Legion War with Acre and The Holy chadzian Empire continues!
The stench was horrific even miles from the site of the battle, not since the slaughters of Dirigh Aban had the realm known such death. "chadz, I thought the squids smelled bad..." James spoke to Marcus. Marcus the Black gave a hearty laugh and responded "Yeah these bastards reek, I'll just as soon be inside with a pint in one hand and a wench in the other". Walking through the corpses at a late hour gave the area a grim and eerie aura. James had nearly choked on his cup of black airag when his scouts had told him of the heroics of the garrison of Halmar. James gathered 50 of his finest knights and left immediately to see the spectacle for himself. The same green fighters that had been blooded in the first defeat of legion at Halmar, stopping a legion siege army with scythes and pickaxes, had once again turned the tides with all odds against them. James resolved he would see that the leading soldiers were rewarded. Already songs were being sung in the inns along the road of the Heroics of Halmar and the Miracle of June 13th.
Having seen 500 of their brethren slain defending the HCE fortress city, those left alive were riled into a zealous rage. The remaining garrison inspired by a valiant charge by a Baby Owl of Kutt sallied forth from the gates. The sally charged forth in a holy bloodlust, and blessed by chadz, the charge suffered nearly no losses. They swept through the legion ranks like death itself, catching the Legion soldiers broken routing after their master.
When the battle was over there remained 250 Defenders of the original 700, and though the devious dutchy had escaped, the birds would feast on the carrion of the 5000 legionaires that died to make it so. James made a mental note to have the thousands of legion graves dug that would be needed, even traitorous heretical kinslayers deserved a proper burial.
Dutchy locked his old Eternal war thread so just opening this one for RP continuity purposes.
