This just in from the Seers Guild...
By his axe, the Decade King doth rule again
on the occupied Kezmaroki island of Jorfyrr.
Mercenary forces retained by the Decade
King have routed the army of Lykutaa the Cackling Satrap in a battle
this morning on the isle. Veteran mercenary captain Mahk “the
Knife” leading a mixed company of knight-exiles, black hobbit
infantry, gladiators and cantonal bowmen shocked the Southlands with
his surprise landing yesterday. Swiftly leading his forces inland he
was met by the quick muster—and sorcerous summonings—of the
demi-lich tyrant that usurped power so many long centuries ago.
For two grinding hours the two armies
were locked in a see-saw battle. An artist's recreation with cast
metal figures follows below.
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| Satrap phalanx works up a battle frenzy. |
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| Melee in the center. |
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| Knight-exiles lock swords with the giant lizards. |
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| Cantonal bowmen decimated by Cloudkill. |
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| Vexor the Underwhelming vanquished in a duel with Mahk. |
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And now the rout begins in earnest. A highly perturbed demi-lich tyrant tries vainly to rally his center.
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Awesome.
ReplyDeleteBy This Axe definitely needs a VASSAL module.
Both links actually take to the print version.
ReplyDeleteYou need to post a pic of the Storm Child's intervention in the battle :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting the game. It was fun, and we need to do it again soon--maybe start a By This Axe campaign?
Yeah I have some funny pix of that bit of divine intervention (wiped out my whole right flank).
DeleteA campaign would be awesome! In fact that'd be handy for helping me play-test some campaign rules stuff.