Mike S

This is the port town of Aden's Gate. Overhead view of Aden's gate showing the full layout of the citadel. Presently, I have quite a few of the buildings in various stages of construction. 1. The harbormaster which I already posted will be getting a slight remodel. This thread will be continually updated with more info.

If Masa is represented in flesh color, Kanan Jarrus's head would be used.

Just got done reading the latest battle reports...That was quite a read and I like the references to past battles as well as the reference to my History in Wade's backstory. A pity the oliphant riders didn't last longer. Maybe the mounted Masks will last longer.

This is great!

I really like the irregular layout of the stockade fence! Nice job!

As everyone else has said, a wonderful build!

Nice build! Not so nice subject matter...

Very nice first build for GoH! And welcome to Kaliphlin! Good to have you fortifying our western shores!

Excellent build! I really like the use of the white and green cheese slopes!

great work here Wedge! The layout is fantastic!

Nice build! If you took away the minifigs, this building would almost work perfectly for a micro scale building as well!

While they are not a merchant entity, Bishop Jamon and the Aslanic Order would like to establish a presence in Ruadh by building a temple if you so permit.

Part 6: The age of Heroes As the history becomes more and more recent, the account also becomes more and more detailed. For many generations after King Leo's death, Historica enjoyed a lasting peace. The kings of the Royal Knights continued to expand their kingdom building castles and cities from the east to the west and the north to the south. One new castle that was built was Morcia where Albion, the capitol city of Avalonia now stands. During his reign, King Mathias made the Castle of Morcia his home as he sought to deal with insurgents nearby that were unhappy with the expansion of the Royal Knights kingdom into their homeland. The insurgents were led by a knight named Sir Vladek. In the beginning, Sir Vladek had the support of four other knights that were natives of the region. The four knights were- Sir Kentis of the House Unicorn, Sir Adric a descendent of Lord Cedric of the House Bull, Sir Karzon of the House Serpent, and Sir Dracus of the House Dragon. King Mathias had the support of four knights as well- Sir Jayko of the Black Falcon Kingdom, Sir Danju of the Wolfpack, Sir Santis of the House Bear, and Sir Rascus of the House Monkey (or as Sir Rascus pronounced it “Minkey”). All but one of these four knights were from the northern lands, with the exception being Sir Rascus who was from the farthest south. Before any skirmishes had occurred between the two camps, Sir Vladek attempted to obtain concessions from King Mathias by winning the annual Tournament of Retribution but he was bested by Sir Jayco of the Black Falcon Kingdom. With little recourse and the odds overwhelmingly in King Mathias favor, Sir Vladek decided to travel to the Citadel of Orlan to obtain the Golden Heart of the Shield of Ages from the Guardian. The Golden Heart was rumored to convey the power of invincibility to whomever wore it. However King Mathias was one step ahead and had sent Sir Santis and Sir Rascal to recover the Golden Heart as well. Working together using Sir Santis' strength and Sir Rascal's idiocy, the two managed to wrest control of the Golden Heart from the Guardian and Sir Vladek was forced to flee back to his fortress. In desperation, Sir Vladek consulted with the druids who instructed him to steal the Book of Morcia from the Library in Morcia. Sir Karzon crept unnoticed into Morcia and stole the Book of Morcia for Sir Vladek. After the druids held the Book of Morcia in their hands, they cast a spell over it giving its' words power. With the enchantmented Book of Morcia, the skills of Sir Vladek and the knights that supported him became greatly enhanced. After gathering all the forces they could muster, they marched to Morcia and laid siege to it. Because King Mathias held the Golden Heart, the enhanced abilities of who now came to be known as Lord Vladek and his knights were of no use because the Morcia was shielded. As the siege drew on to months, the armies of the four knights that supported King Mathias arrived and attacked Lord Vladek and his knights' flank. Trapped between the Morcia and the four armies, Lord Vladic and his allies were decimated. Sir Kentis and Sir Adric surrendered with guarantee of amnesty while Lord Vladek, Sir Karzon, and Sir Dracus were able to escape the battlefield and return to Vladek's fortress. But King Matias gave Lord Vladek no time to rest and recoup his losses as he and his four knights pursued right on his heels. Lord Vladek's various watchtowers and defenses on the road to Lord Vladek's fortress were easily captured or destroyed by King Mathias' siege machines. The siege of Lord Vladek's Dark Fortress lasted nearly two years during which time King Mathias fell ill to a mysterious disease. When the fortress did finally fall, the Lord Vladek was able to trap and capture Sir Danju and use him as a hostage to escape to his Prison Cave on the coast. While Sir Santis and Sir Rascus attacked from the sea, Sir Jayco assaulted the prison defenses by land. The three knights were successful in freeing Sir Danju who felt quite embarrassed having to be rescued. Lord Vladek and his two remaining allies, Sir Karzon, and Sir Dracus fled to northern borderlands. The four knights did not pursue however as word reached them that King Mathias had succumbed to his fever and died. A grand funeral was held for him in Morcia the likes of which had never been seen. King Mathias' death was a temporary respite for Lord Vladek as King Mathias had no heir and the Kingdom soon was divided over who was the rightful claimant to the throne. In the end the Kingdom was split in two. One of King Mathias's nephews, having the backing of Sir Rascus and the rest of Royal Knights, took the southern half of the kingdom making Kaligem his capitol while King Jayco, having the backing of Sir Santis, Sir Danju, took the throne of the northern half of the kingdom, making Morcia his capitol. As a test of loyalty, King Jayco tasked Sir Kentis, and Sir Adric, whose lands were restored to them by the new king, with seeking out and capturing Lord Vladek. To succeed at this task, the two knights set up fortifications and checkpoints at strategic locations along the roads of the northern kingdom, capturing many of Lord Vladek's bandits and hindering his movement. In response Lord Vladek began attacking these checkpoints and harassing the coast with rogue ships. This went on for many years until in his old age, King Jayco decided to reforge the Golden Heart into the Shield of Ages. He traveled with Sir Adric and only a light guard to the Mistlands Tower rumored to be the only known location to have enough magic power for the reforging. Lord Vladek learning of this along with Sir Karzon attacked the tower. In the midst of battle, King Jayco and Lord Vladek confronted each other and entered into a duel that lasted for six hours. King Jayco finally gained the upper hand and delivered to Lord Vladek a mortal wound. With his dying breath, Lord Vladek swore that he would return. Fearing that Lord Vladek's vengeful spirit would haunt the area, King Jayco sent a secret contingent to take Lord Vladek's body far to the south into the kingdom of the Royal Knights where they burned it and dropped the ashes into a deep crevice. And so the rebellion of Sir Vladek came to an end. As for his allies, it is said that Sir Darcus built a tower on a Dark Isle and dabbled in the dark arts while Sir Karzon fled to the far east to what is presently known as Nocturnus. King Jayco did not pursue either one but lived out the rest of his years in peace.

Another interesting fact is that if the hominacanth comes to depend on its rider for food developing a symbiotic relationship with him, it will give its life defending him. But because the hominacanth has no emotion, even if it has developed a symbiotic relationship with its rider, it will still feast on his dead body if given the chance .

I really dislike video reviews because I only use reviews to view new parts. If I was interested in the built model and functionality such as technic sets, video may actually be better.

Nice build! Nice to see the Leander there! I would suggest adding a bit more texture to the ground however...

Thanks everyone for the comments! Perhaps I should have described the hominacanth better. First of all while it can learn to understand certain parts of human language, it cannot speak other than with the clicks, snaps, and hisses it uses to communicate with its own species. Secondly, it is not a creature that socially mingles with civilized beings for several reasons- one, being that it is a scavenger that feeds on corpses and two, it has no emotion. Even a gorilla is on a higher sentient scale than a hominacanth and a dragon would be even on yet a higher scale. Also the hominacanth will not let just anyone ride it but a rider first must form a bond with the hominacanth by offering it a corpse that the hominacanth considers of high value and signaling his intention to ride. As long as the rider continues to provide an adequate supply of corpses the bond between mount and rider will continue. There have been legends of riders who forced "scutters" to be their mount using steel chains and hooks, but in this case the "scutters" cannot be used for offensive purposes as they will turn on their masters as well.

He had to put it on that fig because his name is Captain Wulf... get it? Captain Wulf aka CW! Sorry just had to say that....

Thanks for the comments guys! I tried getting another part up last night but was too busy. I think there are 3 or 4 more parts left to this... we will see.

Bishop Jamon is just a side character like Yesil the Grelf. While Yesil stays more in the shadows preferring to work his schemes through others, Bishop Jamon is the opposite willing to get his hands dirty so to speak. In fact it is Bishop Jamon who is responsible for Mikel/Masa coming to Kaliphlin and his guidance that has actually kept Masa relatively tame (edit: after the elemental fusion). If anything should happen to Bishop Jamon, Masa will take actions that the Kaliphlin Council will most likely not condone.

Sad to hear about your plans to leave GoH... This is a really well done build however and definitely a worthy finale.

Actually, while I did change names and what he looked like, I didn't change characters. Masa is the same character as Mikel.

My entry is here.

Masa had been contemplating how to quickly transport his desert warriors from one raid into Black Spire territory to the next. Horses and camels were too easily killed and when armored up ended up tiring too quickly from the heat. Elephants were to costly and loud for covert operations. Then he remembered the hominacanths he had encountered on one of his travels deep into the desert canyons of central Gorr. Getting these creatures to work for him proved easier than one would expect. In fact his need for the creatures actually gave them the incentive to carry his men, for in exchange for the opportunity to feast on the targets of the raid, the "scutters" (as Masa's men came to call them) would each transport two of Masa's men on their back. Fast, heavily armored, and a deadly weapon of themselves, Masa couldn't find a better transport for his raiding parties.

Nicely done as you say you have only a limited selection of Lego at the moment. Keep it up! This is quite a few years in the past. When Mikel Kalores (now known as Masa) first set foot in Barqa, he defeated the evil warlord that was in current control of the city. I imagine this takes place before he arrived. After being absent for quite a few years, Mikel handed over his stewardship of the city to Lord Gideon who hesitantly took the position.