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The Battle of Petrizzi Part 2

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 The battle of Petrizzi part 2. The archers on the hill again fired into the Khorne warriors while Calarion, realising the dangers of his situation, turned and ran down the hill towards the ogre leadbelchers. The twins, Big Makh and Kortor Pounder, charged into the rallied marauders and Gamygyn again rather than the ranks of magically armoured chaos warriors. The dwarves tried to join the great combat that was about to start in the centre between the generals of both ogre forces, but the lacked the leg power and pulled up short. The giant stopped running and turned to face the chaos forces. Elesando Contti, who had been leading the small group of knights, left them to chase a group of warhounds that had broken though one of the gangs of the goblins the followed the ogres. Big Makh smashed Gamygyn into the ground, while Kortor crushed several marauders, and the rest scattered and fled, though not before they had mortally wounded the last irongut with their flails. The twins turned to f

The Battle of Patrizzi Part 1

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 The battle of Patrizzi On the 32 nd day of the 7 th month of 2492 by the imperial calender, along the coast of North Tilea, “The Grand Raid from the Sea” or “ Il Mare Cattivo” as the Viadasans still call it, began . Norse long boats were seen beached along the beaches north of Viadaza and the ogre mercenaries in the city's employ were sent out to meet them. Norse raiders that far south were rare, but not unheard of at the time, and any hopes that they could be paid off were dashed when they started raiding villages. Like many other cities in the north of Tilea, Viadaza had been overrun by vampires at the beginning of the century. Many of the structures, begin made of old stone, had remained intact after the siege to recapture the city, as had the tunnels and catacombs. Thus it had taken much longer the purge the taint from the city than the smaller villages and towns around it. Even nearly 90 years later, older citizens still triple locked their doors and windows for fear o