A Dramatic Stride

Nyeh! My limbs answer my command! I shattered the stillness upon this polished timber redoubt, flexing both gauntlets with majestic purpose. Before me stood two silent sentries, frozen like mindless lackeys before a grand parchment proclamation propped against the lattice. Did they think this ivory scroll of authority belonged to them? Fools! I marched forward, struck the thick white paper with a resounding rap of my knuckles, and tested its fortitude. A trembling decree of supreme conquest! Let the wooden realm tremble before my awakening!