Faeruntest (Ctis) Turn 110:
Victory! Man’s pretender-led army in Earthwood sallied forth against an army of 24 sauromancers, 2 tartarians, 120 fiends and 80 or 90 cannon fodder. For the loss of 2 sauromancers and 76 odd fiends and fodder, our glorious armies crushed the Man-ish scum. 18 commanders including the dreaded Moloch pretender fell to charging fiends after the left flank of Man’s army collapsed. 207 out of 235 troops were slaughtered, the remmnants driven from the field screaming. Truly a great day for Ctis!
Defeat! The Man-ish defenders of Myth Drannor slaughtered our brave assaulting troops to the last man. 170 storm demons and 150 Fiends, 2 sauromancers, 2 Vampire Lords, a well-equipped tartarain and an artifact-laden Air Queen were annihilated by what was probably the most magically boosted defending force I have ever seen. Magical power crackled across the battlefield as the attackers were worn down, barely a dent made in the Man-ish horde. Truly a day of woe for Ctis!
Victory! As expected the army in Saradush took it in the teeth from 4 murdering winters and 2 flames from the sky. Of the 230 troops in that army, only 5 sauromancers, 1 vampire, 60-odd vine ogres and a handful of hardy lizards survived. However, these remnants, boosted by the arrival on the scene of a tartarian cylcops, mowed through 12 castings of ghost riders, losing only 13 troops and one sauromancer (self-inflicted! doh). We count this as a victory! The 4 remaining sauromancers, true to their orders as loyal Ctis-ans, then flung themselves at the gates of Saradush and were promptly massacred by the Atlantean defenders. Truly a great day for Ctis!
Defeat! A 2nd AQ, equipped with the forbidden light, went to her doom taking a 225 strong Ermorian army with her. She almost made it, but an Ermorian commander struck her down in the final stages of the fight, moments before he should have routed from lack of troops to command. Alas, this is a dark day for Ctis!
Victory! The Atlantean army sieging the Black Cape was roasted and then overrun by ghost riders in a most satisfying display of remote Ctis’ian power. 2 ice devils and 3 kings from the deep met their makers along with their footsoldiers, although unhappily a number of frost demons excercised the good judgement of fleeing the field before they could be dealt with. Still, Glory to Ctis, on this banner day!
… and you get the general idea. ;)
Despite the terrible disaster in Myth Drannor and the loss of 2 air queens and 4 artifacts, I feel that Man is being successfully strangled to death. He is nearly paralyzed, and just a few serious pockets of resistance remain. althought he force in Myth Drannor is powerful, I do not hink much of it’s chances outside it’s domed fortress… Ermor’s releif of man has so far come to naught, although surely his losses are easily replaced.
Atlantean armies are still coming thick and fast. There are two large armies and ten lesser ones crowding the front lines… it will be a hard slog to go anywhere against these hordes and their magical artillery.
The Ctisian scientists are hard at work on new weapons that will turn the tide of the war, or so they tell me. Onwards to Victory! Death to the warm-bloods! hisssssssssssssssss
