Play Battle Brothers OST - Noble Houses Battle Track I - "Rise and Fall of House Kaltenborn"

In the great forests of the north lived a once-great creature, one that many only believe existed in legends. It was a Lindwurm, a dragon that is more like a snake than a lizard, But in front of its body are two powerful limbs that allow it to drag its self across its domain. While not able to breathe fire, It instead sprays a highly corrosive acid that erodes even the most well crafted of armor. When in combat it can use its tail like a club, effortlessly tossing and killing most creatures in one hit. And to give a true testament to its power, the jaws of the beast have long and sharp teeth that when combined with its ridiculous bite force allows it to easily bite a human in full iron plate into. So you may Wonder, is there anyone who could stand up to such a mighty creature.

While many have fallen to the beast, one group of warriors would soon be the first in living memory to do what most believe could not be done. They were the Battle Brothers, a mercenary company that has become the stuff of legends. Having never been beaten in battle and completing, nearly, every contract they have been given to the latter. But unlike most of the time, this was not for coin. For while enroute to the next village to resupply, they had unknowingly been camping in the Lindwurm's territory.

Smelling the intruders the beast growled as it moved towards them while crashing into the trees with little effort. This alerted the mercenaries of their grave mistake and they gathered their weapons to battle whatever they may face. As they got ready they saw the Lindwurm crash out into the meadow, roaring at them to leave or die. Most would have already have run at such a terrifying and intimidating display of power. But the men of the Battle-Brothers, while shaken somewhat, but having fought many things that were clearly supernatural and come out alive has overtime harden their resolve. So standing side by side with their commander, they formed a plan to take down the ferocious dragon.

As the Lindwurm came into range they let loose a hail of arrows, bolts, and javelin. This proved to do little more than an annoyance to the beast however as its scales are harder than even bronze. Coming into melee it swang its tail into a spear wielder that was to close. The man was tossed to the ground and did not move and after a moment blood would seep into the dirt, showing all that he was dead. One man, seeing his comrade dead, blow his horn and rallied the others to charge the Dragon, surrounding it in the process.

The Lindwurm saw this as a feudal action and raised its tail to end them in one go. But it was not to be as one ran faster than the rest from behind him and jumped on its tail, hacking his ax in order to cut it off. His tail stayed on, but while the beast was distracted the rest of the mercenaries started to close in on, finally getting into melee range. They all then slice, hack or stabbed the monster, but as they did blood soon spray from its body covering most of them in corrosive acidic that was now slowly eating away at their armor and weapons.
Wanting to take the initiative, as well as take advantage of their ensuing panic at the sight of their armor slowly disintegrating in front of them, the Lindwurm struck its head at the nearest foe mouth open. Biting down the lucky man screamed in pain as he was slowly but surely torn in half. It then slammed away the one that was trying to cut off its tail, sending him to the ground. "YOU KILLED GUNTHER!" said a towering man in full plate armor "You will pay!" he shouted, holding his blade down to the floor and charged forth.

Turning its head towards the Challenger it took a deep breath as the man charged at it. When he got close the Lindwurm breathed out a stream of acid covering the mercenary head to toe. Thinking its job done the beast turned its attention to the others, but then felt something cut across its made it lose its balance and fell onto its side. Looking up its eyes widened to see that the mercenary whos armor was now ruined to the point of disrepair, was very much alive. The Lindwurm, while surprised that it was caught off guard, refused to such weak creatures and so flipped its self back upright to continue the fight against the foolish humans dare enter its home. The battle then becomes a back and forth ordeal of death and pain as both sides do all that they can to end it.

The great beast soon found its self with little strength left to fight back but never the least it stood there defiant even as it felt its body be pierced by the mercs weapons, coming so close to killing the Lindwurm many times. Soon, however, the commander shouted to his men to stop. All his men did do, if only because that were tired of this fighting and need to rest. Walking over, and telling the giant to back off and not kill the Lindwurm, he soon came face to face with the beast. The great dragon was confused as to why the leader stopped his men and so into the feeble Man's eyes for any signs of deceit as the commander spook "so you are a Dragon eh?" he said to the weakened beast before turning around two face his men "It seam that not even a creature of Legends could outmatch the Battle-Brothers in skill and strength" he proclaimed proudly. His men did not know whether to cheer or stay quiet. Looking into eyes of the dragon he soon saw both a look of defiance, but of fear as well.

The commander could now see that this was not a monster, but a fairly intelligent creature like himself that felt like they did. While many have called him a cold man that only cared about gold and glory, this was simply not entirely true. He still has a heart, one that has turned into that of iron, and felt that he could allow the death kill the Lindwurm. "leave it here men, this is not a worthwhile venture" The beast could only watch as the mercenaries begrudgingly looked at their commander like he was insane "why" one of them said "why not just end it now while we still have the chance!" The commander just replied with. "you think this is really worth the effort, our armor is almost melted and there's probably nothing we can sell form this beast, if we go now we can get to the next town and rebuild" Looking back towards the Lindwurm he said "will you let us pass!"

The Lindwurm knew it had very little, and that it would most certainly die if it continues to battle. It then finally, begrudgingly, agreed to go let them go. The commander and the rest of his company showed great surprise at this but nevertheless did not question it as they have been in stranger situations than this. As they walked away from the Lindwurm slowly lowered its self to the ground to finally rest. Its body will need time to get back to its full power.

"My servant that existed somewhere in this vast universe,"

The Lindwurm, after hearing the odd voice, looked around for the source but it could see only see the mercenaries who are packing up their camp to leave. Where was it coming from then?

"my divine, beautiful, wise, powerful servant, heed my call,"

There it was again, but why would It be a servant to some human. It was not what one would call 'divine', the dragons beauty is only that for it to enjoy, its wisdom is not that sound, and the power it had has been spent fighting as of now. So what would make this, girl think that it would give up its freedom and become a slave to their will?

"I wish from the very bottom of my heart and add to my guidance and appear!"

With that, a green portal appears close by to the dragon. One of the odder looking men soon called the rest of the other over to look at what was happening. As soon as they saw the portal they all just stared in shock. Seeing as there was little to do now then to make a choice, as it could feel the portal ever so slightly drag it over, it picked itself off the ground and walked into the portal and disappeared with little trace. Ever since that day, the commander of the battle brothers would wonder what happened to the great beast, but being the captain of a mercenary company gives little time to think about such things. This, however, would cast them into legend as every noble would try and hire them for their skills which gave them the funds they need to rebuild the damage they had sustained.

And be forever know as the ones who fought The Beast of House Kaltenborn.

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well I we wrote this chapter so it made a little more sense.

Also, I'm going to down a different route with this fanfic then most as you will see later on.

I need a beta as well so if anyone wants to help please message me.

Thats all for now, time to work on the other stuff I have on my to do list,

Next up, The Wild Headmaster of Beacon.