The Raid
Ships Out of the Mist
As seen in
The eastern winds carried with them the sounds of drums through the mist. The deep steady beat echoing out across the water in stark contrast to the stillness of the morning air. A solemn dread that built with each strike, as shadows found shape in the fog. The bell of the watch rang out with each strike of a great hammer. As the beat grew faster, a deep bellowing chant in a foriegn tongue came with it, as three great dragon heads broke through the fog. Each hewn from a single timber at the bow of a great ship of shallow draw, that moored upon the shallow shore a few feet from the waters edge. Leaping from their ships these men splashed into the shallow water, with a roar of a yell they surged forward. A few dozen men clad in mail, armed with swords and axes, behind broad shields they charged.Then as quickly as they had come these raiders were gone. Back to the sea with all they could carry upon their backs. The smell of smoke choking the now still morning air, as the people crept from their shelter. Less now than there were before, and but one fighter now among them.
The Conflict
Prelude
They came out of the early morning fog, from across the Shattered sea Raiders on great ships of shallow draw. The sound of drums rose the towns people, and they readied for battle. Taking up positions on the road to town the village guards stood firm as three ships made landfall.
Deployment
A few dozen raiders disembarked from their ships, rushing through the cold water and onto the rocky shore. The village guards took bound their shields together in a tight formation and awaited the raiders. These raiders took no formation, rushing the small shield wall.
The Engagement
When the raiders charged forward it was reckless and quick. A terrifying sight to the inexperienced defenders, who recoiled in the face of these great beasts of men. The fighting on the beach was short, the small formation quickly broken under the might and numbers of the raiders. With formation broken the few surviving guards feld into the town, fighting alone in the streets they faired no better. Most killed within a few moments, some however held their own fighting inside burning buildings and using the confined spaces to limit their enemies approach. All totaled the battle took a little under a half hour, with the raiders having left as quickly as they came now weighed down with anything of value they found.
Included under Conflict
Conflict Type
Skirmish
Battlefield Type
Land
Conflict Result
Devistation to the village, with many defenders slain.
Location
Belligerents
Strength
36-45 Raiders
A dozen fighters with varrying degrees of training.
Casualties
10-15 Killed
3 Wounded
7 Killed
2 Wounded
Objectives
To quickly strike a village, killing any who resist and seizing anything of value from the town.
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