Veronia's Epic Battle with Von Carstein

She looked into the dark souless eyes of her Undead foe. She had brought a thousand warriors to subdue this foe, and now only a hundred fifty, the cavalry, survive. It's a massacre for both side, although the Druchii had lost all their infantry, the undead host has lost the majority of their wight troops as well as all of their necromancers. Veronia had successful completed her mission given by Malekith...at a price.

"Well Fought She-Elf. You are lucky to survive this day" growled the aristocrat of the night.

Indeed, Veronia admitted that she had been lucky. When both armies first met at the battlefield earlier in the day. She was shocked by the number of armored troops the Undead host can field. Veronia had done a quick calculation and she realised that she did not have enough troops to counter each of the Von Carstein infantry blocks. Her troops had fought well, despite dying in large numbers...indeed they have proven themselves as Druchii. The Green Cloak Corsairs charged into the armored skeleton unit and succeeded in dragging down a necromancer. The Harpies tearing the bats into pieces in the battle for the skies. The Darkspears managing to hold the ground long enough to protect the Brides of Khaine who together with the Assassin Shen-tung manage to greviously wound the Vampire himself. Even now the foul abomination is tending his wounds...cuts caused by manbane do not heal easily. That beast will take a long time to recover and Nagarroth will be save. But the greatest accomplishment was contributed by the Big Swords Executioners whose withdrawal led the Black Coach into a forest and ending its usefulness in the battle. Tesela expressed her shock as well as relief when the coach came crashing and getting stuck between two pine trees.

Now, both generals admited that its a draw. The druchii had stopped the undead host but they lose too many troops to make it a victory. For once, Von Carstein has agreed to leave the Elven dead in peace. Veronia motioned to the surviving members of the Morning Glory regiments, "Get the transport carts ready. We will bring as many Druchii dead back home as possible. Better be save than sorry."

[Given the quality of Druchii Warriors, it is likely that they will end up as wrights if the Vampire choose to invoke foul necromancy. Since the battle is about destroying the Von Carstein's Wrights, leaving the Druchii dead behind will not seem wise.]

"I hope I do not need to see you again. Von Carstein" Veronia remarked as she turned, back facing her foe.

"Neither do I, She-Elf." The Vampire grinned. It has been a failure but a challenge no doubt.

As the Druchii Cavalry make their way back into the transports. Veronia make her calculations. Reports of tonight's pyrhic victory will reach Nagarroth very soon. Malekith will not be totally pleased but its unlikely that he will execute Veronia or weaken her family's power. Reports of her victory will attract deadly Druchii cut-throats and adventurers into her ranks of Corsairs. It seems unlikely that the Temple and the Executioners will reject her request for more troops. Veronia grinned, as long as the Darkspear offered no excuse for the other Houses to prey on them, the rewards of tonight's battle can easily outweight its cost.

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I do not want to talk about this battle. Its far too exciting and has too many details. I sibei heng la. My luck with shooting was bad. But my bad dice rolls turn into a blessing in disguise...wah lao...black coach ram into pine trees loh. lol Harpies fail fear test only to get the chance to slaughter 2 undead units in the next turn. Sibei heng. Kenf's only blunders were abt distances[referring to the corssbowmen and the single model who was not placed coherently with the rest.]. I guess he was tired and did not see the models carefully. He is quite gracious la. Although admittedly these small things will not affect the game. all in all I must congratuate Kenf for his choice of troops. My worse fears are realised. He brought a Black Coach which can turn the tide. Sun Bing's theory on war involves 2 forces of equal strength but the coach seriously tip the balance into Kenneth's favour. All in all, I manage to prevent a defeat simply because I stayed out of trouble, my blunders became blessing in disguises, and for the first time in a long while...Elven hgher WS helps. Well done Darkspear Clan. You have fought better than your General[Although he did his best].