms and matter with the help of the Brard's inner energy. They explained that Sitka and Turok used their transmutation together to take apart and then rebuild the collapsing cave and save everyone from dying from the collapse. Now, they finally reached the edge of the mountain chain.

"Finally we reached our destination. Blue Storm clan and Dread-Claw clan, let's start building the settlement here. Once it is build I need volunteers to transmute a road that shall lead back to the peninsula. Once we have rested, I want to know how things goes for every clans expeditions and report them about our situation here." Sitka ordered his warriors and they obeyed at once, using their transmutations to start building their new settlement between the edge of the mountain chain and the coast.

"Are you sure? W-won't the minotaur king be displeased about you taking his land?" Captain Celaeno ask.

"If that's what it take to save our people." Turok answered.

"Remember, it's in theory only. Otherwise, this peninsula and mountain is of no use for the minos kingdom. I personally think it is good that your people put it to good use. I will do as best as I can to convince the king about your stay." Rush Horn said in approval of the Brard building settlements.

"I have faith in you Rush Horn, good luck on your journey back home." Sitka said as he offers his hand to the scarred, old minotaur warrior in respect.

"Thank you, Warchief." He took Sitka's hand in friendship before his departure with his minotaurs and the freed slaves.

Only Tempest, Captain Celaeno and their crew stayed behind with the Brards.

"Since you rescued us from our captivity I think it's only fair that we provide you some help, not just the buildings but also with information about our world." Tempest Shadow offered the Brard Warchief, causing his ears to perk up.

"I would be very grateful if you could tell us about this new world." Sitka said to her.

"Why don't we talk over dinner?" Tarok suggested, Sitka agreed and both the mare and the avian pirate to blush.
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During their stay Tempest and Celaeno, along with her crew, explains to Sitka and Turok about Equus. Tempest told them that she was from a Kingdom named Equestria. It was founded during the winter when the three tribes, Pegasi, Unicorns  and Earh Ponies, united themselves into what it is today. The holiday  is called Hearth's Warming Eve, when Equestria was officially founded. After that the two royals were born and currently control the land for over 1000 years. Their names are Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. Lifers of the Sun and the Moon.

They then had a disastrous event when Discord the God of Chaos took over the  land and caused mayhem throughout the land. The two princesses regain  their control over the land, as well battling Lord Tirek and King  Sombra. After that, the younger sister Princess Luna, turned evil for not being appreciated for her night sky and turned into Nightmare Moon.  She was then banished to the moon by her older sister, Princess  Celestia.

She later explains everything about a unicorn named Twilight Sparkle, student of Princess Celestia, moved to a place called Ponyville. She and her friends became the new bearers of the elements of harmony and went through alot of adventures; purified Nightmare Moon from Luna, defeated and reformed Discord, destroyed King Sombra, gave up their elements to save Ponyville and restore the tree of harmony, Twilight Sparkle becoming the newly alicorn and princess, defeated Tirek which result with giving Princess Sparkle a new castle, and so on.

The next thing that Tempest and Celaeno tells the Brards is the recent event that happened in Equestria. The conquest of Equestria by the Storm King. Tempest Shadow was the commander of the Storm King's army and hunted down the princess of friendship to help the Storm King absorb the alicorn magics in return to restore her broken horn only for the Storm King to betray her, so Tempest joined Twilight Sparkle and defeated the Storm King. Captain Celaeno and her crew are pirates that was forced to serve the Storm King only to later rebel against him and help free Equestria.

Right now after a time of peace, the alicorn princesses sensed a magical disturbance and it was located where the Brard 'Ancestral Portal' was. Their jobb was to explore it and find out what that was and then they were ambushed by the very same slaver dogs that they eradicated.

Sitka noticed the guilt that Tempest is feeling and did his best to comfort her, which is actually working because Tempest feels like Sitka is a creature who knows sympathy. Captain Celaeno seems to take a liking to Chieftain Turok, ever since he saved her from rape she shows him great respect, her crew also respect to the Dread-Claw clan leader. Sometimes, Captain Celaeno would make some flirthy moves on Turok to get his attention. When Tempest was with Warchief Sitka she always was able to smile and talk honest to him.

Over the time both the Blue Storm clan and the Dread-Claw clan have builded their new settlement with ease thanks to their transmutation abilities. The road between them and the Brard peninsula has been connected and from there Sitka received reports from the other clans. The one on the land have builded at least a dozen settlements on the mountains and six others on the other side of the mountain chain. Most of them didn't ecounter anything excepts the wild beasts lurking in the mountains but the Brard warriors with their brute strength and their transmutation skills are superior to the fangs and claws of mighty predators. Only three of the Brard clans have made contact with the local natives and two out of three didn't went well. One of the clan came in contact with a minotaur village and they welcomed the Brards in open arms while the other two meet patrols of minotaur soldiers and they attacked the Brards in fear that they may be bandits but the Brards manage to eradicate them. As for the Brard sea explorers they encountered pirates and also some merchant ships on their way but they all have reported that they have a now cleared view of their geographical surroundings. They all now knows that they are in a peninsula that in theory belongs to a kingdom but since it was completely uninhabited no one would blame the Brards for not knowing it.

After two days of staying with the Brards commander Tempest and captain Celaeno must take their leave and report this to the alicorn princesses about their exploits. Sitka and Turok saids their goodbyes to them as they departs, right after that Sitka returned to the Peninsula where the Brard's 'capital city' is located to run the Horde again and reestablish the denfence of their borders.

*Meanwhile in the Capital of the Minos Kingdom*

In the heart land of the Minos Kingdom, in the capital city of Taurus, a huge city with large stone walls were the minotaur king lives. It is a city of colosseums and bazaars. Minotaurs pride themselves in combat skills and merchandising, this give the Minos Kingdom both economic and military progress to stay strong. When Equestria was conquered by the Storm King the Minos Kingdom was able to repel the Storm King's conquest until his death. While all lives in Tarus was normal it has been a huge debate in the royal palace where King Rock-Charge lived and rule his kingdom. The minotaur court was talking about politics about the remnants of the Storm King's empire in ruins and the several bandits and pirates plauging them.

King Rock-Charge is a prideful and dutiful king but he is often ignorant about a few situations. It didn't take long before the large doors ofthe royal palace opens and from the door came commander Rush Horn to the court where the nobles and King Rock-Charge are, once Rush Horn has came before the king he kneeled down.

"Commander Rush Horn, how goes the mission of disposing off bandits?" King Rock-Charge asked.

"We have successfully driven away them, sire. The Diamond Dog slavers will never plague our kingdom again." Rush Horn said earning an applause from the court.

"You have done well commander, I'll be sure to provide you and your warriors compensations for your efforts." King Rock-Charge said in pride.

"Actually sire, it is not me and my warriors who should be compensated with such honor." Rush Horn said, which surprised the court and the king.

"What do you mean with that?" He asked.

"For a few days ago me and my warriors had been ambushed by those slavers and we would not have survived if it were not for the help of a new race of mighty warriors." Rush Horn said and that cause the whole court to raise their voices, thinking that the commander might have a screw loose. But King Rock-Charge won't have any of that.

"SILENCE!!! Care to explain your story commander." King Rock-Charge requested. Rush Horn spended hours of explaining the captivity of his warriors under the iron boot of the dog slavers, he told them about them being rescued by a race of 9 foot tall bear creatures who proves to match even the  strength of a veteran minotaur and has the magical ability to transmute. Rush Horn did as best as he could to explain the heroric deeds of the new race called 'Brard' and they leader, Warchief Sitka, he put alot of heroism in his story about him and his warriors fought beside them.

The whole court was shocked and surprised when Rush Horn tells them about their world and how they entered their world. The seriousness of the situation began when he explained where they are and that the once uninhabited peninsula has been colonized by the Brards and they used their transmutation powers to fertilize the land. More than half of the court called them tresspasers or invaders while others, including Rush Horn himself told them that it counts as minotaur land by theory on the map while in truth it would not belong to anyone. While the debate take place King Rock-Charge received a message from his borders about the new race. He raised his hand in the air until the court has been silenced.

"I have received reports about this bear race you were talking about, commander. The village close to the mountain welcomed them in open arms while captain Doombull and captain Steel Hand are saying that they attacked them and wiped their troops out in mere seconds." King Rock-Charge informed them all and that cause those who are against the Brard's existence to cry out for action.

"Sire, I swear they would never attack anyone without provokation! These patrols where assigned to hunt down bandits and slavers and they must have mistaken the Brards as such, they problebly attacked the Brards thinking that they are bandits and the Brards clearly defended themselves. It's was all a misunderstanding!" Rush Horn defended them, to the court's disapproval.

"Are you really defending them, commander?" King Rock-Charge asked him in a serious tone.

"I owe my life and the lives of my warriors to them, so with all I have seen and experienced I swear they are not a malice!" Rush Horn keep defending them.

"Since they helped you and your warriors to rid the slavers from our land and that the peninsula is put to good use, I admit that you knows them more than any of us and I will take your words for it. However, misunderstanding or not they killed soldiers on duty and nothing can justify that crime and must be punished! If you can prove that they are not a malice, I will offer their 'Warchief' the peninsula in exchange for their loyalty." King Rock-Charge said which cause the court to bring alot of shouting among them.

"As such I want you and your men to escort an emissary to talk to these creatures. And the emissary of our people shall be none other than my own son, Iron Breaker." King Rock-Charge said and that silenced the court and Rush Horn became filled with horror. Everyone knows who Iron Breaker is; King Rock-Charge's son, heir to the throne and known as a arrogant bastard who cannot understand diplomacy well and King Rock-Charge is too ignorant about it since he is his own son. Rush Horn knows that this will end very badly.

"With all doe respect sire, you mustn't-" Rush Horn tried to reason with the king only to be interrupted.

"Tomorrow, you and your warriors will escort him to the peninsula to meet with their leader and that is all." King Rock-Charge said as he left the court.

"Not good at aaaaalll." Rush Horn said to himself since he knows this could end up in a disaster.

*Canterlot Castle*

On top of a mountain was a beautiful castle and inside the throne room were the sun princess Celestia and the moon princess Luna along with the love princess Cadence and friendship princess Twilight Sparkle. They all discuss about the situation Equestria is on, ever since the Storm King conquered Equestria alot of structures has been destroyed and resources being depleted, now that the Storm King is dead and he had no heir to his empire. Warlords and commanders that served him has now gone rouge, looking after for themselves and after the throne of the Storm King. Equestria and other nations under the Storm King's occupation suffered both economic and social difficulties.

While they were discussing how to deal with these things, the double door of their room opens. The royal gards came in as they escort the two persons they wanted to meet. It was Tempest Shadow (Fizzlepop Berrytwist) and Celaeno.

"Tempest, Celaeno! Are you two alright?" Princess Twilight Sparkle said in a happy tone.

"We're fine, we have discovered the cause of the event." Tempest said in a nervous tone.

"Have you, that's great. What is it?" Princess Celestia asked as the other alicorns wonder that too.

"A new race has emerged!" Captain Celaeno said out loud with entusiasm. Causing shock among the princesses.

"Excuse me?/Beg your pardon?/Huh?/What?" All four alicorn princesses asked in union.

It took a whole hour for Tempest and Celaeno to explain the whole story. How they have been captured by Diamond Dog slavers and that they have been rescued by a race of giant bear warriors and they also told them about their magic in transmutations. They explains that they are located in a once uninhabited peninsula west of the Minos Kingdom.

The Princesses are completely surprised at this news about a new race on Equus, while Twilight Sparkle smiled widely with sparks on her eyes because she has a opportunity to learn new things.

"THAT IS SO AMAZING! A whole new race and you two came in contact with them, I MUST meet them and learn all about their culture and history!" Twilight starts babbling with alot of entusiasm.

"How comes that we never heard of them before!?" Was the first thing Twilight asked them before any other princesses was able to talk.

"According to their leader, Warchief Sitka, they came to our world through a dimensional portal from their world into ours." Tempest explained.

"Which could be the only explenation about your magical disturbance." Captain Celaeno brought the logic to it.

"This is so EXCITED! Ooohh I can't wait t-" Twilight Sparkle was interrupted when she turned around and saw the look on the other princesses faces. Twilight, Tempest and Celaeno notice that Luna and Cadence had the look of fear in their faces, but Celestia's was far worst, she had the look of horror the moment she heard the word dimensional portal.

"OOhhh Nooooo!!" Princess Celestia said in horror before she quick as the naked eye rushed away to a direction.

"SISTER!! No, wait!!" Princess Luna yelled out before chasing after her sister, leaving the confused Twilight, Tempest and Celaeno behind.

"Y-you said they came from a dimensional portal?" Cadence asked.

"Yes, what's wrong with that?" Captain Celaeno asked with a shrug like it's not important.

"Why was Princess Celestia terrified by it?" Tempest shared Celaeno's confusion.

"You all don't know about it?" Cadence asked them and they all shook their heads.

"'sighed' Two hundred years before the era of Discord, there was a villain who tried to take over the world through necromancy. The worst enemy that my aunts has ever fought. His name was Grogar, he also was not of our world and came to us through a dimensional portal. He and his army of undead has killed millions of lives and he resurrected them into his slaves. It took very long for Celestia and Luna to defeat him and banish him to tartarus. But before his banishment, his last word was 'When the next dimensional portal opens, this world will be mine'. If what you say about them is true then..." Before Cadence manage to finish her line, she stopped for she saw the look of their faces. Twilight face was in complete shock while Tempest and Celaeno was in total fear.

"Y-you believe the- n-new creatures w-woul-" Twilight was about to say but was interrupted by the pirate captain.

"NO! The Brards are different, they are nothing like this Grogar figure! You muyst stop your aunts from whatever she's gonna do." Captain Celaeno said in panic.

"She's right, if she attacks them it would mean war and Equestria has enough of destruction already." Tempest agreed with Celaeno.

"Cadence, you and I must talk some sense to them before they attack a innocent race!" Twilight Sparkle pleaded her.

"You don't know if they are good or evil. For all we know they are cunning enough to make you all think they are good but that Grogar taught them deception." Princess Cadence tried to reason.

"They don't even know anything about Equestria's history, nor have them heard about Grogar! Just because it happens once dosen't mean it will happen again." Tempest agrued back.

"Yeah, this Grogar just said that to scare the princesses. It dosen't have to be true." Captain Celaeno said in desperation.

"But what if it is.... What if they do serve Grogar... w-we." Princess Cadence could not find anyway to reason with them since she could see the certainty in their faces.

"Cadence. We can't jump into conclusions. It's the worst thing Equestria can do. We must reason with Celestia and Luna. Please help us." Twilight said in a pleading tone.

Princess Cadence was in a complete dilemma. She want to believe what they say about these 'Brards' and have peace in Equestria. But how would she convince her aunts.
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Except for hunting, farming, transmuting, smithing and fishing; the Brards has nothing to do with their life than combat training. From morning to night, Warchief Sitka spend his time train, sign some papers, train a little more, sign some more papers, hunt or fish for his lunch, train a little more, go to a chieftain meeting, listen to the chieftain discussions about future expansion and planing on their defences , and sign one more paper. But despite that being boring, Sitka still remembers his responsibility and duty as the Horde's warchief. Sitka must aid his people to have their new homeland and to show the world that they are not savages nor barbarians upon those who would sees them as such.

While he spend his time, he also get to see his people around the peninsula. He saw every Brard clan training themselves with all sorts of weapons as they used them on each other, trying to get the upper hand in combat. The entire encampment was filled with blacksmiths, forges and craft shops where the Brards are learning how to craft weapons and outfits without their transmutation, but with their hands. Every tent later on turned into stone buildings and the Brards used their transmutation powers to create a stone wall from coast to coast with towers and catapult platforms on the walls which also have three steel gates. The entire has quickly turned into a port city for the Brards also build huge harbour in their 'city'. In the honor of their ancient hero, Sitka named this city 'Kenai-Urus', named after Kenai who was the first Brard who possessed transmutation power.

It has been a day right after the battle with the Diamond Dog Slavers and now the Brards are making good progress in building up their own nation. However, what worries Sitka is the fact what happened with the clans that has encountered minotaurs who attacked them and got eradicated. Sitka knows that it will give his race a very bad reputation and this bad reputation could cause the world to look down on the Brards... and perhaps even, cause them to try eradicate the Horde. Still, his duty as warchief is the survival of his race, the future of their cubs. While the Brards don't usually wear steel-plated armor for their agility, Sitka conviced every clan to use every bit of help for combat to make their fighting more stronger, enough to survive a hundred nations.

The next day, Sitka was visiting the settlement that his clan and Turok's clan builded. He left Turok in charge of that place and entrusted him to make it's defence and warriors strong to repel invaders. Now Sitka came to visit the newly build 'TakkarRha' settlement, to see how things are going and if Turok has encountered any diffilculties. As the warchief past by, the warriors of the Dread-Claw clan greets him in respect and Sitka returned the gestures. It didn't take long before he meet chieftain Turok.

"How are things going chief Turok?" Sitka asked.

"We made alot of progress, warchief. The wall is strong and TakkarRha is completed. Our warriors stand guard on both land and sea as we speak. If anything comes, we will know." Turok reported to Sitka.

Turok gave Sitka a tour around the town and the wall, showing him how much progress they made. Sitka was amazed by the armaments of their warriors, the testings of the trebuchets on the plattforms and the port defence incase their would be a naval invasion. Sitka and Turok went up to the wall to have a view of the area, he was enjoying both the view and the certainty of his people's strength. But then after a moment while he was sightseeing from the wall on the field, he saw movements. Almost like a group was comming towards them, they were so far that he could not make it clear who they are or if they are friendly or if they are hostile.

"Turrok!" Sitka called out for him as he pointed to the direction of the commers. Turok saw them to and turned towards his clan.

"We got commers, ready yourselves!" Chieftain Turok yelled out for the whole town to hear him. And so, all Brards of the Dread-Claw clan were running towards their stations. The gates were tightly closed and locked, civilians and cubs barricaded themselves in the houses and all the warriors of the Dread-Claw clan take positions on the wall and the rest of the town's defences.

"We will not attack unless they proved to be hostile." Sitka said strictly.

"I know" Turok said as he still keept his eyes on the commers.

There has been a silent moment, waiting for the commers to approach. After those moment, Sitka and Turok could see clearly who the commers were. It was those minotaurs that they meet early, along with commander Rush Horn. Sitka and Turok was glad to see a friendly face. They and five Brard warriors jumped down from the wall and walked to come and greet them. Commander Rush Horn was the first to come to them, infact, what Sitka has noticed is that he took quicker pace than his fellow minotaurs in attempt to come to the Brards first before anyone else. Sitka and Turok noticed the worried face of their horned friend, such face that says something bad will happen. Sitka and Turok first looked at each other before they walked towards the minotaurs. Once they approached Rush Horn, they greet.

"Rush Horn, I'm filled with joy to meet you again." Sitka said in a happy tone while Turok simply bowed his head with his fist in his heart-chest.

"Sitka, it is great to see you as well. I am honored that we can meet again." Rush Horn said in friendship.

"It seems fate can be compassionate to us." Sitka said as he offers his hand to Rush Horn who took it happily but later had a worried face.

"Fate is also crule." Rush Horn said in a scared tone, causing Sitka and Toruk to worries. Rush Horn looked behind him where his fellow minotaurs are comming to them. He came closer to Sitka with his other hand in his shoulder to whisper.

"Sitka this is bad, this is very bad. The one who is comming here is the son of the king, he's here to be the emissary between our people." Rush Horn said in panic, but in whispers and Sitka paied attention to his worries.

"What do we need to know about him?" Sitka asked.

"His name is Iron Breaker, he-" Rush Horn tries to tell but was interrupted by the said prince.

"Commander Rush Horn, I am suppose to meet with the leader of these monsters!" He said with a snobbish, spoiled tone and that causes the Brards who heard that growl and searched for the source of the insult. It didn't take long before a minotaur with golden armor and axe. Rush Horn sighed in defeat, knowing that there's nothing he can do now.

"Prince Iron Breaker, this is Sitka of the Blue Storm clan and Warchief of the Horde which makes him the leader of the Brard race. This is Turok, chieftain of the Dread-Claw clan." Rush Horn tried to speak further he was interrupted by the pitch black brard.

"You will watch that filthy tongue of yours, freak! You do not disrespect warriors!" Turok spat on the prince. All the minotaurs gasped in shock how one could insult the prince. The said prince's head was so red it almost came smoke from it.

"HOW DARE YOU INSULT ME BEAST!! I WILL HAVE YOUR HEAD FOR IT!!!" Iron Breaker yelled in rage as he pulled up his axe and walked towards the Brards and so Turok draw his claymore sword, ready for combat.

"My prince no, you mustn't fight them! You're no match against them!" Rush Horn came infront of the prince, tried to calm him down but was rudely pushed aside by the said prince.

"Rubbish! No one can defeat me, I will have their heads mounted on my wall!!!" He yelled as he began to charge against Turok who took a fighting stance. So the battle begun.

Iron Breaker was clumsy and careless when it comes to combat. He just lifted his axe and swings it down like it was meant to hit Turok. But not once has it hit him since Turok was able to dodge all his swings, after the seventh Turok had enough and swinged his sword, cut off both his horns and kicked him in the face, sended the spoiled brat away on the ground.

All the minotaurs stared at the fallen prince with shocked faces as if the impossible happened. The prince manage to recover and saw his horns on the ground. He froze as he stared at the horns and went completely berserk. He grabbed his axe and blindly charged at the black brard chieftain. Turok side-stepped from the axe and cut the prince's left arm off, causing Iron Breaker to scream in agony on his knees while holding his severed left arm that was bleading.

Once it was done, Turok moved aside from the wounded prince as the other minotaurs ran for his aid.

"You are too worthless for the sword." Turok insulted as he turned around to Sitka and his fellow Brards.

"Too worthless for the sword?" Prince Iron Breaker said in silence before she pushed off his guards, pulled a dagger from his belt and charged to kill Turok in the back.

Brakssshh!!

Everyone heard a earthly noise and they all turned to where it came from... They all see a rock spike from the ground impaled the said cowardly minotaur prince in his belly. Everyone was silent while the stopped prince was bleeding to death. Right after he died of bleeding, Sitka and Turok searched with their eyes where the stone spike came from and there was no other Brards than the onse who came along. Without knowing who was responsible (infact did that even matters?) the minotaurs carries the dead prince with them as they march back to Minos Kingdom. Rush Horn stood there for awhile infront of Sitka and Turok in a minute of silence. Rush Horn looked at Sitka and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry, Sitka. I'm truly sorry." He said in a sad tone with a sad face as he turned around and went along with the minotaurs. Sitka and Turok knows now what it means.

The Minos Kingdom and the Horde, minotaurs and brards are now at war.

*In Canterlot Castle*

"SISTER BE REASONABLE!!! A one time event dosen't need to mean it would repeat! For all we know this new race can be friendly since they saved Tempest and Celaeno from slavers!!" Princess Luna tried to reason with Princess Celestia who in turn turned deaf ears.

"NO!! They only saved Tempest and Celaeno out of cunning to make us let our guard down, making us a more easy prey. Grogar came to our world through a portal and so does they, this IS Grogar's doing and HIS revenge plot!! The last thing I need to do is let our guard down for evil to strike hard when we least except it!" Princess Celestia argued back as she suits up with her armor.

"You cannot be sure this has anything to do with Grogar. For what if you're wrong about them and attack them, you'll be known for killing a innocent race for a crime that they have nothing to do with." Princess Cadence support Luna.

"Princess, haven't Equestria had enough of conflicts. The Storm King's invasion has damaged out nation already alot, another conflict will only make everything worst!" Princess Twilight Sparkle tried to calm Celestia down, which didn't work.

"ALL THE MORE REASON TO ERADICATE THEM!!! Remove them before open conflict, to protect Equestria. The Storm King conquered us because we were not prepared!! We didn't had the means to defend our home!! I will NOT commit this mistake again, not while I now have the chance to protect our subjects!" Princess Celestia retored with anger towards her fellow princesses. Later on Tempest and Celaeno came in and joined the argument.

"They are no threat to us, princess! I swear we meet them, even their leader. There is no malice in this new race, no evil. I know because I and captain Celaeno has spend time with them, knowing them. They are not what you delude yourself to think." Commander Tempest spoke in the Brard's defence.

"You are too quick to judge them, for something they have nothing to do with. They don't serve Grogar, they only want to ensure the survival of their race; the future of their families." Celaeno help out and of course it didn't work.

"At the cost of OURS!! These creatures have no care or sympathy for other lives! You all had not seen what Grogar had brought, you had never experience the burden of destroying the very citizens you were suppose to protect because they were walking corpses who served a demon. And Luna, you were there and heard what Grogar said before his banishment to tartarus. 'When the next portal opens this world will be mine' and you just want to ignore it!?" Princess Celestia retored with venomous words while she grabbed her halberd, Lune felt insulted by her last words.

"I DON'T IGNORE DANGERS!!!..." she yelled at the point were the ground would shocked. "... but I don't judge without thinking. Grogar was gone from Equestria like forever, if we attack a race just because they came through the same way he did we are just as bad and him, YOU would even be far worst than him! We must not abandon our principles as the most peaceful kingdom of-" Luna was later interrupted by a pegasus guard courier who carries a scroll and the botton has a golden bull head on it, it proves that it was from Equestria's recent allied kingdom, the Minos Kingdom.

Princess Celestia opened the scoll and read it whole. After that she looked at the ones who criticized her decision with a rude face.

"King Rock-Charge have lost his own son, his heir to his throne at the hands of the creatures that you all protects right now." She said with a glare and hand them the scroll for them all to read. They all did that and saw it says that Prince Iron Breaker was attacked and murdered by the race known as the Brards and considered it an act of war. The Minos Kingdom have called for all of it's allies; Griffonstone, Yakyakistan, Crystal Empire and recently Equestria to join their war against the 'Horde'.

"This proves me right and I shall answer the call. You can either help me or stay out of my way." Princess Celestia said with alot of venom in her voice that she would look like a demon in disguise. She went to her balcony and flew away, leaving the four equines and one avian alone with shock and sadness in their faces.

"Something's not right, something here isn't right!" Tempest said in denial.

"That's right, we must talk to Sitka and Turok about this!" Captain Celaeno agreed with her. But Luna sighed in defeat.

"If only you could... I don't want any of this to happen but the Minos Kingdom has declared this as a act of war and since Equestria is recently allied with them we must answer their warcall. I'm sorry, but I too must answer it as princess of Equestria." Princess Luna said with a heavy heart while she conjured her armor and weapon, and then flew away for her sister.

The rest felt great sadness that harmony could not be preserved once again. Tempest and Celaeno are now stuck with a extreme difficult choice, whenever to join the front line against the Horde or the join the Horde to help their life saviors. Cadence hates violence in general and Twilight Sparkle worked so hard on spreading friendship across the world only for it to fail because of a horrific past reminder. War has once again come across the land.

*In the Minos Kingdom*

In the Minos Kingdom, many minotaur soldiers has gathered into a big army. They carried all kinds of weapons and armors that considered heavy. They have all come for one purpose only... war. All their combat training and weapons preparing was for nothing more than to go to war. All by the order of King Rock-Charge.

King Rock-Charge was furious the moment he saw his dead son, that Brards killed him is what everyone agreed on but the moment Rush Horn told them about Iron Breaker's assassination attempt on the Brard leaders to protect them, he was branded a traitor and therefore he was sentenced to prison, striped away all his ranks and honor. King Rock-Charge will not allow this new species to go unpunished for killing his own son.

Now not only has he prepared his own army to invade them and retake the peninsula, he has also summoned his allies for war aid. He did it because even though the minotaurs are naturally proud and bullheaded that they would not ask for help, Rock-Charge prefer not to underestimate these bear creatures. To really ensure that he will win without failure, brute strength and large numbers combined shall lay waste upon these barbaric monsters. King Rock-Charge armed himself to join the war of retribution, he will be in charge of avenging his family.

*In the Peninsula Mountain Chain*

The news about the Horde being now at war against a kingdom who was supposed to be their allies has now been spreaded all across the peninsula, letting every Brard clan know about this. Sitka thought that their action of eradicating the slavers with the minotaurs would create a friendship with this new world's natives. But instead it became a war all because of a spoiled brat's pride.

Upon the a mountain top high enough to see the great Brard wall, Sitka sit down on the mountain in contemplation. It didn't take long before a black Brad chieftain arrived to break the warchief's solitude.

"Warchief?" Turok asked with worries.

"I need this solitude Turok." Sitka said to him.

"You are needed along with your warriors." Turok said, causing Sitka to get up with a sigh.

"The moment we lost Kremlore, we have lost everything. Yet still lives and endures, in trying to build us a new home. But later on, we will loose more. Warriors will die, that's for sure." Sitka said with a heavy heart.

"If you doubt our warriors pow-" Turok was interrupted by Sitka

"I don't doubt any of them. I doubt my own determination. As long as I doubt, I feel my fighting powers have no motives, no reason to keep fighting." Sitka said with sadness in his voice.

"There is no cause that is worth fighting for than to protect the very existence of ones race. To create a new home for our future." Turok tried to reason with his warchief.

"What is our future? This world? or is our future someplace else?" Sitka asked.

"This new world is what we are destined for." Turok said.

"(sighs) Kremlore is also what we were destined for. During our time of strifes, when we were still Ursidae, Polar and Grizzly. We were ruled by desperation and cruelty. We acted no better than animals, and nearly drived into extinction." Warchief Sitka reminded his friend about their ancient dark age.

"Don't forget that from that age of blood, the great Kenai who bested even the most horrific beast. His art of Terrakii, the power of transmutation brought us unity and kinship. We no longer needed to spill any more blood of our own." Turok tried to remind Sitka about their golden age.

"That is until the begining of Kremlore's end." Sitka said in sadness.

"You mean Palion and her war cult?" Tarok asked.

"Yes. To her eyes peace makes us weak, causing us to forget ourselves and what we are meant to be.  And so, to remind us that. She orchestrated the very same natural catastrophe that force us to spill each other's blood out of desperation and fear of death. We had forsaken our own kinship. We may have killed her but she ends up in triumph." Sitka keeps saying.

"She used the power of our people to destroy Kremlore." Turok remembered.

"And forced us into this very moment. We never asked for this, we were forced into it. Now we have no choice but to fight and kill once again. Even though we are not killing our own kind, we are killing the very onces we called friends." Warchief Sitka said in pure sadness.

"Friend or foe matters not anymore. The only thing that matters is to ensure the onces who look up to us. Can you not feel the true nature of leadership, you don't do what you want, you'll do what you must. Although it's pains me, the dead of this war will be the price for our people's survival." Turok said.

"And just how many dead will come from the very war that we worked very hard to avoid!?" Sitka began to loose his cool.

"That's up to fate to decide! Like all the chieftains I will fight along side my warriors for the survival of my clan, for that is my responsibility as chieftain of the Dread-Claw clan." Turok said sternly right at Sitka's face.

"Is fate really that cruel? Are we meant for slaughter and war? Why?" Sitka said in a calm tone.

"We can never know why fate forge us like this. But both you and I know this; A true warrior does not fight because he or she hates those who fights him, but because he or she loves the ones who fight beside and behind him or her. Those are your words." Turok reminds him.

"And a true warrior... puts his duty and responsibility above his own desires." Sitka said in agreement.

There was a silent moment before Turok starts to leave.

"Return to us Sitka. Take responsibility." Turok said as he stood on the edge of the mountain.

"For the future of our cubs." Turok said before he jumped down the mountain edge. Sitka followed and stood on the edge as well.

"For the Horde." He said before he jumped down as well.

Time for war.
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*Near the Peninsula Mountain Chain*

On a half a mile away from the mountain chain that seperate the Brards and the Minotaurs from each other, on the field next to the mountains was an army of  2000 strong warriors. They were all minotaurs. They are under the command of General Strong Arms, a bulky minotaur with spiky steel-plate armor and two swords on his back. He and his army marched towards the mountains to find these bear monsters and destroy them by the order of their king.

After two hours of marching when they began to get closer to the mountain, then all the sudden.... a large earth spike came from the ground like an explosion at the center of the army, sending over hundred minotaurs flying and land on both the ground and other minotaurs. That took them by surprise and they were completely in chaos.

"HOLD EVERYONE, HOLD!" General Strong Arms yelled out to his soldiers to reform them back to order, it did a little.

"Don't let that get to you all, we ha-" General Strong Arms was interrupted by a steel spear that came through his left shoulder and cause him to fall on the ground.

Right after that, came a rain of arrows, spears and boulders down on the minotaurs from the mountains and it killed over 700 minotaurs, causing the army to run for cover. It didn't take long before a huge stone wall was formed behind the remaining minotaur army, trapping them and prevent them from retreating. A minute after that came the roaring charge of the bear warriors down from the mountains towards the minotaurs. The Brards that attacks them now is a Jihebi clan, known as the Iron Tusk clan. They are led by a Brard chieftain, his name is Tug; also known as Fire-Claws. As his warriors are charging down towards the minotaurs, he used his transmutation power for a special technique. He transmuted his claws to be made of ignition, they'll create a spark when he rubs them together, and he futher his transmutation ability into the very oxygen in the air to create a road of hydrogen gas. When attacking, Tug raises the density of the oxygen surrounding his target to a level at which it becomes volatile and creates narrow pathways of hydrogen gas between himself and his target through which he can direct the ensuing flash fire that blossoms from the spark of his claws. As a result, he can incinerate any number of enemies in the field  while deftly avoiding any adjacent allies. The 'snap' sound heard at the  start of these transmutations is caused by the instantaneous speed at  which the highly concentrated gases and sparks react together and pop, bombs on command.

Tug's bomb transmutations cause fire explosions on the minotaur ranks, killing many of them and create alot of disorder there. Making them easily slain by the charging Brards. The Iron Tusk clan was about 500 strong berserkers and they clashed against the remaining minotaur army of 1114 warriors. The minotaurs are at disarray, they were given no chance to react and they were easily slain by the Brard berserkers. Even though the minotaurs have the numbers and they are strong warriors they have disadvantages, they have heavy armors on which makes them slow and the disarray they were in cause them to falter. The Brard berserkers of the Jihebi warrior culture (that promotes warriors without armor) makes them faster, stronger and ferocious. The Brards of the Iron Tusk clan cut through the minotaurs like butter and to make matters worse... General Strong Arms couldn't do anything but to watch as his warriors are easily killed off by those bears, his own soldiers were falling faster like they were nothing but sand. The minotaurs were now 107 while the Brards were 478, General Strong Arms and his warriors were surrounded by the enemies. The stone wall was behind them and the bear warriors got them all cornered.

"How... is this... possible!?... We... are the... finest... WARRIORS!... we... are not suppose... to lose!" A battered and bloodied General Strong Arms said in denial, refuse to believe he and his warriors are loosing to a bunch of bear abominations. From the Brard berserkers came chieftain Tug the Fire-Claws foward to meet the minotaur general.

"The reason that you loose is because fate decided it. Because you and your kind are on the wrong side of this war. You all were doomed from the beginning the moment you came to these mountains. You have two choices; lay down your weapons and we will let you go, or fight and die like warriors." Tug the Fire-Claws spoke to them before General Strong Arms came forward.

"The Minos Kingdom will destroy you all! WE WILL BE TRIUMPHED!!!" General Strong Arms yelled as he charged towards the Brard chieftain but was quickly burned by his fire-igniting claws. That caused the rest of the Iron Tusk clan to charge against the remaining minotaurs and they all died like warriors.

After their victory, they attended their wounded and gave a fire funeral to both the fallen Brards and Minotaurs to honor them for their courage.

*A Brard Village outside the Mountain Chains*

In a village from the Mountain Chains, from the peninsula. It's a Brard settlement that is run by a Agnari clan known as the Savage Owl clan. With the help of their transmutation powers they were able to build their buildings more quickly, that includes their walls for defences and the trebuchets on the defence towers. It has been two days since they received the news about the death of a arrogant prince that sparks the war between the Horde and the Minos Kingdom + their allies. All their warriors prepared every weapons and equipments they can muster. They are about 1200 strong warriors and their chieftain, Chilkoot, was praying to the spirits of his ancestors for strenght and luck right after he sended his scouts to find any invasion force comming against them. He's been praying for hours before his right-hand bear came to him.

"Chieftain, our scouts has reported that there's a large group of armed creatures heading over here right now, these creatures are both bovines and avians. We think they have come to kill us." He said to his chieftain.

"Prepare the warriors, load our trebuchets and have our shamans ready with their powers!" Chilkoot ordered, his right-hand bear nobbed and ran back to the warriors. "May the spirits of our ancestors be with us all." Chieftain Chilkoot  said before he exit his temple and join his clan.

The Brard defenders on the walls has awaited a whole hour before they hear the sounds of  hooves marching and wings flappings comming towards them. After thirty minutes, the enemy force is easy to see now. They all minotaurs and griffons, they are all armed to the teeth and ready for war. The Savage Owl warriors are about 1200 and they fight against a minotaur-griffon army of 6652 (4412 minotaurs and 2240 griffons). The only siege weapons that the enemies have is a battering ram and few ladders. Once the army has approaced and stopped, an armed minotaur came forward towards the wall, he's carrying a claymore sword in his hands, he came alone.

"I wish to speak to the one in charge here." The minotaur said in a calm and neutral voice, as if he tries to be friendly. There was a silence in a minute before Chilkoot spoke out.

"Why do you want to speak to him?" he asked in suspicion.

"So that before anything happens, a warrior can atleast know the other warrior. It's an honorable thing to do... I am General Bronze Fist of this legion along with our allied griffons." He said in a gentle tone.

"I am Chilkoot, chieftain of the Savage Owl clan. I'm the one you want to speak with." Chilkoot said to him.

"Chieftain Chilkoot. It is an honor to make your aquaintance. I'm sorry I have to come as an enemy." General Bronze Fist said friendly.

"Now that you are here, what will happen?" Chieftain Chilkoot asked.

"I have orders to destroy you all, but we can avoid bloodshed. If you agreed to leave and let us take this village, I will report to the king that you all left before I arrived. We have no need for slaughter, do we?" General Bronze Fist suggested.

"You are a warrior, are you not?" Chilkoot asked.

"I am." Bronze Fist answered.

"Then you know that it is not a warrior's nature to leave, run or surrender; and we need to fight and kill eachother. You fight for you kingdom, we fight for the survival of our race. If we take your suggestion, then the entirety our survival efforts to find a new home would be for nothing. You know as well as I know what a warrior's nature is. It is better to die in battle with honor, than to live in shame because you did not defend your people!" Chieftain Chilkoot spoke out loud. All his warriors roared in agreement while raising their weapons. General Bronze Fist sighed in disappointment.

"Then I'm sorry for what I must do." He said as he turned around and went back to his army. Once he rejoined his army he pulled his sword in the air.

"CHARGE!" He yelled and all the minotaurs and griffons charge forward with their weapons, ladders and their battering ram.

As soon as they were in range the Brard trebuchets began to fire, Brards used their transmutations to turn their rocks into molten rocks filled with lava within. As they fly in the air they make a fiery trail burning in the sky. Once the rocks hit either the ground or the troops, it release an explosive mass of magma around. Once they hit the ground or the troops, they cause extreme burning around the lava and instant killed those in the centre of the lava. The minotaurs on the ground who fell victim to the lava got burned and melted by the second.

As for the griffons in the air, they tried to take on the Brards from the sky. They began to skydive towards the Savage Owl clan with their swords, spears and their bow and arrows, ready to kill the bears. However, the Brards of the Savage Owl clan have utilized a style of combat transmutation. Many Brards picked up a solid rock that are big as their paws and they punched them in the air, using their brute strength to increase the speed of their objects and use transmutation to split the rocks into several iron spikes. As such, the Brards has shoot down over hundreds of griffons in the air as they also use the same technique on the charging minotaurs to kill them in the process.

As the Brards are killing many minotaurs and griffons they manage to retaliate with their own spears and arrows, and manage to kill some Brards. It didn't take long before the charging minotaurs came and begin placing their ladders and placed them on the Brard walls, the minotaurs starts climing them up towards the wall.

In a desperate attempt to defeat the invaders, Chieftain Chilkoot gathered up the courage to preforme a mighty transmutation on the wall, turning parts the stone wall into hands that fully pushed off the ladders down on the ground, bringing many minotaurs with them down. Then, as his warriors watch in awe and shock, Chieftain Chilkoot jumped down on the hands he created to charge down on the minotaurs. He jumped down and while he landed he slammed his fist on the ground; use his transmutation to create a explosive wave of fire in the air and magma on the ground that burned many minotaurs. They all saw their chieftain rose up from the ground as he looked up to his warriors on the walls.

"FOR THE HOOOORDE!!!" He roared so loud it echoed in the sky.

It was followed by a roar of bravery from his Brard warriors and all the Savage Owl clan rallied and charge forward, following their chieftain. They jumped down on the walls, using their transmutation explosion waves to make way. And all the Brard warriors of the Savage Owl clan charge forward in berserker mode. These display of power and warrior skills (along with the Brard's might of courage) has demoralized the minotaurs and the griffons. The Brards were once 1200 but now they are 1043, but for each dead Brard at least five minotaurs and three griffons died along. General Bronze Fist's army began to falter and their numbers are dropping down like flies as the Brards began to get closer to him. He began to pull his claymore sword and charged in to fight along side his warriors, he killed five Brards before he was struck by an axe on his face and that cause him to fall to the ground on his back. As he looked up all that he could see was his own troops and his allied griffons getting slaughtered by the Brards. Their fighting skills, their brute strength and their transmutation powers makes them more stronger than even a elite minotaur warriors, as such he saw his warriors are getting easily slaughtered. Fear got the best of him so....

"FALL BACK, FALL BACK!!" He yelled and so he and his army of minotaurs and griffons began to run and flee away from the battlefield.

Chieftain Chilkoot and the Savage Owl clan stopped and saw the enemy forces retreating. They all starts roaring in victory both for the clan and the horde, their new home was finally safe.

*In the city of Kenai-Urus*

In the Peninsula where the Brards has made their new home, Warchief Sitka has received news from other about their battles with the minotaurs. He was glad that they are all victorious and that the enemies gained no ground. But that doesn't prevent him to worried that the tide of this war might turn, unless he go for the attack. He remembered his time with Tempest Shadow and Captain Celaeno telling him about the new world, the Peninsula and Minos Kingdom. Part of that includes where cities are and he remembered that there is a city in the Minos Kingdom that acts as the center of their trade routes. If the minotaurs are good at something it is both combat and trade, the city of central trade is called Bullrlin and it was not so far from the Brard's borders. Sitka's plan is to conquer Bullrlin and seize control over the trade routes. Now he walked out from his hut to meet his army of the Horde, it is time to give morale support.

"Warriors, clans, my kins! You are all here because we are in a terrible time once again. We are at war, a very war that we worked hard to avoid. I wish we could reverse it so that we could finally build our lives. As you all are aware, The minotaurs have brought themselves into this fight. They attacked first, but that is not the worst of it. They have allies and they have brought them along in this new war! As we speak! These monsters are gathering up armies that is meant to destroy us, eradicating our very existence!!!"

The Brards shouted in outrage before allowing their leader to continue his speech.

"We left our homeworld, we left everything behind for our survival. We didn't do it by choice, we never choosed to leave everything behind us nor did we never ask for yet another war to plague us!!! The natives of this world has now forced our paws to this, we have no choice but to fight as warriors once again."

Slowly the clans broke out in a mighty roar with the sound of their weapons rumbling like thunder.

"My kins, hear me, for there is little time left. All that remains of our race, our very existence, are those that stand beside you now. Over millennia, our kind has spilt each others blood over Kremlore for our differences. All of that for just one goal that was pointless and meaningless; to become the mightiest warriors in history. But now, that goal is no longer pointless, cause now in the new world we fight for the belief that our kind has not seen its end; that the Horde proves that we can stand bound by a belief in unity; and that we Brards will together become greater and mightier warriors than before. We know that warriors are not born and they are not made, warriors create themselves through trial and error, pain and suffering and their ability to conquer their own faults. Remember, courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior!"

Once again every Brard roar in agreement.

"Clans, chieftains, warriors, all Brards I ask of you all. Trust each other in the fight ahead! Strike as one rage! Our war of survival and honor will burn a memory so bright that we will be known throughout eternity!!!" Warchief Sitka raised his weapon high into the air with the warriors of the horde shouting louder than ever as they marched out to war at last.

Through the mountain chain and into the open field a full army of the Horde of 12 000 Brard warriors marching towards the great city of trade of the Minos Kingdom. For a while things seemed calm when a Brard scout came to Sitka.

"Warchief, there's a fight going on down the hill, the minotaurs are attacking some odd looking creatures and they are surrounded!" The scout said in a hurry.

"I want the horde to keep moving forward, but the Blue-Storm clan and four others will come along, we'll be back very quickly!" Sitka commanded as he and the clans followed him in a hurry towards the fight where the minotaurs has surrounded a shield wall of these 'odd' looking creatures.

Those creatures were about to take the last charge from the minotaurs, the said minotaurs were going to charge but they were intercepted by boulders and iron spikes that both killed many minotaurs and surprised the strange creatures and the minotaurs. When they looked at were those came from they saw the charging Brards with their Warchief leading. The Brards were using their brute strength, combat skills and their transmutation powers in union, making the minotaurs more easier to kill. As for the creatures, the moment they saw those bears killing the minotaurs and not them they rallied their bravery and charged along side the Brards. Despite their immense size, the minotaurs were no match for the might of the Horde and were instantly cut down to the last.

When the fight was over Sitka along with the Brards approached those creatures as they looked at the Brards with gratitude. They make way for a... smaller version of those creatures to come toward Sitka who has to kneel down to speak to him face-to-face.

"Thanks man! These bulls almost had us, I thought we would never made it. How can I ever repay you for this favor?" He asked in a pleading tone.

"Me and my horde is going to conquer the city of central trade, we are more the those you see now. If you assist us and tell us about you all." Sitka said to him.

"Yeah, sure. Nothing would please us more than to help the ones who helped us. Right guys!?" He asked his fellow creatures as they all roared in agreement.

"Then welcome. I am Sitka, Warchief of the Horde." Sitka said as he offers his hand in friendship and the little creature took it with joy.

"I'm one of the surviving commanders of the Storm Troll race. Name's Grubber." He answered.
> Chapter 8
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The news about the war in the Minos Kingdom has spread across the world.

Ever since King Rock-Charge summoned his allies for aid. His telling about a new race of walking bears has caught the ears of other nations. A savage race of bears came to their world through a dimensional portal, colonized the uninhabited peninsula next to the Minos Kingdom, assassinated the minotaur prince and now is in full-scale war against the minotaur kingdom.

The Griffons and the Ponies of Equestria has immediately answered the call but the other nations such as; The Hippogriffs of  Mount Aris, Thorax's Changeling Hive, The Yaks of Yakyakistan, The Dragon Clans, The Zebra Federation, Equines of Saddle Arabia and the Crystal Empire requested a fair, political claim before going to war so King Rock-Charge has invited them all into a royal summit in attempts to convince them all to join the war.

*In the Capital of the Minos Kingdom*

Inside the royal palace of the capital city of the Minos Kingdom awaits King Rock-Charge (though impatiently) for all other rulers to come and not very long all the rulers has arrived and each has taken their own seat.

"Welcome everyone, now that you all here I would humbly request you all to provide aid to the Minos Kingdom for the war that these savage monsters has brought. Help us end it before it gets spread across the world." King Rock-Charge asked quickly with an impatient tone, which everyone noticed.

"We can't do that unless you can provide us a claim as to why we should be at war against these bear creatures to begin with." Dragon Lord Ember said and the other leaders (except Celestia and the Griffon Queen, Gillette) nobbed in agreement. That caused Princess Celestia to speak up.

"We can't ignore a new enemy. Like the Storm King and Grogar, these monsters would not stop until all nations bows to them." Princess Celestia tries to convince them all.

"Neither can we jump into conclusion quickly and raise our weapons against those we know nothing about." Queen Novo spoke up.

"Celestia, I know about Grogar and his atrocities, we all do. But these bear creatures has done nothing so cruel that would endanger us or the entire world. So I suggest we send emissaries to negotiate with them, as barbaric they may be I'm sure they can be brought to reason." Queen Novo finished and received some comments that agreed with her. That cause King Rock-Charge's blood to boil up a little.

"Like how we tried to negotiate with the Storm King. Remember how that went." Queen Gillette reminded all of them.

"It's unwise to go to war, unless their evil can be sure." The Zebra leader said to her.

"If I recall correctly King Rock-Charge, you said that they assasinated your son. You have yet to tell us how it happened and why would they kill him, what would they accomplish to kill a prince when it would obviously be a fool's doing." King Thorax brought up, got everyone to eye on King Rock-Charge.

"My son was sent to be the emissary of my kingdom to form a friendship between us and the bears. But instead of listening to him, they killed him in clod blood. As for reason, why that's just simple! They want everything and they expressed that with MY own dead son!" King Rock-Charge said in a little angry tone.

"We know he was your son an-" Queen Novo tried to sympathize but was interrupted by the said father.

"It is IRRELEVANT why my own son was killed! Excuses or reasons dosen't justify cold hearted killing! For murder is murder and they murdered MY son and the prince of the Minos Kingdom! That crime will not go unpunished! I will destroy those beasts with or without you all but I ask you all to take action before they commit the same action against you all!" King Rock-Charge spoke out in both anger and pleading tone.

"I'm sorry, but since my subjects are still rebuilding our civilization after the Storm King's conquest I can't give you any aid in your war." Said Queen Novo.

"Neither will I.""Nor I." "Nor I." Said King Thorax, then Dragon Lord Ember and then the Zebra leader.

"Thorax! Ember! Why, I thought we were allies!" Princess Celestia asked with a upset tone.

"Celestia, you forget the we Changelings are creatures depending on certain emotion to stay sane and alive. If I pull my hive into war and in the process feed on the pain and anger out of it, we would no longer be peaceful, ever again and so as King I must not drive my subjects into insanity." King Thorax said.

"We dragons has spent too much of its history fighting nonsense wars, lost too much. And I refuse to drag my subjects into another one unless there is no other choice. If you all go to war without trying to make peace, I will not give aid." Dragon Lord Ember said sternly.

"I'll rather avoid war as much as possible, for the nation of Abyssinia are still in need of my nation's aid that is rational." The Zebra leader said. Celestia was about to speak up but was interrupted by Luna.

"Then before any of us send any army to combat those creatures, I strongly suggest that everyone of us here sends their own emissaries to talk with them together to see if they are worth to make peace with." Princess Luna said, causing Celestia to give her a disapproval face and an angry glare from King Rock-Charge.

"That suggestion have my support." King Thorax said.

"If we as-" The ruler of Saddle Arabia was interrupted when a minotaur messenger rushed in through the door. That caughted the attention of everyone on the room. This, however, annoys King Rock-Charge.

"What is the meaning of THIS!?" He asked with his raised vocie.

"T- terrible news... from... Bullrlin!" He said in fear and exhaustion. That made everyone curious about the news, but the messenger's scared face gave them the bad impression.

"What of it?" He asked.

"It has fallen to those bear beasts!" The messenger said with fear and that caused everyone to listen carefully as he explains how it happened.

*The Horde army, 2 days ago*

A short while after saving the Storm Trolls, led by Grubber, the Horde army along with their newly friends was on the move once again toward the city of central trade, Bullrlin. During their way, the Storm Trolls befriended with the Brards and Grubber talked with Sitka about himself as Sitka told him about himself and his race. After Sitka told Grubber his story about the Brard's lost of their homeworld and the attempts of making a new home in this 'new world', Grubber told him that he and his people were soldiers who served a conqueror called the Storm King. The moment he mentioned storm king, Sitka remembered something about it. He remember about Tempest Shadow when she served the Storm King. When Sitka told Grubber about her, Grubber reacted with complete shock. He explains to Sitka that during the Storm King's conquest he used to be Tempest's sidekick and with that he told the Warchief his story about his service until the death of the Storm King.

"With the Storm King gone and no heir to his throne, many generals and warlords that served him now wage wars against each other and their neighbour nations for the crown to rule the Storm Troll race. That cause us to become more weaker than before and the other nations takes advantages over us in this dark times. Nations that we onced conquered revolted, the independent kingdoms sending raiding parties against us and many bandits and pirates starting to harass us everyday. We can't go anywhere without stumble into troubles like ambushes, raids and so on." Grubber explained.

"I find it strange, your former-commander Tempest never mentioned you when she told me about her role with the Storm King." Warchief Sitka said.

"Well I'm not surprised. I work very hard for her, obeyed every order. Did she thanked me? did she ever shown appreciation? Nooo, she assassinated our king, brought this time of suffering to our race aaand never bothered to give us a second chance." Grubber said in a bad mood, showing that he felt betrayed by Tempest after all he has done for her. That was enough to earn Sitka's sympathy.

"I tried to make friends with this kingdom, tried to give my people the peaceful chance to build a future. Instead the whole world probably want my race extinct. As Warchief, it is my duty to lead the Brards to a more brighter and better life, even if it means to conquer and destroy." He said and looked down at Grubber who is shorter than him.

"You and your people maybe served the wrong ruler but you did the only thing you could do as a soldier, you all followed orders. Even though you served a conqueror, you were a soldier who's loyal to his own people and that is something that should not be judged. For all your efforts and loyalty, you and your people are forever welcome to the Horde." Sitka said with a kind tone.

"We are?" Grubber asked in surprise.

"Without a doubt." Sitka said as he stroke his head softly.

During many hours of conversation and socialization between the Brards and the Storm Trolls, they marched out and move some miles towards Bullrlin. They soon arrived to the said city of Bullrlin, the stone walls stood tall, banners of the Minos Kingdom fluttering in the wind.  The stone themselves were red, which suspected  that their bricks or some special stone.  Towers loomed in the distance.   The city itself was medieval-like, stone buildings with stray roofs. Around the city, there are countless great markets that flourish with values and delicacies, which brings great wealth to the city and the Minos Kingdom. At the center of the city was a huge palace with defence towers and golden roofs.

When the city was seen, Sitka ordered the Horde army to take formation infront of the city and besiege it to make sure no one gets in or out. His 12 000 Brards along with 534 Storm Troll allies now stand ready to attack the city as it's defenders prepares to fight to defend it at all costs. It is believed to be defended by over 8000 minotaurs. Infront of the Horde army was both the Brard chieftains and both Sitka along with Grubber, looking at the city walls.

"Do you have a plan?" Grubber asked.

"I have." Sitka said with a smirk as he walked to his five fellow chieftains.

"Do you all recall the siege of Queter back on Kremlore?" Warchief Sitka asked his chieftains.

"I think we all do, why do you ask?" One of them asked. Sitka smirked evilly.

"The same way Deat Wave clan destroyed the walls, we shall do it here as well." He said, still had his evil smirk. That caused all the chieftains to awe in understanding and ensured him that they are ready to preforme the most mightiest transmutation preformance, designed for siege. Grubber was confused about this.

"What you gonna do?" He asked Sitka.

"You have seen us use the power of transmutations first hand, correct?" Sitka asked Grubber who nobbed.

"You are about to witness one of the most powerfull transmutation, designed for siege warfare." Sitka said in great pride.

From that point, Sitka and the five Brard chieftains together readies themselves and punches the ground, transmuting it to lava. Soon, the wall begins to melt. With a stomp, the wall collapses and fell down.

The Storm Trolls and Grubber were amazed by the power of their mighty allies while the Brards roared in encouragement. Once Sitka himself pulled his claymore sword and raised it in the air with a mighty roar the whole army of the Horde charged forward towards the city with full speed, Brards and Storm Trolls once again fight side by side to defeat their common enemy. The sound of steel clashing and screams filled the air.  The remaining minotaurs that weren't in the way of the collapse started to aim their bows at any Brard and Storm Troll from on top of the wall. Over 200 Brards of the Horde's army used the same long range transmutation technique that the Savage Owl clan used to shoot at the minotaurs on the wall, shooting a massive volley of iron spikes onto the wall itself, they manage to kill some minotaurs on the wall. A few Brards used a unique kind of transmutation technique that was designed for siege as well, those Brards placed their hands on the ground and the ground quickly transformed into a stone barrier wall with many big, long barrels (long cannons). Once they appeared they shoot mighty volley of destructive/explosive shoots on the wall and that killed many Minotaurs, causing them to retreat from the wall.

The real battle happens inside the city itself, the Brards and the Storm Trolls charged and clashed with the defending Minotaurs, both sides giving it their all. The Minotaurs and the Brards and Storm Trolls are equal in strength fighting skills when fighting against the Minotaurs. But the Brards' mastery of combat transmutation makes it an unfair fight for the Minotaurs. Even the ones on the walls did nothing to stop them. The Horde mowed the over like it was nothing, it is showned when a Brard with a sword clashed with a Minotaur who was holding a long axe. He used the axe shaft to block the bear's sword that came down. Once the sword made contact with the shaft, the said Brard used his transmutation to bend the tip of the sword and make it taller in a blink of an eye, used that transmutation technique to impale that Minotaur right through the heart and killed him instantly. Then there was a Storm Troll with his shield and spear facing against a Minotaur, carrying a greatsword, charging against the said Storm Troll who manage to sidestep from the greatsword and used his shield to bash it out of his hands.  Wasting no time, he plunged his spear in the gut of the Minotaur. He moved his spear up a bit, before bringing it out and thrust it right to the Minotaur's throat and killed him.

It was total chaos, but the Horde had made progress.  The Minotaur defenders couldn't take enough punishment and started to retreat. The city was on fire in less than five minutes. Every building the Horde came across were destroyed and the soldiers who lived there were being massacred. The only ones that remains unharmed was the panic-running civilians, the Brards and the Storm Trolls let them live while they loot all of the city's riches and it have PLENTY of it. But since the city was large it gave the city's defenders a chance to form a defensive line. But that line was soon easily crushed as the combined force of the Brards and the Storm Trolls chaged it, smashing it apart with their weapons and combat skills.

The problem with Bullrlin was that some of the streets were too narrow and the Brards lived their entire life in the wilderness, for that the Brards are unable to cope with city life. They are accustomed to wide-open  spaces, hunting beneath the skies filled with stars. The confines of Bullrlin have weakened their senses, and they are easily overwhelmed and confused  within the twisting streets and back alleys of the city. Because of that, the Horde lost over 1120 Brard warriors as they stormed the city. But that didn't stop the Brards and the Storm Trolls to move forward and successfully loot and plunder the city, even the great market place where it is rich in values were sacked.

It didn't take long before the Horde reached to the center of the city, where the palace is. It had a wall of it's own and it's defenders seems more ready for a fight than the previous ones. The Minotaur warriors in the palace were more armored and, from the look in their eyes, were more experienced than their dead comrades. They all had war plums on their helmets, armored with plate-like armor, and had tower shields with swords. Sitka ordered the Horde to regroup and reform into formation, because for some reason his instinct told him that it would be agood idea. As they all did Sitka told them to use they transmutation to create door on the walls, as they all did and now the palace is under attack by the Horde.

Those heavy armored Minotaurs were much harder to kill for the Brards and the Storm Trolls, and over 528 of them died (412 Brards and 116 Storm Trolls). These Minotaurs may be more experienced than the wall defenders earlier, but the Brards and the Storm Trolls themselves were no strangers to war themselves and the Brards have other transmutation combat techniques that involves explosion inducements, spike projections, and even use their transmutation power to turn the very ground that the Minotaurs stood on into fire and burn them alive. It didn't take long for the Horde to finally break in and storm the palace itself. It was sacked and the remaining Minotaur soldier who resisted was killed while the civilians and the surrendering soldiers were spared.

After securing Bullrlin, after looting and plundering everything the Brards are starting to destroy every building in the city until not a single stone remained standing, forcing the civilians to leave as refugees. While the Horde destroys the city, the shamans and the healers of the Horde are tending the wounded and burn the dead to honor their bravery. Sitka and Grubber were walking around to see how things are going after the battle. That is until a white furred Brard came to them.

"Warchief, I brought some interesting news." The white Brard said.

"Tell me then." Sitka said.

"Interesting as in, 'unique' interesting?" Grubber asked as well with a green cupcake in his hand.
(Yes, everyone, even Sitka, knows about Grubber's gluttony)

"Indeed, we search around the city's prison and we found only one prisoner in there. One who claims to be a queen of a race of shapeshifter." He said and that caught Sitka's interest.

"Bring this 'queen' here to me at once." Sitka ordered.

"Yes warchief." The white Brard said and ran away.

"Grubber, you said that your kind are now divided by several warlords and generals who fight each other for the throne of the Storm Trolls now right?" Warchief Sitka asked.

"I did say that, yeah. Why do you ask?" Grubber wondered. Sitka then smirked.

"I have an idea that would help both our races together." He said. Grubber was about to ask what he had in mind until the white Brard brought the only one in the city prison to them. It was a 'she' and she was a 9 foot female pony. Except she had a green insect like carapace on  her abdomen. There were no fur on her body. Her arms and legs had holes  in them. Even in her wings. Her horn looked crooked and she had a black  crown with white pearls on her head.

"Greetings creatures, I am grateful for setting me free. I am queen Chrysalis of the Changelings." The female insect creature named Chrysalis introduced herself.

"Sitka, Warhief of the Horde and leader of the Brard race. Along with Grubber of the Storm Trolls." Sitka returned the greeting she gave.

"Hi lady, I guess we all share the same enemy now." Grubber waves to her.

"Warchief Sitka and Grubber. Tell me, how can I ever repay you two for this favour?" She asked with what looked like a lustful face.

"Come with us, I know exactly what we need to talk about." Sitka said as he gestured her to come with him and Grubber. She came along and the Brards keept doing their work.

*Present time, in the Capital of the Minos Kingdom*

"Are you absolutely sure about this?" King Rock-Charge asked with a shocking face.

"Yes my king, I saw it all with my own very eyes. Not one stone of Bullrlin is left standing now." The messenger said as he finished his story. King Rock-Charge then looked at the faces of the rulers who had a hard time to believe that the mightiest city of Bullrlin could have been destroyed by a horde of savages but they are more afraid when the messenger told them about the Storm Trolls allied with the Brards, the very same soldiers who served the Storm King.

"These monsters, knows no peace." King Rock-Charge said in a dark tone to the rulers as he was already convinced that the bear monsters has to be extinct.
> Chapter 9
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*Outside the ruins on Bullrlin in the Horde campement*

It has been awhile since the siege of Bullrlin that ended in Horde victory, while the city population was set free by the orders of Warchief Sitka. While they were at it Sitka also ordered the interrogation of the surviving soldiers of the ruined city. Warchief Sitka has called for a meeting inside his tent in the campement where his five chieftains along with Queen Chrysalis and Grubber (who's eating his large bowl of apple snacks).

"Do we know more about our enemies?" Warchief Sitka asked.

"According to the Minotaurs we have interrogated earlier, the Minos Kingdom have many allies such as Equestria, Crystal Empire, Griffons of Griffonstone and even Dragon clans. There is no doubt that they had summoned them to aid them against us, the only question is if they will answer it and join our enemies." One of the Brard Chieftain reported.

"Oh, there is no doubts that they will join the Minos Kingdom in this war, if not all then most of them will." Queen Chrysalis answered that.

"We maybe strong together, but they are numerous even for us to stand against. We're gonna need more allies to fight them all." Grubber spoke up before he took another bite of his snacks.

"We will use all the strength we have for now and at the sametime scavenging more as possible. Chieftains, I want all of you to take your clans and move further into the enemy land for more raidings and plundering of their towns and roads. While you're at it, send couriers to all other clans and tell them all to spread throughout the entire Minos Kingdom to plunder and conquer everything in their path. We can't stand still and let them come to us to battle anymore otherwise we would be overpowerd by their world of armies. We must attack in order to defend the very existence of our race, for the future of our cubs." Warchief Sitka said to the chieftains and they all nobbed.

"Grubber, if you know the locations and the names of the warlords of your people, have your Storm Trolls send letters to them all." Sitka looked at Grubber.

"I can do that, but may I ask what kind of letters are you gonna send them?" Grubber asked before he took another bite of his snacks.

"I'm gonna invite them all... to a winner takes all challenge. I'll both tempt them with the Horde and mock them of cowardice. I'll kill them all, become the leader of their Storm Trolls with you as my regent. All the Storm Trolls will be united and safe in the Horde. Will you help me with this Grubber?" Sitka asked him. Grubber seems to get the idea and he nobbed in eagerness. Then Sitka looked at Chrysalis.

"As for you Chrysalis, I don't know anything about you and your race. So before that..... Tell me all about you." Warchief Sitka asked in a kind tone, which cause Chrysalis to blush.

*Outside the Royal palace of the capital of the Minos Kingdom*

When the news about Bullrlin's fall at the hand of the Horde, the allies of the Minos Kingdom has agreed to give King Rock-Charge the support he needs combat the Brard Horde. However, the only ones who still decided to not lend any support is Queen Novo, King Thorax and Dragon Lord Ember.

"Well, so much for 'trying to rebuild peace after the Storm King', I am against this war but these bear creatures didn't make things better." King Thorax said.

"How could they know that we would try to help them. They were just protecting themselves." Dragon Lord Ember said.

"Protecting by attacking?" Queen Novo asked sceptically.

"Sometimes the best defence is a good offence. I'm sure the fall of Bullrlin was the purpose for that." Dragon Lord Ember tried to reason.

"Maybe, but that still won't make things better for them anyways, unless they stop their attacks it will be only a matter of time before the Minos Kingdom along with it's allies will swarm over them." Queen Novo said in sadness.

"There has to be another way to end this madness before it get worse, question is how?" King Thorax asked and that cause them both to wonder that to in worries.

"There is." A new voice spoke and when they all turned to see who spoke they saw Princess Luna approaching them.

"Princess Luna, what do we own this visit?" Queen Novo asked.

"I maybe Celestia's sister but even I am against this war. I come with a plan that can help bringing peace between those bear warriors and the rest of the world. There's no guarantee to it's success but this might give us a chance." Princess Luna offered.

"What do you mean?" Dragon Lord Ember asked.

"While the others send their soldiers to combat those creatures, I suggest we send our own emissaries to them and try to know them, maybe even try an convince them to make peace with us all as we tries to convice others to open up a peaceful negotiation between us all and them." Princess Luna suggested to them.

"How can we be sure that would even work?" Ember asked with doubts.

"This might be our only way to at least put the peace possibilities to motion." Thorax at least agreed with Luna.

"That way, we can at least learn to know them before we try anything bold. If you are right, we might be able to open up to friendship." Queen Novo sounded warmed up to Luna's idea. It took the others a little while but they all have come to an agreement.

They are now planing of how to start convincing others to speak out for peace.

*Back at the ruins of Bullrlin, Grubber's POV*

While Grubber is chewing on a donut he write several letters to other Storm Troll warlords who fight among themselves and others into a winner-takes-all as Warchief Sitka requested. While he still write them, he also look around the ruins and he kept seeing Brards and Storm Trolls become more friends with each other by the minute. On one place he saw a brown Brard and a Storm Troll drink while they talk and laught with each other. On another he saw black Brard spar with another Storm Troll. Then on a ruined house of Bullrlin he saw several Brards and Storm Trolls celebrate their victory together. His smile grew the more he see the alliance and friendship of their two races bare fruit. Right after he finished the last letter he lift his head up and saw Warchief Sitka talk to (or charm) the former Queen of the Changelings herself, Chrysalis as she seems to blush.

'Man, this Sitka guy is very amazing. Not only is he an awesome fighter but he is very nice as well. He even stroke my head very nicely, his fur was very soft. I can't remember Tempest being this nice to me, she didn't even giving me a friendly pat. All she ever did when I serve her was pushing me away, giving me harsh orders, she even zap me for offering her a cake. I can definitely see this guy, Sitka is an awesome and nice guy. Maybe he is a better leader than Tempest and the Storm King, well I will at least let him prove that.' Grubber thought as he took another donut and ate it. He began to take all his letters and brought them to a Storm Troll.

"Make sure you get these letters to the warlords and generals nearby and make sure you still live." Grubber told his Storm Troll as he nodded his head and took those letters from Grubber. He once again looked at Sitka who still talks to Chrysalis.

'If he can manage and deliver what he has promised. All our lives can become much more better then.' He said to himself in his head as he kept eating his snacks.

*On a mountain side near Bullrlin*

In the far distance was two armoured diamond dogs watching the ruins of once a mighty city of the minotaurs before their eyes. But yet they didn't come for trouble, they are but scouts who came for a different purpose.

"What do you make of this?" One of them ask the other.

"What is there to make? These bear creatures are no doubt very strong, mighty warriors. I mean look at this huge city now, it's nothing more than a shadow of what it once was." The other said with his voice full of admiration.

"That I can't argue but you know what our mission is and we can't be sure about them." He said as he seems a little worried.

"I know that the last time they meet our kind it was on bad terms. But they haven't meet us and I'm sure they would at least listen before judging." The other said with confidence.

"Oh well, our orders are to find them and report back to the alpha, let's go." He said as the both of them begun to dig down the ground and disappear.

*Canterlot Castle*

In Equestria, at it's capital of Canterlot. The former commander of the Storm King's military stood on the balcony and looked at the sky. She seems sad at something. What she soon realized is the princess of friendship herself comming behind her now.

"Isn't there a more safer way to end this war more quickly, I hate to think of all the bloodshed that will be spiled." Tempest said as she know that Twilight came.

"I really wish there was but according to princess Luna, it maybe our only way." Twilight said.

"But... haven't we... no, haven't they already been through enough suffering?" Tempest asked again.

"If what you say is true about them. I am very sure those Brards are strong enough to hold out until we can end all this madness." Twilight comfort her.

"I wonder how do we convince others to agree to peace with the Horde?" Tempest Shadow ask.

"According to Luna's plan, all we can do is talking and convincing politicians and nobles to work against princess Celestia's madness. We must use the Storm King's conquest, Tirek's rampage and King Sombra's enslavement as examples to encourage to be against this war. Without their founds and support Celestia will have no choice but to abandon her campaign." Twilight explains to Tempest.

"Are you really that willing to be against Princess Celestia?" Tempest asked.

"She might be meant everything to me. But I am a princess too and being her former student I learned a long time ago that blind loyalty isn't always a good thing. Sometimes you must help those in need even if you must do the opposite." Twilight explains to her.

"Is there something I can do to help out?" Tempest asked.

"I'm glad you ask, come along. I know exactly what you can do that will be very helpful." Twilight said in a good mood and wave her to follow her and Tempest complied.

As they both walk through the halls, Tempest Shadow speaks to herself in her head.

'I really hope that Princess Luna's plan works, Equestria and all other nations can't affort another war. Equestria's military is too weak to fight a single skirmish. The Storm King's empire caused many nations bankrupted and there fore the Brards have a very big advantage. If we manage, I may finally present Sitka to Twilight. He is a very nice bear. He might be somepony that I can call friend actually. Speaking of.... I really miss Grubber. When the Storm King's wind blew away some of his guards, he got caught by it. I wish I could have looked for him, I owe him a lot of apologies for how I treated him. Oh I really hope that he is alive. When I find him, I swear I will make amends to him.' Tempest Shadow said to herself in her head as she kept follow Twilight down the halls of Canterlot.
> This story is cancelled.
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My apologies, but I must declare this story cancelled. I have lost interest and won't write anymore chapters to this story now. If you all still like it you all may keep read it but there won't be any more chapters.

I'm sorry, have a good day.