Battle at Starpike

[Gandalfus]

Opening this in case I am not awake when I arrive at Starpike, which is at 12:43 GMT

Manderly Host:

Commanders: Lord Arthor Manderly: +4 battle (+1 retainer) +1 survival +1 logistician (+1 retainer) +1 rearguard (+1 retainer) +2 duels +3 charisma (+1 fruits) Ser Bernard Fossoway: +3 battles +3 rearguard +3 duels +2 survival Ser Leofric the Red: +3 battles +2 duels +3 capture House Manderly: Levy points: 11,500 Number of Men: 7742 men. Composition: 1725 Heavy Infantry (3450 points) 767 Heavy cavalry (2300 points) 2300 light cavalry (2300 points) 2000 Light Infantry (2000 points) 950 Polearm infantry (1450 points) House Fossoway: Levy points: 3250 Number of men: 2000 men Composition: 325 Heavy Infantry (650 points) 325 Heavy Cavalry (975 points) 100 Light Cavalry (100 points) 500 light infantry (500 points 750 polearm infantry ( 1125 points) House Inchfield: Levy points: 1000 Number of men: 750 men Composition: 100 Heavy Infantry 250 Light Infantry 130 Polearm Infantry 150 Archers 100 Light Cavalry 35 Heavy Cavalry House Graceford: Levy points: 1000 Number of men: 750 men Composition: 100 Heavy Infantry 250 Light Infantry 130 Polearm Infantry 150 Archers 100 Light Cavalry 35 Heavy Cavalry Professional forces: Total: 1100 Composition: 300 hightower axemen 600 mercenary heavy infantry 200 mercenary heavy cavalry Total troop count: 12342 soldiers: 300 Elite Infantry 2850 Heavy Infantry 1362 Heavy Cavalry 2600 Light cavalry 3000 Light Infantry 1960 Polearm Infantry 300 archers

[The Mad Skylord]

Starpike Host

Commanders: Lord Lorimar Peake: + 4 battles +4 Logistician +1 rearguard Ser Yoren Peake : +3 battles Ser Rickard Peake: +3 battles Ser Loras Peake: +3 battles +3 rearguard Retinue of Lord Lorimar Peake 100 Household Knights Starpike 11'500 Points 1'092 Heavy Infantry 2'725 Light Infantry 1'444 Polearms 1'635 Archers 1'110 Light Cavalry 560 Heavy Cavalry 8'566 men The Starpike Guards 1200 Reachmen Lancers 600 Hightower Axemen 1'800 men 6'000 Points Ashford 1'000 Points 100 Heavy Infantry 250 Light Infantry 130 Polearms 150 Archers 100 Light Cavalry 35 Heavy Cavalry 765 men Yelshire 1'000 Points 100 Heavy Infantry 250 Light Infantry 130 Polearms 150 Archers 100 Light Cavalry 35 Heavy Cavalry 765 men Nightsong 3'250 Points 326 Heavy Infantry 817 Light Infantry 427 Polearms 490 Archers 335 Light Cavalry 135 Heavy Cavalry 2'500 men Total: 14'496 men

[Gandalfus]

OOC: Thought we should do some RP before the battle. Campaigning and the like. Could I have a raid roll?

IC:

The Manderly host had entered Peake lands a few days prior, and had established an encampment at a small settlement that was on the periphery of the Peake holdings. Starpike was close, but a siege was not what Arthor was after. From this encampment he would strike out at Peake's lands, burning and looting, forcing him to engage. Raiding parties sprawled across the countryside, slaughtering the inhabitants of the outlying settlements and burning the rest. It was bloody work, but each day at least a dozen small groups would depart for their days plunder, primarily to obtain food for the otherwise overstretched force. Hopefully, this prolonged looting would draw Peake into combat on ground that was less in his favour. Night and day, watchmen waited for the arrival of Peake, which would surely be an inevitability. He could not let Manderly pillage his lands forever.

Arthor himself was itching for the chance to face Peake in combat. In his tent he daily discussed stratagems and ploys with his commanders, as well as his wife, who seemed to insist on being brought everywhere - even the battlefield. It would certainly be bloody - but the victors path would be clear. Highgarden itself. It was to conquer or die.

[Poach]

[OOC: You can't raid a province that has an enemy army raised and ready to fight in it. PM me your battle orders when you're ready for the battle to be rolled.]

[Dirty Chai]

[OOC: What Poach means is that you could RP raiding, but you won't get an actual raid roll for it.]

[Poach]

Short on time so I'll post the results and broad summary.

- Both sides wanted a holding action in the centre, meaning neither army really committed to the fight. Casualties were light.
- Both sides attempted to pin the enemy with infantry and follow up with a cavalry charge to smash the foe once pinned on the flanks. The result was a bloody melee among all forces on the flanks as the various forces ended up meshed together.

- House Peake wins the battle.
- Both sides lose roughly 4,000 men anyway. Manderly's wise deployment of a reserve spared the army the worst of the bloodshed (without the reserve your losses would be closer to 5,500 men). Losses were very much limited by the timidity in the centre of the fight: only 2 of the 3 flanks were really seeing actual fighting.

Troops left alive:

(Listed as E Inf, H Inf, L Inf, Polearms, Archers, E Cav, H Cav, L Cav)

Peake:

494
1384
2960
1653
1530
477
1006
652

Manderly:

107
1431
1538
1193
225
0
784
1419

Rickard is free.
Arthur is free.
Bernard is dead.
Leofric is free.