Lord Draken returns

Years have passed since Dark Elven Lord Draken had fled to the pirate lands in the north.  Rather than living a pitiful existence as many had expected, the fugitive used his newly founded wealth to build a power base and before long he has established himself as one of the more powefulr pirate lords in the region.  Flushed with newly founded power bacedk by plundered gold, piracy and trade, the Dark Elven Lord then decided to lead an army to settle the unfinished business of the invasion of the Empire.

As his armada sailed southwards, many joined his ranks.  Centaurs, Norse warriors, Chaos warriors and braves, Chaos Dwarves, human pirates and bandits and other vagabonds.  The only disappointment was that his former allies, the Dark Elves of Ashan had not provided support.  They have reformed their army and cite that it will have minimal contribution to his force.  Nevertheless Draken is confidence of his military strength.

However more obstacles were met.  To his annoyance, the vast forests north of the Empire were no longer vacant as they had been when he first left years ago.  Now the entire region is filled with military colonisst as a frontier defence of the Empire’s borders.  Already an orc force under a mercenary captain had defeated one of his vanguard forces.  

Draken realized that this will be a long war, no longer will the Imperials simply march out and offer battle like the last time.  It will be a campaign of raids, counterraids, sieges and sabotages.  Draken reasoned that he will have to use his mercenaries for most of the operations, leaving his elite dark elven core troops to intimidate and keep the rest of his expedition force in line.