Ostrosk has fallen. The weakened hosts of Chaos march, dispersing in the north and the east, exhausted from their march and conquest of Ostrosk, the crow-headed sorceress roasted and her ashes scattered and her sister, still in a cage, being dragged behind by Rue'Vahn eastwards towards Chamon Dharek.Previous thread:>>6106280
In the south, the skinwolves find the forest is occupied by orcs.In the east, Magors ungortide, now a ragged mixture of minotaurs, thralls and ungors marches northwards through desolated wastelands of the Kislevite steppe.In the northwest, the hordes are fording rivers, anxious to escape from the Ungols and link up with Sarls and to find refuge in Chamon Dharek or in the cold, frigid wastes of the steppe or the loathsome north.Next turn please.
Don't forget to archive the last bread!Skinwolves should see any foes coming from the hills, so it looks like that village is unguarded, & my loot addiction is giving me withdrawals.
>>6140214curious about the captured sorceress. Mulrog approaches Rue'Vahn in the rare moments that the other warlord is not in the monstrous form of a manticore."She doesnt look like much in that cage.... Her sister also didnt put up much of a fight. Did you put that wound on them. or was it someone else?" he inquires
>>6140214We ride on westward, toward the source of the spectral summons and to find the reason we are all called there.
>>6140214Here's my movement for turn 23.
>>6140214Northward!
In the far south, the skinwolves get butchered by the vicious strelsy strike, while in the west, the Sarls, lead by a ancient, yet still golden haired Sarl greets Ivan with hails and promises of fealty. "Ivan!" He says, correctly persuming whomst he is speaking to. "Sarls are bloodied by our own strife and we flee the madness of the plaguebearers who struck down from the mountains. We have lost the pass of Tyr and Suderholm is being besieged after we have lost the battle outside its walls."Yet what is of more interest is the welcome Huffud receives as she slinks into the beast-herds of the far north. The chaos-warped grazing plains find the oblivious she-cow quickly surrounded by herds of beasts, ranging from great warbeasts to small wretches, the critters moving in as liquid.The she-cow stops her grazing, every instinct of hers warning her. Yet her concentration is broken by a violent eruption of dirt, a totem of clay and mud and stone arising, a warped head atop it, its eyes and mouth cavernous holes, too big for the barrel sized head."Beast!" It roars. "Who can the gods of chaos rely upon if not you! Heal for this season, take the beasts with you and then march south to Chamon Dharek, feast on those who cannot fight, command those who can, protect its priests with your life, for it is your duty!">Huffud gains 90 loot if she accepts the task. Loot can only be spent to acquire minotaurs (30 loot), mammoths (40 loot) and warbeasts of the north (44 loot)>>6140403Mulrog asked you a question in >>6140277
>>6140843>>6140843Damn, so my wolves are dead? Why is the map squared off?"Hail, venerable Sarl, by what name should I know you? What of your king, & his boasting before the Gods? For proven loyalty I shall grant homes within my lands, but first we must make sacrifices at Chamon Dharek."We can take the hilltop fortifications between Mulrog's Chaos Warriors my new Berserkers, & Rue'Vahn's Manticores. Not much loot to be split, but worth it to get rid of these Kislevite bastards.
>>6140277>>6140843Sorry, I didn't see that question, my bad."Indeed. The witch tried to demand that Hangar and I swear an oath of fealty to her. I would never betray the gods, so we fought her off. She broke one of my ribs, but we left her with parting slash of our own."The Aghol takes a moment to reminisce before turning back to Mulrog and bowing."I also owe you my gratitude as well. My men tell me that you finished off the sorceress when she tried to make the same demands of you and Ivan. I'm not sure if we've seen the last of her, but I feel we can all rest easier knowing that she's been defeated. Thank you."Rue'Vahn reaches into a bag to pull out some bottles of Aesling mead to make a toast, before staring at the captive sister for a while."The witch spoke of her like clay that needed to be fired in a kiln. For such a supposedly important destiny, I guess she has some unique trait that would allow for a transformation which no one else could achieve. As for right now... she didn't even resist. It makes me paranoid, like it was almost too easy."
Mulrog & Rue'Vahn, what are your thoughts on taking Zamak Spayenya? With it gone, their Northern Oblast will be wide open for the foreseeable future. We can encircle it with Berserks, Chaos Warriors, & Manticores. Unless there is opposition to it, I'm going to send another letter "on behalf of the Aes" calling to the Kislevite Hussars for reinforcements to strike at us across the river. If the first letter worked as it appeared, it will goad them into wiping each other out & leaving us their fleeing survivors if we're lucky...Lanu, I really think we should start getting random amounts of loot for killing enemy units considering the arms, armor, horses, & slaves they might have. Just 1 or 2 points is still an incentive to wipe out our foes as Chaos Warriors are inclined.
>>6140843Oh man, I so want to join Huffud on this quest.
>>6141016I just want Huffud & Krant to sell me a Skaven to be one of my jesters.
>>6140972should be doable. i would prefer to not remove my chaos Warriors from downstream just yet. but a concerted effort with Infantry will have to be made. My two bearserkers and your new two and a set of Huscarls shoudl be able to take the hill without any significant losses. we have about 10 HP to chew through. and Huscarls as well as Bearserkers are much faster than heavy infantry. also i agree. with all the Chaos Warriors i killed. but i wont be greedy and make even more work for the QM.
>>6140843Hmmm… well, of course I’m gonna accept!But I have 1 question- can the special armor i got earlier be taken from it’s former unit and assigned to another?And uhhh what’s the stats of a Mammoth? Can’t find them in the last thread
>>6140868>Damn, so my wolves are dead?Yup.>Why is the map squared off?I was too lazy to crop out all the Kislevite units you have no sight of.>"Hail, venerable Sarl, by what name should I know you? What of your king, & his boasting before the Gods? For proven loyalty I shall grant homes within my lands, but first we must make sacrifices at Chamon Dharek.""I go by the name of Lini Goldmane. As for my king, I do not know, nor do I care, for the six sons of the dead king all declared themselves rulers and pointed their daggers at eachothers throats, rather than aim them at the Nurglings who struck at us. If a king cares not for his people, his people ought to not care for him either.">>6140972>Lanu, I really think we should start getting random amounts of loot for killing enemy units considering the arms, armor, horses, & slaves they might have. Just 1 or 2 points is still an incentive to wipe out our foes as Chaos Warriors are inclined.Actually, not getting rewards for killing is on purpose. Plunder without fighting is the optimal result.>>6141153>But I have 1 question- can the special armor i got earlier be taken from it’s former unit and assigned to another?Sure, but I think you might not want to, as the upcoming fight will benefit from the veteran chaos warriors in dwarven armour.>And uhhh what’s the stats of a Mammoth? HP6 D2 M3
>>6141169>Plunder without fighting is the optimal result.Which is damn near impossible without highly mobile units and multiple vectors of attack. I get the decision. It just doesnt seem too feasible when this is thr warhammer setting and cities will be guarded. And armies will march on a wide front
Another letter is sent towards the lines of the Kislevite Hussars, the writing a cross between Kislev's own script & the runic symbols of the Norscans to sell the deception: "Lancers of Kislev, the Kurgan hordes have fled past the river to our West. We are eager to pursue, but lack the horses to run them aground. For the moment we watch them from the hills. Will you ride with us?Thane Blekking of the Aeslings"Mulrog, I've moved my troops so your Chaos Warriors can advance, I'll keep flanking around the hilltops to the West so that Rue'Vahn can reach them as well.
>>6140843>>6141250i suggest planting the Houscarls on the settlement if you dont wanna send them north. they will be more durable there and capable of killing lots of things. and i would rather not send the Warbeasts into that meatgriner. as cavalery they will strike last and quite possibly get heavily damaged. >>6141153Mammoths are also Cavalery for fighting on plains.
>>6141169Huffud, stomping and yelling, will spit blood and warpstone- she accepts the offer, and is rewarded for it with an even more horrendous shape>buy Mammoth, give it the chaos armor (the new version of Huffud, using that fancy token. I just think that’ll be fun. Surely it’ll be better than giving it to the warriors?)>buy 2 minotaurs by putting in 10 lot of my own>total warband is now- veteran chaos warriors- 5 minotaurs- Huffud (mammoth with Gromril armor)
>>6140843Ride onward!
>>6140843Greatly diminished from whence the season began, what remains of the "ungortide" continues its trick northward, in search of a lone village from which they can finally latch their teeth upon and lick their wounds. Recovery back to whence they were is a daunting prospect, and only the mercy of the Four might find favor for them to do so.Magor can only hope that the Hound appreciates the blood he has spilled, and the Crow what efforts he has given so that his allies could achieve victory. If they have done so, so very far away.They surely must have. For word of defeat has not reached his ears either. ---Stored loot 10 (I think,split from raiding a Tier 2 settlement with another player last thread)
>>6140843Here's my movement for turn 24.I don't want to go zooming ahead in case there's some enemy outside of our vision range that jumps out and ambushes me when I'm alone.
Sorry guys, but I'll pause this for a few days, I have a high fever and feel like shit.
>>6142399get well soon Lanu. and my the Grandfather not bless you further.
Lemon + ginger + honey in warm water, water-maxxing, sleep-maxxing, vitamin D + calcium, & as much vitamin C as you can get should have you feeling better in no time.As for Zambah, if she isn't an entirely original Chaos Deity, I'm thinking she must originate from The Elric of Melnibone mythos or perhaps even Conan/Kull/Hyboria mythos. No trace of her amongst the two dozen or so minor chaos godlings from old White Dwarf articles on the web. Could be interesting to add chaos gods from other settings as well now that I think of it, like MK or TES.
Finished my warpfire Dragon and thought people here would appreciate a picture
>>6143051Hot damn, nice work with the spittle!And oooh, that’s some nice basalt
>>6143051(Look at that line work, it even has lesions....)"Very nice, now let's see Zar Hangar's mount."
I forgot to mention garlic & onions Lanu, hope you're on the mend.
Still feeling like a dick-gnome fucked my throat, but I guess that can only add flavour to typing.Maneuvering through the plains under the fortress is a slow process, both due to bloodied and tired warband and the many commanders in charge. Yet, it is not the only reason, as one morning, the undead chaos warrior blows on a horn, the thunder echoing through the hills. He rides through the hills, his steed making leaps and bounds which would shatter the knees and the ankles of living horses and tear their muscles and ligaments."Chamon Dharek calls for warhosts to come forwards with utmost speed!" The undead chaos warrior bellows with a surprisingly high pitched voice. "For the priests call for great warriors who will spill rivers of blood in the name of the four great gods of chaos!"
>>6144788soo.... can we just retire to there or do we still have to get there?Cause if its the later i would prefer to not leave enemies in our back, holding a strongpoint.
>>6144788So the village in the bottom right that my skinwolves attacked was destroyed, netting me 10 more loot?
>>6144797You can retire immediately. Right now, the only real question is whether you want to spend lives on Zamak.>>6144798Yup.
Proposed movement in White for besieging Zamak
>>6144788>>6144870Oh shit, we can retire rn?I thought we had to march all the way back. Dang, I would have done so back when I still had a few chaos warriors left. Ah well.In that case, yeah I'll retire. Narrative-wise it'd be to Chamon Dharek, but mechanically speaking, will that have an impact on our recruitment options + interim choices?
