Wildlings hunted

[Zeus Almighty]

Lord Warden of the White Knife Beren Dustin stood atop a ridge overlooking North of Umber lands. He had been given permission to go on the hunt of Wildlings bands if news had come of one. It had, so he took a small party of his men to deal with the threat. He would be sending his men in pockets around the North in peace time to monitor the lands. This was a short term idea, meant to harden his men a bit and send real soldiers back to the white knife to continue bolstering its ranks with more skill and ability.

He heard rustling behind him, and he stood still. A mass emerged behind him, and spoke deeply, "We think we have them."
Beren kept his eye on the land, his new land, "Almost isn't good enough Yoren."
"The boy is sniffing them out now." Yoren grunted
"50 men, these Wildlings will not know what hit them when we find them."


50 Northern Swordsmen
Beren Dustin Captain

+2 duel
+2 Scout
+2 Survival
Partial plate- (+20 hp, +4 Duels, +2 Survival)
A Great Axe (+7 Duels, +2 Survival)

Roll for locating a reported small band of Wildlings. And then the fight.

[Gandalfus]

(Wildlings? As far south as the White Knife? I could understand them being in Umber lands, but the White Knife is nearly as far south as Moat Cailin)

[Zeus Almighty]

Yea I guess your right, I'll change OP to reflect going north to do so. In efforts to train mymen essentially

[Zeus Almighty]

Dustin wore a wolf fur lined coat, though the weather was fair, one could never know what the weather would be tomorrow in the North.
He walked next to Yoren who kept a hand on his sword as they tracked. As the tracks got fresher another young man came from the left flank.
"We have found them mi lord. Straight ahead, we scouted ahead and moved to their side."

"Well done Jorah, I am going to come quickly from here. I want you to take your Rangers and hit from the left." Beren said calmly. Jorah had 9 men with him, the other 40 were behind Beren.

He turned to Yoren and took into his hand his Great axe, "Shadows and Dust."
And he began to rush with his men.

[Poach]

[OOC: What exactly am I rolling here? Looks like you're just doing a policing RP?]

[Zeus Almighty]

Basically, a simple battle roll against these dastardly maniacal Wildlings. ~50 Wildlings (probably less given the likelihood of a Wildling troop south of the wall would be small) vs my men

[Poach]

The fifty man party came upon a group of Wildlings of roughly the same number. In close quarters the battle was completely one-sided, but fifteen of the enemy number were huntsmen armed with bows rather than blades. In closing the distance ten of Beren's men were felled, while a further 7 fell in the fight. At the end of the battle, 17 of Beren's men were dead for 50 dead Wildlings.

[Zeus Almighty]

Beren charged the wildlings first among his men and with Yoren right behind him. He ducked as arrows whizzed past him and finally the first willing came out to meet him. Beren had a powerful build and with his axe took down the wildlings weapon and crashed into him sending him into the ground. He heaved his axe up and brought it down into the mans chest. Looking up two more rushed him and he parried and swayed as well as he could, eventually to hack the arm off of one and watch him fall later. The other proved more tricky but eventually he too was felled by Berens axe. Berens men were well trained but this was the true test. he approached another Wildling who was still stabbing a dying man, ripped him off and took his head clean with a swipe.

By the time he lived his head Jorah had brought his men into the fray and brought enough confusion to the group to end them. Beren stood with Jorah and Yoren after the fight,
B: You're old but not slow Yoren
Y: You're young and not fierce you Pup. Next time do some roaring or something, the two of you looked like children who got lucky.
J: But did we die
B: We certainly didn't, but they did. Let's collect our dead, they deserve a proper burial.

Beren praised his men, lamented those they lost, and headed back for the White Knife to continue outfitting it.


Ooc- post battle rolls and trait consideration anyone?