The first siege of Eshomaud:
11th of Obsidian, 415
The undead host breaks across the ridge.All industry is frantically shut down. Dwarves scatter to their posts, ready to defend Silentthunders. The stoneworkers and soldiers caught outside would have to fight their way to the brass gate, lest the plan fall to ruins.
The call to arms is called, and all 101 military Dwarves prepare to fight the already massing host of undead.
12th of Obsidian, 415
A recruit and stoneworker, R. Dobar Etulbomrek 4th Wave, a Dwarf caught on the north side of Silentthunders - the furthest way away from the brass gate is stranded and isolated from the rest of the fort.
Defying all orders, the legendary soldier Z. Urist Uvash Thunen Osthinlitast First Wave turned away from the brass gate to aid R. Dobar.
They held the North passage for half of the day back to back, before Uvash ran out of bolts - and they were split up when a new horde of Elves appeared. Uvash returned to restock his bolt supply and rejoin his comrades in the pleated stakes, to prepare for the oncoming battle. R. Dobar however was cut off and has been fighting his way through the ditch.
As of now, R. Dobar has shot and killed 7 Elf corpses, and after running out of ammo, crushed 3 to death with his crossbow. If he makes it back, R. Dobar will lead the marksdwarf reserves.
During the later half of the 12th of Obsidian, the first Necromancer has shown himself. One Dwarf necromancer called Asmel. The undead horde increases in number, but the efforts of Dwarves like Dobar has decreased their horde size to below that which they started with. What's more worrisome is that there is definitely an ambushing necromancer somewhere.
Meanwhile the arrival of the necromancer
(with Elf reinforcements), on the neutral side has made it so that sending the division of Dwarves, even while led by the Sacrificial constructs and the marksdwarf support, would most likely be met with ultimate failure, what with the elves getting back up quicker than the spidery forest host.
And with the unanticipated cleansing of the undead in the East, the Pleated Stakes, the Sacrificial Constructs, the Blockaded Spines, the Mountainous intensity, the Vigorous clasps and the Earthen rights will begin the assault on the Elves arriving from the spidery forest.
That's 3 marksdwarves, 3 hammerdwarves, 3 axedwarves, 3 speardwarves, 3 swordsdwarves, 3 elite marksdwarves and one mayor. The best skilled, and the best armed.
And you know what? Why not the Gates of Kindling. That's 3 more Dwarves, were-civets no less, armed with daggers and morningstars. I immediately locked them away, but somehow they made it outside regardless. And then it began snowing blood.
I'd say that's a sign from the RNG if I've ever seen one. What convinced me the most?
W.C. 002-01 Asmel. And guess what's the name of the invading necromancer?
There can only be one.
They're not that skilled, but they're vicious, and have naturally high stats from being shot in the head by my Dwarves so many times.
Not to mention all of them are at least proficient fighters and wrestlers. It seems skills used in animal form carries onto Dwarf form.
The Wasps of stinging will then take roost in the Western gatehouse tower with the Banners of Ringing firing from the main structure, 6 marksdwarves in total, whilst the Mines of Proliferation will hold the South gatehouse for as long as possible (the one shown in the image), with the main focus being to snipe the necromancer.
The rest of the marksdwarves will form up in the HQ, the central hive, the barracks or one of the towers along the wall to help with the main advance. And all of the other Dwarves will form up in the courtyard, and prepare to either fall back if the main advance is completely destroyed, flank and clear the Eastern hosts from the back exit, or support the main advance with reinforcements if the need is strong. They will also serve as guards to ensure no ambushing necromancer causes a repeat of the raven bomb disaster. Or rather, let's just say Silentthunder's raven stockpile should have to be renamed to the elf stockpile after this. And I'm not sure an elf bomb disaster with much more corpses involved would be any better. Or worse.
The siege continues.
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