The Battle of the Bend

Military action

The attack on the town of Arbor by the Elves as part of a series of attacks against the Humans.

The Elves came into view of the watchmen and the alarm was raised after a short discussion on what was happening, in that time the force managed to get quite close to the town before arrows started to be fired onto them. The forward soldiers took positions at the gate helped get a ram into place. As the gate they had chosen to attack had no oil prepared they opened the gate with ease. After the Elves were inside the town the battle was basically over, the remaining Human soldiers fell back towards the centre of the town and continued to fight but they were heavily outnumbered. The civilians were told by the Soldiers to surrender or flee, which many did. Those retreating along the river towards Leelside were met by a smaller force of Elves who had been sent to collect any Human fleeing to make sure news of the attack did not reach the other Human settlements. As the Elves tried to catch the Humans they became more and more frustrated until they began to simply shoot them down with bows, many began to stop running and surrender but many more died at the hands of the Elves. Several reached the sharp turn in the river and were chased down by the Elves on horseback. At this point the Humans who were armed turned to fight and made their last stand, giving the battle its name The Battle of the Bend. The Elves suffered substantial losses in this final fight but did win the day, taking over the town.