The results are in for the first month of the -/28 campaign, and we have some interesting developments in the quest for controlling Kavus Keep. First up, let’s post the numbers for the results:
King Billiam XXXVII vs Zoraida, Hag of the Swamp.
Game Played: Flanked Scenario, Gal’Daruk mustering a 1000 point scouting party to foray into the forests to the south, where rumors of the dark things there beginning to muster into a force.
Game Result: Narrow victory for the King Billiam!
Find their battle report here.
Yuil Drassill vs Dictator Prefect Christos of Ardar
Game Played: 1500 points (modified) Invade as Yuil attempts to enlist the men of Basilea.
Game Result: Victory to the Forest!
Find their battle report here.
Burgus Stoneheart vs The Captain
Game Played: Control at 2000 points
Game Result: The Might of the Mountain prevails!
Find their battle report here.
The map has changed and now looks like this as far as our fledgling kingdoms are concerned:
Please take a moment to read through these battle reports and leave your feedback as to your favorite one. Remember the batrep with the most votes will be given additional points that will contribute to the victor of the overall campaign! Not only that but this will help us to know if you want to see more battle reports in the future, and what format those reports should take.
There is no criteria for voting, either, just vote for the one you enjoyed reading the most! Whether they gain your vote for giving heavily detailed turn descriptions, or great narrative pieces. These three battles are each done somewhat differently so there’s bound to be something that appeals to you. To vote, simply leave a comment saying something to the effect of “This report has my vote!” and the results will be tallied and reported by the next months’ summary!
The Historian’s Record:
In the year 3864 of the Common Era in the month of the Yemtui Blossom, the forces of King Burgus Stoneheart did march upon the gathered ranks of the mysterious Captain at the base of the Thunderwall Mountain Pass.
King Burgus did breath out many a threatening towards his foe and did seek to strike him down, but it was not to be for the mysterious Captain did vanish from the field of battle that day after his troops fought the Might of the Mountain nearly to a standstill. Both dwarf and man retired from the struggle exhausted to the bone and weary of fighting. The dwarves did claim victory against their mercenary foe, but at great cost to their own number. King Burgus himself was nearly carried down beneath a wave of bladed steel, but for his great tenacity and fortitude he would have been sent to the halls of his ancestors.
After the battle, the dwarven king did lament his inability to fell his opponent in single combat, and even wondered at the existence of such a man as no corpse was recovered that did match his description.
While the king of the dwarves puzzled over the battle. The Captain himself did hie away into a hidden catacomb of passages that ran the length of the mountain range in that area. Before leaving, he sent a strange message to King Billiam XXXVIII to the East in the City of Alrenn.
Lead by a hermit dwarf whom the locals claimed was “mostly reliable” they traversed the twisting halls of the long-abandoned mines under Kavus hoping to find some way to bring them closer to the goal. Unfortunately, the dwarf’s moniker “Crazed Thaggis” as he was known turned out to be entirely too true and the Captain and his troops emerged in the foothills just outside of the village of Windy Hills.
Coincidentally, when the Captain emerged he did so at the opportune moment that the local mayor and his entourage were fleeing in a procession of padded coaches and wagons of provisions. The rather portly mayor, his name is recorded as being “Odious John” in part for his stingy and hurtful management of the citizens of Windy Hills and in part due to his body odor, begged the mercenary band to help free his village from the local wood sprites which had taken it over and enslaved the local Basilean troops in the area. The Captain agreed to investigate, though he doubted the promised price that the gluttonous mayor offered in return for the liberation of his “beloved” town.
In the town itself, the forest lord Yuil Drassill did converse with his tentative ally, the Abbess Sovleka. The treeman did bid her travel south to face against the gathering evil found there in the shadowed eaves of the forest surrounding the Ruins of Vrett. Begrudgingly the Abbess accepted this invitation, having been promised that her troops would be given safe passage through Drassill’s lands and ensured that the situation was dire. She set out, sending messengers back to the Dictator who was charged with mandates of their company along with paladin Gnaeus who lead them, telling them of their endeavor and hoping that he would look charitably upon her decision.
Meanwhile, Yuil Drassill mustered another army of spirits and elementals and prepared to stride out to meet the Captain and his forces.
To the south, in the halls of Alrenn, King Billiam the XXXVIII stormed into his keep where he bellowed for troops to be sent out to burn the woods to the southeast and hopefully destroy the evil that had attacked him there. It was not long before soldiers were dispatched with torches and kindling to do their lord’s bidding. The tough dwarf sat contemplating what he had seen in the forest, the darkness that had almost overwhelmed him and his scouts. He shuddered when he thought of the hideous creatures that had assailed him.
His thoughts were not long allowed to dwell on such matters as the messenger from the Captain did arrive shortly thereafter to deliver the message that another dwarven king had staked a claim on the fortress of Kavus and was advancing towards his eastern borders. The message infuriated Billiam and he swore on the long line of his namesake that he would hunt down this interloper and strike his head from his shoulders.
With this oath uttered the king did call his faithful battle pug to his side and together they rode off at the head of a column of dwarven warriors heading east towards the Thunderwall Mountain Pass to find their promised fight.
Meanwhile, in the Ruins of Vrett, the swamp hag sat, contemplating her battles and the ones that lay ahead, for now she was content to wait for the fight to come to her…
That will do for this month folks, check out the batreps and look for next months when we will have the following battles to look forward to!
Ashley vs Mike
Billy vs Alex
Chris vs Jake
Make sure to vote for your favorite report this month and get ready for the next round coming up!
I vote for King Billiam XXXVII vs Zoraida, Hag of the Swamp!
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