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The Battle of Miragliano Part 4

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The Last Stand at Miragliano The city was eerily quite. After the walls fell, there was panic and pandemonium, but now the streets were empty. All the citizenry who could move and had not already fled were gathered at the port, trying to find any vessel to carry them out of the clutches of the undead.   In the streets, the remnants of the defenders gathered. Many of the militia had fled to the docks, but many of the professional soldiers remained. The remnants of the River Watch were gathered up into units of hand gunners, archers and crossbowmen joined by the wizards Bly and Shine. Leonard was leading the great sword wielding City Guard and the small bands of halberdiers and bravos who followed them. Marshal Sigurd lead the entirety of his surviving chapter, all the knights gathered into one mighty hammer, while the young initiates prepared to ride out as pistoleers. Sigured wielded a massive glowing sword that he had removed from its case in the centre of the chapter house. He ha...
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The battle of Miragliano Part 3

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 The dark walls of Miragliano were not beautiful. They were rough but tall and thick, the kind of walls mercenaries would build. Now the descendants of those mercenaries mounted the walls to face the same menace the their ancestors had faced many years ago. The Undead. Captain Leonard had taken up position on the right most wall along with Bly the wizard and a band of archers. The centre walls were covered by large groups of crossbowmen and hand gunners. The left most wall had a body of archers and an old and slightly unhinged fire wizard known as Shine. Behind the walls a noble knight called Sigurd and his bodyguard stood ready, as did a large group of elite city guard armed with greatswords and a small band of militia. Leonard stood alone, apart from the archers and Bly. Despite his heroic victory at the crossing of the Trino river, he had lead the men of the river watch to disaster at the battle of Baliana. Now he clenched the handle of his sword in anticipation of revenge, a...
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A letter from Kagram Branbar

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 “A letter from Kagram Branbar” An extract from Markus Diano's great work “The History of the Western Dwarf Realms”   From the following letter, we can see how the conflicts of 2432 began the process of altering the perceptions of the mountain holds at the edge of the Vaults. The attacks of marauding greenskin tribes and the increasing power of the ratmen at the expense of the citizens of Northern Tilea drove the dwarfs to adopt a more proactive and outward looking perspective, which was unusual at the time. The original translation was provided to me from the professor of Khazalid at Wissenburg University, Markus Libenhimer. The letter itself is an account of a battle in the winter of 2432 and was written by a scribe named Kagram Branbar to the King of Kazad Frujund at the time, Dalbak Galgrong. The throng encountered the foul t haggoraki (translator's note, the word “ratmen” fails to conjuror the deep disgust this word represents.)  while marching overland to the north...
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The Battle for Miragliano, Part 2

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  Baliana The village of Baliana was eerily silent. Just hours ago it has been almost deafeningly noisy with children crying andmen and women shouting as they hurried to load up their possessions and escape. Banging, crashing and creaking carts had filled the track, laden with grain, supplies and the contents of peoples' homes. Then, the village had been filled with military sounds. Trumpets and drums, officers barking orders. Now everyone had taken their positions, and waited nervously for the undead. It was silent. Many of the officers had wanted to fall back to the city. After all, what was the point of protecting an empty town, but Leonard had overruled them. Backed the wizard Bly, he was confident he could give the undead vanguard a bloody nose, reducing their power even before they reached the city walls. His forces had grown as survivors from the previous battle rejoined them and others from further away patrols returned. He had even been joined by 3 demigryph knights. ...
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The Battle of Miragliano Part 1, The battle on the Trino

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 This is the first part of 4 games covering the undead attack on the city of Miragliano. The city is on the western edge of Tilea and borders the Blighted Marshes from where the undead periodically attack. Previously the town of Uldopho, near the mountains was attacked and captured by the undead. However, there advance south as checked by a battle on the Via Nord.     What follows is an account of the undead attack across the River Trino towards the town of Baliana.    A Damp mist clung ground like a heavy sea as the men of the River Watch gathered. The chill air seemed to sap the will from their tired frames. Many had rushed to gather as soon as the calls went out, but still not half their full strength had mustered. Captain Leonard stood amongst the assembling groups, as the warden of the river he knew most of them by name and had directly recruited more than half. They had spent time training and drilling and he did not doubt their bravery. Many of the ...
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