----DUE TO CHARACTER LIMIT THE TXT CONCERNING BATTLE OF OWLS HAS BEEN PLACED HERE----

00.0-0.15|
High general Vindett came galopping.
"Your division goes first, roamers..Jiao wejing, your unit stays on the cliff untill i give a new signal"
"See.." Kain sneered.. "wejing.. do give us reinforcements"
Then charged downhill into the katlean region.

At the same time Kiga che had just reached the steps of the cliff, and made haste to reach the arbalests with his unit while Lone and sha in theirs had made themselves a lure standing in a bow formation just north.

0.15-0.39|
In their full speed charge Anomis spotted the lure division..
"Seems the enemy is trying to escape, lets charge right trough them and begone.."
"gone?" Kain answered running beside him..
Anomis sighed.. "Im not going to die for the queen, i couldve stayed in their ranks to begin with"
"When we ram our unit into the ancients, we run trough and leave the unit in the chaos.. the queens officers will just think we have fallen"

Kain understood.. "okay!, lets get the hell out of here"

Kiga che in turn had reached the arbalests and armed for the volley.
As easy as it had seemed even for roamers to reach their glorious freedom, it was to late.
Suddenly the arbalests unloaded with a bouldering sound..

0.39-1.22|
"THE HELL!?" Kain yelled as he looked to his left...
A frightening amount of poles came flying trough the air aiming right at them..

Anomis could not say a word and gazed upon the sight petrified while his horse ran out from under him..

Yunberi ran past beside him on foot in panic..
Their whole unit ran in all directions completely shocked breaking formation.

1.22-1.46|
At the queens army Jiao wejing was called back and a new unit made place headed by Vindette himself reinforced by Fakrm.
The eastern division reinforced with the mercenaries.
Beside Vindette a cloaked man sat on a pale horse.
"you see, that could have been you" Said the cloaked man.

vindette laughed. "I would have sended them in first anyway"
"But enough of this, lets just finish them off"
vindette's division began their own charge downhill.

-

Orrin came nearer and sat down with Kiga che.
"You know, this would be a good time for a miracle"

1.46-2.01|
In Lone and shamokes unit the battle had begun, the few survivors of the dark roamer army were desperately clashing into the allied ranks.
Of wich only yunberi had made it out alive.
Despite being heavily injured fought with all his might untill he suddenly stood before Lone..

"Hmpf..." Yunberi grinned.. "Seems that... i still am fated to kill one of you.."

*Lone frowned.. "for a long time i have been thinking about a peacefull land, long ago.."
"And i am not going to back down on that thought".."but untill then..."
"i WILL fight"

2.01-2.15|
Yunberi charged at Lone who remembering Ihuren's duel against Hymon forced himself in a sheated stance.
He was not willing to be defeated. Within a flash lone thrusted his sword into yunberis charge knocking yun's first assault into a deadlock.

"Do you actually think, that a young ancient like you can possibly defeat a roamer like me?"
yunberi grumbled.. "You are without your friends here, ancient.. and you will die"

Lone quickly kicked away yun's arm and sliced a cut across his face..but another unit slammed into him and the rest of their ranks..
Vindette had reached the battle..

2.15-2.52|
On top of the northwestern cliff Nenu came running toward Orrin and Kiga che..
"We HAVE to do SOMETHING" ..."at least let me take a unit and help them.. they are our friends!"
Kiga che sighed... "Nenu.. its for the best"

Nenu stood motionless.. her face pale as the moon..
"the...best..?" ..." how could you say that!"..

Kiga che sighed again..
"liars.." continued Nenu.. "I.. will go myself then..no matter if there is no more cause.. and no more chance on victory.."..
"They are my family.. and yours.."

Nenu turned around, yelled out in disbelief... and then jumped down the cliff's slope toward the battle..

Vindette himself who had turned his horse trough the back of his division had spotted her and emediatly changed his direction toward nenu bashing his horse against her as she came down the cliff..
Nenu rolled trough the sand in pain..

Vindette laughed in arrogance and came down from his horse. "lady hm?".."think you can actually scratch me?"

Nenu grabbed her throwing knifes and flung a full hand at Vindette in anger.. who took all the knifes into his chestplate.

"ha..ahahahahahaha!" ... Vindette laughed loudly.. "Do you have any idea how thick this armor is?" unsheating his sword.

"Vindette" Suddenly a familiar voice said from behind.. It was Fakrm, ex championcast mercenary.
"Can i fight her instead?"

vindette turned around his head.. "why?"
Fakrm smiled "I know her"

Vindette nodded and got back on his horse.

"Coward!" screamed nenu.. "how could you!"

Fakrm unwrapped his metal flail..
"Palthes of all members was appointed cooperate commander"
"and you, with your pretty face sucked up to him and sebek"

Fakrm laughed..

"At least i really cared about them, you have shown your true colors traitor" continued nenu while crawling toward Fakrm.

Fakrm emediatly slapped her in the face on wich she fell back towards the ground..and kneeled down beside her..
"Hey.." he giggled dastardly.. "did you know Sebek is rotting in the castle dungeon as we speak?"

Nenu groaned again, but now of rage..

Fakrm rised up again.. flung his flail trough the air and planted it across nenu's face with force..

Nenu was no more.

-

2.52-3.06|

Lone and Yunberi were still trying to hack at eachother while vindette's horse unit ran trough..
After each horse had gone by the two would have another clash wich was as soon as it triggered interrupted by a few horses.
"Why wont you just let me go.." yelled yunberi..

But just before Yunberi could turn around he was cut down from behind..
Vindett stood before lone wiping clean his sword...
"No use for traitors, wouldnt you say.."

Lone made a few steps back..

"What, dont even try to escape boy.." Vindett commented..
"Im here to end you and your petty alliance, so just stand still so i can end this nice and easy"

"Then you first have to go trough me" Said a voice rising behind lone."
Sha had come to lone's aid, armed with his legendary Red whale.

"Who are you" Vindett calmly replied.

"I am your match for today" Sha answered smiling.
"oh and lone, take my horse and go, if you are lucky you'll come across some friendly people"

Lone didnt take a second and mounted sha's horse.
"Master, do win.."

Sha grabbed lones arm tightly.. "do.. flee fast" Then turned around and faced Vindett as Lone rode off as swiftly as he could.

-

-no music-
Shamoke lifted his weapon above his head "heh" .. "lets see what you got"

For a moment it was silent then suddenly Vindette charged forward slashing while shamoke stepped back and knocked vindette's sword down, but vindette recovered fast and dashed a frontal stab..
Shamoke kicked his knee under the handle then landed his staff right into vindettes neck who took a few steps back stumbling.
Suddenly from behind him Fakrm came running..

"Ah, now its getting interesting" Shamoke smiled.

Vindette back up his feet growled.. "Didnt expect this guy to be so fast.. lets just get this over with fakrm"
Fakrm agreed and they dashed simultaneously.

As this happened Lone rode into the desert,lone had no time to stop, he had to get away as far as possible from it all, he owed it to sha.

-no music-

3.06-3.42|

"Impossi-" Fakrm yelled as sha had whacked Vindettes sword right trough his flails chain but before he could finish the word he took a double blow to the head falling back, Trough a flurry of hits sha had crushed fakrms brain and also hitted vindett in the stomach twice, so hard he was already knocked to the floor cold...
"I agree" coughed sha.. blood fell down into the sand.. his back hurted severely.. slowly Sha crouched down onto his knees...
"Who.. are you"

From behind a voice whispered.. "where is lone"

It was the cloaked man. Whom while sha was fighting vindett and fakrm had jumped trough the chaos and thrown a knife into Sha's back.

Sha turned around.. in front of him stood the cloaked man, his face was shaded under his hood.
"Dont bother"

The cloaked man changed stance.. "the fuck is that supposed to mean?!"

But Sha 'seemed to have passed out..

When the cloaked man had walked away irritated by the lack of information.. from the slope Kiga che and Orrin came running.

"Sha!" Kiga yelled.. "how?!"

Sha coughed.. "it doesnt matter, i did what you asked..."

Kiga fell down beside sha holding him in his arms..
"but you cant die, you cannot be defeated by mere ..."

"He.. wasnt.." spoke Sha.. then fell silent.

The legendary Sha was dead.

Kiga held Sha's deceased body tightly, Evrae stood beside them, looking into the distance.

-

Good mood helloes to everyone, as you 'couldve' read in one of my reactions to a review (but i understand if only 1 out of a million actually did ;< ) i decided to get back to my roots, where i feel more comfortable and am convinced will have a better shot at making some good stuff.

You see my old works might not have had that great quality soundwise but compositionwise often still amaze me making me think... 'how the hell did i do that, where did this and that melody come from etc'

I have so many tracks still tucked on memory cards, plenty of material and many of my works are so open for improvement, so much options to build upon.

So im quitting with the solo piano pieces and orchestral hifi style, i dont want to go down the road of comparing and assimilating into conventional styles, it just doesnt work imo.

The retro scene feels more natural to my talents.

I fully disagree with the saying that when you go back into the past in music you die as a musician, music does not have such limits that there is nothing to uncover in the past, in fact many a simplicity, a simple melody.. will when built upon become elemental, i keep finding the process of music intriguing, from the stages of that simple melody sucking in more and more logically adjacent tones on various instrumentation.. untill the moment that after listening to it on repeat a few times it becomes a solid body, a compact understanding, with its own colors.

No doubt youve noticed i have a new banner, if you are a regular that is.
I understand im drifting in a sea of users on ng so it might take some time for someone to come about.

Still, leave a message sometime i know you are out there secret admirer, even if you are anatomically large and male, etc.

Musicwise been doing some more remakes of very old tracks and some new piano tunes, ive got a feeling im getting better at voicing it. Check back since im always doing some music and it will probably end up on ng eventually.

Oh! and dont forget about the cute retro's. Dont make them feel lonely.

Trampoline hugs from calamaistr.

as you no doubt noticed, ive been uploading some old work, remakes and misc.

Dont worry, that doesnt mean i have no inspiration, it means im taking a rest after finishing the whole strangled album, and during this im going to get some experience in the folk and jazz genre in real play with the help of a music mentor, aint it nice? tee-hee-etc.

So, in the meantime sure ill probably cook up some random dishes here and there, i do have plans for another hifi album, but thats not going to be done anytime soon. ;)

Thanks for checking my news post and manly hugs to you.
~cal.

Strangled is a short fairy tale written by me, below a redone and improvised version. :)
Music included. (check my audio)

TO DO LIST 'added:

Done:

-The deeper woods
-Beholders bunny pen
-Through the mist
-Tampering with the pump
-A clear day but no throat
-Clarity buried the cat
-Here supposed to be the sea (revelation)
-When you start something (ending)

Inspired by 'strangled'.
(full version on my profile)

Being lost in a giant forrest, youve been there for two months now looking for a way out.. you cannot even remember what the outside world used to look like and have been surviving on provisions but youve run out.., eventually to tired to set another step you drop down on the ground next to a beech tree and fall asleep.

When you wake up things seem to have changed.. everything seems to bark against your pressence. As it starts to rain softly you begin to realise that everything previously inanimate has come to life.

Before you can stand up you are hit on the back of your head by a large object, a loud scream follows and the beech tree sighs..

"oh dear... i may have dropped some nuts"

What is this.. even the nuts have a will of their own..? 'you wonder..
The nuts are as large as a baby.. did the rain make them so? Or did it make you shrink.. but the rain has started to weaken the soil.. you have to get out of here, and that on an empty stomach..

Quickly you pick up the large nuts and build yourself a hill.

'what now.. this might be the end' you cough and try to wipe off the droplets.. from the ground 'nosy an odd white bunny sticks out its fluffy head..

"do not mind that bunny" speaks a voice from above.. you look up and see a giant caterpillar with a moustache stare straight at you with its big black eyes..

"i warn you now i frown at that if you go below, the world turns upside down'

Ah! down below, there must be a warm room under there, perhaps some food..

disregarding the caterpillars advice you start to look around, not ten feet from your location arcs a giant round door like disc surrounded by a fog previously not present.. and with the sound of creeking metal it starts to turn and open..

'did the bunnys welcome me into their land?'

Inside receeding steps reveal an ancient cave marked with carved walls... around the decorative balancing creeps a tentacle.. and slowly receeds together with you as you proceed..

At the bottom it starts to speak.

"turn back, do you not see your actions have an effect? please listen and return before all goes bad'

But you mind it not and continue into the bunny's lair.

The lair is covered in blood.. thats odd.. and in the wall is set in stone a turtle shaped pedestal, down the lair you can already see the bunny's.. have they been attacked?

But these were no bunnys, they were meat cutting spiked like the blades of scissors and their eyes glowing an eerie sight, you were ambushed by these monsters the blood was of their victims..

No, you are going to fight.

You are bigger, they are smaller so you grab them by the throat and snuff out their light.

In the back their eggs you find covering a large turtle shaped stone..
You smash the eggs and take it with you serves these monsters right to be ransacked.
Now that you think of it was there not some pedestal you had found? But when you try it wont fit perhaps you should turn the stone upside down.

The pedestal clicks and from the corridor previously walked you hear a loud bang and pieces of the tentacle are flying around.

You panic and rush back up the stairs, you need to get out of here.. what if this stone triggered a curse of some kind..

Into the mist outside you run and stop for nothing, sometimes just a moment you can hear something coughing and shapes of faces flying, this cant be true the mist came from their sighing.

This forrest is hell, and these are its demons, you must have died and this is your atonement.

Before your eyes rises a giant machine from the thick mist as if it could not have gotten worse, on top of it sits the strangest thing.. a droplet with arms legs and a face..

"welcome to the 'spring visitor, my name is sylphid.. whats that? you were lost and are oh so curious curious? haha!.. so am i so am i.. haha.. HRAH!! there is this annoying law here saying not to 'tamper' with the spring's pump.. well i 'tinkered' with it so that doesnt count right? Oh come on you should tinker with it too, afterall you are curious curious?"

Sylphid was right, afterall you wanted to escape this godforsaken place..
chances were small if you would do it at your own pace and what could possibly go wrong?
Carefully you took sylphids childish advice and pulled out a pipe from the machine, and it began to roar.
The mist shattered slowly and you could finally see the woods, you could see its deer, its wolves and even its mice.
You have been saved..Sylphid was right, what a friend he helped you to get home, and now the road was paved, but hold on.. this was not the end..
The woods began to dry, and even its ponds and lakes, you could see its roots, its birds and even its fish.

Now you yourself fell thirsty, yet the spring's no longer there, and sylphid vanished laughing because you believed his lie.

So once again you walked into the deeper woods, perhaps now with the mist gone youll find the way home on your own.
'what have you done' coughed something from above, looking up you notice its the caterpillar with a moustache.
'do you now see what has become of your actions? youve doomed us all for your sole comfort you are alone'
But you didnt mean to, you had to make this better.. you could not leave the forrest dried.. you lived here for a reason.
The city had that element of suprise, everyone together.. mash and smuther you with its petty rules, its corrupt laws, its fools that putted a price on everything sacred.
No, you couldnt return to that place and had to fix this, any way possible any way right.

The city had been harsh on you, did you leave for the wrong reasons? This was no place to hide.
You couldnt breathe, and werent the kind to join their side if you could not beat them; they were the monsters, it were those men acting like they were your boss.
So here is the problem, another man dried out, another man had been strangled.. and a the reason to pick a fight, but you arent like that..
You wanted to be kinder, to listen to ideas.. to curiously work together finding some way out, but they wouldnt.
The city could be greater, made a place that allways trembled.. the deeper woods of choices, the rabbit hole of thought, and through the mist of others oh how you hate their squabling, their bickering their nonsense, their lies yes you should break them..
To pieces so youll find out what keeps them going, but you couldnt..
You wanted to be decent, though solemn you'll attend them, though silent you might mention, and clearer you might be then..then they might listen..act and the city would come later...it can wait.

Softly you felt it now, through all the confusion clearer, it revealed.
Set no step, moved no inch.. calm.
The rain had never ended and here supposed to be the sea.
And then below the beech tree carefully opening your eyes, the fear of pain you had attended running without a moment free was gone and you stand.
Enough nuts lying around, you could build a house right here so was this all a dream? You thought and started walking..
Were you truly gone or was this where youve gone, be truly lost from the land or back where you belong..
The rain had never ended and here supposed to be the sea, the rain had never ended and here supposed to be the sea.

-finished.

Like with TTCX3 i will now make a 'to do' list. :)
If its a remix ill add it in the comment next to the 'done' list contents.
(unsure in what order)

TTC 1

done:
-lost to us aeons ago (remix main theme, also known as 'the crowning')
-Atadema (remix on Atadema's theme)
-Frozen thunder (mostly a remake of the orignal Frozen thunder, some parts left out, some extra instruments)
-Alpha Katlean (mostly a remake of the original Katlean prime, some different instruments, extra strings for more atmosphere)

So, now that my little analog bit album was completed im back to my impulsiveness.

I still plan on sometime reconverting some of my old console music to my pc because there are a few tracks i currently only have in mono on my pc that are more than worth uploading, among wich is my absolute melodical masterpiece of all time, i still find it a shame that i havent been able to let people hear it.

But i have also been experimenting with some sytrus and vanguard mixtures as you can hear in the track hotness coldness dryness moistness featuring land of castle (melody from jetpack paladin)

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen /284808

Do leave a review if you care about poor monkeys being tested on and little hedgehogs that make cutesy noises. Thanks.

TTCX3 ALBUM HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND IS FEATURED ON NG, CHECK IT OUT.

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NEW ALBUM:
UNDERWORLD

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to do list:

done:

-You're no devil (Underworld main theme)
-A sword to save sister. (1st track)
-Do believe in giants. (2nd track)
-Anis grav. (3rd track)
-He was the king of underworld. (4th track)
-The rotting god of justice. (5th track)
-Underworld sinks. (6th track)

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Based on a new extra chapter of TTC.

Heyho, i just came back from a 3 week vacation in a land far far away where there was no internets and no modern toilets but i had the time of my life.

Still im happy to be back with technology because i have lots of inspiration.

I also fixed some things i wanted to fix on the flight theme for 2ndself's jetpack paladin.
It was simply to loud and not enticing enough, i lowered a few riff's volume and added some ubbidys here and some ebebeb's there..

I have uploaded two of the jetpack paladin tracks including the above and a completely new track made with one of the same instruments used in the jp music. :)

I hope some of you are as happy as i am to be back again, so sprankle me with your fireworks, confetti, airkisses and happy, or leave the comments at 0.. its fine, i know you are out there, secret admirers!

;p

I finished work on the music for a game made by 2ndself.
Its all 16 bit style made in fl with vanguard and i really was putting my skill into this one.
2ndself obviously puts skill in his own work aswell, i am extremely impressed by what hes building, im sure that when this game goes on NG it will headbutt its way into the top 10 of all time, im not kidding.

Im not sure if im willing to take more jobs for a while since im going to enjoy a vacation away from my pc, possibly a very long one. *happy faic.

My worklist finished content is now on yt:
OST-JetPal.

warning: level name spoilers on yt.
Game made by 2ndself.
Box art made by 2ndself.
OST made by Calamaistr.

p.s. These are previews, they do not loop as they should ingame.

-Jetpal theme. |done| 0:56
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqMmoAa WXCI

-Land of b. theme. |done| 1:18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcmtFR1 q1jM

-Land of d. theme. |done| 1:12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnMAwVe BXgc

-Land of c. theme. |done| 1:12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-80wCnm n_tU

-Land of df theme. |done| 1:08
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biWVsrK bBms

-Land of ??? theme. |done| 1:06
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RXMscm s9GU

-Flght theme. |done| 0:48
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UtHM_K 4x94

-Subboss theme. |done| 0:34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62uYfxz kGSg

-Endboss theme. |done| 0:54
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzHQ2GN BSQg

-Jetpal ending theme. |done| 1:20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up6T8rZ 3VDg

*updated.
*will no longer be updated.