1500 Brettonian Peasants Vs. Tzeentchian Beasts

[Deraj]

Well, this battle was part of the fluff about my character Sir Auric of Quenelles (http://oldworldonline.proboards41.com/index.cgi?board=brets&action=display&thread=442) so I will write up the battle in a fluffy way. It was set before he rode of into the Forest of Loren, this is where he met his arch enemy.
As a little history; at this time Auric was but a young knight, (represented by the mounted paladin in my list) who had ridden to one of his family's manors, Par Cellion, close to the edges of the Forest of Loren, on a spur of trees that had grown past the waystones.

Wandering along the walls of his father's manor, Auric heard a commotion, then his elder brother yelled out "Gather the peasants, the beasts are coming!" He rode into the village, rallying the men, when he found an old friend, a strange paladin, loved by the peasants. The man often helped them and was greatly respected by them, though the knights hated him for it.

He began setting up his men at the main road to the manor, inside the village. Most of the Manor was walled in, but for the back, which was up against the trees(which was where his brother was protecting, with the manor's contingent of knights), and the road in. There was also one more weak point , a 15' opening in the corner, which had once been destroyed in some forgotten war, and had just been allowed to be overrun with trees. The men had set long stakes in the road, but he knew that this point had to be protected, but where would he find the men?

He looked across and saw a beautiful woman lead a score of archers to the edges of the woods. Even at this distance, he knew who she was. This woman was one of the damsels of the lady, though this did not stop him from becoming infatuated with her. What better wife for a knight could there be than such a woman....

"Look sir, they come" yelled one of his yeoman on a horse to his side, snapping him from his reverie. He looked out across the village, and there they were. Wolves, chariots, minotaurs, and scores of beasts. Some beasts had painted their fur gold, or died it blue. Looking for the leaders, he saw one massive beast running with a mob of slightly larger beasts, the ones whose fur looked golden. The creature had lightning crackling around his hands, but was this the leader? Scanning the rest, he saw yet another who could be it; a large beast with the head of a ram and a sinister sword that looked as though it had been carved from a massive bone or tooth, running with 3 minotaurs.

He believed this was it, until he saw a glint from one of the chariots. Looking closer he saw what appeared to be the largest of them, rivaling even the musculature of the minotaurs, the strange creature had twisted golden horns that formed an X upon its head. Looking at the size of this terrible horde, he knew there was a terrible battle coming.

The lists:

Beasts-1500
HQ

Wargor-Mark of Tzeentch (L2 sorcerer)-130(was with the Tzaangors)
Wargor-Great Fang-110(was with the minotaurs)
Wargor-Chaos Armor and Sword of Battle-95 ) Was in a chariot)

CORE

Tuskgor Chariot- 85pts
Tuskgor Chariot- 85pts
Tuskgor Chariot- 85pts
Tuskgor Chariot- 85pts
Tuskgor Chariot- 85pts

5 warhounds of chaos-30 pts
5 warhounds of chaos-30 pts

15 bestigors (Tzaangors) w/ mark of tzeentch and FC-230

Beastherd- 10 Gors, 10 ungors w/ shields, FC- 155
Beastherd- 10 Gors, 10 ungors w/ shields, FC- 155

SPECIAL

3 Minotaurs w/ mark of Tzeentch-140

1500


Brettonians-1500 (Peasant Army)
HQ

Paladin w/ lance, virtue of audacity, gauntlet of the dual, and a barded warhorse-118
Paladin(BSB) on foot with virtue of empathy and war banner -97
Damsel (L2) w/ the Verdant Heart- 145 (Lore of Life)

CORE

20 Men at Arms w/ fc- 117
20 Men at Arms w/ fc- 117
20 Skirmishing bowmen w/ FC and light armor- 180
20 Bowmen w/ fc and light armor- 160
10 Bowmen w/ fc and light armor- 90

SPECIAL

10 Mounted Yeomen w/ fc and shields- 195
10 Mounted Yeomen w/ standard, musician, and shields- 181

RARE

Trebuchet w/ craftsman- 100

1500 (Yes, I know this list is illegal, but it was the fluff)

I will write the actual battle up tomorrow, til then; what do you guys think?

[grunt90]

Pretty good, Did the person actually paint all the beasts gold and blue?

[Deraj]

He painted them up sort of like yours (brownish fur) then drybrushed some gold and inked some blue.

[Arguleon Veq]

Looks good so far, I look forward to the BatRep.

[Deraj]

Well then, right into it, shall we?

Auric stared out across the battlefield, feeling the thrill of excitement at the coming battle. There was nothing much his men could do, he didn't want his men to leave their posts. He saw the Damsel of the Lady, Asuriel, sweating and mumbling, then he saw a strange glow surround her and she stopped speaking, looking angrily out at the horde. She pointed, and he followed with his eyes. She was pointing at large beast in the group of golden beasts and shouted "He is blocking me!"

Auric pointed to the trebuchet, then the unit of archers and then swung his arm toward the minotaurs. The arrows fell short, but the massive stone flew through the air, smashing directly into them, killing one and severely wounding another. [Epic guess, no scatter...]

The creatures began to charge forward, the wolves running up the flank toward Asuriel's copse of trees, the minotaurs and the 2 hordes of smaller beasts running up the left, while the chariots and larger golden beasts ran up the center. The large beast, who seemed as much of a massive warrior as the rest, though had to be a shaman, pointed directly at Auric, a challenge in any language. Suddenly the whole horde began glowing, and their power leapt to him and shot toward Auric in a massive golden spear. Asuriel made a quick stopping motion, but the spear continued flying forward. Luckily for Auric the spear landed short, and he pointed his lance at the beast and shouted a challenge.
The beast started waving its arms, then pointed at the Chariot holding the golden horned beast. The boars pulling it leapt forward, pulling its master ahead of the other chariots.

Thus ended turn one, but grunt wants to play risk, so I'll post more later.

Auric still didn't want to move his men, though he was beginning to dislike being backed up against a wall. He rode forward, slightly away from the chariots, but toward the magic beast. He motioned for the trebuchet to fire upon one unit of smaller beasts, while his archers fired at the chariots. One chariot was destroyed, but the stone missed, bouncing into the other unit of beasts. Many were killed in an explosion of gore [gor...heh] and the rest fled. He looked over toward Asuriel who began motioning at a hill, then jerked her hands up at the Minotaurs. Rocks exploded forth, killing two of the beasts. The leader that had been with them turned and fled, right into the other small beast unit, who fled as well. [Beasts have to be the only army that consistantly domino like that]

The chariots charged forth, slamming into one unit of yeomen, crushing them beneath their wheels, causing them to flee, running them down and directly into a unit of Men at Arms. The golden beasts came even closer to Auric, attempting to charge him, but he was just out of reach. One unit of wolves charge the archers, the other was also barely out of range. The archers stood their ground, releasing a volley, killing 3 and causing the rest to flee. The magic beast shot another spear at Auric, which hit him, but the lady protected him, for it did not wound him. It pointed at the remaining wolves, and they began to glow gold, but Asuriel waved at them, canceling out the golden energy. [No, we didn't do magic last, I just put it that way to continue the flow.]

Auric charged the unit, challenging the magic beast, which accepted. He rammed his lance directly into the chest of the beast, flinging it through the air, then his mighty warhorse stomped down on the creature, killing it and ending its magic. Though greatly outnumbering him, the beasts ran, dismayed at the power of the attack. The yeomen charged one of the chariots from the side, destroying it and running into the other. A third chariot was destroyed by the men at arms, and the other two fled. The yeoman attempted to follow it, but failed. Asurial motioned at the wolves that weren't fleeing and the ground erupted around them. The roots of the nearby trees slaughtered them, leaving none alive.

The small unit of fleeing beasts, the leader from the minotaur attack, the chariots, and the golden beasts all rallied how this was possible with beast leadership, who knows?]

The yeomen and Auric charged the golden beasts, as the archers and trebuchet fired on the beasts. The trebuchet missed, but the archers killed 4 beasts, not enough to scare them away. The Men at arms and the paladin moved toward the chariots, sensing victory. Auric and the yeomen killed three beasts, and the beasts killed 2 yeomen in return. This was going to be a long struggle now...

The chariots did the one last ditch attack left at them. They charged Asuriel and her archers, who fired, and nearly destroyed one. The chariots slaughtered many of the archers, and the rest turned to flee. chasing them into the woods, one chariot was destroyed, but the other, the one holding the golden horned leader chased down Asurial, spearing her through the back, flinging her to one side, and continuing in to the castle.

The golden beasts killed 4 more men at arms, and Auric fell back [He did not retreat, he advanced in another direction.] The beasts ran down the yeomen, though Auric got behind the spikes.

The beasts charged the trebuchet, killing its crew and running into the archers, trapped against the wall.

The Men at arms and the paladin turned so that they could charge the beasts, and Auric rallied. The spikes did little to deter the beasts, who killed several archers, causing them to flee directly toward the wall, and the beasts turned to make their final stand.

Auric, the men at arms, the remaining archers, and the paladin all charged the remaining beasts, killing them all.

Thus the battle ended in a massacre, but there is more fluff to come.

Auric, who had been tied up by the golden beasts heard screams from within the castle. The gates were locked and barred, so he lead the peasents around the wall to the forest, feeling a part inside of him die as he saw Asuriels broken body, but he charged on. Once within the walls, he saw the iste of a massacre. The manor was burning, all of the knights lay dead on the ground, his brother among them. The beasts had come in from the forest, slaguhtering the knights, the golden horned leader had abandoned his chariot, leading the main body of the beasts back into the forest, leaving but a few unruly gors and ungors to burn the rest of the village. Auric and his men fell on them with a vengance, but they were too late to stop any of the terrible destruction. All that was left to him was revenge. He rode to his father's castle that day, leading the paladin in charge of the shell of the once great manor. Auric took 100 errant knights from the lands of his father, riding into the forests of Loren in hunt of the beast, not to be seen again for another 50 years.


And since grunt pointed out a lot of mistakes we made, it was my first time with brettonians/peasents, and his fifth time with beasts. We were also drinking by this point, so yeah, we messed up some things.

[grunt90]

Just bumping things up, so theres other bat reps up besides veqs =P