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| Battle for Delaurine | | | Author: | | | IP: | p39-max1XXXX | | Date: | 04/09/00 05:04 | | Game Type: | Other | | Labels: | none | | Report Rating: , # of Ratings: 1, Max: 6, Min: 6
Lifetime Rating for Mladjo: 6.0000 |  | Okay, my last report was a gay fag so Im writing a ( hopeflly ) better one. Its set in the LoG universe ( Lands of Gorgat ) my own creation. Its a war story. Okay lets get this on !
Chapter 1 - The Fall of Delaurine
The beautfiul green forest cast its shadow down over the fields surrounding the Human encampent. Dozens of soldiers scurried about and even some of the heavily aromored Knights rode around on their great war horses. Delaurine, a small city on the north east coast of Kelthak County, was in danger. Emperor Aliir had sent a large detachment of his Royal Guard to protect the city, but a recent incursion across the Ruu'Wad River by the infamous Avians caused most of them to give a hearty chase toward the Nests in the mountains of Shath. All that remained were the few troops which continued toward Delaurine and some of the local farmer boys who had almost no experience in a real fight. Perhaps the biggest fight they ever witnessed was the local brawl. But what they were soon to face were no drunken fools but the battle hardened Lair Army of the Lizardmen. Delaurine was just the site of their landing on the Human lands in preparation for a full scale invasion. The scouts in their little Skooter boats had reported over a hundred War Galleys. It was a dark day for the Human Commander, Kercha.
" Ah, Tellio what have you to report, " Kerchak asked the frail looking Liutenant standing in front of him.
" Sir the news I bring are dire. At best Our Lords army will get here in a week, possibly more. The Lizards will be here in eight hours. " Tellio said, quite dismayed at the lack of emotion on the Commanders part.
" Why are you so worried dear fellow ? WE are the Royal Guard ! Elite of Humans. Nothing has defeated us in a century. " uttered Kerchak with confidence.
" Sir with all due respect the odds will be one hundred to one. We dont stand much of a chance. There are Armor and Borka on board those galleys Sir. Look, look at our army lists ... 4500 Footmen, 700 Long and Short Bowers, 250 Knights, 6 Catapults, 150 Axers, 250 Pikemen, 400 Cavalry. Its simply not enough. " said Tellio with a slight lump in his throat.
" Then we must stand proud and make each one of us count for twenty of those green skinned bastards! " Kerchak howled.
" What is the status of our defenses anyway Tellio ?" he asked.
" The defenses are constantly being improved. The city is fortified to its maximum extent and we have the hill two kilometres away as our main base camp and retreat point. Our main stand will be made around the city walls where we hope to hold the Lizards for as much time as we can in a siege. If everything goes as best as it can we will be able to hold on until the main army arrives. " Tellio told him.
" Hmm, excellent. Well, carry on we dont have much time. Get back to work and if anything goes wrong report it to me immediately. " Kerchak said.
" Yes Sir! " Tellio offered a sharp salute which was flawlessly returned by the Commander.
As he walked out Tellio's stomach overturned several times in utter disgust. What was the old man doing? The stupid fool! He will get us all killed for nothing! Delaurine is not an easily defensible city being on flatlands and all. The Commanders tent was beuatifully decorated with golden ribbons flying. A symbol of his power and position. Also the flag of the Empire. It will soon be my tent, thought Tellio and then started walking back across the base camp toward his great steed "Archangel" which was one of the swiftest in the known world. He got on and started the short ride to Delaurine where he would be the one commanding the defense and organizing the troops who were no doubt scared witless. He had to go calm them down or half of them would desert us in our time of need. Oh, how I miss the cowards way of life, he thought and for a second ceased being afraid, ironicallly.
Meanwhile on board the War Galley "Fang" ...
" Jehuy'Sia'Tak, get over here pathetic one! " screamed Yu'Chka'Ga the ships Leader and the main General behind this brilliant plan to strike the Humans at one of their weakest points.
Jehuy ran over in fear of punishment fro begin late. Yu was big and strong, he could easily crush Jehuy and make him shark bait.
" Yeees, Master ? " Jehuy asked quietly whimpering.
" Jehuy you ARE quick! " Yu said as he started a deep laugh. ( More of a growling sound really )
" Now, on to more important matters... whats the fleet status? " he asked
" All is well, Master. Two hundred and sixty one War Galleys. Over sixty thousand Lair warriors. Also the brand new Armor is on board. Those walls sure will have a hard time. " said Jehuy with a loud cackle.
" Good, now get me some Elven Eyes Soup, " Yu said deeply, clearly a Lizard with a love for soup. ( Elven Eyes is made from insects mixed with a jelly like substance and then poured into a really great mix of herbs and meat. Quite a delicacy among the Lizard kind )
Seven hours later ...
" LIZARDMEN!!! LIZARDMEN!!! Theyre coming!!! Their fleet is huge Sir!!!! Five times the size we thought!! " shouted Barthak at Tellio who patiently waited for him to finish.
" When will they be landing?! " asked Tellio in a half shout at the Far Lookout on the main tower.
" In a matter of minutes, Sir! Their landing craft are approaching! " the lookout shouted.
" To arms men!! " Tellio shouted to thoise around him. But there really was no need as the troops were allready at the walls preparing for a long defensive action against the Lizard threat.
Tellio took hold of the Farsight and gawked at the giant fleet. There are so many! he thought. And truly, there were indeed many. Suddely, the trumpets blared and he knew the attack had begun.
It took several minutes for the extremely organized Lizardmen army to pour over the sand bank towards the city. The soliders on the walls stood amazed as many, many thousands of Tridents, Spears, Borkas ( Lizardmens larger and deadlier cousin, like the Ogre in WC2 except it doesnt have two heads and it has a blunt club as well as being like a tower ), Armor ( primitive tank )and other kinds of threats creeped their way towards them. The Lizardmen might have had vast numbers but their organization was incredible. Hundreds of straight lines and phalanx formations were deployed all across the vast field. On Tellio's face beads of sweat started to form...
The Battle Begins....
And then they were too close. Every archer along the high Delaurine walls let loose a volley of death upon the Green Skins. Many were felled but their ranks were quickly filled in by others and in a blood thirsty fashion they charged toward the gate. Men on top of the first wall started preparing rocks for the lizards were trying to break the through the front gate and storm the castle. Several hundred lizard Bowers fired back at the humans but to ill effect as most of their arrows were deflected by the Humans shields. A battering ram was stopped as the Lizardmen who were using it to ram the wooden front gate were riddled with arrows and pounded with rocks from above. While Kerchak was making new battle strategies, Tellio barked orders at all around him, directing the way the human forces fought. And from a distance Yu watched with satisfaction as the first Armor reached their maximum range and started firing large rocks at the walls in a savage attempt to bring them down.
The catapults fired back but they had no chance of hitting the Armor. The walls were strained witht the constant impact of boulders starting to shatter them from within. The Lizardmen waited in their phalanx, legion and line formations, poised to strike as soon as the walls cracked, all the while Bowers took out hundreds of them with great accuracy. Infact only the Elves themselves who invented the bow could do better.
Tellio knew as soon as the armors arrived there was little hope of holding out for the second hour let alone a week. With a heavy heart he ordered the Knights, Footmen and Cavalry to gather in the courtyard because he was going to lead them in a glorious charge into the heart of the enemy to try to destroy the 30 or so armored vehicles. And so he raised his mighty sword and motion for the "Archangel" to charge forward with all his men following him through the opened gate for the inevitable clash with destiny.
As soon as they left the gate, the force was greeted with the first phalanx formation. Tellio led the charge into their ranks and himself took a dozen Lizardmens unfortunante heads. The force destroyed the first phalanx formation with relative ease and carried on into the second when all at once every Lizard darted towards them in a swarm like fashion. It was like millions of ants on a spider
and even though they fought bravely in another ten minutes every single one of them, around 4000 to be exact was slaughtered by the sixty five thousand Lizardmen.
That was the first day of the Great Invasion. And to this day the history books show that Tellio was the greatest hero on that battle field who gave his life with his army killing three times their number in that charge and making the Lizards pay a heavy price which was vital in their defeat at Foar where Yu was killed. Delaurine fell after another day of bloody struggle.
It ended in an Alamo like way wih all the defenders killed off.
There I hope you like !
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