Re: [TMW] The Lion's roar - a Venetian AAR
Chapter V. The battle of Corinth
Venice is still weak at sea, being defeated by the Byzantines three times, near the Isthmus of Corinth, in the Aegean and in the Ionian.
The Kingdom of Léon, forced on its knees by the ravage brought by the Jihad, agrees to end the war becoming vassal of the Almoravid Caliphate.
The Pope calls the Second Crusade on the Hungarian city of Esztergom, the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Léon immediately joining in.
While war between France and England breaks out again, the Venetians approach Corinth and lay siege to the fortress.
In the same time, eighty Knights Templar sail off from Ragusa and land in the poor-garrisoned Byzantine Crete, with the intent of taking the militia by surprise; local farmers, however, inform the Greek soldiers, who close the gates, thus ending in an ordinary siege.
England is excommunicated by the Pope, while its enemy, France, allies with the German emperor.
The valiant general Almorò da Pola dies, all the nation is in mourning.
Though being again utterly crushed at sea, the Venetians are increasingly conquering Byzantine lands.
The Cretan garrison attacks the enemy.
A single charge makes the enemy flee, a single Knight being lost.
In the Peloponnese, the general Prousenos Botaneiates rushes into aid of the garrison in Corinth, led by Vasalmon Loukites.
A great mass of horse archers heads against the Venetians, shooting arrows against the enemy.
The Knights Templar charge in order to disperse the Greeks, but these are very numerous and stand still, fighting. The Venetian captain is one of the first to fall.
The enemy infantry marches forward and a bloody hand-to-hand fighting soon begins.
The Venetian centre soon collapse, fleeing. The wings still fight, until the enemy commander joins the battle.
Prousenos is eventually killed by the demoralized Italians, who start to gain the upper hand on the enemy.
The Templars on the flanks are surrounded and slaughtered.
Seeing their best men killed or routed, the Venetian footmen flee.
The crossbowmen, the last troops that still fight, retreat neatly, but are charged by the Greek cavalry and routed. The battle is lost.
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Originally Posted by Grymloq
) and to try a different way of writing, such as making the story of a single character or something like this
