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In the south, the skinwolves find the forest is occupied by orcs.

In the east, Magors ungortide, now a ragged mixture of minotaurs, thralls and ungors marches northwards through desolated wastelands of the Kislevite steppe.

In the northwest, the hordes are fording rivers, anxious to escape from the Ungols and link up with Sarls and to find refuge in Chamon Dharek or in the cold, frigid wastes of the steppe or the loathsome north.

Next turn please.

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Don't forget to archive the last bread!

Skinwolves should see any foes coming from the hills, so it looks like that village is unguarded, & my loot addiction is giving me withdrawals.

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>>6140214
curious about the captured sorceress. Mulrog approaches Rue'Vahn in the rare moments that the other warlord is not in the monstrous form of a manticore.

"She doesnt look like much in that cage.... Her sister also didnt put up much of a fight. Did you put that wound on them. or was it someone else?" he inquires

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>>6140214

We ride on westward, toward the source of the spectral summons and to find the reason we are all called there.

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>>6140214
Here's my movement for turn 23.

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>>6140214
Northward!

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In the far south, the skinwolves get butchered by the vicious strelsy strike, while in the west, the Sarls, lead by a ancient, yet still golden haired Sarl greets Ivan with hails and promises of fealty. "Ivan!" He says, correctly persuming whomst he is speaking to. "Sarls are bloodied by our own strife and we flee the madness of the plaguebearers who struck down from the mountains. We have lost the pass of Tyr and Suderholm is being besieged after we have lost the battle outside its walls."

Yet what is of more interest is the welcome Huffud receives as she slinks into the beast-herds of the far north. The chaos-warped grazing plains find the oblivious she-cow quickly surrounded by herds of beasts, ranging from great warbeasts to small wretches, the critters moving in as liquid.
The she-cow stops her grazing, every instinct of hers warning her. Yet her concentration is broken by a violent eruption of dirt, a totem of clay and mud and stone arising, a warped head atop it, its eyes and mouth cavernous holes, too big for the barrel sized head.
"Beast!" It roars. "Who can the gods of chaos rely upon if not you! Heal for this season, take the beasts with you and then march south to Chamon Dharek, feast on those who cannot fight, command those who can, protect its priests with your life, for it is your duty!"

>Huffud gains 90 loot if she accepts the task. Loot can only be spent to acquire minotaurs (30 loot), mammoths (40 loot) and warbeasts of the north (44 loot)


>>6140403
Mulrog asked you a question in >>6140277

>>6140843
>>6140843
Damn, so my wolves are dead? Why is the map squared off?

"Hail, venerable Sarl, by what name should I know you? What of your king, & his boasting before the Gods? For proven loyalty I shall grant homes within my lands, but first we must make sacrifices at Chamon Dharek."

We can take the hilltop fortifications between Mulrog's Chaos Warriors my new Berserkers, & Rue'Vahn's Manticores. Not much loot to be split, but worth it to get rid of these Kislevite bastards.

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>>6140277
>>6140843
Sorry, I didn't see that question, my bad.

"Indeed. The witch tried to demand that Hangar and I swear an oath of fealty to her. I would never betray the gods, so we fought her off. She broke one of my ribs, but we left her with parting slash of our own."
The Aghol takes a moment to reminisce before turning back to Mulrog and bowing.
"I also owe you my gratitude as well. My men tell me that you finished off the sorceress when she tried to make the same demands of you and Ivan. I'm not sure if we've seen the last of her, but I feel we can all rest easier knowing that she's been defeated. Thank you."
Rue'Vahn reaches into a bag to pull out some bottles of Aesling mead to make a toast, before staring at the captive sister for a while.
"The witch spoke of her like clay that needed to be fired in a kiln. For such a supposedly important destiny, I guess she has some unique trait that would allow for a transformation which no one else could achieve. As for right now... she didn't even resist. It makes me paranoid, like it was almost too easy."

Mulrog & Rue'Vahn, what are your thoughts on taking Zamak Spayenya? With it gone, their Northern Oblast will be wide open for the foreseeable future. We can encircle it with Berserks, Chaos Warriors, & Manticores. Unless there is opposition to it, I'm going to send another letter "on behalf of the Aes" calling to the Kislevite Hussars for reinforcements to strike at us across the river. If the first letter worked as it appeared, it will goad them into wiping each other out & leaving us their fleeing survivors if we're lucky...

Lanu, I really think we should start getting random amounts of loot for killing enemy units considering the arms, armor, horses, & slaves they might have. Just 1 or 2 points is still an incentive to wipe out our foes as Chaos Warriors are inclined.

>>6140843
Oh man, I so want to join Huffud on this quest.

>>6141016
I just want Huffud & Krant to sell me a Skaven to be one of my jesters.

>>6140972
should be doable. i would prefer to not remove my chaos Warriors from downstream just yet. but a concerted effort with Infantry will have to be made.

My two bearserkers and your new two and a set of Huscarls shoudl be able to take the hill without any significant losses. we have about 10 HP to chew through. and Huscarls as well as Bearserkers are much faster than heavy infantry.

also i agree. with all the Chaos Warriors i killed. but i wont be greedy and make even more work for the QM.

>>6140843
Hmmm… well, of course I’m gonna accept!
But I have 1 question- can the special armor i got earlier be taken from it’s former unit and assigned to another?

And uhhh what’s the stats of a Mammoth? Can’t find them in the last thread

>>6140868
>Damn, so my wolves are dead?
Yup.
>Why is the map squared off?
I was too lazy to crop out all the Kislevite units you have no sight of.
>"Hail, venerable Sarl, by what name should I know you? What of your king, & his boasting before the Gods? For proven loyalty I shall grant homes within my lands, but first we must make sacrifices at Chamon Dharek."
"I go by the name of Lini Goldmane. As for my king, I do not know, nor do I care, for the six sons of the dead king all declared themselves rulers and pointed their daggers at eachothers throats, rather than aim them at the Nurglings who struck at us. If a king cares not for his people, his people ought to not care for him either."

>>6140972
>Lanu, I really think we should start getting random amounts of loot for killing enemy units considering the arms, armor, horses, & slaves they might have. Just 1 or 2 points is still an incentive to wipe out our foes as Chaos Warriors are inclined.
Actually, not getting rewards for killing is on purpose. Plunder without fighting is the optimal result.

>>6141153
>But I have 1 question- can the special armor i got earlier be taken from it’s former unit and assigned to another?
Sure, but I think you might not want to, as the upcoming fight will benefit from the veteran chaos warriors in dwarven armour.
>And uhhh what’s the stats of a Mammoth?
HP6 D2 M3

>>6141169
>Plunder without fighting is the optimal result.

Which is damn near impossible without highly mobile units and multiple vectors of attack. I get the decision. It just doesnt seem too feasible when this is thr warhammer setting and cities will be guarded. And armies will march on a wide front

Another letter is sent towards the lines of the Kislevite Hussars, the writing a cross between Kislev's own script & the runic symbols of the Norscans to sell the deception: "Lancers of Kislev, the Kurgan hordes have fled past the river to our West. We are eager to pursue, but lack the horses to run them aground. For the moment we watch them from the hills. Will you ride with us?
Thane Blekking of the Aeslings"

Mulrog, I've moved my troops so your Chaos Warriors can advance, I'll keep flanking around the hilltops to the West so that Rue'Vahn can reach them as well.

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>>6140843

>>6141250
i suggest planting the Houscarls on the settlement if you dont wanna send them north. they will be more durable there and capable of killing lots of things.

and i would rather not send the Warbeasts into that meatgriner. as cavalery they will strike last and quite possibly get heavily damaged.

>>6141153
Mammoths are also Cavalery for fighting on plains.

>>6141169
Huffud, stomping and yelling, will spit blood and warpstone- she accepts the offer, and is rewarded for it with an even more horrendous shape

>buy Mammoth, give it the chaos armor (the new version of Huffud, using that fancy token. I just think that’ll be fun. Surely it’ll be better than giving it to the warriors?)
>buy 2 minotaurs by putting in 10 lot of my own
>total warband is now
- veteran chaos warriors
- 5 minotaurs
- Huffud (mammoth with Gromril armor)

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>>6140843
Ride onward!

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>>6140843
Greatly diminished from whence the season began, what remains of the "ungortide" continues its trick northward, in search of a lone village from which they can finally latch their teeth upon and lick their wounds. Recovery back to whence they were is a daunting prospect, and only the mercy of the Four might find favor for them to do so.

Magor can only hope that the Hound appreciates the blood he has spilled, and the Crow what efforts he has given so that his allies could achieve victory. If they have done so, so very far away.

They surely must have. For word of defeat has not reached his ears either.


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Stored loot 10 (I think,split from raiding a Tier 2 settlement with another player last thread)

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>>6140843
Here's my movement for turn 24.
I don't want to go zooming ahead in case there's some enemy outside of our vision range that jumps out and ambushes me when I'm alone.

Sorry guys, but I'll pause this for a few days, I have a high fever and feel like shit.

>>6142399
get well soon Lanu. and my the Grandfather not bless you further.

Lemon + ginger + honey in warm water, water-maxxing, sleep-maxxing, vitamin D + calcium, & as much vitamin C as you can get should have you feeling better in no time.

As for Zambah, if she isn't an entirely original Chaos Deity, I'm thinking she must originate from The Elric of Melnibone mythos or perhaps even Conan/Kull/Hyboria mythos. No trace of her amongst the two dozen or so minor chaos godlings from old White Dwarf articles on the web. Could be interesting to add chaos gods from other settings as well now that I think of it, like MK or TES.

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>>6143051
Hot damn, nice work with the spittle!
And oooh, that’s some nice basalt

>>6143051
(Look at that line work, it even has lesions....)

"Very nice, now let's see Zar Hangar's mount."

I forgot to mention garlic & onions Lanu, hope you're on the mend.

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Still feeling like a dick-gnome fucked my throat, but I guess that can only add flavour to typing.

Maneuvering through the plains under the fortress is a slow process, both due to bloodied and tired warband and the many commanders in charge. Yet, it is not the only reason, as one morning, the undead chaos warrior blows on a horn, the thunder echoing through the hills. He rides through the hills, his steed making leaps and bounds which would shatter the knees and the ankles of living horses and tear their muscles and ligaments.

"Chamon Dharek calls for warhosts to come forwards with utmost speed!" The undead chaos warrior bellows with a surprisingly high pitched voice. "For the priests call for great warriors who will spill rivers of blood in the name of the four great gods of chaos!"

>>6144788
soo.... can we just retire to there or do we still have to get there?

Cause if its the later i would prefer to not leave enemies in our back, holding a strongpoint.

>>6144788
So the village in the bottom right that my skinwolves attacked was destroyed, netting me 10 more loot?

>>6144797
You can retire immediately. Right now, the only real question is whether you want to spend lives on Zamak.
>>6144798
Yup.

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Proposed movement in White for besieging Zamak

>>6144788
>>6144870
Oh shit, we can retire rn?
I thought we had to march all the way back. Dang, I would have done so back when I still had a few chaos warriors left. Ah well.

In that case, yeah I'll retire. Narrative-wise it'd be to Chamon Dharek, but mechanically speaking, will that have an impact on our recruitment options + interim choices?

>>6144944
That should work. If all works out perfectly then there will be no need for Mulrog to get involved. Otherwise i would like to be the one to smash through the walls and claim the head of the Garissons Gommander for myself.

Loot will probably be split 10/10/10 or 15/15 depending on how these allies wish to get paid?

its been a busy day so far. Fell out of my bed straight into the car and only now found some time to sit down and think

>>6144870
Ah, thought I'd have to ride there manually. If we can retire right now then it makes most sense to do so, really.

>>6144955
>but mechanically speaking, will that have an impact on our recruitment options + interim choices?
Stick with the narrative, we'll get to further points later on.

>>6145177
Nice.
My remaining units are too low on HP for me to be comfortable, so I'll retire for the season and spend the winter with Sunset.

So it looks like Mulrog has agreed to my plan, & no others wish to attack Zamak. Magor I assume is being time-skip-ported to besiege Kzarla?

I just need a way to get these Aeslings & Kislevites to kill each other, or at least try to cross the river. Any ideas?

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>6145494
Simple solution, I've already sown mistrust with my letters. I'll imbibe some Melnibonean dream-wine & go full Balkan Dragon-Man, OBE over to the Kislevite lancers & visit their leader in his sleep. Then I'll tell him to hurry & save the Gospodar women the Aeslings still hold captive. Tchar guide my travels, Nieglin prepare your feast!

Lastly, I'll add Ivan/Stormbringer to my Bondsmen's attack upon the Ungol stronghold. May Khorne take their blood, Loesh drive mad their women, & Krom claim their mountain!

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The strike on the fortress is a successful one. It is begun with a volley of arrows, javelins, rocks, bolts, darts and whatever else the hordes can bring forth, pinning the Kislevite defenders down below the lip of their fortifications. When they peer over, it is already too late and a grueling clash with thousands of Baersonlings and Sarls follows. Many men lose their lives on that bloody and faithful day, but the fate of its defenders is long since sealed.

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Meanwhile, for Magor, I gave him a 7 round skip. The only question is if he wants to just barrel into the Strelsy with his minotaurs head first, or if he wants to do something else?

>>6145741
perfect we lost nothing and gained some more loot.

It is time to retire and move to Chamo Dahrek. The gods can see what we do in their name but that does not make them any less impatient.

>>6145743
if he retreats right after into the nearby forests then barreling Minotaurs in there should be more than enough.

So, for all the warlords who retired to Chamon Dharek (seems to be everyone except Mulrog and Huffud):
A shaman-priest of Chamon Dharek walks forwards to meet the incoming hosts, flanked by a pair of mummified chaos warriors mounted on their mummified steeds. He is dressed in thin white robes and does not seem to shy away from the cold whipping winds, but seems to proudly keep his chest puffed out and his powerful arms displayed for all to see. He might even have been considered a handsome man if his head hadn't been bound and elongated in his youth.
"Warlords!" He shouts with a powerful voice. "Our gods call for all of us to work together! Come inside and we can discuss it!"
Glances are exchanged between the warlords, but a moment later, they step in file behind the shaman.
"What have the gods told you, shaman?" A voice from the column of warlords is heard.
"They have told me a great strike will come at us, from every direction. Lands, both of ours and of our foes shall be burned and destroyed by great hordes of the enemy, a foe of intruders from a different realm shall invade and despoil all. Yet that is of little import compared to what shall await us should he win and take the sister of the crow face." The shaman says.
"And what shall happen if she is taken?" A voice asks.
"Then she, for she will be the one leading the attack on us, will fire herself in the sacred flames" The shaman points at the centre of the great chamber "And be reborn as powerful as she is."
"I don't understand. How can she lead an attack to free herself?" A different voice calls.
"She of the future shall lead an attack to free herself of the past from the shackles of the failure of her sister. Don't be surprised if you see her sister aswell. You may have slain her, but she is still alive and well - in the past." The shaman speaks again, leading the horde around the flames. "Wait here." He says to the warlords.
"And what happens if she fires herself?"
"She opens a portal to a different realm of chaos, not the one in which our gods reign, but the one in which her favored gods of chaos rule. Normalcy breaks down, just like it broke down in the far north and the far south, except this time, in the center of the world." The shaman says. "Does anyone have any questions?"
>Write-in

>>6145747
... you mean Magor?
because i wanna go to Chamon Dahrek

>>6145747
"How much time do we have to prepare for those strikes? Will they come in the summer? Or the winter?"

>>6145747
>Does anyone have any questions?

"Yes! First of all, are our gods pleased with us so far? If there's anything we're doing wrong then now is the time to correct such behavior.
Second, can we not cripple her now to weaken her future self? Surely we have some advantage here.
Lastly, what's in it for us? We are loyal to the Great Four, but we don't work for free. Devotion alone is not enough to feed our men and bolster the numbers in our armies."

(I also wonder if that elf who promised me 100 loot for keeping the sister still plans on keeping his promise, or if he was lying through his teeth...)

>>6145756
It was a Knife Ear. I am sure he was lying.

Also good questions there.

"Prudent questions all. What is to stop us from sacrificing her to the Gods here & now? I would ask only a small bit of her blood before the deed is done."

He turned to the other warlords, great blade of onyx cutting the air behind him from upon his belt. "It would seem more pressing threats have emerged, but I would see the Nurglites repulsed from Sarl lands, their deposed king sacrificed to the Four, & the Aeslings brought to ruin for their perfidy. To those ends, as well as to make of Praag my prize, I seek to gather allies from amongst the Norscan tribes. The Sarl chieftain who joined me, the Baerson king, the jarl of the Fjellsende, & others I shall invite to discuss our shared enemies, if this invasion does not arrive first. Perhaps one amongst you might rally the Tong or Servants of Hashut to our shared purpose."

Chests were dragged to the precipice of the blessed site, opened to reveal a vast sum. The Zar pointed at several & spoke to the Ogre-statured champion: "These treasures we took from the southlings together, I give to you, Zar Mulrog." (35 Loot)

Another question he asked of the shaman, "What can be done with the cursed gold of the Aponnians I have gathered?" (30 Cursed Loot to be split)

>>6145762
At the mention of the Sarls and their misbegotten king, Mulrog snorts in disgust and unconcealed hatred for the price they cost all of them during these last few weeks.

"I agree they need dealing with. I have the ear of the Baersonling Ruler and many of his men shall march under my banner in the coming months if time permits their recruting." He agrees, seeing some of the wisdom in Ivans words, blood kept just below the boiling point inside his veins, by discipline forges in steel. Though the mere thought of the witch they dragged here made his pulse quicken with Adrenaline, wishing only to obliterate her body and offer that damned skull and soul to the bloodgod to be trodden upon by the Brass Lords lowest servants

>>6145762 #
At the mention of the Aeslings and their misbegotten King, Mulrog snorts in disgust and unconcealed hatred for the price they cost all of them during these last few weeks.

"I agree they need dealing with. I have the ear of the Baersonling Ruler and many of his men shall march under my banner in the coming months if time permits their recruting." He agrees, seeing some of the wisdom in Ivans words, blood kept just below the boiling point inside his veins, by discipline forges in steel. Though the mere thought of the witch they dragged here made his pulse quicken with Adrenaline, wishing only to obliterate her body and offer that damned skull and soul to the bloodgod to be trodden upon by the Brass Lords lowest servants.

fixed the tribe name for inner monologue. Its getting late bleugh and its been a ten hour work day

>>6145747
>>6145762

"A sound point. We have her here, caged. Let us take our weapons, or have our shamans make ritual; and send her soul to the true gods in sacrifice."

Last bread was archived, right?

>>6145747
Wait, I have one more question that I completely forgot to ask:
"Why in the Eight Stars of Hell are you using undead? Necromancy is by its very nature aligned against chaos. Hammerstorm is a sacred hero for his purging of their kind, and yet you brazenly use the winds of Nagash without shame. How can we even trust you? At least give us some proof! Else how do we know you are not secretly sworn under oath to the loyalty of the bird witch?"

>>6145840
I think the last thread was, but that one we did where we all did lore RP and planning while at Ivanoslav (thread 2.5 iirc?) was not saved and archived. I went to look for it a few days ago and it didn't show up.
:(

>>6145750
Yes, my mistake.

>>6145754
"You will have time to ride back to your lands and amass new armies for this defense and time to build up fortifications." The shaman says.

>>6145756
>>6145762
"The gods weren't pleased that you went with the crow-witch, but have changed their mind when you cleaved her into two. With that, your fortunes have turned around. As for whether we can cripple her future self, no, nor should we. We could grind her into pulp and roast her and scatter her ashes to the winds, but the very winds of future would bind her together and remake her." He flourishes his hands through the flames, throwing a handful of dust into the roaring blue flame, the particles flying through, only to converge into a hardened ceramic sphere he tosses at a random warlord.
"And besides, Tchar has other plans for her. It is not merely other gods which can intrude upon our world, we can intrude upon theirs too, should we retain the wretch for our own later use. We may be seeing a beginning of a new age and access to a new world for us to sack and ravage. Tchar has already sent me a servant here to seek her for his work."
And with that, the priests face grims.
"And as for your reward, service to the four should be enough of a reward, for you earn their favour. But alas, you youths prove yet again to be worse than your elders. There is a stockpile of loot built up here over the centuries. Take it for the hordes. And your Apponian gold can be smelted and scoured in this sacred flame."

>>6145840
>>6145930
Shame we missed it. I think this is it.
https://archived.moe/qst/thread/6035383/

Right now, I'm waiting for Magor and after I get his response to >>6145743, I'll do his and Huffud's interraid.

Nice. We're back in action. Lemme read catch up and post.

>>6145747
May I come here as well? Or did retreating to… wherever the fuck I went stop me from going here?

>>6146138
Oh hell yeah, Interraid!

"If we cannot sacrifice her, is her potent blood on offer? You have not explained how the dead heed your call, but I assume it is much the same as I intended for these." Ivan pulled a sack of skulls from his belt with a clatter & held it open for the shaman to see. "The Ancient Apponian King, Zar Torchak the Raven-Forsaken, & the reptillian skull of Eric Avila, Sorcerer of Chaos. I had intended to have my sorcerers create a sympathetic link between their souls & their remains so that I could take their council from beyond the grave. Would her blood or your own magicks suffice?"
(Torchak the Betrayed would warn of NPC betrayal & help with Tahmak Tribe diplo/trade/recruiting, plus as a former anon's PC it would allow anons to interject things to me whether positive or negative)
(Eric the Myrmidian would add a dream/OBE/warp-projection & general magick bonii, plus I still need to fulfill his Sideqst)
(The Ancient Apponian would allow for Apponian diplo/trade/recruiting/LORE insights)

Might catch up tomorrow. Currently gamemastering campaign finale for DND. Players are currently trying to kill a Demigod.

>>6145743
I really like my minotaurs.
I'd love to see if the ungors can draw their fire, then the boatmen attack from one flank and the minotaurs follow up last.

>>6146234
You play online or IRL?

>>6146274
Hybrid. One player was linked in via Teamspeak.

My players won the battle. By nuking their enemies while they were tearing each other apart. It was a clusterfuck of epic proportions with a 8 faction free for all.

>>6146136
"Fates can be changed in many ways. Rue'Van made visit upon the captive witch after taking her from the fortress dungeons; has Loesh helped sow any seeds that Tchar's sight might ripen into future vantage, said future coming back in to crash upon our present?"

>>6146277
Presume you run saturdays? On the offchance you think you might have a future thing open. If you think you're already full or not looking for new players, np!

I'm also interested, especially if the setting is WHF or anything similar.

Hangar, I've gotta' say, that's a great question.

Magor, I think the character you've built up is a really interesting one. How would you justify commanding minotaurs & gors though with a force of ungors, brays, turnskins, mutants, cultists, & thralls, lorewise that is? I'm contemplating recruiting centigors myself via the speech-thrall you gifted me, but it would also be hard to justify. Now I just need a hobgob/chorf translator so I can trade with the Southeast & buy direwolves/wargs & chariots...

>>6146302
i will think about it. though for now my next campaign is already all set up with IRL players. also the game is in german.

>>6146340
it was high fantasy in my own setting. Players were interacting with what amounts to ancient egyptians in the wild west. Traveling all across the continent preparing for a shitstorm yet to come.

>>6146273
minotaurs have 5 HP and deal 2 damage. attacking the Stresely who deal 1 damage on a tier 2 settlement gives the Stresely 3 effective HP. The minotaurs will grind them down over 2 turns without you losing/risking any more units. and there doesnt seem to be any reinforcements far as you can see there.
this is out of character since i cant exactly be there.

>>6146136
At the remark about the crow witch and her future self pulling herself back together even if killed very throroughly Mulrog coughs. "That is why i HATE sorcery beyond any reason. Then we shall crush her again and again if needed." he growls, snatching the sphere out of the air and crushing it between his finger as if it was an infants skull.

>>6146550
Still useful advice from player to player, thanks!

>>6145743
NEW PLAN:
"Send in the minotaur's! The others around the flanks."

>>6145747
Preferably after our last town raid, I would also like to attend or at least be informed after the fact if that's alright.

Lemme know if that is the case so I can respond! Magor is eager to learn of victory or defeat by his allies.

>>6146225
"Do not touch her more than she has already been touched." The shaman says plainly. "And as for the dead, mine are the champions of chaos who swore themselves to the blue flame of Chamon Dharek. The very will of the gods keeps their souls shackled to their bones and steel, just as it has kept them for centuries. Meanwhile, the gold clad dead are the ancient and predate the current men of the empire to the south, their sorceries binding them to life on their own. If you had fought the wights, you would have faced similar magics. So as I have not taken either to their binds, I cannot do for you similar as to what was done to either."

>>6146273
>>6146623
Too lazy to do the image, so I'll just describe it (and good thing you changed it):
The minotaurs, through fire and lead, leaving a few of their own to die, smash into the barricade around the fortified village, leaving cracked bodies and smashed bones in their wake.
+20 loot

>>6146281
"It is for the future to see, but the crow-witch and her sister play with fate in ways beyond you or me. Be not surprised if you find yourself facing a dozen of her."

>>6146550
"Many fools think that if you change the past, you instantly change the future. I think that the changes of the past reach the future at the speed of time."

>>6146624
The much diminished hordes of Magor's ungortide, no longer even majority ungor, has finally made its way past the Goromadny mountains, exhausted, bloodied and worn down. Yet, the words the great slaughter, butchery and battles engaged upon by the tide brings attention. When the first warband stands on their way, Magor prepares for a fight. And then, when he is sworn fealty to and told about the prophecies told by raving beastmen around the herdstones, of a great war for the very world, he accepts the submission and continues on the northwards march, as more mutants and beastmen flock to his banner. (gain 100 loot and spend it on recruiting beastmen)

Yet, before he can reach the great northern beastherds, his path is interrupted by a robed figure who shouts for him "Haste northwards to rally your horde, then haste southwards and join the great she-cow! You and she shall fight for chaos itself!"
As Magor reaches for the robed figure, he seems to evaporate, his empty robes collapsing on the floor.

(Spend your gained loot and then the story'll continue)

>>6147127
We're still awaiting Huffud's interraid, & then our own I assume?

Rue'Vahn, were you still going to draw a sketch of the assembled warlords?

>>6147127
"The Eagle has sent the One-who-Changes to guide us! We are blessed beneath its gaze!"

>Loot This Turn 100
>Loot from Last Turn 20
>Loot from Previous Reserves 15
>Total Loot 135

Gather 27 Units of Ungors.

THE UNGOR TIDE SHALL MARCH FOR THE FOUR.

---

In a den along the path as night falls, Magor rests alongside his maddened Hung concubine. For many moons now she has crawled on all fours at his side, sired his ungors, and spoken many things ponderous and terrifying to listen to, when she is not frothing around a bejeweled golden bit he used to gag her.

Now as the War for all Chaos dawns upon them all, he removes her gag and lets her speak: "It seems the time that you have prophesized has come at last.

If you have anything to say, I might as well listen."

>>6147263
Holy shit, 27! From an Ungor Tide to a Brayherd Tsunami

>>6147263
are you sure.... not any Gors or anthing that can take a bit more of a punch?

its your call. i was just wondering.

>>6147325
Hrmmmmmmm....
You might be right. Lemme think.

Dunno what a good ratio is. I'm thinking.
>19 Ungors
>4 Gors

It does feel like quantity has a quality on its own though.

>>6147338
maybe like 2 units of Gors. They have higher damage density then Ungors and can take a single point of damage before being destroyed. might be useful if you wanna defend some hills or Woodlands from Cavalery. though i will bring some higher density units as well with my Chaos Warriors and Knights.

>>6147263
Hey, the Ungortide is the Ungortide.
Make Lanu regret making this game. Lead your kin to glory

>>6147127
>(Spend your gained loot and then the story'll continue)
Oh, we're already buying troops? Did we get locked out of anything by going to Chamon Dharek, or do we still get to recruit from wherever?


>>6147263
Hey Magor, back during this >>6129040 post, I promised all the wealth I had accumulated up until that point because I thought you'd die trying to sacrifice yourself for us. Since you lived and things turned out okay, do you still want the 30 loot, or should I keep it to recuperate my own forces?

Speaking of which, for everyone who participated in besieging Ostrosk, how do you guys want to split the loot? It doesn't divide equally.

>>6147172
Rue'Vahn, see above.

The Zar had the cursed gold melted down in the sacred flame of Chamon Dharek, then reforged anew into a simple mold, struck with his mark, just as the slaves of his land bore upon their heads & faces. He then gave half of the new coins over to Mulrog (15 Loot). The rest, he kept. (leaving me with 75 Loot from this raid/total).

After the Champion of Shaarnor spoke, the High Zar hefted his temple-helm to reveal the same, albeit newly scarred, Kurgan face as the warlords had seen in the past seasons. He spoke with a low rumble of reverence for the sacred site.

"I know not of the rest of you, but I would ask two prices for the raid: first, the debts I have accrued to those gathered here be satisfied, whether they be from passage upon ships, slaves to toil in fortifying my lands, or blood spilled upon the plains; & last, the undesired arms & armor looted in our campaign but picked over as unworthy of our marauders, especially of southron fire-dust, be sailed to my keep. Thus, in effect I ask nothing at all as my price. What say you all?"

So Lanu, are we supposed to do our interraid turns & recruiting now?

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>>6147488
Oh the drawing?
Yeah here's the little doodle I've done so far. Mostly as a practice bit to decide on who should be standing where.

Tell me what you guys think of it, and let me know if you'd like me to change how your warlords look. I mostly went off of memory from the pictures posted in the first thread.
Right now, I've only included the six of us, but if I have time to spare then I might try to add Lanu and the warlords who couldn't return like Sarrick or Krantagarh.

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>>6147574
Mulrogs got a Glaive/Axe Combo by now.

>>6147577
Shit, for some reason I thought you were the one who had Stormbringer.
Does Ivan actually wield the +2D himself, or is it on one of the other units?

>>6147585
i think Ivan is the Stormbringer wielder and joins a unit to give em the buff.

i have the same level of buff as Ivan though with painting and the massive Growth.

>>6147574
Hangar's a Kurgan Warlord-Knight in Chaos armour who happens to have a long, heavy and now armour-banded moustache; not a Pirate Captain. I do realise I never originally posted a picture, though, so can understand the liberties.

>>6147492
Seconding this question.

>>6147574
Nice doodles, I would love to see the rest of the warlords too. Yeah, Ivan wields Stormbringer.

>>6147577
That's fucking siiiiick

>>6147458
If you were to bless the ungortide I vow every bit of that loot will be used to make the enemy howl! And likely would entail the Ungortide matches at your side

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>>6147713
but.... i already showed this off like three threads ago or something. here is another one.

>>6147263
In that case

>>6147263
>>6147127
Final Plans:
-2 Units of Gors (20)
-29 Units of Ungors (145)

I have a Minotaur and 2 units of Gors to act as a personal bodyguard/shield block to a vital chokepoint

But we shall be the great shield of fur and meat of the Chaos Horde!

>>6147717
Thirty loot was promised, and so thirty loot shall be delivered. That's what, six units of ungors or an extra unit of minotaurs?

>>6147626
Ah, sorry for the mix up. On my second draft I'll try to make him look more like a normal Chaos Warrior.

>>6147488
Sorry Ivan, I didn't see the question at the bottom there. I also don't quite understand what you're asking (forgive my irl low iq).

Oh, and speaking of the sketch drawing...
Ivan, I ended up using the picture you originally posted in the first thread, but would you prefer that I use the new one you posted last thread with the crazy yellow robes + hat?

>>6147934
Ideally you could combine the two: scalemail armor under ominous golden robes, a red beard & various talismans to the many gods of chaos under the mysterious temple-helm, the red coats of streltsi aa barding upon my horse, & the black greatsword Stormbringer in hand.

In lieu of loot from Ostrosk, I'm proposing that Mulrog, Hangar, & yourself consider my debts satisified & narratively provide the picked-over arms & armor of prior/current campaigns so that I can equip NPC vassals with second-rate gear. Another words, no loot whatsoever. I just won't be paying you back & I can justify an armed revolt in Praag sometime in the future.

>>6147574
*pleased cow noises*

"Before we depart to gather our hosts for this war to decide the fate of the Gods, let it be known that I will be holding a feast, albeit of far less fanfare than the last, to discuss the battles to come. Chiefly, I seek pacts with the chieftains of Norsca, but of course all of you who have marched beside me are welcome. This holy place must be defended, the Sarl King must be sacrificed, the Aeslings crushed for their perfidy, & the city of Praag be made my prize."

Ivan called for his retainers, Ykthuk the Tahmak & Rozyk Kul, Son of Mulrog. He had tasks to put them to...

>>6147574
Huffud is monstrously swollen and covered in chaos armor, but you know what? This fits too. Thanks for the drawing!

So right now we're awaiting word from Lanu on what comes next for the warlords at Chamon Dharek, & I'm further awaiting the arrival of Roppsmenn... Plus I think Huffud still has an interraid event coming up.

What were the names of the Baerson King & the Fjellsende Jarl again?

Alright, sorry for being absent, I got food poisoning. Right now I'm rocking a 39C fever.

>>6147172
>>6147458
>>6147492

The idea's that you'll do the convo with the shaman before going off to recruit your armies.
If noone's got any additional questions for the shaman, you can head off and recruit new units.

>>6148469
I'll do Magors next event tomorrow.

>>6148469
Shit, sorry to hear that you're not feeling well. If that's the case, then take your time and don't rush yourself.

>>6148469
Drink plenty of water, Gatorade if possible. Get well soon

If noone else wants to ask the priests of Chamon anything, the warlords in it are free to retire to their locations of preference and recruit hosts as they desire.

As for Magor and Huffud:
It is not long before thousands flood behind Magors bloodstained and tattered banners. And it's also not long before, out of nowhere, thousands more appear to take their place in the endless beastherds of the far north. By the end, Magor would find, if he ever bothered counting, that his horde numbered close to 19,000 fighting souls, a great host, no mater which way it is observed by.
And to his interest, he will also find the great minotaur herds of Huffud's host are also recruiting many great cow-beasts to join their ranks, counting 200 minotaurs. Such great forces, no doubt tense with anticipation to pick a foe to be used against.
And much to their luck, in their dreams, a shaman, a slightly hunched, beer bellied, yet powerful and muscular figure, it's great arms straining the cloth of the robes, while 4 pairs of horns extrude forwards, crowning the shadowed face. "Beastlords!" The shaman calls with a surprisingly high pitched voice which somehow lacks no authority. Possibly due to a shortened Imperial halberd passing through the belt. "I summon both of ye! Meet me at the blue stone! At tomorrow day's noon!"
The shaman was there at the promised time. "Beastlords! Come forth, and listen, for I shall speak the lusts of our gods of Chaos, for none are closer to their desires than us, for had they not carved each of us?"
After waiting for affirmative snarls, the shaman continues "Other things, not gods, for such big words apply not to these intruders, are trying to force their way into our world. We cannot allow this! They shall strike at Chamon Dharek, where a woman is still caged and will burn her to turn her from clay into porcelain, to make her stronger and to make her open the gate for the forces of their world to strike at us! They seek to overthrow our four gods!"
The shaman, yet again, pauses for angry snarls. "We won't let this happen!" He shouts raising his fist. "The priests will keep her imprisoned and a champion of chaos sent from the north has already began working on her. We'll open the gates from our world to theirs and invade them!" The shaman shouts. "Any questions, beastlords? Before you set off southwards to join the other slaves to darkness in this great fight?"
>Write in question
>No, set off southwards

>>6149109
Lanu, hope you're feeling better. I was awaiting the arrival of that Roppsmann & perhaps some others he might bring with him to Chamon Dharek. What of him, & also, I have a sideqst for my NPC followers Ykthuk Tahmak & Rozyk Kul...

HANGAR, MULROG, RUE'VAHN, I never got a verdict on that deal. You three split the loot from Ostrosk, I take nothing but wipe my debts clean. What say you all?

>>6149114
I have went to the toilet to vomit or relive myself every hour and a half for the last few days. Luckily the fever's lighter. Take my advice and if your body's telling you something's not good for it, don't consume it.
To Ivan's surprise, while the drunkard didn't show himself, a warband of the ever elusive and diminished peoples like the Roppsmen did turn out in the low hundreds to heed your request for a champion, for enough of them had been spared by Ivan's warriors to earn him at least some support. Perhaps a unit or horsearchers could be formed from their ranks instead?
And also, Ykthuk and Rozyk show up as asked for. Ykthuk dressed in a well worn strelsy coat and Rozyk, now better developed and more taking on his fathers look of face, or at least how he looked before the mutations his gods gifted him. "High Zar?"

>>6149117
"Free riders of the steppes, Kurgan & Roppsmenn both." He turned to the newcomers with a nod of his head & a raised hand in welcome.
"Some say that your lines descend from the same source of the Ungol, Tong, & Hung, though I have long suspected we both have much more in common with the ancient Scythans. You have answered my summons, & so I shall not bother to further introduce myself. Who amongst you speaks for your band, or sparing that, which among you seek to do so, & what of the drunkard I wrote to who sent you? Steppe forward & join Ykthuk & Rozyk here."

Lanu, was it the forces of the Nurglite Champion, T'ahkho B'lle?

"ZAR MULROG, you may wish to hear this yourself before you depart considering our shared enmity of certain Norscans..."

(Awaiting further Roppsmenn introduction from Lanu before I make my sideqst offer & await your input, Mulrog)

>>6149109
I'll retire, but did we get an answer from the Shamans about >>6145930
Concerning the use of necromancy or whether the shamans themselves can be 100% trusted? Rue'Vahn is understandably a bit paranoid after the witch tried to forcibly demand oaths to her.

>>6149114
Oh right, the offer. Ngl, I don't remember what the debts were, so I'm fine with that agreement. Ivan owes me nothing.

>>6147127
Here's the explanation about the dead^
>>6149241

>>6149109
no more questions. just very busy with preparations for the weekend. got a six hour drive ahead today

>>6149133
"Then let us hear it. Those northern fools were dangerous enough to force me to deal with them and let to our flanks be exposed to dwarfs and Southerners. I have to meet with the young King and gather Baersonlings to my banner. I might even find Zarrick lingering around, spinning his plots in the Name of Tchar."

As for the forgivement of the debts Mulrog merely states that he can not speak for the Cow Beast though will dip into his own resources if it demands the replacement.
i think its like 6 or seven loot since i got the ships for half price from the Baersonlings.

>>6149324
This is me. Its been a rough night

>>6149109
Questions:
"We shall not let them claim this woman! We are to invade. What of their world do we know? What of their minions?

When we cross into this other world, what shall be our great task? To simply fight and destroy all who oppose the Gods, or something else?

Shall the Gods themselves send their heralds? Will demons accompany us or may they be summoned?"

>>6149109
Also, if it isn't too much, and purely for fun, did Magor's mad prophetess from long ago have anything to say? She said there would come a day when all the gods and that we hold dear will fall. It seems that time is nigh. Does she say anything else now?

>>6149120
>"Free riders of the steppes...
"I speak for my band!" A tall Ungol looking man wrapped in thick fur cloths says. "And I am Kazis! As for the drunkard you speak of, he is dead, having drunk himself to death. If you required anything of him, ask."

>Lanu, was it the forces of the Nurglite Champion, T'ahkho B'lle?
I don't follow. Elaborate please.

>>6149324
I hope you enjoy your weekend and that the drive will be easy.

>>6149348
Don't push yourself too hard.

>>6149241
The shaman stated how it's the energies of chaos itself keeping the mummified warriors who swore themselves to the mound in perpetual and eternal service to the holy site of Chamon.

>>6149432
The shaman straightens himself a bit at the Magors questions. "Of this world, we currently know naught! In fact, you and your fellow warlords, who dealt with the raven haired witch know more than I do! You've encountered her and her minions, if any of you know anything about her or her servants, you know more than the rest of our world together. And I do not expect you to cross into her world yet. Neither do I nor do the great four. We expect you to protect her from the forces of the usurpers who cross into our world to rescue her for their own goals."
The shaman pauses a bit and thinks about the question regarding the demons. "I think not." He says. "If the veil is weakened enough to let ours through, theirs may pass through aswell, for our foes too are followers of chaos."

>>6149433
Nice catch!
"The day is coming!" She says panicked. "Smooth white figures shall cleave your ungors! Man-sized and great figures, with smooth faces and slender forms! Tens of thousands of them shall march against you!"

>>6149449

"Well met, Hetman Kazis! I heard of the dead-yet-living Apponians from the rumors the drunk was spreading at The Last Hope Inn reaching me. I was hoping he could shed more light on them, but no matter....
My army tires of the march, & prepares for a much greater foe of the near future, but I will not leave the insults of Aesling turncoats unanswered. Of each of you I ask the same task, as extensions of my honor & will: bring me the heads of those Aes who fought against us this season & have yet lived. Their chieftains & shields will suffice, whether jarl, thane, styrsman, or drengr. It does not matter to me if you ambush them as they cross Troll Country to return to their own lands, murder them in their sleep as they rest on soft Kislevite beds, charge their lines, or poison their mead.
In order to grant me my vengeance, each of you I gift a small sum forged of cleansed Apponian gold & struck with my mark (1 Loot each, 3 Total) to supply yourselves for this raid, & once you have proven yourselves by these deeds, I shall make you lords of those domains upon the periphery of my grasp. Swear your oaths of vassalage to me; I shall supply you now too with the arms & armor taken from the battlefields of this campaign.
Ykthuk & Rozyk: I bid you recruit volunteers from amongst my host, those who dwell here at Chamon Dharek, your own distant tribes, & the cults of the Southroners. The Priest of the Four here will gladly accept sacrifices to bless your journey, I'm sure.
Kazis: I hear of your people dwelling across the steppes of Troll Country, at the port of Erengrad, amongst the mountains, & of course at your once & future capital of Praag. Seek out mercenaries if you must, although their pay shall have to come from your own future coffers. A greater sum I shall grant for a skilled gunner of the streltsi to train harquebussers of my own, & a gunsmith to supply them.
Although my favor would certainly reside with those who do, I will not demand any of you to convert to the worship of my Gods; respect the Kurgan pantheon, abide the sanctity of any temples we build within your lands, & so too shall ye be left in peace to pray to your own deities & ancestors. This oath I do swear before my Pure-Blooded Kurgan Forefathers,
so say I, High Zar Ivan."
He clutched talismans hanging about his neck, drawing a drop of blood from his palm with the sharp edge of one, & letting the crimson ichor drip upon the hallowed ground before he continued.
"Ride all of you to Ivanoslav, my castle in the pass of the Goromadny Mountains, once this is done.
CRUEL ONE OF THE KUL, do you have anything else for those who ride for our vengeance?"

Now I await ZAR HANGAR's word on the debts/loot situation.

>>6149109
Huffud, swollen to the size of a mammoth (from feasting on the flesh of one) bellows and brays- she seems too blood-hungry and devolved to even speak the beast-tongue right now.

But she is nonetheless on board. Her herd, her children and her new recruits alike, bellow and moo along with them.

But, there is a question in her eyes- unspoken, yes, but a question nonetheless that the shaman picks up on.

The eyes are hungry. They wish for loot, warpstone, gifts… maybe ascension, even

>>6149539
"Huffud the Great, Hungry Heffer ascends to Daemon Princedom, then begins blessing the minds of livestock with Chaos, ascending further to become a Godling, largely usurping Atagros as the Chaotic Patron of the Wild. Huffudite Menbeasts then go on to eat all the grass upon the world of Mundus, plunging the world into an age of mass extinction..."

>>6149550
Hey, warhammer has done dumber things with it’s lore

>>6149553
Did you & Magor ever erect that herdstone one of you got from an interraid? Also, any plans on clearing out Hellpit after all this Chaos comes to pass? I'd still like to setup a warpstone mining operation & get a Skaven jester....

>>6149114
I think there was only the 30 Loot from Ostrosk itself, since the sorceress broke her deal with us immediately on seizing it. I'll take a third of that if offered by Rue, but it's nothing like the windfall it was supposed to be - we all got short changed here.

>>6149109
I guess I'll retire back to Hastling territory in Kurgan lands; my own forces were about cut in half here so I need more riders.

>>6149559
I'm taking that as a yes, absolving me of any prior debts to Mulrog, Hangar, or Rue'Vahn, plus netting me lots of second-rate battlefield pickings of no Loot value to arm my NPCs with.

I am curious, Lanu, if myself, Hangar, & Mulrog are the leaders of our respective tribes at this point (Dolgan, Hastling, & Kul), or just large warbands from said tribes.

1 more thing Lanu besides my NPC Sideqst & question about tribes, what will it take for me to reanimate those skulls I mentioned? Do I need to specifically go to the Tong lands?

>>6149556
Wait, we got a herdstone? Must’ve missed it.
And uh… I think we’re getting Isekai’d to another world after all this chaos.

If we don’t, I’d love to raze hellpit to the fucking ground!

>>6149559
Yeah, I asked back in this >>6147458 post about how you guys wanted to split the loot.
I was wondering how we'd split 30 loot amongst 4 warlords, but since Ivan is simply asking to cancel the debts, that makes this easy, and now we can each take 10.

>>6149556
I had completely missed my mind. I certainly would like too or wish I could have.

Gonna be busy still traveling on this thanksgiving weekend.

>>6149460
>>6149449

"It will be the same for me. A mans weight in silver for each (also 3 loot) of you, payed now and some of my favour more if you succeed" his gaze shifting from the Ropsmen to his son, who he had not once acknowledged while on campaign or in these hallowed halls.

"If there is one thing i know your good at its finding people willing to die for you. Who knows. Maybe next time you will be a worthy enough skull to claim for the Brass Throne." He gives in acknowledgement to his son before glancing at Rue Vahn and Hangar, discussing what to do with the slaves and loot taken from the formidable fortress of Ostorok, Mulrog wished to have conquered personally, Axe in hand instead of simply crushing those that sought to take their prize and serve a false pantheon.

>>6149559
>>6149631
"So we are in agreement here." though it is worded like a question, it is more of a statement made by the Cruel one.

He stands, eyes darting between warlords, before almost politely nodding to each of them. "Much blood will be spilled in the coming summer. No matter their number, they shall all be dashed and shattered by this alliance. I shall now take my leave, before the thoughts of the coming bloodshed make me unable to resist the call to claim more heads this season"

>return to Baersonling Lands. It will be time l recruit. Maybe i can find Sarrick tvere as well. His forces would be a boon to this battle

>>6149449
It was far from being as soul crushing as the last time i drove for such lengths of time. And i did meet friends and got to walk around a lot in a nice old citys cheistmas market

Huffud, is your Chaos Cow an instinctual follower of Chaos Unaligned, not really knowing any pantheons to understand Chaos Undivided?

Hangar, I take it you're with Undivided like Ivan. Mulrog, more of a Khornate right?

Narvoch & Sarrick were Tzeentchian I presume, Idk which other deity a sorcerer would be drawn to.

>>6150241
Yup, she’s more a force of rampaging destruction… which chaos seems to like!
If she’s blessed by anything, it’s either the pantheon as a whole or the Primordial Annihilator/Gorfather

>>6150241
Pretty much Khornate. If blood rages an affinity for Bearserkers and screaming about Skulls didnt give it away enough

Did GW just never figure out a use for Halflings? Seems like they just don't amount to anything, which in LotR is understandable since they're supposed to be the honest little-guy commoner every-man, but with their Ogre affinity it seems like they should be doing something. Still want one as a jester for my court at Ivanoslav, maybe even a bearded or ratty-looking one....

>>6149576
Keep them with you for now, as you don't really see any chance of raising them back to life for now.

>>6149572
I always envisioned you as ambitious warlords and never assumed you'd take excessive loyalty to your own tribes as a thing.

>>6149726
That's nice!

>>6149559
>I guess I'll retire back to Hastling territory in Kurgan lands; my own forces were about cut in half here so I need more riders.
As is custom, feasts, celebrations, games and orgies are held to honour the arriving hosts of chaos warriors, especially ones with full pockets that are willing to spend their hard earned treasure. And it is of no surprise when even more soldiers arrive from further afield, promising service. This time, it is the:
>cold blooded Khureshites offering their service in exchange for blood, souls and warmth
>a large warband of bloodied warriors, offering service to a great warlord and demanding naught but to be sent into battle (2 units of knights)
>a endless horde of mutants, drawn to fate by the winds of chaos, like Hangar was so long ago (8 units of slaves)

Pick one and spend your loot.

>>6149726

>return to Baersonling Lands. It will be time l recruit. Maybe i can find Sarrick tvere as well. His forces would be a boon to this battle

The halls soon ring with laughter, ballads, joy, lutes, flutes and slave girls. Mead, ale and nomad drinks flow freely and aren't spared on the old warriors. Arena fights are organized, mock battles, reenactments by kids and youths, great fat seamonsters are caught and roasted. Yet, the talk never leaves the talk of war. Everyone, every wench, whore, warrior, youth and old soul knows of a impending clash. And it is in this mood that:
>A vast host of veterans lands in their long black ships (3 chaos warriors)
>A young shaman girl offers to summon a host of demons
>A captured beast is wrecked by mutations and swears its fealty to you

Pick one and spend your loot.
Now, did anyone else state where they're retiring to? Because I can swear I missed them and I'm too unfocused to find it

>>6150727
The High Zar returns to his domain of the Wheatlands...

>>6150727
KHURESHITES? DEMONS?
Sounds like you two hit the jackpot.

>>6150777
not sure if i want the demons. the Chaos Warriors are a known quantity and the demons might make things worse by allowing the opponent to call upon demons of their own.

and i am still doing math how to spend my 85 loot.

>>6150727
Wish I had boats to go back to that nice place with all the beastman tribes but that's across the waters iirc

I shall join Huffud, wherever she is going! Let the herds flock together!
And if she has not decided, I shall recommend, the Bearsonling's seem to be hosting parties enough to make the Serpent squirm with glee.

>>6150727
I stated that I'd retire, but I just now realized that I didn't mention where, so my bad.
I'll probably head back to the Aghol lands of the Hung. I only got like 10 loot from this raid, so hopefully that elf wasn't lying about giving a reward for not handing over the witch sister.

If I'm keeping track of this right, we all met with a shaman (either "human" or beastman), Hangar & Mulrog were presented with their choices, & now myself, Rue'Vahn, Magor, & Huffud await being presented with our own. Also, Magor got 100 loot out of nowhere, that lucky son of a goat.

Plus Rue'Vahn's masterpiece, a Scroll of Inspiration gifted to him in a vision by Loesh, is yet to be presented.

>>6150867
Those Aeslings definitely struck South at the Sarls, Fjellsendes, & us because of your Hung raids, but I'm just going to keep hypocritically blaming their greed or maybe cozyness with Kislev to justify their future destruction LMAO
(Just as planned)

>>6150855
BEASTS TOGETHER STRONG

>>6150888
BEASTMEN!

>>6150727
>During his stay near the Beasronling Capital Mulrog found himself restless, bloodlust clawing at the back of his mind whenever thinking about what the next season would bring. Over a few days a headache had been building, one that no amount of wine, meat or bloodshed could quench as new of a shaman reaches his ears. One claiming to be able to summon the servants of the gods to their side in the coming battles. Intrigued he has them called to his Arena, guarded by some of his most loyal knights,the headache slowly receeding.

>Thralls are prepared for sacrifice, southern men and women forced to fight to death or bloodfueled madness against, beast, slaves and all manner of foul creatures in preparation to call upon the gods servants and provide them vessels to stay upon the plains of this world without rending apart the fabric of reality.

Buy. three units of thralls, Five of Bearserkers and a unit of Skinwolves. Which will get my final unit count up to.

Army:
1 Chaos Knight +2 Damage +1 Health
1 Chaos Knight +1 Damage

Infantry:

3 Thralls
7 Baerserkers
2 Chaos Warrior
1 Unit Skinwlves

Thralls for sarifice. i assume demons need to be housed somewhere and if not. well. they are three more units capable to shipping other units across the seas.

Skinwolves as fast and punchy unit to block any gaps that might form in the hills.

>>6150733
The High Zar's return to his domain is greeted by cheering crowds, petals being thrown and instruments being played. And soon said return is followed by work and preparation for the next years campaign.
Aside from logistical issues, payments, replacements for the dead, the clothes, weapons, ammo, supplies and such, a interesting addon is made in the form of:
>Deamon powered automata of the chaos dwarves
>Common volunteers armed in the Kislevite way (6 units of Strelsy)
>Steppe nomads, flowing in to fill out the ranks (4 units of horse archers)

>>6150855
>>6150888

As Magor and Huffud head southwards, they are able to detour and seek more recruits. In front of them are presented paths of:
>the hill of bones, where a exhausted kurgan horde stands, awaiting its destruction
>the blood marshes, currently populated by mutants
>black rock, currently occupied by a strander norse raiding party

>>6150867
As Rue'Vahn sets off and gets far enough to be removed from other warlords, he finds a familiar figure in his tent.
"I see you saw reason." The elf warrior says. "I have the wealth promised to you. I just require something else before I hand it over to you." He pauses, straightens himself out and hefts his blade. "Show me where in Chamon is she held. I want to be able to slay her if she is at risk of falling to the arms of her rescuers."
>Write in answer

>>6151171
The young shaman girl does not strike you as one likely to be a shaman. She seems to slender, gentle and feminine and this is somehow more accented by the fact she wears nothing but a cloak, her bare feet leaving footsteps in the snow and mud.
"I'll take the thralls." She says, then turns around and orders them to work. Much to your surprise, they are ordered to go woodchopping and to look for 400 couples that volunteer.
When the volunteers are found she enters the arena and starts ordering people in her gentle voice. The first orders are regarding the draining of blood of the male volunteers and the chaining up of the female volunteers, attaching them to wooden pillars in rows and columns then attached to them to eachother. She then spends days in trance as she paints sigils, runes, patterns and symbols onto herself and the bodies and chains binding the women. Then, one evening, she sends a runner, a young Baersonling boy to call for Mulrog and hand him a carved wooden club with a polished black stone. "She said to tell you that she let the thralls escape!" The boy says, pauses, thinks and then add "And she told me to yell into this." The boy says.
When Mulrog arrives, all the women, including the shaman girl have their throats slit. First confused, then frustrated and finally angry at being tricked, Mulrog is finally taken back when the shaman-girl's back arches upwards, her slit throat releasing a powerful shriek. Then, before his eyes, the blood-runes themselves turn to glow and the volunteer women, their throats slit, just like their shamaness, grow, in size, musculature and colour, to a dark red. By the end, a mob of four hundred bloodletters, noticeably bloodletters, yet also noticeably female and chained to eachother is standing, tugging at chains and breaking the wooden pillars. Mulrog, initially confused, then horrified as the horde starts to break free from the mighty wooden beams it has been bound to, quickly realizes how to command this horde of four hundred, as he, gripping the club, yells into the stone. "Halt!" His powerful voice commands. First met by disobedience, as the horde keeps breaking the pillars, he shouts into it again "Halt!" Then the runes and chains start glowing white hot and start sizzling of against flesh. "Halt!" Mulrog shouts and this time, the bloodletteres are slowly branded into submission, collapsing down to the floor.

Gained 4 units of bound bloodletters.

Bound bloodletters:
Infantry, M4, D4, H3, randomly attacks 2 units near them when in combat with enemy (this includes allied units aswell)

>>6151353
>Daemon Powered Automata of the Chorfs!!!

I have 72 Loot, +16 from my domain, halved by the Melniboneans who collect my tribute. Do I have any new settlements?

War Mammoths cost 50 & regular Mammoths 40. In a prior thread, you specifically said I would get a discount down to 40 on the War Mammoths due to how many I captured...

I'm going to writeup a feast invite to net some NPCs & discuss our siege/defense plans. Not looking to make a whole thread of it like the last one.

>>6151353
Huffud would rather go with the mutants- they’re closer to her than the menkin

>>6150727
>a large warband of bloodied warriors, offering service to a great warlord and demanding naught but to be sent into battle (2 units of knights)

First and foremost, Hangar's riders are riders; and there is little warmth to be found in the cold of the north.

Second, come the new-bloods to the ranks; warriors of the new generation to prove their worth and earn their spurs. (+6 Horse Archers, -60 Loot. 20 Loot remains.)

>>6151402
This is true. Though, the Kurgan will remember if we save them from destruction. And they are good Cavalry.

>>6151445
It’s true, they’re good cavalry, but we are a horde of the abandoned and forlorn! Mutants are *very* on theme, aren’t they?

>>6151353
At first the warlord is annoyed that the elf is making further demands, but is thrilled upon hearing that it is to help kill the witch. He pulls out a map of the settlement, then gives the description and details of relevance. Afterwards, he asks a few questions of his own.
"I know why you won't help us kill her now. You despise us, and want to see our forces weaken ourselves by fighting those of her sister. Every one of ours that dies to her is one less of us that you need to kill later. Fair enough. We would do the same... but why did you not tell us more when we first spoke? Things seem to have turned out alright in the end, but some of my peers were almost deceived by her lies, and she got very close to her goal. A better warning could have put far less at risk.
Next, I assume you know of our plans for her. She'll eventually be used to launch a counter attack against the sister, and then killed. Is there any advice against this foe who is new to me and my allies?
Lastly, are you completely certain you can truly slay her? If we fail, you might not get a second chance at destroying her, and neither of us want her side to win. Make sure it works."

>>6151353
>>6151400
The Zar's rookery that night had overloooked the long shadows cast upon the valley below, the Wicked Moon even higher overhead. The man himself spent the evening with blood, wax, & the feathers of ravens. The Unbearable One's message was penned by his own hand, then copied by his attendants in the dialects of the Tahmak & Kul, the runes of Norsca, the talismans of the Fimir, the letters of the Reik, the backwards runes of Kislev, the scratchings of Beastmen, & even the strange calligraphy of Hung & Tong:

"To all those who follow the True Gods of Chaos, to all those who hold sacred the site of Chamon Dharek, & to all those who hold in their hearts a hatred for the perfidious Aeslings!
The High Zar of the Wheatlands, King of Ivanoslav, Dragon-Prince of the Melniboneans, pens this letter to you:
Blasphemers against the Great Four seek to sack the holy Kurgan-mound of the Golden Winds. News of this alone should spur those faithful to the Divinities of the North to action. What's more, the cowardly Aes sold their honor to stop the march of our hordes into Kislev, failing in the attempt, but making clear that they are enemies of all Northmen. To deal with these threats I invite ye to Castle Ivanoslav in the Blyat Pass of the Goromadny Mountains as my honored guest, where feasting, drinking, & slaves will be provided. Peace within my realm shall be upheld for all those under my protection, with the ever honest Khorne as my witness. Solemn oaths between our Great Hosts, glory before the Gods & Ancestors, the wealth of conquests, high station for those lacking it who prove themselves worthy, & bloody revenge I offer ye. Make your journey before the next changing of seasons so that a Pact of the North may be discussed.
So say I,
Ivan Dolgan the Unbearable"

These letters were then sent by way of horse courier, mountain traveller, sorcerous transmission, & aloft wings of black birds to a great many places:
Northern & Southern Dolgan tribes
Riders of the Tahmak & Kul
Khazag Mammoth Tamers
Kurgan further upon the Steppes
Baersonlings & their Ulfhednar Villages
Fjellsendes
Survivors of the Sarls
Norscans beyond the Sea of Claws
Cults of Kislev & the Empire
Kyazak bands of Troll Country & the Mountains
Tong & Marauders of the Chaos Wastes
Hung of the Eastern Steppes & Vinland
Fimir of the vast Marshes & Bogs
Warherds in the Great Forests of the Old World

Lacking any to translate into their strange tongues, a few letters were also sent to the mythical lair of the Troll King, the Ziggurats of the Chaos Dorfs, the distant Chaos Ogres, & the rumored Goblins who worship Khorne as an Eight-Armed Aspect.

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>>6151615
A few invitations bore address to specific individuals:
>The King of the Golden Baersons
>The Jarl of the Fjellsendes
>The Chief of the Goromadny Tribe
>Zar Hangar of the Hastlings
>Zar Mulrog of the Kul
>Arch-Goat Magor
>Huge Heffer Huffud
>Grand Degenerate Rue'Vahn
>Shadowed Sorcerer Sarrick
>Killer-Bull Krantagarh
>Khorne's Head Korthak
>Night-Winged Narvoch
>Drakothraen the Rabid

Simple summons were also sent to his vassals:
Lord-Captain Arioyin of the Melniboneans
Thane Lini Goldmane of the Sarls
The Witch-Queen of the Blight Lands Fimir
Meargh Gokzoxa of the Sarl Lands Fimir
Hetman Kazis of the Free Roppsmenn
Ykthuk of the Tahmak
Rozyk of the Kul
Newly-Arrived Sorcerers
Speakers of New Settlements

Lastly, an announcement was brought forth to the village of Aesling settlers within the Wheatlands: "The King of your tribe has proven himself a dishonorable apostate to the Gods, & so the High Zar would have him replaced. Whosoever amongst you that possesses the ambition are invited to Castle Ivanoslav."

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>>6151357
So.... Bloodletters can get involved in up to two melees per turn? so long as they are attacking different units?

nice. so i will have to keep em somewhat isolated in the battlelines if we wanna prevent friendly fire.

Almost getting eviscerated by the Messengers of the Bloodgod after the Shaman sacrificed herself to the bloodgod made Mulrgo wish he had send several knights of his to keep him informed, but they were busy training and selecting new berserkers and branding the new Skinwolf pack. After last time it had no longer been necessary to butcher their Alpha himself, now they were more willing to follow without copious amounts of violence.

This felt similar, Brass and Iron bindings that had shattered would have to be reforged to make sure the demons stayed bound and his steel like resolve would be needed to keep them from butchering everything they came across. And the weird club would have to stay on his person at all times, though he did wonder if one of these messengers was capable of speech.

For now it was of little importance as the muster came to a close and it would soon be time to ride for Ivans little kingdom and forge battleplans for the defense of Chamon Dahrek as well as erase the debt they had incurred with the Great Heffer.

>>6151616
Magor the Great Goat. I remember the time where he goated all over the place with his Horde.

>>6151700
Honestly Zoated with the sauce. Just needs some HGH like you took Mulrog to become an absolute beast (AKA Dragon Ogre).

>>6151771
Funny you mention that. I have a Dragon Oger Shaggoth(The dragon Oger leader character) in my to build and paint pile.

>>6151785
Whomst'dve are you, anon?
My theory is that Dragon Ogres are just mutated Zoats.

>>6151791
Forgot trip on mobile

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>>6151791
This Zoat is not a goat though

Had this one lying around. Probably gonna paint em up together with the Shagoth

>>6151799
Nice Space Zoat (Coast to Coast)

When Magor's Ungors got really Ungory & he said "it's Ungoring time!," that really made me crave the flesh of civilized beings.

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>>6151810
And the Shaggoth next to it

>>6151414
I'd recommend spending all your loot.
The chaos plate clad warriors ride forwards, their lances held high, proudly saluting the Zar they will serve unto death and possibly beyond. A simple chant is quickly thought up claiming how all will perish underneath the great mustache and it is quickly spread throughout the large host of Hangars warriors.

>>6151505
>"I know why you won't help us kill her now. You...
The elf returns only a stern gaze to this question. "I presumed stupidity and greed on your end would be enough."
>Next, I assume you know of our plans for her. She'll eventually...
"Pull back to defensive positions. Hold the coasts, the river crossings, the forests and hills and use your horsemen to bleed them on the plains. They are all obedient to a single great mind and will not make the mistakes of your foes. Kislevites and Norsemen are little when compared to them in warfare. They will come in large, disciplined and well coordinated armies." Says the elf.
>Lastly, are you completely certain you can truly slay her? If we fail, you might not get a second chance at destroying her, and neither of us want her side to win. Make sure it works."
The elf shrugs his shoulders. "That's why you'll, when you are returning to here, with your host, smuggle me in to Chamon Dharek. And that's also why you'll help me slay her should it come to it."

>>6151700
>So.... Bloodletters can get involved in up to two melees per turn? so long as they are attacking different units?
If they're bordering a enemy unit, they will, twice in the same turn, immediately, randomly attack one unit near them, regardless of their alignment.
So yeah, if they're in a line of friendlies, flanked on both sides by friendly huscarls and a enemy unit of thralls runs into them, odds are, you'll lose at least one unit of huscarls. And odds are 1/3 that they'll just kill 2 friendly units and get hit by the enemy unit.
Best keep them isolated.

>>6151615
>Blyat Pass
XD

From the various invitations, eventually, a odd assortment of individuals is amassed. From the named individuals, the Baersonling king decides to come in person with a sizeable bodyguard, informing you that the Fjellsende Jarl fell in the fight for his tribe with the Aeslings. To much surprise, a chief of the Goromadny tribe shows up, being a short, yet powerfully built Dolgan who had adopted much of the Kislevite customs. He complains of almost being shot with an arrow as he approached and considering his coat and cap, which appear to be leather variants of the Strelsy coat and hat, it is of no surprise.

Aside from them a various assortment of chiefs, warlords, elders petty kings and such amasses, eager to both feast and hear the High Zar, but primarily to feast.

>Lastly, an announcement was brought...
Eventually, such claims make their way to the Aeslings and a reply makes its way back to Ivan through the merchants. "It was not us who conspired with the crow-witch!"

>>6151864
That last bit was from the Aeslings who settled in the Wheatlands or from the main tribe?

Also, any word on new settlements, my old & new Fimir vassals sending speakers, & the Chorf event?

>>6151892
>That last bit was from the Aeslings who settled in the Wheatlands or from the main tribe?
Main tribe.
>Also, any word on new settlements,
Two more popped up around the lake.
>my old & new Fimir vassals sending speakers
Unsurprisingly, they didn't show up. Giant swamp lizardmonsters have issues traveling overland.
>>6151400
The chaos dwarf inventor seeks (and takes) what he deems necessary, from loyal followers to be given new bodies to large amounts of gold, silver and gems (for himself) to metal and forges for smiting. Then he sets to work. Surprising you with speed, he produces the first demon infused, human mind controlled body within a week, in good part because of how unimpressive it is, at least in looks. A 3 meter tall construct with cleavers for arms, four legs positioned in a X, a thin body and a simple horseman for a mind. Yet, when it is done, you are awarded with a half aware murdermachine that follows your commands as well as some of your other living servants. By the end, you are 250 good men down, yet 50 demon infused automata up.

Unit gained: Demon powered automata
Infantry M3, D4, H20, always strikes last

>>6151455
>>6151445
The two of you don't have to pick the same option.

>>6151864
>Pull back to defensive positions. Hold...
"Understood."
>smuggle me in to Chamon Dharek...
"Very well. In truth, I don't see why the secrecy is even necessary; you would be welcomed alongside me when I tell them I have a guest who has a way to kill the witch. Although if you insist on the hiding then I won't argue. The gods want the witch dead, so I'll accommodate your preferences. And if it comes to it, I will happily help you slay her."

(Alrighty then, I think that should have settled everything I wanted to know with the elf. Now all that's left is to start planning.)

>>6151900
That's fucking sick, what's the Chorfceror's name? He's welcome back anytime.

Did the Aesling settlers send someone?

>>6151938
>Did the Aesling settlers send someone?
A few chiefs
>>6151933
The elf will inform you of the gold stash (100 loot).

Magor decides. He will join Huffud and go see the mutants!

So, with 80 Loot & the discount I buy two War Mammoth units, leaving me with:

Loot - 0
Troops:
-Sarl Bondsmen x2
-Sarl Berserkers x2
-Roppsmenn Horse Archers x1 ???
-Sarl Huscarls x1
-Fimir x2
-Melniboneans x3
-Chaos Knights +2D x1 (Zar Ivan wields Stormbringer)
-War Mammoths x2
-Daemon Powered Automata x1

>>6151939
Nice!
Okay, so with the 100 from the elf, and the 10 left over from Ostrosk, that means I can get five units of Chaos Warriors. Narratively speaking, I'll just say that the troops I "lost" during the siege merely retreated, and have now regrouped back home. That, and the two units of savages received a promotion in the form of some high quality armor + weapons, putting them now at the same level as the other veterans.

This leaves me with:
2 Warbeasts of the North (Rue & Sunset)
5 Chaos Warriors

Cool, this means I only lost that third monster, and in exchange I got to upgrade two units.

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The host sat upon his gleaming throne of crimson, scratching under the feathers of the beaked "chatter-dog" as it waddled about at his feet. He waited until the longtable of his hall was full, his gaze imperious, before he stood & strode down the steps, chalice in hand. Boasts, veiled threats, jests, & barbs died out as he approached. He raised his goblet with a flourish & began:

"Hail & welcome, brothers all. I have gathered you here to forge a great Pact of the North, to plot the campaigns that would see us lasting victories, & to crush our enemies. Many of you I have ridden the plains, bled, & killed with, & so you are always welcome. Others seek opportunity, & you shall have it. Before we begin in earnest, I would recognize three honored guests: the King of the Golden Baersons, the Chief of the Goromadny Mountain Tribe, & the Daemon-Smith of the Chaos Dwarves who has forged marvelous killing machines for my army. Rise & introduce yourselves as you see fit."

>>6152087
"I am Sjur! King of the Baersonlings, slayer of my fat pig of a father and a butcher of men and beasts!" The man says, a familiar figure you've possibly seen in company of some of the other warlords in the past. The next figure, the chief of the Goromadny, the Kislevite-looking man, speaks up next "I am Ugnis, the chief of a band of men who call the harsh Goromadny mountains their home." The last person who speaks is the short chaos dwarf, who climbs onto his chair. "I am Grazhoak!" The dwarf shouts "A inventor and honored guest of High Zar Ivan!"

>>6151402
>>6151949
Leaving the two mobs of men to their fates, the beasthordes head to the blood marshes. It is very soon that they see why. The ground, while not bloody, is covered with a endless sea of patches of water filled with thin flakes of rust, while the center of the bog is characterized by a giant iron pillar, held in place by countless chains large enough for minotaurs to crawl along them without disturbing them, completely smooth for at least half a kilometre before it turns into a cactus of sorts, its surface covered in countless clusters of narrow, long, straight spikes.
From here you get:
>a horde of centigors that has hunted in these lands for generations (5 centigors)
>a army of gors, veterans of many clashes with roaming bands of the north (8 gors)
>the writhing figures from the tops of narrow spikes, which you release after days of crawling up the endless chains

Did I miss anyone's quest or reply?

>>6151900
TWENTY FUCKIN HEALTH?
Damn, bro’s making Huffud look fragile

>>6152366
…what are the things?
And the gors and centigors will be welcomed as little brothers of the behemoths of meat of Huffud’s herd!

>>6152366
i do have a question. what would the beast have been? Some kind of unique Warbeast of the north?

>>6152373
i think you will have to choose one each. could take a gamble on the creatures on the spikes. my guess would be some kind of posessed creature.

>>6152366
"Well met King Sjur, Chief Ugnis, & Daemon-Smith Grazhoak! I would greatly value more of your works in the future, Son of Hashut. Speak with my attendants before you depart & we shall establish further trade. Now, let us toast to our newfound allies! Skal!"

He drained his cup in a mere moment, before placing it down at the head of the table, & beckoning to the end of the hall.

"Kazis, Rozyk, Ykthuk, step forth. Have you brought us the heads & shields of Aesling chieftains? Have you gathered hosts of your own to hold the lands I can grant you?"

(other warlords, feel free to chime in or establish your arrival)

>>6152401
Mulrog had arrived shortly after his muster has completed, together with Sjur, though arrived quite some time after the Baersonling King, after requisitioning an entire valley for the Bound demons and forbidding anyone from entering unless they wished to die a truly swift death by the hands of the Messengers of Khorne.

Though when he arrived the Skull, carved into a Throne still sat where it had at the gathering last year. Or mostly as dragmarks across the floor showed. And it had been dusted off.

"Greetings Ivan, my muster has concluded and i suggest none of your subjects enter that second valley. A Shamaness sacrificed herself and 400 couples to summon the Messengers of the Gods, though they are near feral with bloodlust and grow ever fiercer in demeanor the closer the foe draws. They shoudl be kept seperate from everyone that has a deathwish." he rumbles, gesturing for several of his servants to take their places at the foot of his own Throne, finally picking up one of the namless familiars following him. Squeezing it for a bit till it reguritates a cahalice entirely too big for its own body and being deposited upon the floor again. A servant is ordered to clean the massive goblet and have it filled with only the finest Baersonling Mead.

>>6152373
Keep in mind, the always strikes last means it's in a way, extremely limited in its usage and will always get chipped.

As for what the things are, it's hard to tell, but they are larger than men, of muscular build, wrapped in chains and impaled on long finger thick spikes.

And yeah, as Mulrog said, pick one. Both you and Magor.

>>6152390
>i do have a question. what would the beast have been?
A mutated cat, grown to monstrous size, larger than a mammoth, clad in self grown bone armour.

>>6152401
Of the three, Ykthuk steps forwards the first. "Not of many chiefs, for they are preparing for warfare against you and are well guarded. Trying to pull them out, we have sacked two walled downs and two villages and have slain sixteen hundred of their warriors and their commanders and have pulled away twice that many into chains. Their dead have been piled in front of Frossborg where ravens feast upon them. When we were returning, the ravens have grown to size of sheep from feasting on the dead."

>>6152366
>the writhing figures from the tops of narrow spikes, which you release after days of crawling up the endless chains
A mystery box option. My one weakness!

>>6152366
>Did I miss anyone's quest or reply?
Was the elf considered my interim decision for this season, or was he just handing over the reward for fulfilling the conditions of the previous season's quest?

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>>6152409
"Outstanding! What numbers march behind your banner now, & of those captured, how many were mammoth tamers, shaman, & sorcerers? I shall ask the same of your fellow hetmen."

>>6152403
"Mulrog, how I envy your blessings from Khorne! Of course, I dedicate myself to no one power, so it is to be expected... Have you any trophies to decorate the bone throne you brought here seasons ago, my servants will abide them or risk their own skulls."

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>>6152469
Wrong gif Lmfao

>>6152409
HUFFUD SHALL CLIMB THE CHAINS HERSELF- and eat the ones on top, if they prove unsatisfactory

>>6152469
Trophies he had many, more skulls than he could count, weapons and pieces of armor, taken and refined into his own. But truly worthy skulls had been few and far between. Still the torn and bloody banners of the crushed Aesling Elite would do for now as well as the Skull of the Captain of The Zamak Guard, who had been a brave though foolish man, standing against them. It had been bronzed and its chain hung together with that towns banner on the other side of his own Throne.

>>6152471
in his own mind Mulrog finds the Get up fairly amusing to watch.

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>>6152765
also i finished my Shaggoth

>>6152767
Fucking siiiick, glad it's on our side!

>>6152471
Mostly posted to make the "Outstanding!" reference, but I do see qualities of Shao Kahn in High Zar Ivan.

>>6152778
if i ever recruit a warbeast of the north i would probaby flavor it as a unit of Dragon Ogers

>>6152778
also do you see the dudes on his back? i think those are supposed to be about human sized. or maybe somewhat smaller. still the scale of these things is fucking insane.

>>6152783
They’re revered as mountain gods for a reason!

>>6152783
Hwat the h*ck are those dudes anyway, corpses they use as hair ornaments? LMAO

>>6152469
>"Outstanding! What numbers march behind your banner now, & of those captured, how many were mammoth tamers, shaman, & sorcerers? I shall ask the same of your fellow hetmen."
"We all stuck together." Ykthuk says. "As for the men of import, we caught only mammoth tamers, some 30 in count. Shamans and sorcerers were not caught alive."

>>6152426
>>6152500
The climb up the chains seems to drag on for all eternity as chains extend as you move up them, always a new set of links to move up. However, after endless days, you do make your way to the tops and find the chained up creatures. Or in this case, half and quarter demons, their mouths gagged, their bodies wrapped in chains, their chests and stomachs impaled on long and narrow needles and their legs and arms bound tightly.
Bringing them down is a long process, yet by the end, the two hordes end up having about a thousand bound half demons which noone, for good reason dares free from their chains.

>>6152767
Looks nice man.

>>6152434
Rue'Vahn's force is welcomed, yet not in simple celebration, but rather in weariness. The Hung lands are, somehow, worse than usual. The game has been sparse and starved itself, the winds cold and chilly and the gods fickle. But, a experienced warlord is not the one to waste such a golden opportunity:
>rallying the hung savages into his ranks (gain 10 hung savages)
>pitting the starving against eachother until only the best remain (4 chaos warriors)
>using the weakest as bait for the starved beasts of the wilderness (2 chaos warbeasts)

>>6152944
(I take it that means that between my 3 vassals, I have 1 unit of Horse Archers?)

"The mammoth tamers I claim, to serve my own Dolgan beast-riders. Then only the knowledge of the Khazags' handlers of hoof & trunk will be unknown to me, & two of three ancient Tusks of the Steppes I will be lord over. The rest of the slaves I bid you keep for your own purposes, whether sacrifices to the Gods, gifts to warriors, your own servants, or to toil upon the prizes I shall grant you. Those taken in future raids I will demand my own price in flesh of, as I have set out in my laws. Rozyk & Kazis, were you led in battle by Ykthuk here, or did each of you accomplish something worthy of recognition?"

>>6152944
>pitting the starving against each other until only the best remain (4 chaos warriors)
As much as I want to take the 10 savages, I oog don't want to have to control that many units on the map, especially not on top of the 7 units I already have.

With those new troops, that leaves me with:
2 Warbeasts of the North (Rue & Sunset)
9 Chaos Warriors (Fuck yeah)

>>6152944
Fuck, I completely forgot a part for Magor and Huffud.
>Bringing them down is a long process, yet by the end, the two hordes end up having about a thousand bound half demons which noone, for good reason dares free from their chains.
Maybe some shamans or priests can be found to tame the hordes? At Chamon Dharek maybe?

>>6152953
Nah, between the three of them, there are 3 units of horse archers.
Rozyk and Kazis regail you with tales of their personal bravery and Ykthuk affirms their deeds. Rozyk tells of when he cut down 4 warriors by himself while Kazis tells of how he slew a 4 armed Aesling champion with but a knife, how they both rode through Aesling lines and butchered men, but in truthfulness, none of it really matters.

Alright, so, final callup, did I forget anyone before and does anyone have any unspent loot. If you do, you should spend it, this is going to (most likely) be the final confrontation.

>>6153309
"You have each availed yourselves as great warriors, avenged myself & my fellow warlords against treachery, & proven yourselves as Hetmen of blooded warbands. As you have honored me, I now honor you with my High Mark, & name each of you:
ZAR YKTHUK OF KARAG DUM
ZAR ROZYK OF ZAMAK SPAYENYA
Z'RA KAZIS OF PRAAG"
Servants bowed low before the three, offering up the High Mark to each, before the High Zar continued.
"Once these strongholds are in your possession, you shall offer up the tribute I am owed without fail, we shall bleed & spill blood together in all the battles to come, & the laws of my lands you shall abide. Beyond that, rule as you see fit. Bring forth an Aes shield each of you now, & swear the oath upon it with our mingled blood across its face."
He cut his palm open with a jutting spike from his temple-helm, letting it drip over the proferred trophies of war.

The feast resumed for some time before Ivan stood & spoke again:
"I see on the horizons of ambition & the will of the Gods, that a Great Seven Sieges stand before us:
Claiming Karag Dum
Garrisoning Zamak Spayenya
Defending Chamon Dharek
Cleansing the Sarl Lands
Devastating the Aeslings
Liberating Praag
& Pillaging Erengrad....
From ye lords & chieftains assembled here, we shall require the use of ships to carry our armies to battle, mountain reavers & wolfmen to fight upon the hills, berserkers to assail the gates of fortresses, & of course my own riders of horse & mammoth to shatter our foes upon the plains. I shall speak at length now of our shared triumphs to come."
[Going to type up some yappanese real quick about each objective, whether we continue after Chamon or not]

"The Malignant Crone gathered us, dwelled, plotted, & weaved foul sorceries at the ancient Dorfen ruins of Karag Dum. There we shall find her remaining forces, whether deluded fools who reject the Four, or marauders driven by gold. Perhaps her works continue there at the direction of lesser hags, which would mean that putting an end to them would save us a great deal of blood at Chamon Dharek. Armored warriors would serve us well to breach the fortress & claim the heads of her blasphemers. If they serve Chaos truely, perhaps we may break their illusions & recruit them to our cause. However it should transpire, Zar Ykthuk shall hold it afterward with their gathered forces, my elephantry, other Kurgan riders, & Chief Ugnis' mountain-men I would propose as well. The untold treasures there will be a boon to our further campaigns.

Zamak Spayenya, the bastion of Kislev against raids from the Troll Country... Last season, we painted the rocks with Southron blood, though others may have come to wet the stones once more. The caves beneath provide resources to the defenders, & to claim their own defenses against them will ensure they can never again fend off our pilfering bands. I shall place Zar Rozyk there to rule the great hill upon our arrival at Chamon, to be held in the future by his own, Baerson, Sarl, & should they rally to our cause, Fjellsende men as well. Thus will we ensure through alliance that the soft Southerners be the target of our future bloodletting.

The Golden Kurgan-tumulous of Chamon Dharek is of course the crux of our gathering at this time. We cannot allow it to fall no matter the cost, or the Gods will surely devour our souls for our failures. The fact that an army seeks to surrender their skulls to us at the very site is fortuitous; when else are grand sacrifices so easily prepared? Skinwolves, other hill stalkers, & Goromadny mountaineers shall be of utmost value to us here. Before the battles begin, I would seek out the remnants of the Fjellsende tribe, & align them to our cause, whether as vassals or equals.

With the Dharek held & once-more sanctified, the lands of the Sarls shall await us. Perhaps another season will be taken to revel in victory & bolster our warbands again, though I wish to march as soon as we are able. Nurglites have overrun them across the Sea of Claws, & so the strength of sorcerers & vast pyres is needed. Once dealt with, I would have their king, whether living, dead, or in a twilight of the two, brought to be sacrificed at the holy place we will have defended. His disolute nature brought the wrath of rotlings upon his tribe; he boasted that the Gods had no hold upon him, & a servant of theirs brought this to my attention. Thus I will fulfill the task charged of me by our Eternal Overlords. Thane Lini Goldmane here has led the devout of their warriors away in disgust of the weak sons the old king left, & we shall install him as the new lord of that people, the third great lord of our alliance...."

"With the borderlands of our realms secured, we may then focus upon the target of our mutual vengeance: they have raided the villages of Sarl, Fjellsende, & Baerson folk. They have betrayed the Great Hosts who march at the Gods behest. Thus we shall grant them no mercy! Honorless, toothless, & Godsless, their only value lies in their mammoth tamers, who will be made slaves to my own Dolgan elephantry. The Aes chieftains you see here were drawn from those who sought their fortunes elsewhere rather than linger amongst cowards. They shall gather those worthwhile from the tribe to fight alongside us, & in doing so, prove their worth to be placed upon that throne. The rest of the tribe will be made slaves, yet even less than that, their men violated by Loeshian devotees, their women's bellies filled with rot of Nieglenite devising, their children consumed by Beastmen, & their feeble elders made to witness. Those not marked for protection by our chieftains shall have their lamentations heard for days upon end! May Khorne find a use for the hill of skulls we shall pile at the site of our victory, a place to rest his axe whensoever he deigns to wield another! The Aes are not the only foe in their lands however, & rulership is not the only gift we shall grant our new allies. Hungolian invaders from Vinlandia have made their way to the Aesling borders, a fortuitous turn of Tchar's wings. Between the lesser kin of the Tong & our own hordes, we shall crush the Aeslings, but we will not settle for that. So too will we drive the Hungoloids back into the sea, the impurity of their blood to be washed away from the lands of True Northmen. Their skulls we will offer up to Khorne, but their bodies shall be given over to Mermedus to consume as he wishes & bless our fleets' future reavings. Thus, amongst these chieftains, a fourth great lord shall be raised & sworn to our cause.

This Pact of the North having been written in the Warp with lamentations, we may then turn again towards the profligate Kislevites. Raids from Zamak & the Goromadny Mountains shall not cease as we wage war, the stinging of wasps keeping them from mounting a thorough defense. The arms & armor picked from vast battlefields will be secreted by way of cults to the Roppsmenn of Praag. From within & without, we shall claim the city & its riches. The new Z'ra of their people, Kazis, I raise up, & his horsemen, Fimir sent to haunt the moats, & mammoth-riders from my army will forever-more maintain their freedom under my vassalage. The wealth of the city shall not abate; southern traders may come & go, & so too will our own marauders, but as a city of Free Roppsmenn the Southlings will not find cause for Crusades of Hammer & Ice, only despair at their losses..."

"The final act I would swear us to, the last of my goals until Tchar's whims are whispered to me again, is the sacking of the Grand Port of Erengrad. Ungol & Gospodar riders from that city thwarted me before, & so I shall fulfill my oath to visit my wrath upon them. Untold treasures await us from their harbor. By raizing the city, Kislev, the Reik, & beyond shall know fear & hopelessness. To capture the entirety of what they have to offer us, the sea-wolves of your tribes shall need to coordinate when the time comes, preventing the flight of their gilded wretches.

Join me in this Pact of the North; pledge your ships, berserkers, skin-wolves, & blood-knights to reave with my horse-marauders, war-mammoths, dragon-elves, & bog-warriors. The Realms of the Wheatlands, Goromadny, Baersons, Fjellsende, Sarls, & Aes shall be aligned until our descendants age to bring ruin to the 'Old World!' What say you all?"

Ivan unsheathed his greatsword over the longtable, running his hand upon the edge, letting his blood drip into a brass bowl, onlookers staring as some was leeched into the black blade itself. He passed the vessel wordlessly to the next chieftain in turn & awaited their own oath...

[WARLORDS feel free to arrive/chime in/suggest a change in course/etc.]

>>6153309
…eating the half-daemons is a horrible idea, right?

>>6153391
Probably a good way to get posessed or torn apart from the inside by vengeful furies

>>6153309
Hmmmm.
Would it work to try and sire quarter demons?

>>6153621
if you can sort the Slaaneshi and Tzeentchian ones from the Nurglite and Khornate ones maybe

though unlikely. demons might feed on souls but can not be born that easily

>>6153626
These "Half demons" had to come from somewhere no? But good point

>>6153626
I know I dropped an essay, but what do you think about taking Karag Dum before we march on the Dharek?

>>6153756
that its probably not the best idea. if the crone had servants there they will be entrenched in dwarfen architecture and heavy to dislodge. i would like to frist crush the invasion force before narratively going on a clean up mission.

i am pretty busy so it will take a bit to respond to that thing you dropped up there.

>>6153391
You could try it, but you are repulsed by every fiber of your being. The first one Huffud approaches to give a sniff is a hawk headed muscular human with clawed hands and feet angrily wriggling in his chains. The sniff sends you gagging.

>>6153621
You could. But in the best case scenario, you don't think demon pregnancies are that short.

I'll wait for one more day to give you some time to RP, before posting the deployment map and the lore blurb.

>>6153866
Is attacking Karag Dum first an option, & do the assembled marauders swear oaths of alliance (thereby providing a few more troops)?

I'm thinking the Baersons should have the usual troops + the real prize of Wolfgangrs, the Goromadny streltsi & maybe some infantry with hill-fighting bonuses, & then amongst the unnamed multitudes hopefully so cultists I can use to infiltrate Praag & Erengrad (reduce their settlement defense bonus).

>>6153875
>Is attacking Karag Dum first an option
If you want, however, Mulrog does put a good point of dwarven fortifications which might drain your forces significantly before the invasion force arrives. And trust me, you'll need all the forces for the defense against the invasion force.
>& do the assembled marauders swear oaths of alliance
You can get 3 more horse archers and a unit of strelsy.

>>6153887
Dope, well in that case I'll writeup a conclusion.

>>6153309
With Rozyk regaling the Zar with his exploits Mulrog had to hold back laugter but still smiled under his helmet. A smile that snuck into his voice with a predatory snarl as he finally spoke up.

"So the boy has become a warrior. Continue this path and i might one day call you by the name your mother gave you." He spoke before listening to the speach Ivan had prepared.

>>6153341
Making his opinion about attacking Karag Dum clear he had little problem with having the Aeslings be part of the defenses against the coming invasion. Their lands would be ravaged either way so better to stand with the true gods insted of these invading pretenders.

As for anything coming afterwards. "We shall see if we will still draw breath by the end of this season. Securing, rivers and the sea shall be a difficult undertaking against the hosts that will surely seek to kill us and bleed them to their false idols. And those witches. Their skulls shall be cracked open, their souls offered to Tchar and Khorne. Without them their invasion will fail, their followers scatter"

"The blood-oaths have been sworn, the feast & spirits imbibed, our course set in stone. Now, in the sight of the Gods, let us make our offerings, & then be off to march upon our foes. I shall preside, but the honoring of each is as always a matter of your own choice. Bring forth the sacrifices to the Crag!"

The High Zar led the procession of drunken guests to the battlements overlooking the moat, as his servants carried bound & gagged captives kicking, crying, pleading, & screaming, prodded onto the stones above the murky waters. A fasces of javelins was leaned against a crenellation at Ivan's side, & he began his sermon to the Dark Gods:

"To The Four, Mightiest of the Gods!"
Nearly all present hailed their patrons before the Mountain King continued.

"To Khorne, Taker of Skulls, Forger of Mighty Legends, Lord over Brass & Bone, who's strength we strive to embody with our unbridled rage & the thrill of spilling the blood of worthy beasts, great rivals, sworn enemies..."
A javelin was thrown down at the feet of a burly slave from the Reik, hands unbound, allowing him to heft it himself & attempt a return to caster. The slave however, was weakened, the throw sluggish, & the Dolgan Lord batted it aside with another as it neared him. Then the next spear took the condemned through the heart, driving him into the water where a crimson splotch bloomed briefly above the surface.

"To Tchar, Granter of Genius, Inspirer of Intuition, who's cunning we emulate on the path to victories, Muse of Great Powers & Artifice, who warns of treachery by way of their own nature..."
A gibbering, mad sorcerer was next; unable to weave magics in his bindings, he could do nothing to stop the pilum hurled into his brains.

"To Loesh, the Insatiable One, Whore-Favorer, Sweller of Bellies, who's virility leads us to claim our prizes without care for pain, Provider of Mercies for those we enslave..."
A fetching yet desolate slave girl cried out as the point took her at the navel, a sacrifice of barrenness offered up.

"To Nieglin, Corpse-Bloater, Blood-Blackener, Lord of Plague Winds, who's promised rot hastens our pursuit of glory, blessing us with hardships that test the fortitude of men, consuming the weak..."
Fat & old was the chosen sacrifice here, a portrait of slow decay. The edge cut expertly across his bowels, spilling them across the rocks to the delight of a flock of waiting crows.

"To The Eight, Lords Residing in Shadow!"
Fewer took up the call then, veteran riders of the Zar's own band & cult adepts well versed in the occluded mysteries of Chaos.

"To Be'lakor, Herald of the Everchosen, Dark Lord who treads upon Mallus, he who guides the greatest warriors to become the Most High Zars, may he choose one of our own number..."
A raving lunatic was brought forth, shouting that in his mouth he bore the tooth of the Most High Zar Asavar Kul, that it whispered to him, claims that every shaman & sorcerer of the realm had found no veracity in. That very tooth, & the jaw it was placed in, flew forth into the moat at the head of an oaken shaft.

"To Krom, Judge of Shades, Bellower atop the Peaks, who's scorn does not allow cowardice to go unpunished, ruler of pitiless mountains such as these..."
Of the raids of past seasons, a Kurgan rider found to have fled was dragged out, silent, eyes distant & downcast, the shame of meekness & dishonorable flight written upon his face. The spear took both his legs at once, leaving him to writh in misery, unable to ever flee again.

"To Malal, who is Malice, who is Malign, keeping the Four from self-defeat, Turner of Blades, Unweaver of Spells..."
A scrawny & especially twitchy man stood next as Ivan readied another throw, off-arm forward, then feinted letting loose the missile with all his might, the target leaping out of the way & slipping into the waters all on his own. Raucous laughter arose from the assembled onlookers before another was selected.

"To The Unknown God of the Realms of Chaos, whom we honor until we are worthy of their name..."
A faceless, earless, eyeless wretch in rags, unidentifiable as man, woman, or loeshidite, was the next victim. The Dragon-Prince by Conquest prepared to cast again, but then looked away, letting fate guide the projectile absent of his focused aim. It struck the unknown mutant, cripple, or homonculus at random, shattering a hipbone with a spray of gore. The wailing screetch it gave forth was unbearable. Shouting to be heard over the screams, the High Zar continued...

"To The Thirteen & One, Most Glorious of Ancestors!" At this, a great many Dolgan amongst other Kurgan marauders took up the cry.

"To The Revered Dolgan, First Man to Tame the Steed, whom all horsemen owe their livelihoods..."
A horse-headed man-beast stepped forth upon two hooved legs & savagely stomped upon the prior scapegoat's skull to silence it. Impressed by the display, Ivan watched impassively as it struggled laboriously to swim away, fading into the misty horizon. Whether or not a prowling guard-Fimir ate it was now in the hands of the Furies.

"To The Great Kurgan, First Blessed of Chaos, who showed us their Great Power & Terrible Natures..."
A stunted abomination more-rolled-than-walked onto the blood-soaked boulder. All the disparate features of a chaos spawn, confined to a shrunken body with no limbs capable of rending flesh. The first spearhead went through nearly to the very end of the haft, sticking out what might have been the back of the creature. Another caught in the small, protruding, mollusc-like foot of the thing & penned it to the stone. A third shorn a scattering of eyes from the shoulder-like curves atop the blob. A fourth simply sunk into twisted flesh & the beast writhed no longer.

"To Kullnan, the Mightiest of Warrior-Kings, Wandering Barbarian of the Lost Khymeryans..."
A snakeheaded man stood for but a moment before it no longer had a head to distinguish itself, the neck-stump sputtering as it fell.

"To Mal Axe-Ender, the Greatest of Conquerors, King of the Horizon from the shores of Tilea to the jungles of Ind..."
Swarthier than any before, the captive may have very well been from Ind, the Veigs, Araby, or simply a hairy mutant. The javelin pierced through its ear into its head.

"To Grand Tsar Ungern, Bane of the Khanzarians, who's Imperious Gaze saw through all lies of the treacherous Tong & Hung beneath him..."
Arguably the most foul creature yet was marched forth, green-tinted skin, boots with curving toes, & the eyes of serpents set sideways into the face. Perhaps half Hobgob with the blood of an Ungol, Tong, or Hungolid. In an expert display, the Zar granted the swift mercy of ending the mongrel's existence with not the tip of the spear, but the sturdy haft. It sailed just over the shoulder, impacting the angled face of a jutting stone & breaking off, the stick cracking open the Half-Khanzar's cranium as it flew.

"To Most High Zar Asavar Kul, Twelfth Everchosen, Scourge of Kislev, may he Ascend to Daemon Princedom in the World Beyond Death..."
A wandering flagellant monk of the Empire walked forward of his own volition. He began to address his executioners as he stood there, meek yet self-righteous. Until a steel-gar quickly took his tongue.

"To My Own Horde!"
Mailled fists were raised, blades hefted skyward, & cheers resounded.

"To Myself, High Zar Ivan of the Wheatlands, King of Ivanoslav, Dragon Prince of the Melniboneans; to my Conquests of Aeslings, Kislev, & beyond..."
Among his servants, one was suddenly seized, a mock crown with teeth placed atop their head... The mutterings of innocence, of loyalty, of their betrayal being falsehood & rumor, their ambitions humble, were ended swiftly enough with a shaft of iron & oak through the sternum, silent gasping & gurgling replacing them.

"To my Black Blade, Stormbringer, Hungry for Blood & Souls!"
A Kislevite bed-warmer, one of many women taken in past raids, was dragged up the steps. Ivan ripped the gag from her mouth & without hesitation or ceasing she spoke of how the Chekists demanded information of her, of how they held her family hostage, of how she was only disloyal due to coercion, but the babbling was cut short as the Black Blade pierced flesh & bone, followed by the direwolf-fur lined boot defenestrating her off of the castle walls.

"To my Fallen Warriors, May they Ride the Plains beyond Death in Glory, Forever!"
The final sacrifice, a Gospodar streltsy still wearing his empty brace-of-pistols, stood as helpless as a marauder without a horse. To his credit, he did not cry out as each of his limbs was struck with javelins, not until the last to be cast went into his gut & blood coated his kossar moustache.

Turning to those gathered once more, he beckoned to a servant with a rook perched upon their sleeve, & whispered back & forth briefly. Then he dismissed them & spoke:

"My scouts have seen movements among the heretic hosts. Karag Dum must wait; we will begin our march on Chamon Dharek in a mere day's time! King Sjur, prepare your ships to sail us towards this great war of Northern honor!"

To his attendants, High Zar Ivan left parting commands:
-To raise mammoths in ever greater numbers for the campaigns ahead; nourished with wheat soaked in the blood of corpse-strewn battlefields, there need be no fear of their pups despoiling the bounty of the land.
-To have the Daemon-Smith Grazhoak lavished with servant-slaves, wines & wodkas, fine foods, & rare catalysts such as can be sourced, so long as he deigns to stay; upon his leaving to exchange learned slaves with him so that messages may be passed.
-To allow the free passage of Roppsmenn riders, Baersonling bondsmen, plus Goromadny streltsi, as well as to assist with slave labor in the building of a settlement for said Roppsmenn.
-To free any Roppsmenn, Baersons, Goromadny Tribesmen, Sarls, Fjellsende, or other Kyazaks found to be enslaved so long as they either serve the Four with sincerity or join the freeriders of the Z'ra, but swear blood-oaths of fealty to the High Zar in either case.
-To hand-over & sacrifice new captives from Kislev to the Melniboneans & their Venerated Aspect of Loesh, whatever it may be, so that the Elf-Men might grow their numbers.

As the horde began to sail, ride, & march for war, it numbered thus:
-Goromadny Streltsy x1
-Sarl Bondsmen x2
-Sarl Berserkers x2
-Horse Archers x6 (Ykthuk, Rozyk, & Kazis; Misc Kyazak, Dolgan, & Kurgan)
-Sarl Huscarls x1
-Fimir x2
-Melniboneans x3
-Chaos Knights +2D x1 (Zar Ivan wields Stormbringer)
-War Mammoths x2
-Daemon Powered Automata x1

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It is time for the hosts of chaos, the slaves of darkness, the servants of the four to march southwards, lead by their great champions and warriors, in a, for once, not a conquest, but a defense of a site many hold sacred, for the sake of imprisoning a creature they had, until last year, sought to free. Shamans rave in half lunacy, warriors bravely march and ride into battle and great songs are sung as powerful drums are beat and mighty horns blown. It seems it is time for a great clash of warriors against a mighty foe which will draw many great warriors into a great slaughter.
Mighty and countless columns of warriors will draw for many miles as they head off south and west.

I am introducing a new rule, your character is now required to be assigned to a unit, giving said unit +1D and +1 attack. If said unit is killed, you will be given a diceroll, depending on the situation, to save yourself through a short and narrative fight. If you die, your forces might scatter or might be given a opportunity to be rallied by other players, depending on the distance. In case other bonuses are already applied to units, these ones stack.

Once you die, it's ogre.

As for the invasion itself, it is assumed, not without reason, that the main force will come from Karag Dum, and therefore through Belyevobota pass and the Goromadny mountains at the Baersonling lands, but one is not to discount additional attacks either from the Kislevite lands, the sea or the Sarl or even Aesling territories.

>>6154330
Does that mean the Wheatlands & Karag Dum are deployment options, or do I not need to worry about defense?

>>6154329
+1D & +1 Attack
Do you mean damage & initiative?

>>6154394
Damage and one more attack. Instead of hitting once, they can hit twice.

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Before we start deploying, we should come up with some plans.
This is probably our hardest battle, so we can't just wing it like usual.
Not only are we on the defensive, but we've seen how the enemy is willing to just ignore our troops and go around them to get to their goal like they did with Magor.

With that in mind, I'd suggest that we focus most of our forces on creating a tight perimeter around the region where Chamon Dharek is located. I outlined this in red. From there, the extra units we have left over can either be kept closer inside as a second layer, or be placed further out in advantageous locations which I've drawn in orange. Cavalry can be placed in spots that let them maneuver around while still having the initiative advantage, which has been marked in magenta/pink.

Some of these outer spots would be best for units that are intended to be sacrificed, such as the Bloodletters of Khorne, or the high HP units.
I would also recommend that we keep a strong detachment of units surrounding Chamon Dharek at all times so that the enemy can't try anything sneaky by sailing right up to the coast.
If anything, it might be best if said detachment is entirely comprised of our Warlord unit. As powerful as the extra attack per turn is, I think it's more valuable to not risk jeopardizing the entire rest of our forces. At least, not until we've started taking heavy losses on the front lines.


Anyways, that's just my idea. What do you guys think?

>>6154435
No one else would strike at Karag Dum en masse? We can end them in one swift battle.

>>6154435
It feels like there should be some bonus (or some malus if you do not) to keeping your Warlord unit amidst the rest of your armies. Lanu hasn't mentioned one, but it certainly feels a bit off just to keep the Warlords all together rather then leading mostly their own forces.

The Orange sites with the woodlands seem like they'd be good spots for the Beastlords.

Would it be worth putting our faster elements further to the east, and fighting a fighting retreat westward across the plains and rivers to allow us to deplete and stagger their arrivals, rather then facing a single unified death-wave march?

>>6154329
All the villages with chaos marks are allied, yes?

>>6154465
Destroyed. The Baersons & Sarls are allied to us.

>>6154329
Actually, question for Lanu. First, is the southern border undeployable because the enemy will actually attack from that direction, or is it just because the Kislevites will attack us if we go any further?
Secondly, are we able to make fortifications like we did with Ivanoslav? Things such as digging moats or building walled encampments?

>>6154463
>Would it be worth putting our faster elements further to the east, and fighting a fighting retreat westward...
Not a bad idea, but I think we should only try that if we have a surplus of troops to protect the main area. It might be too risky if we don't have enough to properly guard Chamon Dharek.
As for the warlords, my suggestions are only going off of what we currently know. If other stuff gets revealed, then that changes things. For example, once we see where the enemy is primarily attacking from, we could reorient our personal unit towards where the bulk of their forces will attack from.

>>6154460
I don't want to risk it. What if it ends up being like Hell Pit and it's actually a larger area than we expected?

A proposal for Karag Dum:
>Rue'Vahn's Chaos Warriors & Manticores
>Magor's Minotaurs
>Huffud's Minotaurs
>Mulrog's Chaos Warriors
>My Daemon Automata & Melniboneans
>Whatever other Super-Units can be thrown into the mix

The cavalry, light infantry, my elephantry, etc. we send to Chamon Dharek. We can wipe out the hag forces & plunder the vast riches of the place. At the very least, we'll stem the tide that reaches Chamon & secure some loot to buy Skinwolves on the way there.

Rolled 97 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

Rolling to dream-scout the Tier 3 White Settlement to the North before I leave the comfort of Castle Ivanoslav.

>>6154435
My cavalery 2ill be ill suited to fighting in the Hills of Chamon Dahrek. So i would lead some outrider forces while sending Bloodletters and some bearserker forced to the frontline. Keeping some Chaos Warriors, Skinwolves and Bearsekers in reseve around the mound.

>>6154474
A proper Dwarfen Katak would be just as hellish if not more so than Hellpit. And unless she has been occupying it for centuries its very likely there are still dwarfs fortified in its depths

>>6154465
Sacked, like Ivan mentioned.
>>6154474
>Actually, question for Lanu. First, is the southern border undeployable because the enemy will actually attack from that direction, or is it just because the Kislevites will attack us if we go any further?
Kislevites would attack you.
>Secondly, are we able to make fortifications like we did with Ivanoslav? Things such as digging moats or building walled encampments?
Good idea, I'll let anyone build fortifications (1 fortification per 3 units in army, rounded up), they can be built anywhere where you can deploy units and they'll function identically to tier 1 settlements.

Reviewing the situation, will post thoughts and turns soon.

>>6153866
If there is a priest, a shaman, or some other being Magor can consult upon to do something with the half demons, be that sacrifice them, consume them, or elsewise, Magor seeks them out!

>>6154435
While my Ungors fight best in woodlands, there isn't much of it there to exploit.

We pair well with other strong forces who can pin the enemy down and allow us to flank, or cavalry that can handle the enemy's cavalry.

I want to know more about my fellow Chaos Lords deployment a bit before deploying my ungors, but I will deploy all the same (working a night shfit I'll keep up with the thread)

Well, if no one is willing to strike at their fortress, my suggestions are as follows:

Beastmen post up in the two forests nearby & dig fortifications there (Stealth + Defense)

Infantry on the hills surrounding the Dharek, at the Apponian Ruins, at Zamak Spayenya, & along the rivers to bog down the enemy as they approach.

Cavalry in an arc from North to East to South around the site.

Personally I'll send a small force to scout the Sarl & Fjellsende lands if feasible.

>>6154744
>Good idea, I'll let anyone build fortifications...
Awesome!
This is gonna be really cool, thank you.
Suddenly a lot more positions and choke points become viable

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Okay, now that we know the enemy (probably) won't be attacking from the south, that gives us a much better idea of where they will actually be coming from.
I have drawn in red arrows where it seems they will be deploying. Knowing that, it seems like there will be two main fronts. One to the western coast, and one from the eastern north.
If we deploy units out there to face them head on, then I have outlined in orange the area where I'd suggest people place your units + fortifications.

If they outnumber us, then we want to fight their units one at a time rather than let them swarm/surround our troops.

I also placed a little orange band down below since we probably won't need as many troops left to guard now that we can place a few fortifications.

>>6154329
Oh, one more question.
If Sunset dies, I plan on having Rue'Vahn commit suicide. I've had that personal rule ever since the first raid, but thankfully I've managed to keep her all the way. So I'd like to ask if both Rue'Vahns unit and Sunset can count as my Warlord unit since I intend to for the death of either of them to have the same game-over consequence for me.

>>6155033
Perhaps now is a suitable time for Rue'/Sunset to ascend to demonhood together as a single merged being in love with itself?

>>6155039
Rue'Vahn and Sunset's reaction:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM3uXu1Dq4c

Slannesh's reaction:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3R2_gqJNNg

>>6154560
In a stone cavern, sits, atop a crude throne, a troll, a crown mounted atop one of his tusks.

>>6154981
You will be bale to consult the priests after deploying your troops.

>>6155033
Sure, but you can have them both be a same unit, just persuming Rue'Vahn's mounted on Sunset.

>>6155192
>Sure, but you can have them both be a same unit, just persuming Rue'Vahn's mounted on Sunset.
Oh shit, you're right.
I was wondering how else to explain the two war beasts, but I forgot about that weird bird thing that I "tamed" in the Aesling lands. Okay, narratively I guess we can just say that like the veterans, the monster merely retreated after Ostrosk rather than died, and has since rejoined with the army.
Although instead of mounted, I can flavor it that they're just fighting side by side while he's in his Kadon form via the ring, right?

>>6155230
Of course.

>>6155231
Can the Warlords still switch between their own nearby units outside of combat, or are we locked into one at the beginning?

>>6155247
You are locked into one.

>>6155033
i would suggest keeping the bloodletters in proximity but not net to units we expect to get attacked early so we can bleed the enemy and then murder some of their more elite units.

I would volunteer a couple of my Bearserkers(3) and Thralls(3) as cannon fodder

Skinwolveskept in reserve near Chamon Dahrek and Chaos Warriors kept close to the coast where they can get in their Longboats and quickly redeploy if necessary.

and build up some fortifications near the northern front where i also intend to deploy my Knights with Mulrog as their Leader.

No one saw that

Would it be a bad idea to pt all my army at Chamon Darek to fortify it?

It’s not very beastman-like, but… well, this final raiding season will be a speed test and my army is slower than death

>>6155386
There's some forest right next to Chamon Darek that your Elite Minotaurs would probably be the perfect troops to fortify with.

>>6155392
Speaking of, where *is* Chamon Darek? I can’t find it on the map

>>6155442
it is the brown tier 4 settlement on the left side of the map in the middle of the hills. i am willing to help you fortify your positions using some of my manpower.

Whoboy here comes the hard part
Deploying so many units. . .

Solid insights, who wants to guard the Dharek itself? My automatons are the highest HP unit in the game, but I'd rather place them nearby where they can still engage.

Also, how many total units do we have altogether? We can potential wall off the whole area. I have 21.

>>6155539
I have 6, plus whatever the half-daemons are

Lanu, can we build fortifications within forest tiles & atop hills?

The points Rue'Vahn identified could be locked down with a few garrison points, then we could just send cavalry if the foe rides from the South or lands to the West. I'll handle the Sarls with my cav. Anyway, between Huffud & myself, that's 9 or more fortification points already.

Just to clatify for everyone, the two pink tier 3 settlements surrounded by rivers are Fimir who are allied to me, the dark red & brick colored settlements in the Northeast are the allied Baersons & their wolfman villages, & the dark blue-grey to the Northwest are the Sarls who are split at the moment between my allied NPCs, Nurglings, & loyalists to their former king & his sons. We could possibly convince the Nurglings to attack the invaders, but it would be a risky endeavor. I'll handle the Sarls as a whole though.