The Marrocidenian war

[NoblesseChevaleresque]

Yeah thats a better representation of the Barcans!

I want Asylon to be like tattoed woad covered picts or celts with Gaul and germanic tribe mix. Barbarian Viking mix.

Mendicant will be horrified when he finally meets them.

[Bjarnson]

Mendicant will be horrified when he finally meets them.

That thought has crossed my mind, several times =D

[Glaumring the Fox]

Mendicant will be horrified when he finally meets them.

Look whose coming to dinner... Its like Star Trek the undiscovered country.

[Tandaros]

Mendicant will be horrified when he finally meets them.

I would loooove to be a fly on the wall for that!

[Lanyon]

So I think Aurvandil has pretty much won this war. barca and D'Hara have signed peace and left terran to be our play thing. Good times.

[Lychaon]

Well, I wouldn't call that winning. You've moved your armies around indeed, but the short control on other regions you've gained has been thanks to betrayal. And as soon you've seen the Zuma approach you've started kicking your asses with your heels  In Barca we were ready for an honourable death defending the walls of our capital, but it's also good to survive.

But yes, you've gotten neutrality with Barca and D'Hara. And it'd be even smoother to have a play thing with Terran after the express war declaration by Asylon and their attack.

[Perth]

Aurvandil has landed in Larur.

Terran is done.

[Vellos]

NOT IF HIRESHMONT CAN FALL ON HIS OWN SWORD FIRST!

[Perth]

Oh, and Asylon won't even stand and fight us. Annoying.

It would have been a fun battle too. The two armies are of essentially equal strength, result could go either way based on troop composition and/or line settings. Those are the most fun battles.


Honestly, a 1v1 war between Terran and Asylon would be pretty fun. Similar to the 1v1 between Terran and Kabrinskia.

[Kwanstein]

Yes, a war/battle with Asylon would have been fun.

However, what they did was smart. Diverting Terran North with their looting so that Aurvandil could land unopposed in the South achieved them a quick and total victory. It also, importantly, preserved their forces, which will benefit them as they still have yet to repel Astrum and the Golden Farrow.

Had they attempted a more blunt strategy, Terran could have inflicted casualties, either by interrupting Aurvandil's landing or by defeating Asylon on the field. This strategy they chose rendered Terran totally helpless.

[Chenier]

Yes, a war/battle with Asylon would have been fun.

However, what they did was smart. Diverting Terran North with their looting so that Aurvandil could land unopposed in the South achieved them a quick and total victory. It also, importantly, preserved their forces, which will benefit them as they still have yet to repel Astrum and the Golden Farrow.

Had they attempted a more blunt strategy, Terran could have inflicted casualties, either by interrupting Aurvandil's landing or by defeating Asylon on the field. This strategy they chose rendered Terran totally helpless.

And here I thought Aurvandil was too strong and proud to resort to this kind of thing, attacking a weaker foe with their backs turned...

[Perth]

Yes, a war/battle with Asylon would have been fun.

However, what they did was smart. Diverting Terran North with their looting so that Aurvandil could land unopposed in the South achieved them a quick and total victory. It also, importantly, preserved their forces, which will benefit them as they still have yet to repel Astrum and the Golden Farrow.

Had they attempted a more blunt strategy, Terran could have inflicted casualties, either by interrupting Aurvandil's landing or by defeating Asylon on the field. This strategy they chose rendered Terran totally helpless.

Not really at all actually.

We couldn't have  done much of anything to stop Aurvandil no matter what. We field 12,000 CS max. No way we could stop Aurvandil's full force even if we wanted.

Also, Asylon could have engaged us and had the same effect. Our forces are of equal size so both armies would have taken significant casualties and Terran's army would be forced to refit anyways meaning we wouldn't be able to do anything to Aurvandil, either.

Also, Asylon could have just NOT attacked Terran and we still wouldn't have been able to repel Aurvandil. So, honestly, they've had little real effect.

[NoblesseChevaleresque]

Having Asylon raid Terran, withdraw and deny battle forcing Terran to advance on them was the plan from the start, alongside provoking Terran to attack Aurvandil in our own regions so we could defeat their army (As we hoped they would when we camped in Twainwood for four days waiting for them) force them to slowly refit with heavy casualties and captured nobles just before the turning of winter to give Asylon the maximum possible chance of success in a campaign against Terran. Almost worryingly Terran did everything Mendicant wanted them to do every step of the way since the start of the attack on Barca up until this point.

It's always nice when everything goes as intended.

[Gustav Kuriga]

For you, perhaps. Though you're about to lose an ally.

[NoblesseChevaleresque]

For you, perhaps. Though you're about to lose an ally.

If I thought Falkirk was in any danger, I'd have sent everything Aurvandil has to defend them. Besides which, Aurvandil still has armies nearby if they're needed, we're not so clumsy as to throw everything against Terran, especially when we don't need to.

I'll believe all the nonsense about Falkirk falling when I see it. But Lex and his Averothoi don't fall easily and not to the level of foe presented to them currently.