The War.

[Lorgan]

What an onslaught that was...

I for one blame the bright colours Ricard was wearing into battle. The man absorbed 3/4 (8k/12k) of all the hits we dealt out the first turn with his 29 men unit. The other quarter was absorbed by his flamboyant buddy Finan with his 37 men unit.

Not that we'd have otherwise won but holy crap what was THAT.

I did have fun though, some nice little taunting etc.

[Lorgan]

Big day on BT!

Huge Battle Fought   (13 hours, 54 minutes ago)
Rumours spread and tales are sung about a huge battle in Fronepu:
Spearhold, Thalmarkin vs. Melhed
Estimated strengths: 1200 men vs. 440 men
Attacker Victory!

Huge Battle Fought   (2 hours, 6 minutes ago)
Rumours spread and tales are sung about a huge battle in Vozzessdor:
Fronen, Nothoi vs. Old Grehk
Estimated strengths: 1140 men vs. 380 men
Attacker Victory!

Huge Battle Fought   (2 hours, 6 minutes ago)
Rumours spread and tales are sung about a huge battle in Seven Rivers:
Ar Agyr vs. Melhed
Estimated strengths: 600 men vs. 390 men
Defender Victory!

[Antonine]

Or, to put it another way:

The capital of Melhed (a southern realm) is under occupation by the northern alliance.

The largest city of Old Grehk (a northern realm) is under occupation by the southern alliance.

Melhed (a southern realm) and Ar Agyr (a northern realm), however, both decided to do their own thing by not joining up with either combined allied army and instead wiped each other out in a medium sized battle.

Make sense to you? Nope, me neither :p

[Marlboro]

Feel free to not answer this if it's supposed to be a secret, but did you mean to fight Ar Agyr?

[Antonine]

We did mean to, yes. Figured it would be better than letting them join up with Thalmarkin in Fronepu.

[Antonine]

Well this has been a *very* dicey week.

It started out with Melhed's forces scattered and crushed, trying to rally in Mhed while Thalmarkin and Spearhold occupied their capital while Riombara, Nothoi and Fronen occupied Vozzessdor in Old Grehk.

It then progressed with Riombaran reinforcements being beaten in a battle by Thalmarkin while Melhed's capital continue under occupation with a takeover running.

But it's ended with Thalmarkin abandoning Melhed's capital, allowing them to reoccupy it, Spearhold being beaten by Riombara in a battle and Vozzessdor still under occupation with a takeover running.

What looked like the end of Melhed and a disastrous week for the southern alliance now looks like a fairly positive week

[Noldorin]

Spearhold's intervention in this war is only on paper, and even there they are doing what they can to avoid choosing sides. But as long as they are not actively fighting the north I suppose we should be pleased...

As for the TOs, there were a bit different opinions of how to progress, but some times you have to go with the lesser evil.

And speaking of which, it seems the summoning is now officially a part of accepted military strategy. It took 2 (?) years or something, but it was kinda bound to happen!

[Antonine]

Spearhold's intervention is on far more than paper. They keep marching into Melhed and laying waste to regions. They helped Thalmarkin storm Fronepu - they are clearly fighting on your side even if they're not formally allied.

But yup, summoning is now part of warfare - the lesson I'm learning though is that you need a Thalmarkin-style Grand Wizard to hold them all and who has plenty of hours per turn in order to make the best use of them.

Still, 5000 CS of undead in Bil Havil isn't bad going

[Stabbity]

Not to mention destroying an SF recruitment center in Jyl.

[Antonine]

Not to mention destroying an SF recruitment center in Jyl.

That too - that was really irritating :p

[Tan dSerrai]

There actually was a summoning? My char Sassan did not notice....though he _would_ be.....quite....interested in hearing about such happenings....so if someone were to tell him....

[vonGenf]

There actually was a summoning? My char Sassan did not notice....though he _would_ be.....quite....interested in hearing about such happenings....so if someone were to tell him....

Sometimes, it's because you're interested that you're not told.

[Lorgan]

Sometimes, it's because you're interested that you're not told.

Hehe. Well, there was that huge battle report...

Anyway, another big huge battle ahead!

[Marlboro]

There actually was a summoning? My char Sassan did not notice....though he _would_ be.....quite....interested in hearing about such happenings....so if someone were to tell him....

Sometimes, it's because you're interested that you're not told.

 

[Naidraug]

With another summoning...this will be interesting