Originally Posted by
didgonuts
To my first post on the forums!
Having only recently discovered this mod and being a lover of the elves (most in particular Thranduil) I kicked off my DaC campaign with the elves of the woodland realm, I slowly but surely conquered my way south, ever aiming for the gates of Dol Guldur itself, ridding my beloved forest of evil! After spending several turns mustering up a sufficient warband for the attack I moved for the offensive, slaying small warbands in skirmishes as I drew closer to my goal. As I reached Dol Guldur with Thranduil and some of my more experienced troops I had already suffered minor casualties from the skirmishes, I was pleased to find that the capital was not boomimg with orcs awaiting elf flesh. Thats where it went downhill, I pitched up for the long siege, not wanting to sustain more casualties than requited sieging the citadel. After roughly two turns I was attacked in the night by 4 stacks of rowdy orcs, two of whom were led by Nazgul. Khamul being the first, the other, I never caught his name. My line of sight was hugely destroyed on the battleground by the night but I setup upon a hill, spearmen at the front, closely supported by Eldar Councilmen and Wardens, followed with archers aplenty and last but not least, Thranduil. The orcs stampeded down the slopes off the hills, charging recklessly into my elven arrows, poised for the more elite troops. They hit me on the left flank and it was then that the nazgul rode in, destroying my spearmen but met in close combat by the Eldar. During this utter bloodshed I noticed enemies creeping up behind my lines, I turned my archers upon them, reigning firey arrows of hell down upon then before sending my right flank to meet them in combat and sending all wardens to the left flank, I held my lines solidly despite being completely surrounded. After holding out long enough Khamul was slain, causing mass rout despite the second nazgul surviving. I chased them down, sparing none in the name of vengeance for the elves I lost in that battle. All foretold I had killed roughly 7000 orcs of around 8000 with a force of 1200, VH/VH difficulty. Achieving heroic victory. I loved every second of it and ill always cherish Thranduil <3