>>5167732

You had been at home in Dawnholme for a few days and spent these days trying to sort the paperwork and getting the place ready for everything that would be happening shortly. There had been no news when the Diplomatic Survey Mission, Alliance Garrison or the Stonemason’s Guild's Master Mason would be arriving exactly, so everything had to be ready before it.

Then finally on the third day one of your patrols spotted a group of horse carts traveling towards Dawnholme and you were alerted. The Stonemason’s Guild had arrived.

The convoy of horse carts started to arrive to Dawnholme and you saw that some of the carts were carrying tools and other equipment, but you also saw that few of the carts had women and children on them.

The people of Dawnholme started to mill around the newcomers and helped to unload their equipment and belongings as you walked to them and after a few inquiries found their leader.

“Greetings Prince Alric. I am Master Mason Erefor Pelija, architect responsible for rebuilding the eastern merchant’s quarter.” Said the older man with a short gray beard and hair while giving you a bow.

“It is nice to meet you Master Pelija and see that you have arrived here safely.” You said to him and shook his hand. “But when I talked with Guildmaster VanCleef, we didn’t talk anything about women and children?”

“Prince Alric, I am sorry for this coming as a surprise to you, but Guildmaster VanCleef opted to send some families and children away from Stormwind with us into safety. The situation in Stormwind is quite volatile.” Master Pelija said and seemed regretful.

“No agreement between Stonemason’s Guild and House of Nobles?” You asked back.

“No and it seems there will be none.” Master Pelija said back. “But there is still time and we must be hopeful.”

He didn’t feel that happy talking about it.

“Then when will you be able to get into work?” You asked him.

“In about two days. We will set up our tents and equipment while taking a look at what building materials there are available. I will then inform you about our options.” Master Pelija explained.

That did sound quite fine and you weren’t exactly in a hurry. But it also meant that you had a day or two to spend doing something else.


>Keep concentrating on the paperwork and getting everything ready for the Diplomatic Survey Mission and the Alliance Garrison to come.
>You have to take partial responsibility in training Malevus and frankly doing some sparring is a great way to spend time. And ask what she is going to write to Voren’thal the Seer?
>Go visit Tarren Mill. See how the business of Mayor Fowley is going and hear if there is any new news.
>Other, write in.

QM: Pastebins are updated.

>>5167733
>Keep concentrating on the paperwork and getting everything ready for the Diplomatic Survey Mission and the Alliance Garrison to come.
>You have to take partial responsibility in training Malevus and frankly doing some sparring is a great way to spend time. And ask what she is going to write to Voren’thal the Seer?
If i can pick only one then training the mystery squirefu it is.

>>5167733

Although it would be interesting to visit Tarren Mill I'm not sure if we can expend the time right now...

I think it would be best to finish the preparations so
>concentrate on the paperwork
though it would be nice to reserve some time in between this to talk with the elf, aside from harsh beatdowns. Wouldn't want her to think we're just taking frustrations out on her.

>>5167733
>>Keep concentrating on the paperwork and getting everything ready for the Diplomatic Survey Mission and the Alliance Garrison to come.

nice and welcome back

We can have our squire spar with others for now, we need to prepare every space of Dawnholme and all our lands for this investigation.
If we have some free time we can spar/talk with her, but if we don't we should just work on this is really important. When the diplomatic survey is done, we can return to train her as well return to our daily duties as a Prince.

Hopefully Eligius is ready for them as well.

>>5167733
>Keep concentrating on the paperwork and getting everything ready for the Diplomatic Survey Mission and the Alliance Garrison to come.

I have read the pastebin pretty good.
And of course Erefor could have a dual role. Well pretty much expected at this point, we have attracted a lot of attention so we have more people on us.
Thankfully we have the Rover twins to mitigate some of the espionage done against us, with some luck maybe they can make some spies out of some ex criminals or recruited from some Alteraci.
Being defended from assassins or having our important intel guarded would be good, but knowing rumors of what actually happens outside of our lands would be even better, especially of the Syndicate. But even gnolls, ogres, orcs or anyone else squatting in our forefathers lands.

>>5167733
>>Keep concentrating on the paperwork and getting everything ready for the Diplomatic Survey Mission and the Alliance Garrison to come.

The Diplomatic Survey Mission and the Alliance Garrison are just way too important to put aside. You would have to concentrate on getting everything ready. Papers describing your military numbers, deployed patrols,how your economy is formed, relationships to your neighbours and so on.

The good thing was that Captain Garside had done plenty of notes and documents. The bad thing was that there were a lot of documents that probably won’t need to be shown to the diplomat so you needed to sort them out and collect the ones that could be asked to be seen.

It was tiring work really. Sorting and going through them all and attempting to put together something worth to be shown.

Same time Lieutenant Cromwell made preparations for the garrison to arrive. Potential lodging if they require it, clearing a place for tents if needed, reserving food and other supplies for the men who must be hungry.

…

On the second day after the arrival of the Stonemason’s, Erefor Pelija sent a message that they were ready. You and him discussed the terms closer and he explained to you how much work Edwin VanCleef had asked them to do.

And you were surprised how generous VanCleefs offer was, but you could always ask for less or for even more. They just might not be happy if you ask for more, but asking for less could help in your relationship with the Stonemason's Guild.


Stonemason’s Free Labour:
>10 Wealth, you gave them 10 Wealth and ask the same amount back. Stonemason’s will be extremely happy.
>15 Wealth, a modest interest for the Wealth you gave them. Stonemason’s will be happy.
>20 Wealth, a sizable interest and what Edwin VanCleef is offering for them to work and pay back. Stonemason’s are content.
>25 Wealth, a modest increase to what is being offered. Stonemason’s will be unhappy
>30 Wealth, a sizable increase to what is being offered. Stonemason’s will be extremely unhappy.

QM: This Wealth will be used in the next update to choose what they will construct for you. Any excess Wealth not used in the next turn will be wasted as it represents the free labour they are providing to you. For example you ask for 10 Wealth, but spend only 8 Wealth, meaning remaining 2 Wealth are wasted and won't be saved.

>>5168092
>20 Wealth, a sizable interest and what Edwin VanCleef is offering for them to work and pay back. Stonemason’s are content.

>>5168092
>20 Wealth, a sizable interest and what Edwin VanCleef is offering for them to work and pay back. Stonemason’s are content.
lets keep it moderate and with the whole terenas degree we cant exactly do much other than build up.
im ok with it going lower to generate some goodwill but i think it would be better to just build up instead.

>>5168092
>20 Wealth, a sizable interest and what Edwin VanCleef is offering for them to work and pay back. Stonemason’s are content.
with the degree of terenas we cant exactly do much other than build up.

>>5168107
>>5168099
disregard the second one.

>>5168092
>>20 Wealth, a sizable interest and what Edwin VanCleef is offering for them to work and pay back. Stonemason’s are content.

>>5168092
>20 Wealth, a sizable interest and what Edwin VanCleef is offering for them to work and pay back. Stonemason’s are content.
We should build at least the barracks, but what else? Or should we just choose something very expensive for them to build for us?

>>5168265
I would say the barracks and the improved blacksmith so we even supplies our supply use and obviously better weapons and armor for our troops( and for us until we get the 10 wealth armor)

>>5168321
Or we could put full 20 into a town hall and use the profits from autumn start update to build the barracks?

>>5168336
I mean it could be, but the faster we get our troops equiped the better, and in the autum build the town hall and the noble manor for those sweet stat bonuses.

>>5168423
im a bit too concernd that large scale military buildup might look badly to the diplomatic mission. But finally stop living like peasants and getting actual manor for a prince we are isnt a bad idea.

You agreed to honour the amount of work Edwin VanCleef had offered them to do. Keeping things moderate would be the best. And when Erefor Pelija asked you what you had planned for them to build, you had several ideas in your mind.

You could use the Stonemason’s to improve your economy. To build better farms or construct sawmills that would turn the logs taken from the forests into planks and other wood products. Especially improving the farms would help with your lack of having a good intake of Supplies. But you could also gain a maximum amount of profit from the Silver and Lead Mine you have in the mountains by upgrading it and then spending said profit on buying Supplies.

Then there was also the chance to turn the Garside Homestead into a proper Noble Manor that would be a far more suitable place to live for a prince instead of a glorified farmhouse you currently lived in. In addition you could have the Stonemason’s to build a Town Hall. It would be expensive to construct, but a Dawnholme was a growing town and to properly rule the place, you would need a Town Hall at some point before you and Garside get buried underneath paperwork.

And finally you could have the Stonemason’s to build you things that would help your military or help in defending your territory. Scout Towers could warn you if you were to be attacked by someone and upgrading them later into actual Guard Towers could make your territory very well defended against any foes. Building the Barracks meanwhile would finally give your soldiers a centralized place to sleep and store their equipment in a safe armoury while improving the Dawnholme’s blacksmith would give the soldiers an access to better arms and armour.

Erefor Pelija explained that the Stonemason’s would start working immediately after getting the orders and the work then would be finished before the winter arrives.

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>>5169061

Total Resources:
4 Wealth, +16 per season
16 Supplies, -1 per season
80 Peasants

Stonemason’s Free Labour, 20 Wealth to use:
>Improved Farms, +2 Supply, Costs 5 Wealth and 10 Peasants, The Headland
>Improved Farms, +2 Supply, Costs 5 Wealth and 10 Peasants, Sofera’s Naze
>Improved Farms, +2 Supply, Costs 5 Wealth and 10 Peasants, Darrow Hill
>Improved Farms, +2 Supply, Costs 5 Wealth and 10 Peasants, Gavin’s Naze
>Sawmill, +2 Wealth, Costs 8 Wealth, -10 Peasants, The Headland
>Sawmill, +2 Wealth, Costs 8 Wealth, -10 Peasants, Sofera’s Naze
>Sawmill, +2 Wealth, Costs 8 Wealth, -10 Peasants, Darrow Hill
>Sawmill, +2 Wealth, Costs 8 Wealth, -10 Peasants, Gavin’s Naze
>Herbalist’s Hut, +1 Supply, Costs 5 Wealth and 5 Peasants, Sofera’s Naze
>Improved Blacksmith, +2 Supply, Costs 10 Wealth and 5 Peasants, The Headland
>Alchemist’s Hut, -1 Supply, Costs 12 Wealth and 5 Peasants, The Headland
>Silver and Lead Mine Complex, +10 Wealth, Costs 20 Wealth, -50 Peasants, Southern Alterac Mountains
>Barracks, Costs 10 Wealth and 10 Peasants, The Headland
>Town Hall, Costs 20 Wealth, -5 Peasants, The Headland
>Noble Manor, Costs 8 Wealth, -5 Peasants, The Headland
>Guard Tower, Costs 10 Wealth and 10 Peasants, Southern Alterac Mountains
>Scout Tower, Costs 4 Wealth, Sofera’s Naze
>Scout Tower, Costs 4 Wealth, The Headland
>Scout Tower, Costs 4 Wealth, Darrow Hill
>Scout Tower, Costs 4 Wealth, Gavin’s Naze
>Other, check the pastebin

QM: Total Resources are up to date. Choose what to build with the 20 Wealth, take note that the Peasants will be used from your own pool. I listed there more or less everything that you could build right now.

>>5169063
>Silver and Lead Mine Complex, +10 Wealth, Costs 20 Wealth, -50 Peasants, Southern Alterac Mountains

It pays itself in two seasons and then it is pure profit, and then build everything we need with the extra income and the bonus from the autumn harvest.

>>5169063
>Silver and Lead Mine Complex, +10 Wealth, Costs 20 Wealth, -50 Peasants, Southern Alterac Mountains

Our greed will be the end of us.

>>5169063
>>Town Hall, Costs 20 Wealth, -5 Peasants, The Headland
While the mine would be a great choice, I think that wasting the Stonemason’s building that is a mistake. Let them build something more fitting to their skills into Dawnholme. I think a Town Hall would be a good choice for that.

And the mine complex is very expensive in terms of Peasants it uses.

>>5169063
Winning the tournament was quite useful. If there is another tournament near us, we could make more money out of it.
>4 wealth
ah if we where at 5 i would do immediately a supplies building.

>Silver and Lead Mine Complex, +10 Wealth, Costs 20 Wealth, -50 Peasants, Southern Alterac Mountains
While it might be a bit crazy to put all in this, there is a few good reasons.
One a Mine Complex build by a guild of stonemasons should be well made and far more secure, meaning, if a series of bad rolls happens and we have some bad events in our lands any problem related to the mine would be mitigated by the quality of the work done upon it.
Two we have made a trade deal between us and their guild, for some of our silver. And since silver is a very good commodity, we should be able with Beric to gain far more on this development.

The only real problem is the location, and rumors will spread of this. For that we wait, the best i can think of is sending some of our military and reinforce the outside of the mine with some fortifications. If some spies of our enemies attempt to do sabotages idk, we need our own for counter them more security only does so much.

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>>5169063

Hmm... I am inclined to agree with Anon's reasoning >>5169117 that guildsmen's talent would be better suited for a town hall.

But on the other hand the silver is also of benefit to the stonemasons, and perhaps having it as source of income would allow us to convince them to stick around for further contracts?

so...

>>Silver and Lead Mine Complex, +10 Wealth, Costs 20 Wealth, -50 Peasants, Southern Alterac Mountains

dig greedily, dig deep.
>inb4 therazane subplot

>Silver and Lead Mine Complex, +10 Wealth, Costs 20 Wealth, -50 Peasants, Southern Alterac Mountains

“This is possibly a strange request, but you know of the silver mine I control?” You asked Pelija.

“Yes Prince Alric, I do. And if I am not wrong, you are selling the silver to the Stonemason’s Guild.” Erefor Pelija said to you and continued. “Guildmaster VanCleef told me something about it.”

“Correct, my request is that I want your men to help to upgrade it, to increase its production.” You told Pelija.

Erefor Pelija looked very thoughtful for a moment before nodding once.

“This can be done. It will be very workforce intensive and we require all the help we can from the miners themselves. But we should be able to construct better facilities and increase the output of the mine.” Pelija said to you.

“Good, I will wait eagerly to see your progress in the coming days and weeks.” You said to him.

This would bring great profit and even more silver to your coffers. Even if it felt a bit of a waste of their skill, this would be very beneficial in the long run. You needed all the silver to be able to reclaim Alterac.

…

The Stonemason’s had moved their camp near the mine leaving their families and children to Dawnholme. They immediately went into work and started to plan the improvements and facilities that were to be built. While the Master Mason Erefor Pelija had plenty of experience in building a city and wasn’t a miner himself, he had the necessary experience to make the wishes and requests of the miners come true.

Several days after the work started you received the news. The Alliance Garrison and the Diplomatic Survey Mission had arrived to the half finished Alliance Naval base and would be arriving to Dawnholme the next day.

Your work to get everything ready for their arrival was finished and you were as ready as you can. Only thing to decide was how to receive them? You could arrange your military to receive them in full strength or you could maybe have a more reserved approach. You didn’t know who were coming and what they might like so this was a bit of a gamble, but if you could have a good first impressionism the survey could be favourable to you.


>All available soldiers are there to greet the diplomats and the coming garrison.
>Have only a portion of the available soldiers there to receive them. Some patrols have to be rescheduled, but it shouldn't be too difficult thing to do.
>Keep the soldiers away and don’t pull them off from their duties for this. This is a diplomatic mission after all and you need your borders patrolled.

>Wear your full armour when you greet the diplomats and the coming garrison, show the more martial side of you.
>Your normal clothes are enough when you meet them, the casual you is closest to who you really are.
>Use your fine clothes tomorrow, they are fitting wear for a prince.

QM: Please vote on both.

>>5169477
>Have only a portion of the available soldiers there to receive them. Some patrols have to be rescheduled, but it shouldn't be too difficult thing to do.
We shouldn’t give up on patrols for this occasion even if we could afford to, but some welcoming committee should be fine.

> >Wear your full armour when you greet the diplomats and the coming garrison, show the more martial side of you.
This is after all business and this is our business outfit. Casual clothing would be disrespectful and fine clothing inappropriate. Well unless they are sending some sort of metrosexual in charge. We don’t have intel on who commands the expedition do we? Or whether they have supplies and engineering corps to set up their base or if there is other stuff we need to be preparing for?

>>5169477
>Have only a portion of the available soldiers there to receive them. Some patrols have to be rescheduled, but it shouldn't be too difficult thing to do.

>Wear your full armour when you greet the diplomats and the coming garrison, show the more martial side of you.

>>5169477
>Have only a portion of the available soldiers there to receive them. Some patrols have to be rescheduled, but it shouldn't be too difficult thing to do.
a balanced approach

>Use your fine clothes tomorrow, they are fitting wear for a prince.

>>5169477
>>5169536
Supporting. Might be a careful choice, but we do not know who is coming.

>>5169477
>Have only a portion of the available soldiers there to receive them. Some patrols have to be rescheduled, but it shouldn't be too difficult thing to do.
>Use your fine clothes tomorrow, they are fitting wear for a prince.

>>5169477
>>Keep the soldiers away and don’t pull them off from their duties for this. This is a diplomatic mission after all and you need your borders patrolled.

They want to see our business as usual, I want to see our borders kept safe. I don't think middle ground is the way to go here.

>>Wear your full armour when you greet the diplomats and the coming garrison, show the more martial side of you.

As others said, this is probably the best 'respectful business as usual' outfit.

I'm a bit surprised no one voted for the barracks & blacksmith, honestly. Going hard on more wealth seems a bit silly at this stage.

>>5169477
>Have only a portion of the available soldiers there to receive them. Some patrols have to be rescheduled, but it shouldn't be too difficult a thing to do.
We even have the town militia of Dawnholme here. Have them attend as well.

>Wear your full armor when you greet the diplomats and the coming garrison, show the more martial side of you.
Clean and pristine. Not much too show off for armor, but it doesn't matter. We still look like a warrior prince, one that wants to get his homeland back, and our lion cloak and our new sword are both a clear reminder of our martial skills to anyone.

>>5169501

No we have 0 clues on anything, they didn't bother us on saying a thing. Numbers, commander, where they build, what they eat, where they go, what this garrison will actually do since we already protect our own ... 0.
They have no reason to talk with us about their decisions, this edict wasn't something we could say our opinion on after all.
We aren't a member of the Alliance or a friend for them, remember that.

And with the alliance commander here, this makes 4 informants/spies here just looking at what we do and reporting it back to their factions, masters or head of state.
5 counting the Syndicate spies probably present here under cover, likely “travelers” or “outsiders”. This will make things more complicated.

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You stood outside Dawnholme and waited for your visitors to arrive. You had Lieutenant Cromwell with a few squads of footmen with him behind you. Captain Garside stood next to you and Malevus was in her armour behind you. You were wearing your armour which had been cleaned and checked out by the blacksmith.

Because of your martial successes, be it winning the tournament or participating in fights and battles, you thought that wearing your armour would be impressive. It could maybe help with the first impression.

It didn’t take long for you to see the people arriving. Several knights on horseback and a surprisingly small number of soldiers and their assistants. The knights rode towards you before stopping in front of you. One of the knights continued to approach you before stopping.

“Prince Perenolde. I am Lord Colonel Othmar Garithos, the new commander of the Regional Defenders and the envoy sent by King Terenas.” Said the knight as he raised his visor. He was a large man, bigger than the rest of the knights.

“Greetings Colonel Garithos and welcome to Alterac.” You said to him and were forced to look up as he was on horseback.

“Save the pleasantries princeling, I am here to do my job and the sooner I can get out of here, the better.” Lord Garithos said.

“Colonel Garithos, what is exactly your job?” You asked him and watched as he circled around you.

“To make a report of your military forces, the size of your economy, how your town has grown and to finalise the report by evaluating if you are a threat to Lordaeron and the Alliance.” Lord Garithos said and continued. “And to make sure the garrison has been set up. Regarding that, I presume you remember Captain Reginald. He is the officer in charge of the garrison.”

Captain Reginald had commanded the detachment of soldiers from the Regional Command during the Lord Uther’s Expedition against the gnolls. You remember liking the man.

Captain Reginald raised his visor and gave you a respectful nod.

“Then Prince Perenolde, where do we start?” Lord Garithos said.


>Lord Garithos seems like a military man, start with the military matters first.
>The economy and town of Dawnholme are a complex subject. Get the complex and probably somewhat boring things out first.
>Garrison will be staying here, make sure first that everything related to that is done first.
>Other, write in.

>>5170497
>Lord Garithos seems like a military man, start with the military matters first.
Oh no medivh how could you dont you know that garithos is nothing more than plot device and not a character.

>>5170497
>>Lord Garithos seems like a military man, start with the military matters first.

>>5170497
Oh boy. At least he seems eager to leave.

Let’s get straight to business then.
>Lord Garithos seems like a military man, start with the military matters first.

>>5170497
>>Lord Garithos seems like a military man, start with the military matters first.
Oh god, not him.

>>5170497
>>Garrison will be staying here, make sure first that everything related to that is done first.

>>5170497
>Lord Garithos seems like a military man, start with the military matters first.

>>5170497
>>Lord Garithos seems like a military man, start with the military matters first.
hoo boy

No update today, next update tomorrow.

I’m beginning to wonder if showing hospitality first wouldn’t have been the better choice. Oh well. Let’s hope Garithos appreciates being done as we’re told.

“I would imagine that you want to start with the military?” You asked Lord Garithos.

“Yes, let's do that.” He said back.

…

Lord Garithos and his knights had dismounted and you had told your men to take care of their horses and help them in whatever they needed. Near immediately they started to set up their tents to allow them to stay for a night or two if needed.

You guided Lord Garithos to a large tent next to the training field that you had set up for this meeting. You felt like inviting whoever was the diplomat to your home would be somewhat unfitting. There was a table and a bunch of chairs waiting in there for him to start looking at the scrolls.

Allowing Lord Garithos to sit down and you started to show him the different scrolls and papers regarding your military. Explaining how many men you had and where they are now.

“Prince Perenolde, the force you have is disproportionally large compared to your neighbours.” Lord Garithos said. “Why is that so?”

“Colonel Garithos, I need all the men I can get to reclaim my homeland and defend my people.” You answered him.

“I have read the reports of your battles against the orcs, gnolls and bandits. Getting rid of these inhuman creatures was the right thing to do, but the build up of your forces has made some of your neighbours somewhat nervous. It has also made people in the Capital City very nervous too.” Garithos said to you and went through another scroll.

“That is why you are here.”

“That is correct Prince Perenolde.” Garithos said and put the scrolls away, stood up and walked out of the tent. He stopped to watch as a bunch of your footmen were going through their drills.

“I noticed you have an elf here.” Garithos said and you could notice a small change in his voice. “Who is she?”

“Lady Malevus, she is my squire.” You told him.

“An elf for a squire? Hmmph, I should have expected something like that from you Alteracis.” He said and continued. “Doesn’t matter, what matters is that your forces are too large to be allowed to exist like this. That is the opinion of my superior officers, but I might not agree with that.”

You allowed Lord Garithos to speak as you stood next to him and watched the ongoing drills.

“Prince Perenolde, would you be willing to cut some soldiers, to have a smaller force?”

“Colonel Garithos, you are asking something that I cannot do and you know that.”

“That is correct Prince Perenolde. Then tell me a good reason why you should be allowed to keep your forces?”

The restrictions placed on you were already enough, but now to restrict the number of soldiers too? Was it a serious threat or just something Garithos said to you to see your reaction and reasoning?

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>>5173155


>You have been helping your neighbours with the problems they have had. You had fought the bandits, gnolls and orcs, defending your neighbours. Without your men, this wouldn’t have been possible.
>Alterac is too dangerous, the men are required to keep the orcs, ogres and bandits in check and you are going to invade Alterac when you can.
>Asking for you to cut the number of soldiers you have is unreasonable. The people asking for it don’t know anything about the region and the threats you face. Even asking for that shows how out of touch they are.
>Other, write in.

>>5173159
> There are Orcs active in this part of Lordaeron, we have been attacked by them before. Furthermore, an Orcish gladiator recently escaped from Durnholde and we believe he's going to join them.

Mention the gnolls, ogres and bandits too, but emphasise the Orcs.

>>5173159
>>5173169
Supporting.

>>5173159
>Expound on the threats present in the region: bandits, ogres and orcs. We need to have sizeable force to keep all these at bay. Point out that when our forces do that, Alliance won't have to.
>He already mentioned several instances where we led our military to help making the region secure so we have track record of that as well.

Should we also mention that we have been among those who supply lumber for construction of the Alliance shipyard? Even if one would want to take cynical approach and hamstring our military to have the wilderness devour us they would also deny themselves an economic asset they'd have to expensively recapture later. And that's even assuming we considered the savage factions so savage they would not be exploiting our resources themselves, which we already know ogres have been doing.

>>5173159
>"I have more than one good reason"
>"First my neighbours have been protected fron raids and full attacks, thanks to my military interventions. I have give men to Tarren Mill when they had none. I have move to help Durnholde more than once."
>"Second with my and my people interest of getting OUR homeland back, any enemies north of me will need to deal with me one way or the other. Meaning they might even leave in peace alliance settlements, because i am a growing danger for their plans of living in my forefathers lands."
>"Third if I had less soldiers, i would create only a vulnerable and weak point, that could be used by any of the factions present in Alterac. Imagine that, an easy prize of great loot and a few men to slaughter, and connected with it's neighbours. I will not let anyone consider my people an easy prey, especially when I have a border full of enemies that want to take my lands or raid me."
>"Fourth as a ruler, and commander, its my interest to not have a smaller, lesser or weaker army. The Alterac Royal Army, will not be considered a criminal band, but an army of a kingdom. I leave to the Syndicate forces that role."
>"Fifth the lands i have taken back, where are all taken with fighting. With my army. This lands are secure because of it. I can have my people prosper and live in peace, even with this exile thanks to my soldiers. Valuable trade and travel is also protected thanks to them. For example one that aids the construction of an alliance naval base."

"In regard to my squire, or anyone else that serves me, i have picked them because I see something worthed in them, and they in return see someone they would fight for. I would prefer if no malicious comment is done on them, for their service in protecting this lands and for the fact they serve me."

>>5173232
I don't think we should mention that. Southshore would probably learn about it and not be happy about it.

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“There are Orcs active in this part of Lordaeron and we have been attacked by them before. Furthermore, an Orcish gladiator recently escaped from Durnholde and we believe he's going to join them.” You said to Garithos and continued. “In addition there are the ogres, bandits, gnolls and even trolls.”

Garithos looked at you and listened closely to what you were saying.

“To prevent the orcs and others attacking us and others, we need a sizable force that can prevent it from happening. And if something would happen, I need to be able to defend my own holdings and at the same time send enough men to deal with them.” You continued.

“Prince Perenolde, I have read the report of your action against the Blackrock Clan. Saving those peasants and killing a few Orcs. Rather well done.” Garithos said. “And I heard the news of the pet gladiator of Lord Blackmoore escaping. What an idiot, he can blame only himself for that.”

This time it was your turn to listen closely.

“Prince Perenolde, what do you think of the pet Orc and the Orcish race as a whole?”


>Lord Blackmoore made a mistake in his handling and training of Thrall and is responsible for the escape. Too dangerous to attempt to work with Orcs and they should be in the camps.
>The escape would have happened sooner or later. It is natural for the Orcs to be in a constant struggle against themselves and the world around them.
>While you can blame Lord Blackmoore for training Thrall, the fact that he attempted to get something out of the Orcs and not let them rot useless in the camps should be appreciated.
>No one should live their life in a jail cell without knowing their people. Not an Orc or a human should be forced into such cursed existence.
>Other, write in.

>>5173589
>>Lord Blackmoore made a mistake in his handling and training of Thrall and is responsible for the escape. Too dangerous to attempt to work with Orcs and they should be in the camps.
But
>>The escape would have happened sooner or later. It is natural for the Orcs to be in a constant struggle against themselves and the world around them.
I think we shouldn't talk shit about Blackmoore just in case he hears about it, but now we should put ourselves ahead of everything else

>>5173589
>>While you can blame Lord Blackmoore for training Thrall, the fact that he attempted to get something out of the Orcs and not let them rot useless in the camps should be appreciated.

>>5173589
No one should live their life in a jail cell

>>5173589
Orcs are dangerous and savage fighters and a threat that needs to be contained.
I think Lord Blackmoore had an interesting idea, noble even, in trying to civilize one. Ultimately though things are as they are and it remains to be seen what this combination of human uplifting and gladiatorial career will lead to.

(We are no doubt being judged in context of our father’s actions. Whether we bring that up ourselves, we need to be clear about distinction - father submitted to orcs in position of weakness and acted according to their (masters’) whims. We have no intention on either - be it allow Orcs to corner us, nor submitting ourselves to them even if they should.)

>>5173589
>>While you can blame Lord Blackmoore for training Thrall, the fact that he attempted to get something out of the Orcs and not let them rot useless in the camps should be appreciated.

Oh man, finally caught up after uni decided to kick my ass. Sad we didn't try to clear the air with Arthas last thread. It'd be very beneficial to have an amicable relationship with the largest nation you border, since (from what Alric knows) Arthas will be the next to rule. Ah well, there's surely going to be more chances that other anons totally won't shoot down.

>>5173589
>"I've met three kinds of orcs, Lord Garithos. Demon worshiping monsters, apathetic creatures who likely didn't care to tell food from feces, and lastly that gladiator. There was a spark to his eyes I hadn't seen in the other of those brutes. If Lord Blackmoore really is able to uplift these orcs in such a way, it was foolish for him to not expect something with seemingly near-human intellect to want to escape those conditions."

I feel like this is a somewhat fair view for Alric to have, or at least a perspective that he can see someone having from the things he has seen.

>>5173589
>The escape would have happened sooner or later. It is natural for the Orcs to be in a constant struggle against themselves and the world around them.

"I've met three kinds of Orcs Lord Garithos. Demon worshipping monsters, apathetic creatures who likely didn't care to tell food from faeces, and lastly that gladiator.” You said to Garithos and continued. “There was a spark to his eyes I hadn't seen in the other of those brutes. If Lord Blackmoore really is able to uplift these orcs in such a way, it was foolish for him to not expect something with seemingly near-human intellect to want to escape those conditions."

Garithos watched you and waited for you to continue.

“Colonel Garithos, the fact is that Lord Blackmoore attempted to do something no one else really had attempted to do. And for what he had accomplished should be appreciated, he tried to get something out of Orcs rotting in the camps instead of just letting them be a strain to the economy.” You said to him.

“What you said Prince Perenolde is not something I would have expected to hear from you.” Garithos said back to you.

“You know what my father did and it will be used to judge me as well, but there is a distinction between me and him. My father submitted to the Orcs in a position of weakness and acted according to their whims. I have no intention of allowing Orcs to corner us, nor submitting ourselves to them.” You said.

“And I surely hope so Prince Perenolde. The garrison will keep their eyes on you.” Garithos said to you. “We have talked enough and I have heard enough. I will have my aides to go through your economy and I don’t need your help with it.”

Lord Garithos turned around and left you to watch the footmen doing their drills. You hoped your answers were the correct ones and his report would be a positive one, frankly you hoped for a neutral report. You hated this, you hated the fact that you couldn’t control this and were forced to be on the whims of some others who didn’t know you or couldn’t put themselves in your shoes.

…

You had returned to the farmstead to wait if you were needed. Colonel Garithos had stayed in his tent for the most of the day and Captain Reginald was organising the work amongst the garrison.

Normand Garside was sulking in his chair and didn’t have anything to say to you. He liked this even less than you did and if he had the power, he would throw Colonel Garithos and the whole garrison off the Hillsbrad Fingers and let them roll back to Southshore.

Thankfully he didn’t attempt to do that as you probably wouldn’t try to stop him.

You felt like you wanted to do something, just waiting here for the news and if you were needed made the time go so slowly.

“Alright, I have to do something. Otherwise I will explode from this waiting.” You suddenly proclaimed and stood up.

“Prince Alric, do you… what have you planned to do?” Malevus asked you. She seemed to have something to say to you.

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>>5174999


>Go for a ride around The Headland. When you have had the need to calm down or clear your mind, going for a ride has helped before.
>Captain Reginald was your acquaintance from the expedition against the gnolls and now the commander of the garrison, go talk with him.
>Hear what Malevus has to say to you as she seemed to have something in her mind. Ask what Malevus thinks about this garrison and diplomatic mission.
>Other, write in.

>>5175002
>>Hear what Malevus has to say to you as she seemed to have something in her mind. Ask what Malevus thinks about this garrison and diplomatic mission.
Let's hear it.

>>5175002
>Hear what Malevus has to say to you as she seemed to have something in her mind. Ask what Malevus thinks about this garrison and diplomatic mission.

>>5175002
>>Hear what Malevus has to say to you as she seemed to have something in her mind. Ask what Malevus thinks about this garrison and diplomatic mission.
Malevus seems to be quite smart while still very inexperienced.

>>5175002
>>Hear what Malevus has to say to you as she seemed to have something in her mind. Ask what Malevus thinks about this garrison and diplomatic mission.

Talking with Malevus it is. Give me a roll unrelated to her. My schedule is busy again, but I try to put out an update later today.


>1d10
>Best of three

>>5175002
>>Captain Reginald was your acquaintance from the expedition against the gnolls and now the commander of the garrison, go talk with him.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>5175779

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>5175779

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>5175779
Make us proud, knife ear

“You have something in your mind Malevus.” You said to her. “Just say it.”

“Ahh well Prince Alric, I heard what Colonel Garithos said. Something about expecting things like that from you Alteracis.” Malevus said and continued. “The tone of his voice wasn’t a good one, am I correct?”

“Let me answer this Alric.” Garside said to you and turned towards Malevus. “Many see that Quel'Thalas didn’t do enough during the Second War and harbour ill feelings towards your people even though the Orcs ravaged your lands also. Colonel Garithos could be one of them.”

“And since I am an Alteraci, the fact that I have you as a squire is more peculiar. After all, my father made sure that a large number of your people died in an ambush by trolls.” You said and continued. “So why would an elf join my retinue and Alterac?”

Malevus looked at both of you and took in what was said to her.

“You knew about the ambush near Tarren Mill, didn’t you?” You asked her.

“I do Prince Alric, Master Voren’thal made sure to brief me well.” Malevus answered.

“And you have no qualms at serving me?”

“No qualms, nothing. It wasn’t you who ordered the ambush to happen or gave the information.” Malevus said back to you. “You aren’t your father.”

It was good to hear that directly from Malevus especially as what she said felt sincere. If an elf was to serve you, it would be good that they don’t harbour anything against you.

“Then what do you think of this garrison that has arrived and the diplomatic mission?” You asked her.

“Well Prince Alric, I wasn’t in Stormwind City when these things were decided so I do not know what exactly was talked about, but I do feel that they are unfair. They are trying to dam a river by throwing rocks into it, but the water just flows over them.”

That was surprisingly well said from Malevus, you thought that you couldn’t have put it better.

“Thank you Malevus, did we manage to answer your questions?” You asked her.

“Yes Prince Alric. What you and Captain Garside said answered my question.” Malevus said and nodded. “This was a pleasant talk.”

It really was. Malevus seemed to have the quality of being easy to approach and talk to in her which made her easy to like and to not ruffle any feathers. It made sense why Voren’thal would have chosen her for this mission of hers.

…

The day finished without Lord Garithos or Captain Reginald needing your help so you stayed put and conversed with Malevus and Garside. You and Normand later in the evening excused yourself when Maura returned from the town and stole Malevus from your discussion to help herself to do some baking.

For the rest of the evening you and Garside watched as the sun slowly set and you two talked about what the future could have for you. The day when the restrictions put on by King Terenas and the Alliance are lifted or you are given permission, you would make your move into Alterac.

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>>5176216

>8

It was nearly midday when a runner came from the mountains. The poor man was carried to you as he couldn’t really breathe or talk from the exhaustion, but after drinking some water he could whisper what he was sent to tell you.

A small band of Ogres, maybe twenty at best, had crossed the mountains through one of the mountain passes and were slowly heading towards the silver mine.

The Rover Brothers were there with a squad of archers and they would shadow the Ogres and attempt to defend the silver mine, but they alone wouldn’t be enough to defeat them. You just hoped that if the Ogres were to reach the silver mine first, the Scout Tower and the mine itself would protect the workers that couldn't get away in time, apparently most had fled the mine when they heard the news.

You knew that you had to act fast. Sir Gravis with his knights, Sir Radan and his men and Lieutenant Beckston with his Kul Tirans were in Dawnholme. Lieutenant Cromwell was nearby with his patrol and old Bill Rover, while officially retired, had taken archers out into the wilds to teach them tracking. Rest of your men were either still in Durnholde or too far away to reach Dawnholme or Southern Alterac Mountains quickly.


>Take the men available and rush to the silver mine. If you are lucky and fast enough, you can reach the mine before the Ogres do.
>Wait for the patrols nearby to return back to Dawnholme and then retake the silver mine from the Ogres before they can cause major harm.
>You have to trust the Scout Tower and the mine to protect the workers for a while. You are going to gather all the men available to you so wait for the patrols far away to return first.

Ask help from the Alliance Garrison and Colonel Garithos:
>Yes
>No

Troop status
Total: 95 Footmen, 40 Archers, 5 Knights, 15 Bandit Rogues, 40 City Guards (Dawnholme)
-10/10 Veteran Footmen, on patrol with Lieutenant Cromwell
-20/20 Veteran Footmen ( 20 in Durnholde)
-10/10 Stormgarde Guards, Veteran Footmen (10 in Durnholde)
-20/20 Kul Tiran Swashbucklers, Regular Pikemen, Available
-15/15 Benedict's Blood Alley Boys, Veteran Footmen, on patrol far away
-20/20 Regular Pikemen, on patrol far away
-10/10 Veteran Archers, with Rover Brothers near the silver mine
-10/10 Veteran Archers, on patrol with Bill Rover
-30/30 Regular Archers, on patrol far away (20 in Durnholde)
-5/5 Knights of Gravis, Regular Knights, Available
-15/15 Sir Alan Radan's Men, Regular Bandit Rogues, Available.
-40/40 City Guards, cannot leave Dawnholme

-Alliance Garrison, maybe only 30 men, but Lord Garithos had several knights with him.

QM: Be fast and take the men available or wait for a much stronger force to defeat the Ogres. Question is, how much do you have time? The soldiers who are Available are the first option. Second option mean waiting for those on patrol and third for waiting those who are on patrol far away. I hope this isn't too confusing.

>>5176232
>Take the men available and rush to the silver mine. If you are lucky and fast enough, you can reach the mine before the Ogres do.
>Yes

>>5176232
>Take the men available and rush to the silver mine. If you are lucky and fast enough, you can reach the mine before the Ogres do.
>Yes

>>5176232
>Take the men available and rush to the silver mine. If you are lucky and fast enough, you can reach the mine before the Ogres do.
We can't afford to let the ogres get the defensive position. If we can, we should leave someone to gather returning patrols to relieve us.
>Yes
Garithos will get to see first hand why us having plenty of troops is necessary.

>>5176232
>Take the men available and rush to the silver mine. If you are lucky and fast enough, you can reach the mine before the Ogres do.
>Yes
What a terrible timing really. We need to be more careful with sending our troops away. But now Garithos has a proof that the men are needed here.

>>5176232
Take available men and go, though also send for reinforcements without entirely collapsing the patrols.

As for Garithos, we don’t really want to owe him or show him weakness but considering his purpose here we are obligated to invite him along.

>>5176232
>>Take the men available and rush to the silver mine. If you are lucky and fast enough, you can reach the mine before the Ogres do.

There is people there, we need to protect those as well. We have already the armor on so we are good.
Make sure our military moves, and our civilians are alerted.

>Yes
I don t like it.

>>5176341
I was opposed to leave those men in Durnholde. Thankfully at least the option of leaving them until summer didn't win, and they will remain just two weeks.

“We have to act fast, gather the men available right now and send runners to patrols nearby to follow us as fast as possible.” You gave the orders to the men around you.

The men sprung immediately into action and you quickly marched towards the training field and where the Alliance Garrison had their camp. It did not take long for one of their men to guide you into the tent in which Lord Garithos was in. Not waiting for the guard to introduce you, you just walked in and found Lord Garithos going through some scrolls.

“Prince Perenolde, I presume you came here to tell me what the commotion happening outside is?” Garithos said to you.

“Colonel Garithos, my scouts in the mountains spotted a small Ogre warband approaching my holdings. So I am here to request your aid in defeating them.” You said to him.

“Ogres? Are you sure?” He said and was clearly interested about the news.

“I trust my men.”

“Understood, we will beat those brutes back to Alterac.” Garithos said and stood up quickly. “We will join you!”

…

You had quickly rushed back to the farmstead and put on your armour as the men were gathering. It didn’t take long for you to be ready and with your men. Sir Gravis had prepared the horses for the ride towards the mine, but you knew that actual fighting would have to happen dismounted due to terrain being too difficult for horses.

“Prince Alric, the men are ready.” Lieutenant Beckston said to you.

“Good, we will just have to wait for Colonel Garithos and the garrison to arrive.” You said back.

Thankfully you didn’t have to wait for long for them to arrive and after exchanging a few words with Colonel Garithos and Captain Reginald, you were quickly off towards the silver mine.

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>>5177406

As you rode up the hill and followed the road that had formed to the silver mine, you crossed paths with some of the fleeing workers. They quickly told you what they knew and it seemed that most if not all had managed to escape, but that the Ogres were awfully close to the mine itself.

More and more workers and miners passed you and they told the same news. They had managed to get away and thankfully it seemed that the Stonemason’s had managed to escape and weren’t in danger.

When you were quite close to the silver mine, one of the archers came running towards you and quickly he was followed by the rest of the archers and the Rover Brothers.

“Prince Alric, we think all the workers are safe.” Arthur Rover said to you.

“You think?” You quickly asked back.

“One group of workers were apparently further away looking at a potential source of stone for masonry.” Alfred continued.

“What about the Ogres?”

“Not yet at the mine, it seems that they don’t know the location of it.” Arthur said.

“And you left the Ogres without anyone watching them?”

“There are twelve of us and 18 of them. We aren’t suicidal.” Alfred said.

What he said was correct. The Ogres are a very dangerous threat and with just ten archers you aren’t going to beat them. You outnumbered the Ogres, but their size and strength are fantastic force multipliers for them. Archers can take Ogres out, you have seen that before and the pikemen have a reach advantage, but if the Ogres can break your formation, then you could be in big trouble. Frankly you're not exactly sure how the battle itself would go, but at least you had some options.


>Intercept the Ogres and attempt to ambush them before they reach the silver mine and get a chance to cause damage to it.
>The terrain at the silver mine is more open, fight a field battle against them and use the Scout Tower and the mine as a part of your defences.
>Let the Ogres reach the silver mine and while they are distracted, strike from multiple directions. Though the risk of damage to the mine and construction project exists.
>Other, write in.

Your forces:
-Lieutenant Beckston
-Sir Gravis
-Sir Radan
-Alfred and Arthur Rover
-Raleigh the True
-Malevus
-5/5 Knights of Gravis, Regular Knights
-20/20 Kul Tiran Swashbucklers, Regular Pikemen
-15/15 Sir Alan Radan's Men, Regular Bandit Rogues
-10/10 Veteran Archers

Alliance Garrison:
-Colonel Garithos
-Captain Reginald
-5 Regular Knights
-20 Regular Footmen
-10 Regular Archers

>>5177413
Ask the Rovers if they noticed a suitable ambush spot on the way, but I suspect there won’t be time to reap full benefit even if there was one within reach. Let’s set up defenses at the mine.

I don’t suppose we have caltrops or something we could toss in the way?

>>5177448
No caltrops or similar to use. The terrain around the mine is sparsely forested, rocky and hilly so there are multiple spots where an ambush could be pulled out. The question is, will the Ogres walk into the ambush and can you intercept them without being spotted?

>>5177413
>>Intercept the Ogres and attempt to ambush them before they reach the silver mine and get a chance to cause damage to it.

They don't know where there is the mine, and they haven't seen or hear anyone.

That s good. We are going to intercept them and attack them

>>5177478
Yeah it's beginning to sound like even worse idea. In optimal case we'd be able to destroy them without any risk to the mine. But just as well they could pulverize us if they approach in any other way than what we specifically plan for them, and possibly in terrain that will cover them from archers which are our best shot at this... not to mention denying knights their charge.
>The terrain at the silver mine is more open, fight a field battle against them and use the Scout Tower and the mine as a part of your defences.


>>5177484
They do know there's a mine, we literally took it from them earlier.

Admittedly they may not know we're expanding it, if they find out they may be tempted to send in a bigger force next time. So if we let them in closer we'd better make sure they have no survivors.

>>5177413
>Intercept the Ogres and attempt to ambush them before they reach the silver mine and get a chance to cause damage to it.
regular ogres arent that smart are they? bait them in with a skirmisher force.

>>5177413
>>The terrain at the silver mine is more open, fight a field battle against them and use the Scout Tower and the mine as a part of your defences.
Station some of our men at the entrance of the mine to use it as a choke point. Then surround and destroy them with the rest of our forces. I imagine our pikemen would be the best at holding off the ogres with their longer reach and not being able to be flanked, maybe have Raleigh with them to bless and heal them as they'll take the brunt of the attack.

>>5177413
>>Intercept the Ogres and attempt to ambush them before they reach the silver mine and get a chance to cause damage to it.

We outnumber them nearly than 5:1. We have exactly 95 men, including ourselves.

>>5177413
>>Intercept the Ogres and attempt to ambush them before they reach the silver mine and get a chance to cause damage to it.
If we can down one or two without them realizing it, I think the ambush is successful
>>5177501
They know about the mine as they had kobolds mining the silver, but Arthur just said that it seems that the ogres don’t know exactly where the mine is. I think the kobolds transported the silver to the ogres if I remember the first read properly.

>>5177413
>Intercept the Ogres and attempt to ambush them before they reach the silver mine and get a chance to cause damage to it.

Intercepting the Ogres wins, give me pair of rolls


>2d6
>Best three of four

QM: First 1d6 is for your men and second 1d6 is for the garrison. The second 1d6 roll is best three.

Rolled 3, 2 = 5 (2d6)

>>5178233
Let’s see how this goes. Alterac stands!

Rolled 6, 5 = 11 (2d6)

>>5178233

Rolled 1, 2 = 3 (2d6)

>>5178233

Rolled 2, 5 = 7 (2d6)

>>5178233

“We cannot risk the Ogres from reaching the mine. We have to attempt to stop them before that.” You said to the Rover Brother.

“Prince Alric, we are going to attack them before it?” Sir Radan asked as he caught you up.

“Yes, if we can, we are going to ambush them.” You said back.

Lord Garithos who had been lagging behind your men, mostly due to them not having experience moving in the difficult terrain, managed to reach you. His horse was clearly having problems climbing up the trail to the silver mine.

“Prince Perenolde, why have you stopped?” Garithos asked you.

“To plan what we will do next. The Ogres haven’t managed to reach the mine yet, so we are going to intercept them and then ambush them.” You said back to him.

“Good, bringing the fight to them.” Garithos boasted. “Then let us go!”

“We will first go to the mine and then towards the Ogres.” You said back.

…

You reached the silver mine quickly and saw that there was no one here. You dismounted from your horse Epona and quickly explained to Lord Garithos why it had to be done. The terrain was bad for cavalry and the horses would just end up getting their legs hurt.

You gave quick orders to your men. Rover Brothers would scout ahead with the archers, Lieutenant Beckston and his men were in the middle with Sir Radan and Sir Gravis to their left. Colonel Garithos was to their right with the garrison. Raleigh the True would stay behind everyone else with Malevus and made sure to stay alive for you knew that his healing will be needed after this all is over.

With the orders given, you headed out into the sparse woods.

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>>5178717

>11, Success
>9, Failure

Rover Brothers had pushed ahead a short distance and suddenly they came running back towards you with the brothers wildly waving their hands and pointing at the hill and copse of woods behind them. The Ogres were probably behind the hill and coming towards you so you quickly waved your men to take cover behind large rocks, fallen trees and the side of the hill.

The archers took cover behind some bushes and your own men were hidden from the Ogres as they suddenly appeared through the forest. With nearly twenty Ogres appearing suddenly ahead of you, they seemed even larger than they maybe actually were.

Then you noticed that the Ogres noticed something and you looked to your right. Lord Garithos and the garrison hadn’t managed to get into cover and the Ogres had seen them.

The Ogres shouted something in their language and all of them started to jog towards the footmen and archers.

“For Lordaeron! For Lothar!” Garithos shouted and raised his battle axe up in the air.

The knights on foot, footmen and archers quickly regained their formation and were ready to receive the charge from the Ogres.

You had few choices. The ambush had failed, but the Ogres hadn’t seen you yet. They would in just a few seconds charge Lord Garithos and his men.


>Try to split the Ogres by having your archers get their attention.
>Charge the Ogres immediately and go help Lord Garithos.
>Let the Ogres charge Lord Garithos and then strike their flank and behind.
>Other, write in.

>>5178718
as tempting as it might be to let Garithos get tenderized, we need his vote to avoid getting 'demilitarized' so
>Charge the Ogres with Garithos, along with our knights

I'd maybe add some ideas, let fellow anons and QM judge how viable they be
>Have Pikemen advance to maintain cover for our archers
>Have our Bandits take a longer way around and attack from a flank - they have thrown spears, right?
>Archers provide supporting fire

Splitting them up might have been good idea if we had more pikemen but as it is we'd just be forcing archers to split and more finely control their fire. Although once the melee is joined that will be a problem anyway. I guess ogre size will be working against them then at least, offering a towering target.

>>5178718
>>Let the Ogres charge Lord Garithos and then strike their flank and behind.

Hammer and anvil.

>>5178718
>Try to split the Ogres by having your archers get their attention.
Limit their charge at Garithos, deal some damage and hopefully get the ogres to split up a bit so we can make proper use of our numerical superiority. I'd prefer hammer and anvil, but I fear the possible impression it would give of us letting the alliance forces take the brunt of the attack.

>>5178718
>>Charge the Ogres immediately and go help Lord Garithos.

>>5178718
>Try to split the Ogres by having your archers get their attention.
We have equal number of melee and range troops(if we count the javelins of the rogues), wear them out before we engage in close combat.

>>5178718
>>Try to split the Ogres by having your archers get their attention.
We have to attempt to split the mass they have. Remember how the ogres were killed before. I think Sir Radan can prove very useful here with the javelins.

Attempting to get the Ogres to split won. Give me some rolls.


>2d6
>Best three of four

QM: The first 1d6 is for you and the second 1d6 is for Garithos

Rolled 3, 5 = 8 (2d6)

>>5179224

Rolled 2, 6 = 8 (2d6)

>>5179224

Rolled 4, 1 = 5 (2d6)

>>5179224

Rolled 3, 6 = 9 (2d6)

>>5179224

Garithos saves the day.

Hmm. Maybe this will convince him our forces are so pathetic they are not a threat even in numbers?

Garithos, the inhuman beast destroyer, proves he's not all talk. Holy shit.

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>10, Success
>17, Success

“Target the Ogres, Radan, Beckston with me!” You shouted as you pushed yourself up, drew the Cinder Sword and the men around you followed you.

Archers and Rover Brothers notched their arrows and let loose their first volley at the Ogres. The arrows hit several of them and the Ogres roared in pain and they turned towards where you were. With a cry of pain they screamed their war cries and started running at you.

“Beckston hold! Radan to left! Gravis stay with me!” You shouted more orders.

Kul Tiran Swashbucklers braced their pikes down and Sir Radan waved his men to follow him. There were five Ogres coming at you holding their clubs high above their heads.

The second volley of arrows hit the Ogres and their impact was immediately noticeable as one of the Ogres started to pick out the arrows from his skin.

“Alterac Stands!” You shouted as the Ogres came at you and attempted to use their clubs to swat away the pikes that kept them away.

You, Sir Gravis and his knights charged the Ogres as Sir Radan did the same.

The Ogre in front of you kept swinging his club wildly at you and the knights kept you away from it. Your attempts at getting close or allowing one of the knights to have an opening was a failure, but at least you managed to keep the Ogre concentrated on you.

Meanwhile the Kul Tirans with their pikes had also managed to keep the Ogres away from them and their reach had allowed several of them to attempt to jab at them with actually some success. Pair of the Ogres had received wounds from the pikes and few of the pikes had already broken from the swings of the clubs.

Sir Radan meanwhile had more success as his ragtag band of former bandits brandished their swords, axes and javelins. You saw that they had thrown their javelins at the leftmost Ogre which had made it to fall on the ground and now Sir Radan and his men were hacking and stabbing the Ogre apart.

Four Ogres remained in front of you and you knew that you would have to quickly deal with them if you were to help Lord Garithos.

A quick glance to your right made you realize that maybe he doesn’t need the help that badly. You saw at least two Ogres down on the ground with Lord Garithos standing on top of one and was swinging his battle axe wildly in an attempt to kill the Ogre in front of him.

Your archers meanwhile let loose another volley, this time aiming at the Ogres facing Lord Garithos.

You did some quick math as you avoided a swing of a club, three Ogres were already dead, there were four facing you and eleven facing Lord Garithos and his men. The momentum of the Ogres had stalled and now was time for the tug of war between you and them, unless you attempted to finish the Ogres in front of you as quickly as possible.

1/1

>>5179414

>Pressure the Ogres just like you are doing now, they will go down sooner or later.
>Detach yourself, Sir Gravis and the knights and go help Lord Garithos to deal with the Ogres.
>The Ogres you are facing now have to be dealt with immediately. Go for high risk, but high reward.
>Other, write in.

>>5179415
>>The Ogres you are facing now have to be dealt with immediately. Go for high risk, but high reward.
Their momentum is stalled, we have to act fast before the ogres can cause casualties.

>>5179414
>The Ogres you are facing now have to be dealt with immediately. Go for high risk, but high reward.

>>5179415
>>The Ogres you are facing now have to be dealt with immediately. Go for high risk, but high reward.

>>5179415
>The Ogres you are facing now have to be dealt with immediately. Go for high risk, but high reward.
They've lost their momentum. Defeat them in detail then swing in to flank the ones engaged with Garithos. What's the worst that can happen?

Aight, high risk, but high reward. Probably going for another update today so give me the rolls!


>2d6
>Best three of five

QM: The first 1d6 is for you and the second 1d6 is for Garithos. Garithos only takes the first four

Rolled 6, 2 = 8 (2d6)

>>5179541

Rolled 2, 6 = 8 (2d6)

>>5179541
Best of 5? Time to show how we throw down in Alterac

Rolled 1, 1 = 2 (2d6)

>>5179541

Rolled 2, 3 = 5 (2d6)

>>5179541

Rolled 5, 1 = 6 (2d6)

>>5179541

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>13, Success
>11, Failure

Those four Ogres have to die and they have to do it fast.

You grasped the Cinder Sword with two hands and felt the heat radiating from it. During the few moments the fighting had lasted, the dull grey colour it normally had was turned bright white and red with embers flying out from it as the blade moved through air. And while it radiated heat, it didn’t burn you at all.

The Ogre keeping you and the knights away from itself swung the club in a wide arc to its left and you saw the opening.

With a few quick steps you went inside the reach of the Ogre and brought the Cinder Sword down. Compared to the steel collar the sword failed to punch through, the unprotected arm of the Ogre was the complete opposite. The meat and bone of the arm was cut like they weren’t there and the hand holding the club fell to the ground. The blood hissed and boiled away from the blade immediately and before the Ogre could react, you took a step forward and brought the sword back up, cutting open the abdomen and having the tip of the sword exit near the shoulder.

The large Ogre fell down in pain and shock, dying just a moments later, but you had already moved to another target.

The Kul Tirans kept the two Ogres away from themselves with their pikes. The Ogres tried to frantically crush and sweep the pikes away with their clubs, sometimes succeeding in knocking them away and in some cases splintering a pike.

The Ogre who was your next target noticed you and attempted to swat at you with his hand. You brought the Cinder Sword up and managed to sever several of its fingers in return. The swipe the Ogre tried with its club passed dangerously close to your head, but it was enough for the opening.

One by one the Kul Tirans pushed their pikes into the Ogre. It screamed and growled in pain as it tried to shake the pikes off, but the Kul Tirans just stabbed and stabbed it again and again. In just a few seconds the Ogre fell down on the ground.

The last Ogre facing you wasn’t that lucky either. The combination of several javelins and a few good jabs with the pikes was enough to allow Sir Radan and his men to jump at the Ogre. With a sword and axe the Ogre was cut and cleaved until it too fell dead on the ground.

You looked around as another volley of arrows flew at the remaining Ogres. They had managed to break apart the shield wall the Alliance footmen had and the fight there had devolved into a bunch of duels that the footmen were rapidly losing.

Lord Garithos fought with one Ogre and you saw at least two on the ground with one having been pincushioned by arrows.

Your own men were slightly tired, but miraculously had managed to avoid casualties. Now it was time to finish the remaining Ogres and help Lord Garithos.

1/1

>>5179717

>Charge the Ogres immediately, do not let them have any time to react to you even if it means that you won’t be in formation.
>Advance on the Ogres, keep up the pike wall that appeared to be quite successful at keeping the Ogres away.
>Move and go relieve the footmen in peril. You are going to lose a good flank charge, but you should be able to help the footmen.
>Other, write in.

QM: Ogres are big, but fighting a single Ogre is still a duel and Alric is pretty good at dueling.

>>5179720
>>Charge the Ogres immediately, do not let them have any time to react to you even if it means that you won’t be in formation.
Violence of action wins engagements

>>5179720
>Advance on the Ogres, keep up the pike wall that appeared to be quite successful at keeping the Ogres away.

>>5179720
>>Charge the Ogres immediately, do not let them have any time to react to you even if it means that you won’t be in formation.
Agreed, violence of action is of utmost importance. And the cinder Sword seems to be really good against unarmoured enemies. Same with pikes and the bandit rogues against bandits. We should get more of them

>>5179717
>Charge the Ogres immediately, do not let them have any time to react to you even if it means that you won’t be in formation

We might kill enough to make them break

>>5179717
>>Charge the Ogres immediately, do not let them have any time to react to you even if it means that you won’t be in formation.

Charging the Ogres immediately


>2d6
>Best three of four

QM: The first 1d6 is for you and the second 1d6 is for Garithos

Rolled 6, 6 = 12 (2d6)

>>5180187

Rolled 2, 6 = 8 (2d6)

>>5180187

Rolled 3 (1d6)

>>5180187

Rolled 2 (1d6)

>>5180187
>>5180240

>>5180240
>>5180241

I won't count these, just roll 2d6

Rolled 1, 1 = 2 (2d6)

>>5180187

Rolled 5, 3 = 8 (2d6)

>>5180187
>>5180243

No update today either, way too busy weekend for writing. Next update tomorrow.

Why did we expose sir radan to the alliance forces?

>>5181346
Unless we said they are bandits to Garithos, they should see them as skirmishers with mismatched armors, and besides, they were laying low working in the mines for a year and some more.

We should be careful however to not go with them to Tarren Mill.

>13, Success
>15, Success

You do not have time to get your men back into their proper formations as the Ogres were pressing Lord Garithos and his men badly. You had to go into their aid immediately and charge the Ogres before they could react to you.

“Men with me!” You shouted and waved at them to follow you with your sword.

You didn’t wait for them to start following you as you started running towards the Ogres. The Cinder Sword shed embers as you ran and the Ogres didn’t really know what hit them.

You ducked and swung your sword severing the right foot of an Ogre that was fighting one of the footmen. The Ogre suddenly without a foot to stand on, fell down on its knees allowing you to push the Cinder Sword into its chest. The Ogre tried to react to your strike during its dying breaths by grabbing you, but the footmen that you had helped struck the Ogre with his sword. After a pair of swings, the Ogres head was open and it fell down on the ground dead.

You drew your sword out of the chest of the Ogre and you didn’t have much time to react as another Ogre came swinging at you with its club, forcing you to dodge and take several steps back. As you readied yourself for another attack, the Kul Tirans arrived with their pikes and started to drive the Ogre away, allowing you to move past the dead Ogre.

The remaining Ogres were fighting with the scattered footmen and you saw how Lord Garithos continued fighting his opponent. You looked for the next Ogre to fight, but this time you didn’t have to choose.

“Lionman you fight me!” Came a shout from a large Ogre. It was slightly bigger than the rest, had a large helmet covering its head and a pair of nasty looking spiked gauntlets it seemed to use to pummel the opponents down.

It took you a second to register that the Ogre meant you, of course it was you, you had the mountain lion pelt.

The Ogre didn’t give you a chance to decline as it charged you. It was way bigger than you, but lacked the reach swinging a club might give it. Still attempting to just batter you with the gauntlets must be a quite fast way to attack you.


>Fight defensively, learn your opponent and see how the Ogre fights. Then go for an attack.
>Just like other Ogres, it lacks armour. A well placed strike could be enough, but that would require you to get close. High risk, but high reward.
>Give it ground and lure the Ogre away from the others. If possible you could get some help from your men.
>Other, write in.

QM: Sorry, life has been quite busy again so a bit shorter update again.

>>5181936
>Just like other Ogres, it lacks armour. A well placed strike could be enough, but that would require you to get close. High risk, but high reward.

>>5181936
>>Fight defensively, learn your opponent and see how the Ogre fights. Then go for an attack.

>>5181936
>>Fight defensively, learn your opponent and see how the Ogre fights. Then go for an attack.
Np

>>5181936
>>Fight defensively, learn your opponent and see how the Ogre fights. Then go for an attack.

>>5181936
>>Fight defensively, learn your opponent and see how the Ogre fights. Then go for an attack.

>>5181936
>Fight defensively, learn your opponent and see how the Ogre fights. Then go for an attack.
Let’s not get grappled or disarmed.

Fight defensively and learning your opponent wins


>1d6
>Best three of four

Rolled 1 (1d6)

>>5182318

>>5182319
noooooooooooooooo

Rolled 2 (1d6)

>>5182318
time to roll good

Rolled 6 (1d6)

>>5182318

Rolled 2 (1d6)

>>5182318

>10, Success

The Ogre came at you and you raised your shield up as its gauntleted fist struck it with full strength. It felt like someone had hit your shield with a mallet and made you take a few steps back. A second punch, this time with its left fist was in turn avoided by raising your sword up. With a danger of getting the sword past its armoured hands into the unprotected flesh, the Ogre quickly pulled back its arm.

So the Ogre was fast as it was strong too. Fighting against it would be difficult.

The Ogre tried to deliver punches and uppercuts left and right, but you managed to either redirect them away or prevent them from hitting by dodging or by feints and slight strikes. Just as you attempted to find the opening and hit the Ogre where it hurts, it too tried to do the same.

Then there was an opening. The Ogre tried to punch you again, but you stepped to your left and allowed the fist to go past you. When you tried to bring the Cinder Sword down and disarm the Ogre, it pulled its arm back and blocked the strike with its gauntlet.

Sparks and embers flew as the Cinder Sword grinded on the gauntlet as you were forced to take a few steps back.

This was a tricky fight. You had fought against gnolls and while they could be big, they weren’t as big as Ogres and you could fight them just like you fight other humans. Thrall was a big opponent, but even he fought like you do. This was a somewhat unknown situation for you. The Ogre was fast and way stronger than you are and clearly capable of blocking strikes that aren’t foolproof.

But you now had some idea how this fight could go, while fast and strong, the Ogre was crude in its movement and it threw plenty of its weight around when attempting to strike at you. Maybe you could use that to your advantage?


>Continue fighting defensively, try to get the Ogre to lose its balance and then go for an attack.
>Just like other Ogres, it lacks armour. A well placed strike could be enough, but that would require you to get close. High risk, but high reward.
>Give it ground and lure the Ogre away from the others. If possible you could get some help from your men.
>Other, write in.

>>5182515
>>Continue fighting defensively, try to get the Ogre to lose its balance and then go for an attack.

>>5182515
>>Continue fighting defensively, try to get the Ogre to lose its balance and then go for an attack.

>>5182515
>>Give it ground and lure the Ogre away from the others. If possible you could get some help from your men.
Seems like an opponent which is hard to approach. But we have the men and numbers, no dishonor in fighting with some help.

>>5182515
>Just like other Ogres, it lacks armour. A well placed strike could be enough, but that would require you to get close. High risk, but high reward.

>>5182515
>>Continue fighting defensively, try to get the Ogre to lose its balance and then go for an attack.

The voting for what to do will continue, but give me a roll that is unrelated to the outcome of the battle. The result of this doesn't change anything about the fight and how it goes.


>1d10
>Best of three

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>5182646

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>5182646

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>5182646

>>5181346
>>5181374
I think as long as Sir Radan stays away from Tarren Mill and we don't say that he is a former bandit to outsiders he should be fine.

>>5182515
>>Continue fighting defensively, try to get the Ogre to lose its balance and then go for an attack.

You will continue fighting defensively


>1d6
>Best three of four

Rolled 3 (1d6)

>>5183325

Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>5183325

Rolled 2 (1d6)

>>5183325

Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>5183325

>11, Success

The Ogre came at you hard and you had problems attempting to avoid its punches. The Ogre roared as blow after blow landed on your shield and forced you to brace it with both of your arms.

You noticed your shield cracking and the wood splintering and when the Ogre pulled its arm back to deliver another strong punch on it, you allowed it to connect. But at the same time you stopped bracing the shield and allowed the punch to push the shield away.

The Ogre was surprised when your left arm gave way and before it could react, the Ogre took a one misstep. It was enough for you to push the Cinder Sword forward and hope that it reaches the body of the Ogre.

And it did. The tip of the sword pushed into the stomach of the Ogre as it continued to stumble and the sudden pain made it fumble a bit more. As the tip of the blade continued to sink into the Ogre, you realized what was going to happen, the Ogre was going to fall. And if you weren’t careful, it could fall on top of you and it would hurt a lot.


>Push the Cinder Sword into the Ogre and then push the Ogre away from you. That should finish the Ogre.
>Dodge the Ogre just enough so that you can attack it while or after it has fallen down.
>You cannot risk having an Ogre fall on top of you. Quickly jump away to save you from being crushed. Your wellbeing is more important than killing the Ogre now.
>Other, write in.

>>5183819
>Dodge the Ogre just enough so that you can attack it while or after it has fallen down.

>>5183819
>>Dodge the Ogre just enough so that you can attack it while or after it has fallen down.

>>5183819
>>Push the Cinder Sword into the Ogre and then push the Ogre away from you. That should finish the Ogre.
No guts, no glory! The ogre is a tricky opponent, we need to finish it fast.

>>5183819
>>Dodge the Ogre just enough so that you can attack it while or after it has fallen down

>>5183819
>Push the Cinder Sword into the Ogre and then push the Ogre away from you. That should finish the Ogre.

>>5183819
>Dodge the Ogre just enough so that you can attack it while or after it has fallen down.
Let’s not tempt fate too much, we remember how annoying the injury from fight with orcs was, yes?

>>5183819
>>Dodge the Ogre just enough so that you can attack it while or after it has fallen down.

Dodge! Attack!


>1d6
>Best three of four

Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>5184330

Rolled 5 (1d6)

>>5184330

Rolled 6 (1d6)

>>5184330

Rolled 1 (1d6)

>>5184330

>15, Success

You slashed to your right and cut a shallow gash on the Ogres stomach as you took two quick steps to your right. The sudden pain from the wound was the final nail in the coffin and you barely avoided the Ogres gauntleted left hand as it crashed on the ground.

You didn’t allow the Ogre to get up as you jumped on its back and brought the Cinder Sword up with both hands.

With a clean left to right swing you severed the head of the Ogre and as your sword swung to right, you watched as the head fell and rolled a few times on the ground.

Then you nearly lost your footing as the body of the Ogre went limp and you had to quickly jump off from it.

The battle around you was dying down, the soldiers around you were finishing killing one of the remaining Ogres as it trashed on the ground while the footmen and pikemen poke holes into it.

“Prince Alric, are you okay?” Came the voice of Malevus behind you and you turned around to face her and lifted your visor up.

“I am, thank you for asking.” You said back and watched how Malevus avoided the Ogre corpse carefully. This was probably her first battle she had been part of. “And you?”

“I am fine Prince Alric, but you are covered in blood.” Malevus pointed at your armour.

You looked down and saw that being true, at some point one of the wounds inflicted on the Ogres clearly had spread the blood on you. You sighed deeply as you knew that it wasn’t your blood, but that you knew that it would have to be cleaned before it could start smelling and rusting your old plate mail.

“Oh this is not mine.” You said to Malevus and realized the solution to your problem. “And Malevus, when this is over, prepare to clean my armour.”

“Yes Prince Alric.” She said and gave you a nod.

The Ogre meanwhile had been killed and the tired soldiers walked around the battlefield to go help those who had been wounded or were in need of help. You saw Lord Garithos leaning to his battle axe and next to him stood Captain Reginald, it was good that they had survived.

“Lieutenant Beckston!” You shouted and thankfully in just a few seconds he walked to you. “Organise the men and help those who need it.”

“Yes sire.” He said and gave you a nod. Apparently he had lost his pike during the fighting and instead dual wielded a pair of cutlasses.

You saw some of the men from the Alliance Garrison not moving on the ground and you knew that they were dead, but then you started to count the Ogre corpses. The ones your men had killed and then the ones who had fought Lord Garithos.

And you got only sixteen corpses. Two Ogres were missing, they must have ran away.

You looked around and saw your men starting to work helping those who needed it. The archers led by the Rovers had joined them and you could see that everyone was tired. But letting those Ogres go, would it be a mistake? Should you chase them and kill them before they flee deep into Alterac?

1/1

>>5184567


>Join Rovers and the archers and go chase the two fleeing Ogres down before they can escape. They must not be let go.
>Send Rovers and the arches after the two Ogres, they will get the work done. Your place is here with your men.
>No, the Ogres will act as a warning to others when they spread the word around. Let them go, no need to exhaust your men further.
>Other, write in

>>5184568
>>Join Rovers and the archers and go chase the two fleeing Ogres down before they can escape. They must not be let go.

>>5184568
>Join Rovers and the archers and go chase the two fleeing Ogres down before they can escape. They must not be let go.
the archers should theoretically be less tired no?

>>5184567
>>Join Rovers and the archers and go chase the two fleeing Ogres down before they can escape. They must not be let go.

>>5184597

They are less tired yes.

>>5184568
>>Join Rovers and the archers and go chase the two fleeing Ogres down before they can escape. They must not be let go.

>>5184568
>>Join Rovers and the archers and go chase the two fleeing Ogres down before they can escape. They must not be let go

>>5184568
>>Join Rovers and the archers and go chase the two fleeing Ogres down before they can escape. They must not be let go.

>>5184567
>Join Rovers and the archers and go chase the two fleeing Ogres down before they can escape. They must not be let go.

“Rovers come here!” You shouted at the two brothers who came jogging to you.

“What have ya Prince Alric?” Alfred asked you.

“Two Ogres got away, we are going to chase them and kill them.”

“We can do it.” Arthur said back and waved the archers to join you.

Meanwhile you turned to Beckston.

“Lieutenant, continue the work here and if required take orders from Colonel Garithos.” You said to him. “I will join the Rovers and catch the Ogres.

“Will do sire.” Beckston said and saluted you.

As you walked to join the Rovers and the archers, you were interrupted.

“I will come with you Prince Alric.” Malevus said. “I am an elf, I can move silently.”

“Fine, but stay out of trouble.” You said to her. It would be probably better for her to stay with Raleigh, but she has to see and learn how things are done here.

…

A moment later you and Malevus were following the archers. You had ditched your shield as you noticed that it was nearly broken and probably wouldn’t hold if it was struck again. And frankly the pummeling it had taken had made your left arm quite sore so getting rid of the excess weight felt nice.

They and the archers stopped from time to time to look at the tracks. Even if the Rovers were somewhat rusty in tracking, these archers weren’t. They were the ones that had joined you over a year ago and were trained by Bill Rover. They would know what they are doing.

The brothers waved you and Malevus to join them and you knelt down to hear what they had to say.

“Prince Alric, the Ogres are moving fast. At this rate they reach the mountain passes before we do.” One of the archers explained and pointed at one of the foot prints and a few droplets of blood next to it. “The Ogre is losing blood.”

“Can we catch them?” You asked them.

“Aye sire, if we run then yes. If we go slower we might catch them.” The archer answered.


>Even with the risk of exhaustion you need to catch them. Run after the Ogres and make sure to catch them before the mountain passes.
>You cannot let yourself become exhausted, but the chase must continue. If you are lucky you can catch the Ogres before they reach the mountain passes.
>To hell the restrictions, you are going to have a deliberate, but quick pace and if it requires entering Alterac to catch the Ogres, you are going to do it.
>Other, write in.

>>5184886
>Even with the risk of exhaustion you need to catch them. Run after the Ogres and make sure to catch them before the mountain passes.

We have the Blessed Vial of Water stave off exhaustion.

>>5184886
>>Even with the risk of exhaustion you need to catch them. Run after the Ogres and make sure to catch them before the mountain passes.

>>5184886
>>Even with the risk of exhaustion you need to catch them. Run after the Ogres and make sure to catch them before the mountain passes.
>>5184897
I think even if Alric drinks it alone, we can handle pair of Ogres if they are properly peppered with arrows.

>>5184886
> Even with the risk of exhaustion you need to catch them. Run after the Ogres and make sure to catch them before the mountain passes.
The blessed vial should give us chance to be fit enough to at least delay the ogres until the archers catch up, no?

Anyways even if we lost them it might have a silver lining if we show Garithos we are not breaking the Alliance sanctions even if the circumstances might tempt us to.

>>5184886
>>Even with the risk of exhaustion you need to catch them. Run after the Ogres and make sure to catch them before the mountain passes.
hopefully the ogres will be tired and arrows can finish them. Otherwise we will fight them to the death for defend our boys.

>>5184886
>Even with the risk of exhaustion you need to catch them. Run after the Ogres and make sure to catch them before the mountain passes.
Had it been anything but ogres, I'd caution against falling into a possible counter-ambush. These louts are a bit too big and a bit too stupid to pull something like that off though.

With the risk of exhaustion wins. Give me the roll and decision will you use the Blessed Vial of Water now or safe it for later.


>1d6
>Best three of four

Do you use the Vial?
>Yes
>No

Rolled 5 (1d6)

>>5185335
>Yes

Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>5185335
Yes

Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>5185335
>Yes

Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>5185335
>Yes

>13, Success

“Then we are going to run, we need to catch them before they can escape to Alterac or reach the mountain passes.” You said to your men.

“Aye, that sounds good. “Arthur said back and nodded.

You stood up with the archers and as they were preparing to leave, you reached down on your belt and took out the Blessed Vial of Water and carefully uncorked it with your gauntlets before drinking it all in one go. You had heard stories how different potions taste like death or want to make you puke your guts out, but this was just water.

“Prince Alric, what potion was that?” Malevus asked you.

“Just something that should stave off exhaustion.” You said back to her and put the vial back into its leather pouch. “Alright I am ready.”

“Then we are off, please try to keep up with us Prince Alric.” Alfred said to you.

…

Running and jogging in a half-plate was somewhat difficult and even with your armour being quite well strapped on you, it still made noise as metal chafed and hit other metal. You started to feel your legs becoming more and more tired, but you also felt the Blessed Vial of Water having some effect and you managed to keep up with the Rovers and the archers who ran ahead of you.

Meanwhile Malevus had no problems keeping up with the archers and you saw how easily she went through bushes and between trees. There was certain grace in her step, quite similar to how silently Bill Rover moved through the woods and bushes and what these archers had.

The sparse woods and the rocky ground made your chase somewhat difficult at some points, but it also applied to the Ogres. The archers pointed out spots where they apparently had troubles going through and the droplets of blood on ground and on the bushes. And by the look of the blood, it started to get more and more fresher.

It wasn’t long until you heard the Ogres before you saw them. The sound of them going through the bushes and snapping a branch or two made it easy to hear them. Not forgetting the grunts and them panting from exhaustion.

You picked up the pace and caught up with your archers. At the same time you saw the Ogres for the first time as they disappeared into another copse of woods. The small birches and pines hiding them from your sight.

“There you are.” You muttered aloud and jogged past your archers who in turn had to catch you.

Those Ogres wouldn’t get away.


>1d6
>Best three of four

Rolled 5 (1d6)

>>5185506
16->18 incoming

Rolled 5 (1d6)

>>5185506

Rolled 6 (1d6)

>>5185506
It sure looks like high

Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>5185506

Is that our highest roll yet? That's a lot of damage

>16

You drew the Cinder Sword and lowered the visor of your helmet as you ran into the copse of woods. You didn’t avoid the branches as you barged through the bushes and you heard the archers coming right behind you.

Then there they were. The two Ogres had heard you coming and had turned around to face you. One of them was nursing several arrow wounds, but the second seemed to be without wounds.

“Rovers, give them a volley.” You said as you heard and knew the archers to be right behind you.

The archers didn’t need a second order as they notched their arrows and in seconds twelve arrows struck the Ogres around their bodies. From this distance missing was nearly impossible for bowmen of their level.

The Ogres roared in pain as the arrows had dug deep and as they attempted to pick them out, you raised your sword up to your side and charged them.

The Ogres seemed to be dismayed and shocked as a second set of arrows flew past you. This time not all of them hit the Ogres as the archers had to avoid hitting you.

And then you were on them.

The first Ogre had no chance as it was too preoccupied by the new arrow wounds and the old ones it had. You swung your sword right to left and cut open the whole abdomen and the Ogre still alive from the attack attempted to swat at you with its club, you passed underneath its arm, pivoted on your heels and brought the sword down on its arm, cutting it clean off from the shoulder.

You didn’t allow the dying Ogre to occupy your mind anymore as you passed to the second one who was more ready to face you. It roared at you and raised its spiked club high, ready to hit and kill you in one strike.

But the Ogre was too slow and it telegraphed its movement way too well, dodging the club was easy. As the club started to come down, you dodged to your right and delivered another right to left swing. This time the Cinder Sword was aimed at the left leg of the Ogre and the blade easily cut through it above the knee. The flesh and bone was cut like they weren’t there at all and as you passed next to the Ogre with a step, you brought the sword back to right and delivered a cut underneath the armpit.

The cut leg couldn’t hold the weight of the Ogre and it fell down on the stump. As it roared in pain it didn’t realize that you had brought the sword up with both of your hands and with all of your strength brought it down. The Cinder Sword cut into the back of the Ogre and entered deep into its body before you pulled the sword out.

You took several deep breaths as the blood and gore boiled and burned off the blade before you raised your visor and saw that the two Ogres were dead.

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>>5185683

The archers watched the scene from where they were standing as Malevus walked towards you. You could see that she was stunned at what she saw.

“Prince Alric… are you alright?” She asked you carefully as she avoided the growing bloodpool from one of the Ogres.

“I think I am.” You said back.

“You just cut them like that, like they were nothing.” She said to you.

It was true, you just had cut them. Was this the power of the Cinder Sword? A light blade that cuts into the flesh like it isn’t there at all. Or was this the result of your skills that you had gained through the training and the battles you had fought last year?

Either way, thinking about this, it did stun you how easily you had thrown yourself into the battle and trusted your own skills. And frankly it had felt good, you had enjoyed the rush of the duel.

The archers and Rovers came to congratulate you and pick the arrows off the Ogres so that they could be used again as you sat down on a tree that had fallen over and took your waterskin. The battle was now over and you felt the exhaustion returning slowly, but steadily.

“Prince Alric, I hate repeating myself, but are you alright?” Malevus asked you. She was standing there and seemed to be still stunned from what she had seen.

“What do you mean?” You asked back.

“You seem off and I haven’t seen anything like that before. Taking down two Ogres like they aren’t even there. If we were in Quel’Thalas, they would be singing songs in your glory.” Malevus said.


>It is just that years of training has made you this good at fighting and having a magical sword doesn’t harm you either.
>You are surprised about this too, how easy it was in the end to deal with the Ogres.
>Rush of the combat makes you feel like this, but when it is over, the exhaustion and the ache of tired muscles return. But the rush, it is a good feeling.
>Malevus doesn’t have to be worried about this, if she keeps up with her training, maybe one day she will understand what just happened.
>Other, write in

>>5185688

>It was exhilarating. The thrill of the fight, of the movements flowing one into the other.
>But... the luck was with me, as were the archers.
>This was result of our advantage, skill and luck all coming together. The best possible outcome. Let us always strive for such results.

>>5185688
>It is just that years of training has made you this good at fighting and having a magical sword doesn’t harm you either.
>Malevus doesn’t have to be worried about this, if she keeps up with her training, maybe one day she will understand what just happened.
I think we should put emphasis on the training and not the thrill of the fight. We must be a good role model for Malevus and act as well as we can.

>>5185742
well, but in this case we know we had the moment because of a very good roll. It feels kind of conceited to attribute that to just training and the lightsaber. And possibly dangerous for her if it gives her a lasting impression.

>>5185754
Our dice amount is because of our training and Alric doesn’t know about of any rolls. Good fighting results is because of our skills imo and within character. This could be a good example for Malevus and I don’t think how this could be dangerous. Can you explain further?

>>5185688
>>5185742
Support.

>>5185725
>It is just that years of training has made you this good at fighting and having a magical sword doesn’t harm you either.
>Rush of the combat makes you feel like this, but when it is over, the exhaustion and the ache of tired muscles return. But the rush, it is a good feeling.


>>5185688
"Now while this small battle has gone well, we should remain on guard. This might just be a small force of theirs, for testing our reactions or if we are weak."
"More might arrive."
"So until then remember to keep training, i will ensure you become a worthy warrior for Alterac, Malevus.

>>5185768
If she associates our current skill level with ability to casually disembowel two ogres, albeit wounded and with fire support, it could lead to her being too careless in her own encounters.

And Alric himself is not ascribing the victory just to training in the story post itself.

>>5185792
I don't see that happening, but the emphasis should be that through training she could reach this skill level. We must keep her humble.

>>5185688
>>It is just that years of training has made you this good at fighting and having a magical sword doesn’t harm you either.
>>You are surprised about this too, how easy it was in the end to deal with the Ogres
A combination of both wouldn't be bad I think

“I have been training how to fight for years and the last year with all the battles, sparring and fights has made me who I am now. And now with all this, at a certain point it just clicks and you read the battle or your opponent like an open book.” You said to Malevus.

“I… I see.” She said back to you.

“Don’t worry about this, or reaching this level yet for it doesn’t happen in a moment. But if you were to work hard and train hard, fight against other opponents and test yourself in sparring fights, maybe one day you can reach my current level and then maybe you will beat me.” You continued.

You drank plenty of water from the waterskin and allowed half of it to be splashed on your face before you put the waterskin away and asked Malevus to help you up. Taking her hand, you pushed yourself up and for a moment you felt yourself weak and very much a human.

And you were sure that Malevus saw that too. Even if you just danced through several Ogres like they weren’t there, you still were Alric Perenolde. You weren’t some demigod that triumphs over all.

"Now while this small battle has gone well, we should remain on guard. This might just be a small force of theirs, for testing our reactions or if we are weak." You said to Malevus and continued. “Go tell the Rovers that when they are ready, we are going to move out.”

“Understood Prince Alric.” Malevus said and nodded.

This hadn’t been an easy day, but you had a feeling that the day was over for you. There would be no more fighting.

…

Some time later you came trekking out of the sparse woods to the original battlefield.

You saw that the wounded had been collected together as were those who were dead. With a quick glance you didn’t see any of your men with those who were dead, but that meant that all of them were from the Alliance Garrison.

Lord Garithos was discussing something with his knights and when he saw you, he stopped discussing and walked to you.

“Prince Perenolde, how did the hunt go?” He asked you.

“Both Ogres are dead.” You said to him.

“Good, for this was a great victory for us.” Lord Garithos said back. “We will remember those who died today.”

“We will remember them.” You said back to him.

“Indeed.” Lord Garithos replied and continued. “What would you say about this victory? The price being paid in the blood of the men of the Alliance. Was it worth it?”


>The dead knew the risks when they joined the military. This was their job.
>This was a great victory for us. The Crushridge Ogres will remember this for a long time.
>Alterac will remember this. They will be remembered for their sacrifice.
>The silver mine and the workers are safe. Through that the wealth will flow and the whole Alliance will benefit from it.
>Other, write in.

>>5186086
>>This was a great victory for us. The Crushridge Ogres will remember this for a long time.
>>Alterac will remember this. They will be remembered for their sacrifice.

>>5186086
>Alterac will remember this. They will be remembered for their sacrifice.

>>5186086
>>Alterac will remember this. They will be remembered for their sacrifice.

>>5186086
>Alterac will remember this. They will be remembered for their sacrifice.

>>5186086
>>The silver mine and the workers are safe. Through that the wealth will flow and the whole Alliance will benefit from it.

>>5186086
>>This was a great victory for us. The Crushridge Ogres will remember this for a long time.
>>Alterac will remember this. They will be remembered for their sacrifice.

Give me a roll.


>1d3
>Best of three

Rolled 1 (1d3)

>>5187815
what kind of garithos schizo roll is this

Rolled 3 (1d3)

>>5187815

Rolled 1 (1d3)

>>5187815

“Alterac will remember this. We will remember those who have helped us.” You said to Lord Garithos. “The dead will be remembered because we are grateful for your help.”

Lord Garithos opted to not answer for a moment, but then you saw the stiffness he seemed to have and radiate lessen a bit.

“We showed those Ogres. They will think twice about attacking now.” Garithos said to you.

You sure hoped that would be the case.

…

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The next day the workers had returned to the silver mine and under good protection by your soldiers, went and searched the dead Ogres. You didn’t really expect much to be found that could be put in use, but when the workers later that day returned back to Dawnholme, you were surprised how much they had found.

The clubs the Ogres used had metal hoops keeping them together, there were few clubs that had a wide array of steel pikes around it and then the few bits of armour that was recovered. Some of the Ogres even had crude oversized knives on their belts. Sure they can’t be used right away, but the pure amount of steel recovered was the surprising part and according to the blacksmith, plenty of tools and equipment could be made from it.

Finally the workers with the help of the soldiers guarding them had burned the bodies. No one wanted the battlefield to start smelling and attracting mountain lions or worse to come feasting on the corpses.

Gained:
>3 Supply

…

Raleigh the True had been busy and after Malevus had cleaned your armour, you had sent her to help Raleigh as much as possible. The injured soldiers were all expected to survive and by looking how the local people came wishing them well, it did seem that if the people of Dawnholme had any problems with the Alliance Garrison, those problems were now gone.

Later in the evening the people of Dawnholme had gathered at the small graveyard that had been built near the town. The graves for the dead soldiers had been dug and a honour guard made from your soldiers and those from the garrison brought the dead and lowered them into their final resting places while Raleigh talked about the Holy Light and went through the burial ceremony.

You lacked proper black clothes for the burial, so as the dead were soldiers, you saw it fitting for you to wear your armour instead.

The ceremony was a sombre one and you made sure to tell the gravekeeper that those graves should be taken care off with utmost care.

Thankfully the gravekeeper agreed.

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>>5187998


The next day in the morning you received a call to come visit Lord Garithos and when you arrived at his tent, you were quickly told why.

“I have finished planning my report Prince Perenolde.” Lord Garithos said to you. “It will be a favourable one for you as you have shown your valour on the battlefield. What Lord Uther had written about you has been correct.”

“Thank you Colonel Garithos.” You said back and gave him a small appreciating nod.

“The garrison will be reinforced in the coming weeks to replace those who had died and those who had been wounded.” Captain Reginald said.

“That does sound good, but I have a feeling that telling me about the report wasn’t the only reason why you called me here.” You said back to them.

“You are correct. The reason we called you here are the terms regarding the garrison.” Lord Garithos said and continued. “The thirty men they have will be fed by you and they will requisite one of your lumbermills to provide wood for constructing a walled camp for them.”

Supplies for 30 men and the timber provided by a one lumbermill. That would cut into your profits a bit and further increase your deficit on supplies. You would probably be forced to buy more of them when the winter comes.


>Accept the cost of housing them and providing timber for them. -3 Supply Per Season, -1 Wealth For One Season.
>Accept the Supply cost, but tell them that the timber is being used to build the Alliance Naval Base and you cannot provide it for the camp. -3 Supply Per Season.
>You cannot accept the weight of providing food, supplies or the wood for the garrison. Decline as the garrison wasn’t something you agreed to receive, but instead was forced to accept.
>Other, write in.

Total Resources:
4 Wealth, +16 per season
19 Supplies, -1 per season
30 Peasants

>>5188001

Honestly I'm kinda inclined to accept. The garrison may end up an asset for us after all even if people won't like it much, and if they're ready to die alongside our men feeding them doesn't seem unfair.

I am a bit worried about syndicate sabotage and provocations. Maybe we could use that as argument to get the Alliance to source their own food. Although if they decide to do that by having hunter parties trawl around that might be another pain in the arse.

>Accept the cost of housing them and providing timber for them. -3 Supply Per Season, -1 Wealth For One Season.

Maybe point out we're not arguing stronger against Alliance making us pay for the wall (tm) because of the joint op just earlier so we don't look like pushover.

>>5188001
>>Other, write in.

Accept the wealth cost but not the supply cost. Explain that we currently have a deficit in supply.

>>5188001
>Other, write in.
Try to negotiote for no supply but pay more wealth. Explain the supply situation and how that would be a problem long term.

>>5188001
New reader here, know jack about warcraft but it's been fun regardless. It's similar to Hive Queen Quest (RIP) in a way. It's a nation building quest but, unlike civ quests, it's very personal and engaging. Im also surprised by the prudence displayed by the anons, there usually are terrible decisions made in quests but it's not been the case here.

We keep accepting Alliance demands so I wonder, under what circumstances would we refuse? What demand is too great to accept? Anyway, that supply cost is rough, but if they keep helping when asked then it is acceptable.

> (Other) Accept the cost of housing them and providing timber for them so long as they agree to help defend Alteraci holdings.

>>5188001
>>Accept the cost of housing them and providing timber for them. -3 Supply Per Season, -1 Wealth For One Season.
I think we should accept this even if it hurts our economy. A favorable report from Garithos and us accepting these terms could be a positive thing.

If we need more supplies we can just buy them in bulk with excess wealth or loot them from battles. Should we seek out battles? Go to the hills where we found Eligius?

>>5188170
For me it is ordering troops to be sent elsewhere. There would be little justification for it.

And I think your suggestion is good. They should help us to defend Alterac.

>>5188001
>Accept the cost of housing them and providing timber for them. -3 Supply Per Season, -1 Wealth For One Season
>Request a season before start supplying them to prepare for the upkeep of the garrison.

The demands are aceptable but we should be given some time so they don't eat our supplies during this season and the next one before we are able to build supply buildings

>>5188001
Support >>5188298
We don't want to alienate the garrison, but I'm sure the request for a small buffer to set up the necessary supply production will be seen as fairly reasonable since this was kinda dropped on us without much opportunity to prepare.

I hate to say it again, but no update today. Another way too busy day.

>>5188170
Hey welcome. It is always very nice to hear that my readers and players are having fun.

“Those are hard terms, but I don’t think I have much to say about them.” You said to Lord Garithos. “But I cannot accept them outright for if the expectation is that I will feed the men, then at least give me the autumn to arrange it. The weight of the garrison to be added so suddenly could be difficult for us to deal with.”

Lord Garithos thought about what you said and then nodded.

“That can be arranged. I will order the garrison to be supplied by us till the winter comes. Then it is your responsibility to do so.” Lord Garithos said to you.

“Colonel Garithos, do you have anything else?” You asked him.

“No, I will finish a few more things here and leave tomorrow.” He said.

You gave Lord Garithos a nod and left his tent. It was good that he would be leaving as while the motivation and willingness to fight for Alterac was shown by the garrison, you still felt some unease with having Lord Garithos around here. Working with Captain Reginald alone should be way more easier than working with Garithos.

…

You didn’t get that far from the tent as Captain Reginald walked and caught you.

“Prince Alric, may I speak?” Reginald asked you.

“You may.”

“The garrison should have been larger, but Lord Uther apparently pulled some strings and the garrison ended up smaller than originally.” Captain Reginald told you and continued. “And I was posted here instead of someone else.”

That was surprising news as you hadn’t expected Lord Uther to attempt to help you. But it seems you asking him back in Stormwind had been the right thing to do.

“How do you know this?” You asked Reginald.

“Just through the usual officers' rumour mill. Another rumour was that Lord Garithos was supposed to be the one in charge of the larger garrison, but instead he landed a much better position for his career.” Reginald said with a somewhat quieter voice, like he tried to avoid rumours from spreading.

“Interesting. What do you think about this posting?” You asked him.

“A soldier obeys the commands and goes where he is ordered.” He said back to you.

“Surely you can say something more, or do I have to order you to speak to me frankly?” You said to him with a bit of annoyance in your voice.

“If you insist Prince Alric. I have fought along with you and your men, so me and my men had no difficulties accepting this posting.” He said.

“Then are you willing to continue defending Alterac just like you did against the Ogres, or are you tied to Dawnholme?” You asked back.

“My orders are to maintain the garrison in Alterac, to watch your movements and to defend ourselves against whatever threats there are.” Reginald said back to you.

The orders were quite vague, but it gave you a plentiful amount of room to operate and work around them.

You continued talking with Reginald for a moment about more mundane things and planning how the construction of their camp should go.

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>>5189645

The next day Lord Garithos packed his tents and took his belongings with him. You talked with him a bit and he confirmed the general idea of what the report would be before he left for Southshore and then back to Capital City. Seeing him, his knights and his assistants leaving Dawnholme was a welcomed sight.

The coming days were calm. The work at the silver mine had continued and workers had started to do the necessary land clearing for the camp. Captain Reginald chose a spot some distance away from Dawnholme which was flat enough and could easily house his soldiers and have a bit more room for potential growth.

You also received a letter and a package. First was the letter from Kris Legace. She reported that she had heard about a group of dead bandits by the King’s Road and rumours were that the Syndicate apparently were a bit nervous about your continuous build up of military forces. She also wrote that no real Syndicate presence could be seen in Strahnbrad and that she would be visiting Dawnholme soon.

The package was from Jaina. The study on the items recovered from the gnolls was finally done and she sent the necklace and the grimoire back to you with a copy of the study that was done about them and a translation of the grimoire. The Gnoll Necklace apparently is a tool used to help in concentrating and channelling magic while the Grimoire was a spellbook with instructions for both spells and alchemy used by them.

Jaina wrote how difficult it was to translate the grimoire and the archmage doing the study, while an expert on abstruse magic, had difficulties of actually using said spells. Jaina wasn’t exactly sure what use you would have for the necklace and the grimoire, but thought that maybe one day you could find them useful.

In addition Jaina wrote about what she had been doing and how she had been. The studies continue to take more and more time, but it seemed that Lord Antonidas was giving her more responsibilities since her return from Stormwind. She also wished to see you again when you had time.

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