Yew War 4 - Second Battle
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Title: Yew War - 2nd Battle
Author: by Grishnak
(We Fought for Sheep)
The drums beat in the cool night air, while the watchfires burned along the palisades. Inside the Orc Fort, the Nobs gathered around the sheepskin map of Yew. With charcoal in hand, they made various markings on the map, indicating the different possible directions of attack.
After much arguing and bashing about, all the Nobs agreed that they had the perfect plan for taking of Yew. Picking up the sheepskin, they carried it over to the Chief's tower to present to the Chief.
Inside the tower, Grishnak was drunk. Celebrating the victory over the Yewbies had lasted for days, each day getting more and more fuzzy from the accumulated effects of stale ale and lack of sleep. Retelling the story of how he slew a hundred armed men with just an axe (he was, after all, trying to impress a fem), he jumped atop the table and swung his axe in a mighty circle. The circle ended in with the axe imbedded in the wall. Sumbling, Grishnak fell from the table, kicking over the brazier burning in the corner and setting fire to the fur lining the floor.
Qog, Og'din and Fugluk burst through the door and thrust the plan to Grishnak. With his helm covering most of his eyes, Grishnak took the sheepskin and began to beat the fires with it. Howling with singed knuckles, and to the horror of the Nobs, Grishnak tossed the sheepskin map atop the blaze.
Thinking quickly, Zhan'ee jumped up and stomped out the flames with her boots, then smacked Grishnak's helm clear around on his head.
'Tupid pug! Ju ruined da plan!'
Grumbling, Grishnak grabbed hold of the horns of his helmet and tried to pull it off, smashing his nose in the process.
'Bah! Nub need plan. Meh knu wut tu du. Meh just gwu nort!'
Looking among themselves, the Nobs just shrugged and agreed it was a good plan.
Dawn found the Orcs staggering out for battle. With them rode the dark knights of the Shadow Counsel and the Holy Disciples of Darkness. Their objective, sieze control of the farming communities of Yew. Key to control over the farmlands was the sheep farm south of the Town Square. From there, the Orcs could both control the farms and prepare to launch their offensive deeper into Yew territories.
Vargen, Captian of the Yew Militia, surveyed his defenders. The losses suffered in the last battle had been replaced, and reinforcements had arrived from the Lost Order of Akalabeth and Clan Moor. Mighty knights, resplendant in arms and armor, and stout yeomen bearing the arms of freemen, all pledged with one task: defend their homes.
Realizing that they still were outnumbered by the Orcish hordes, they hoped to reinforce the structures of the farms and fight a defensive battle. Assembling all their forces inside the walls of the sheep pen, they stood fast, the sounds of marching feet approaching from the south.
From the south and the west, in two great waves, the Orc hordes desended upon the defenders. Spying the foe holed up inside the sheep pen, Grishnak let loose a mighty yell and hurled a smoking purple flask into the mass of human and horse flesh blocking the gate. The resultant explosion knocked Grishnak off his feet and into the darkness of unconciousness.
The waves of Orcs assaulting the gates began to pile up bodies all along the walls. The Yew plan was working! Orcs could not breach the gate and the few knights who fell were quickly replaced. Even the guards of the absent king lent their aid, slaying the Orcs who sought to pull the riderless horses to the ground and roast them.
Thinking quickly, Gogmagog and Shagrat, Orcish Shamans both, hurled their combined magic at the forces in the gate, opening up the ranks of the humans long enough for Durgoth, Grekunk Tribe Captian, to lead a charge.
Into the breach came the remaining Orcs, spilling into the now open ground of the sheep farm. Now that their numbers could be brought to bear, the human lines fell back. Isolated knights were pulled from their horses and pummeled. In the end, all that remained were the Orcs and the sheep, and the sheep were scared.