The Citadel Stands

Previously, the Legion stormed the gates of Aubastia and secured the town. Yet a death knight still held the town's citadel.

Elias musters the Legion for an assault on the citadel.

The First Attack

Comes Elias chooses Daniel and Raf to lead the assault on the citadel.

They form up in a phalanx, shields up front and spears behind. 

The phalanx

They advance up the stairs to the parapet. The death knight meets them, and holds them back.

Pow! Suddenly a blast of fire hits the shield wall. One of the magi is behind the death knight, casting spells at the attackers. The blast and a series of bolts breaks the attackers' cohesion. They retreat back down the stairs.

They try again, but to no avail. The death knight and mage send them back in defeat. Finally, too spent to continue, the assault team must withdraw.

A Second Try

After the first assault failed, Comes Elias decides to lead a second assault. He forms up the troops and advances.

Once again, a barrage of spells slices into the attackers. Elias and UIveblod make it to the top and engage the death knight. It slashes with its sword, biting through Elias's armor, wounding him. Elias falls to the floor of the parapet. Likewise, Ulveblod suffers wounds.

Seeing their commander fall, some of the men grab Elias and carry him back down. The rest of the assault force retreats.

Aftermath

As medics attend to the attacker's wounds, the death knight hurls mockery and curses at them.

Fortunately, Elias is not too badly wounded. He shakes his head at the death knight's taunts. "Looks like we need more firepower," Elias mutters. He then calls to one of his aides. "Bring up the archers and casters!"

GAME NOTES

This is an account of our December 10th battle. Essentially, we played a bridge battle, with the death knight and necromancer on the bridge. The Legion had to kill the enemies, which was hard to do because the parapet restricted the front. No flanking!

I was the death knight for the first assault while Brett played the mage. Daniel and Raf whittled us down, but we won the scenario. We then switched. However, I got too winded and could not continue. In the narrative, I describe this as being wounded.

We'll have another go at that ***** death knight next month!