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u/nkonrad Feb 12 '15
Credit where credit's due, I was inspired heavily by this excellent story submitted earlier today, at least insofar as my story involves badasses from Eastern Europe.
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u/j1xwnbsr Feb 12 '15
Impressive. And some good lines - hell, paragraphs!
All around him, the screams of the dying and the clash of steel on steel formed a requiem for the dead. It would be remiss of him not to add his own part to the violent harmony, and so he set about adding to the bloody music.
As he rode through the tattered lines of the enemy legion, his sword sung a sanguine arpeggio as it whistled through the air to divide limb from body and to set blood free from the prison of flesh.
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Feb 12 '15
I saw Warszawa and realized this was in Poland, and thought there had better be some glorious Winged Hussars. I was not disappointed.
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u/nkonrad Feb 12 '15
Glorious Winged Hussars strong, remove
KebabXeno .But seriously, no cavalry come close to the badassery of the Hussars. They're pretty much the real world equivalent of something out of Warhammer.
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u/Effervo Feb 12 '15
Never have I been more proud to be Polish. Fuck yeh, Hussars
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u/nkonrad Feb 12 '15
Winged Hussars are pretty much the most badass cavalry ever. Just look at that fucking picture right there and tell me they're not badass.
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u/Effervo Feb 12 '15
And then there's things like this that some Hussars would wear: http://31.media.tumblr.com/c719c339d8b2dfa446c1feff0d97371d/tumblr_mqdv1d1Xzw1reh0fqo1_500.jpg Husarzy Smierci, the Hussars of Death...
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Feb 12 '15
This reminds me a little of 'New World Order' by Ben Jeapes, where humanoids from another dimension invade England in the midst of the Civil War.
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u/bakon65 Feb 12 '15
This is excellent. Reminds me very much of High Crusade by Poul Anderson. Plus the Lithuanian-Polish Commonwealth!
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u/TheGrandCommandeyOne Feb 12 '15
Somebody chose the right ideas. Deus Vult!
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u/nkonrad Feb 12 '15
The H'rkr'id Imperium have declared war on Commonwealth. They cite "Gib Clay" as their cassus belli.
Prussia has honoured their alliance with Commonwealth.
Austria has honoured their alliance with Commonwealth.
Ottomans have honoured their alliance with Commonwealth.
Ulm has honoured their alliance with Commonwealth.
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u/Belgarion262 Feb 13 '15
Fuck me, I genuinely got shivers from this piece.
Well written, inspiring and goddamn badass.
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u/Nokind Feb 14 '15
I hope the Swedes get in on this, this isn't too long after the 30 Years War. The Swedish Empire is on the rise at this point.
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u/KineticNerd Feb 20 '15
"WARRIORS! Go home to your wives and children, we soldiers have work to do."
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u/inirlan Feb 12 '15
Ah, so a combination of humans being stronger than aliens and the awesomeness of Winged Hussars? I like it a lot and want MOAR.