Trade. Feargus Ollom never expected to be leading proud Dwarfs from the stronghold to fight over something as mundane as trade. The alliance with the humans and the mutual benefits that brought was seen as a good thing. It led to them coming to each other’s aid when needed. However, sallying forth, and thus depleting the mountain of his troops, just to ensure a trade road to Nuln stayed open seemed daft. The reports of the threat had been fragmented and confused. A living forest foreshadowed by a hail of arrows was all the few survivors from the merchant train reported.
Now Feargus faced that forest. It was indeed alive and it was angry…
Phil and I met up to play a 2000pt game using the Toppling of the Waystones scenario. It was really great to field the Wood Elves, it’s an army I’ve always loved. I made their movement trays the night before the battle – that’s why they’re unpainted. My Wild Riders moved quickly up the left flank and destroyed some gunners and crossbow Dwarfs. It cost them, however, as every fight with Dwarfs does! In the middle my Dryads charges dome mercenary ogres, but were comprehensively beaten and chased. My Treeman ended up out of position and took fire from a cannon.
My Dragon overflew the central Dwarfen units. I dnd’t really fancy charging them, so I just shot and magicked them to whittle them down. The Dragon destroyed a cannon and eventually charged some Dwarfs, but it was beaten off by their sheer weight of numbers. The left flank was messy. Skirmishing Dryads and Wardancers tussled with Rangers to little effect.
It was nearly time for pints, so we called it there!
The elves and their forest spirits faded back into the forest. Feargus Ollom was content. He had done what was needed in the name of their alliance with the humans, but he knew it was just a token. The forest would never be tamed; a road this close to a forest could never be safe.
Until next time,
Owen