As he drives deeper and deeper into Orc territory his supply lines will be stretched to the breaking point. However, in the back of his mind the Count wonders how long this can last. On every front the golden sun of Averland flies victorious over broken Orc banners. The silver mines therein had once been of great use to the treasury of Averland, and Count Marius hoped they would be again. The Imperials, however, continued on over the snowy passes and laid siege to the mountain city of Cragmere. The Knights, weary in their heavy armor, camped within the courtyard and prepared a defense. The town was bypassed and instead the Knights and an Empire detatchment marched up into the mountains around the Blackwater, storming the fortress at Hornshcloss. This included two giants, which the men of Origio took great sport in bringing down, as none had ever seen such a beast.Įveryone expected that the town of Hornau would be next, however Michael Cortrez, the commander of the northern theater, had other plans. The crossing of the Aver was, once again, taken, and its garrison slain. Meanwhile, further north on the banks of the Aver river, the Knights of Origio were now making their presence felt. Orcs were massing to the East and a counter-attack could be imminent. Instead the few survivors were given food and blankets while the Count's armies fortified the surrounding countryside. Having changed hands countless times between Averland and the Orcs, the city had been sacked so often that, when count Marius arrived, it was clear that there was nothing left to take. It was later claimed by scholars that no city suffered a worse fate than Akendorf in these great wars. The first objective was the walled town of Akendorf. Ahead of his armies, spies and sabateurs ensured that the proper throats were cut and gates were opened, aiding his march. The next morning his host marched forth from the gates of Mungzig banners blowing in the sunlight. Count Marius scoffed, crumpled the letter, and threw it into the flames. It was from the Grand Theogonist, demanding that he turn his armies back from the Border Princes and aid his allies in reclaiming the lost province of Talabecland. ![]() There was some reflection and perhaps amusement as the emperor called upon forces to throw back the Chaos forces which again were moving, but Ostland, knew this would not be their fight, for they had paid the price in full for the last invasion, sacrificing, home, and lives to buy the time to get a resistance, and then throwing the last of their forces to break the back of the last of the chaos armies the last time, and had nothing of any substance to add to the defence of the north.Īs Count Marius sat in his war council outside the walls of Mungzig, planning his next moves, a letter arrived. ![]() Ricco's Republican Guard mercenary army, was given a cannon to improve its offensive capabilities, courtesy of the Ostland forces, as they took a central position to defend the lands of Ostland, as additionally a small group of dwarfs merchants from the guilds also contributed their own small companies to the defend of the capital. It was perhaps in this time, when morale was perhaps at rock bottom, when the mercenary army the emperor had purchased arrived,much to the cheers of the populance, as they in their goldern armour marched through the streets and roads of Ostland. Another chaos force, had sneaked past the border, and with its chaos cannon had smashed away the minor garrison at Emsk ,taking it back for the forces of evil as the chaos forces renewed the offensive on the broken people. The emperor and other count elects discussed the matter of the arrival of a massive chaos fleet, with a renewed offensive on the northern border, by chaos land armies, and there was the ever present danger of the chaos army which had taken back kislev, a few years back. Their was little in the way of recruitment as many excess population were just put to use, farming the land, to get at least the bare minimum to survive the next winter. Another season had come and gone, and the men and women of Ostland tried to repair the land, and settlements as best as they could, after the battles and chaos sackings of the most of the lands of Ostland.
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