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Author Topic: War elephants!  (Read 1019 times)

Joey2k

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« Reply #15 on: August 04, 2020, 03:45:27 PM »
Not strictly rpg related, but thought I'd share this war elephant related passage from The Seer King by Chris Bunch.  Inspiring, get a lump in my throat each time I read it:

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"Sound the charge!" I cried and my trumpeter raised the long bullhorn and sent the challenge echoing across the valley.

As it rang forth, I saw something I shall never forget, one of the most noble sights I've witnessed in battle.

One of the elephants I thought dead, who must have been a war beast before he grew too old and was shamefully made into a cargo animal, heard the blare in the dying recesses of his mind, and rolled up, staggering to his feet, trunk lifting, curling, and his own war cry bugled back at us, and he stumbled a few steps, trying to obey the long-forgotten command, and fell dead.
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« Reply #16 on: August 05, 2020, 02:30:24 PM »
Can I ever get enough Red Sonja or War Elephants?

The answer is always a resounding NO.

I suspect my "thing" for redheads came from my reading Red Sonja as a young man... and watching Gilligan's Island... I'm a Ginger-guy. Sorry Mary-Ann. Ended up marrying one... The children we unleashed, are terrifying. But I digress...