Re: [Call of Warhammer - Rage of the Dark Gods 1.6] The End Times
Count Siegfried of Talabecland heard the latest reports of the orks as they took the fight to central parts of the empire, which Talabecland being one of the main lands in the centre of the empire found disastrous , as the bad news came in one by one. Firstly Siegfried's son had been surrounded east of Ertburg on the border, in a reinforced position within a fort, by two and a three quarters full ork armies , and secondary a second wave of a additional three full army groups of orks followed behind not one season time behind them . Additionally the four army groups of orks broke across the river Stir , west of wurtbad , completing the massive joint attack , as Talabecland found itself at the mercy of ten ork army groups .
Wissenburg was still recovering its mighty army groups sacrificed to defend Stirland , and valiantly retook Wurtbad but the news was little heard within Talabecland which panicked at the news of the mighty assault, and doubts began to flourish. Years previous the people of Talabecland , gave some of their land , to the league of Ostermark , keeping the hope alive that the chance of recapturing Ostermark lands, was a prospect , within reach for the future. Talabecland had been well sheltered from war then , and it was only when Ostermark suffered extreme pressure , that the men of Talabecland would respond [when i took over the faction]. Rapidly the men of Talabecland formed three armies securing the border with the gallant remains of the League of Ostermark leader, with his remaining army group. In the long months and years that followed , the men of Talebecland and Ostermark fought ork army after ork army finally going on the counterattack , securing ostermark cities only to find , more and more orks like the plague they were, moving to there front , only to be forced back. Three to four armies of ork's had been exterminated by the joint Talabecland and Ostermark armies but this had been done at a price , as the ork battle formations had pincered on the province of Stirland , almost extinguishing it from existence, and damaging the mighty province of Averland and forcing it onto the defensive.
After defeating around four armies of orks [both talabecland and the league of ostermark] , the armies of both factions required repair and refit , with more recruits , with talabecland reduced to two armies , forcing them to retreat against the resurgent orks , and now with the orks reinforced in the east, and from the south [from the armies that attacked stirland] and from the additional armies attacking averland , Talabecland and Ostermark found itself facing ten armies of orks . The town of Volgen was offered to Stirland to keep their hope alive, just as the hope from Talabecland was fading , but there was always honour in keeping allies in the fight. Scouts reported that the second wave of orks from the east contained giants coerced into the ork armies but the news held little worry for the already distressed count , who could'nt see his way pass his own son's safety.
With the son of Siegfried [with a full army group] being besieged in a fort on the border, Siegfried held a conference with the Ostland general , a representative of the emperor , and the League of Ostermark's leader knowing that they could bring 2.5 armies of Talabecland , 1.2 armies of Ostland and 1 army of Ostermark to bear on this battle, against the 2.75 ork armies that beseiged his son on the border but the wizards did there calculations and found that they would push back the orkish threat at 50% casualties[against the orks] only to find themeslf with less than half their armies groups left, which was sure to fall against the second wave of three full orkish armies , leaving Talabecland defenceless, and Ostland and Ostermark without any troops of note. Furthermore the Ostland general asked for permission for Ostland refugees to arrive from Wandergurt who were already crossing the river , and the count elect of Talabecland burst out in uncontrollable laughter in the meeting tent...a laughter that broke up the meeting , as the other generals were hastened away from the meeting , as the count was hastened away to be dosed with alchocol. Warnings were sent out to Wissenheim and the Reikland , with a personal warning to the emperor warning of the imminent collapse of the central front from the faster , more mobile , stronger and more numerous orks [this message was redrafted two times to make it look less like a total defeat , rather a withdrawnal much to the utter scared and defeatus first draft]
Count Siegried ground his teeth on hearing the prediction knowing there was little to prevent the annihilation of his state and under advice from Ostermark , and remembering the advice of Averland , prepared defensive formations around the capital city , just to keep his forces alive for a little longer, for if Talabecland was broken [and even if it was'nt] , then the orks could infiltrate into any lands within the empire , with little to stop them. Nothing could be done about the destruction of one of Talabecland's full army groups , and little could be done to makeup for its loss , he didn't have the words about what would happen to his son. It took only thirty minutes for the great count , to ignore his advisors , grabbing his sword, and preparing to hurl himself into combat , to at least make the end of Talabecland was worth the song , dieing perhaps in the same battle as his own blood.
{talabecland withdraws and leaves almost a half of its army to the destruction of the orks}
The advisors and nobles tackled the middle aged count , and the doctors forced open his mouth , dosing him with extract of the poppy, leaving him slumped in the hands of his people , and they carried him back to his bed, within his chambers in the capital city of Talabheim , to fulfill the will of the people.
Turn to League of Ostermark
https://www.dropbox.com/s/utfbvehya4...rk_26.sav?dl=0
Originally Posted by ArBo
