Band of Brothers - The Terror AU, Continued
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Denver 'Bull' Randleman and John Martin serve as Ice Masters on the HMS Erebus and Terror respectively. They are both experienced, having been on multiple Arctic expeditions before, often alongside each other, and as a result are held in high esteem by the rest of the crew. The pair trust each other more than they will ever trust a commander, as only they fully understand how dangerous the ice can be. Martin holds the ear of Captain Winters, who faithfully follows his advice. In contrast, Randleman finds Captain Sobel to be often dismissive of his knowledge. Still, he finds an eager audience in young Royal Marine Privates Garcia, Miller, and Hashey, who are all experiencing their first Naval posting and have never seen how badly an expedition such as this can turn.
Aboard the Terror, the Royal Marines are commanded by Sergeant Bill Guarnere, who - alongside Corporal Chuck Grant and Private Edward Heffron - keeps largely to himself. The Marines are somewhat isolated from the rest of the crew, as they are the only men on board permitted to arm themselves, and lack the naval experience boasted of by the others. However, as it becomes more and more evident that the Terror and Erebus will not be unstuck from the ice any time soon, with more and more men lost to the mysterious Tuunbaq with each passing day, the marines find themselves thrust into the limelight by the rest of the crew, who view them as key to their survival.
On the HMS Erebus, Sergeant Darrell Powers and Corporal Donald Hoobler find their loyalty to their commanders jeopardised as their chances of salvation grow ever slimmer. Shifty struggles to come to terms with his shifting allegiances as Sobel's ineffective leadership and Nixon's declining health put them at a disadvantage, and the Royal Marines begin to ally themselves across the two ships, both bringing together the crews and setting them further apart than ever before.
Roy Cobb does not believe in his leaders. He is here because he had no option, driven by a lack of wealth and education - caulking was never supposed to be his life's work, and he won't pretend to be happy about his position. When the crew find themselves stranded in the ice, he grows ever more bitter at the state of affairs, and as the rest of the crew begin to realise the severity of their situation, people begin to listen to Cobb's complaints - they let him speak his discontent where they once dismissed it with a roll of the eyes. He finds himself holding more influence than he has ever had before, and will use this newfound power to his advantage no matter what damage it could do to others.
Other crewmates:
Robert 'Popeye' Wynn - Boatswain, HMS Terror
Floyd Talbert - Carpenter, HMS Terror
Donald Malarkey - Engineer, HMS Terror
Pat Christenson - Quartermaster, HMS Terror
Frank Perconte - Blacksmith, HMS Terror
Joe Toye - Leading Stoker, HMS Terror
Alex Penkala - Ship's Cook, HMS Terror
Albert Blithe - Seaman, HMS Terror - Found infirm and returned to England from the Whalefish Islands
John Hall -Seaman, HMS Terror - One of the sailors who died and was buried on Beechey Island on the way to the Passage
Ralph Spina - Head surgeon, HMS Erebus
Warren 'Skip' Muck - Carpenter, HMS Erebus
Joseph Liebgott - Engineer, HMS Erebus
Walter 'Smokey' Gordon - Caulker, HMS Erebus
George Luz - Leading Stoker, HMS Erebus
(When assigning characters' roles among each ship, I tried to consider the pre- and post-war professions of the real-life veterans, applying these skills as best I could to the positions aboard each ship - for example, Alex Penakala worked as a cook before the war, and Joe Toye worked in a coal mine, hence his position stoking the steam engines.)
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Brain stop having thoughts for new fic ideas challenge. Level Impossible.
I just had this idea like five minutes ago so I just have a bare bones concept, but anyways it goes like this. (All under cut cause long).
King Halbert is going to another kingdom to work on a trade deal and the knights go with to protect him from potential threats. The other kingdoms royal family is impressed by the knights adventures , and hold a great feast in their honor and to work out their deal.
While that party is going on Lance hits on the wrong person who turns out to be sorceress. She leads him back to her home where she turns him into a horse and ties him up in her stables.
The other knights realize they’re missing one the next day and the other kingdoms prince points them to the sorceress and Axl goes to try to return Lance back to a human and he gets turned into a bull.
Macy goes next to see if she can talk to her, one independent woman to another. She gets turned into a tiny dragon. Finally Aaron tries to go and gets turned into a fox.
Aaron manages to escape and tries (and fails) to explain the situation to Clay. He eventually gets an ipad (or the Knighton equivalent of one) and types out what happened. Clay eventually goes, and the two talk for a bit.
That’s as far as I’ve got so far. It takes place after Season 4, the sorceress’s name is Magnolia Wraith, and her home is a sanctuary for dryads and nymphs, ad she’s not afraid to get nasty in order to protect them from anything or anyone considered a threat (i.e. Lance Richmond). This is what she looks like.
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"Their voice was like honey- it dripped sweetly from their jaws, but it was deadly all the same. I haven't seen Father, and Mother's long since been acting strange. But... they don't seem dangerous. I'll stick around a bit longer... maybe I'll find out what they're doing to Mother."
- excerpt from Red Son's journal
"I saw a demon walking with Red Son in the street, but I... I couldn't see them. I used my Gold Vision to see their true identity, but all I saw was... her... looking back at me..."
- Sun Wukong's only glimpse, the last time they saw Red Son
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