[RPG] Re: [GLOL]Battle of Batesaor: A hero is born

[Chuong Huynh]

On 4/6/07, Chuong Huynh <chuongbm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The walls of Batesaor loomed in the distance as the first rays of sunlight
> peaked from behind the coastal city fortress.  The casted silhouette of the
> city upon the infant dawn an imposing sight for the marshalled forces.
> Messengers road between the city and the armies delivering messages of
> slander and propaganda between the lordly nobles. Each time a new message
> was delivered, it was crumpled and left in the mud at the mercy of the
> horses hooves. "What nobles are these that cant even follow a simple code of
> honour", Thalathafn thought. It was ironic that he would be the one to judge
> other nobles of uncivilized behaviour. He quickly adjusted his armour that
> had shifted on the road. It would be a glorious battle ahead and he would
> great his enemies with respect and death with honour. Looking back at his
> siege engine in tow and the armies still following behind him, Thalathafn
> knew this would be a chance to show his valour and establish himself as a
> true hero.




As the walls approached Thalathafn looked around him, 100 infantry and five
nobles set up in the front lines, behind them the archers and cavalry, as
the rear guard the bulk of Nighthelms infantry force. This was truely the
chance he hoped for, one hundred men fighting the thousands upon the walls.
He ordered his men to move the siege tower closer shield themselves behind
it from the hail of arrows. Six fell to the arrow storm, his unit now left
at twenty pushed onward and upward through the siege tower. The other eighty
infantry with no siege weaponry of their own and faced with an daunting wall
of stone crowded up his siege tower as well. Now the siege tower designed
for twenty was filled to its brink with a hundred men all vying for the
ladders. Thalathafn pulling himself up through the mob and led the charge at
the bloodied patch of wall where his siege engine was latched. The defenders
were overwhelming and his unit was thrown back. The other units fell one by
one, but Thalathafn was determined, he gathered his men and began another
climb up the siege tower. Again they charged and were met with a thousand
spears and swords. Thalathafn surged on feeling the stings of steel in the
exposed areas of his armour. He tumbled from the battlements with darkness
creeping upon him, as he fell he watched the Nighthelm troops advance with
their siege engines and knew he did his part and demonstrated his valour
given the incompetent leadership and tactics used in the siege.
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