[HQ Ignorance] Re : Scene 53: The Longest Night, The Battle of Seguarane Forest

[Nic Hughes]

Loran wrote:
> I agree with the global vision of Aalmon but I need more time to write a nice story than I have this evening.
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> I was wondering if I can use fire myself... undeads don't like it so much in general.
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> Lev,
> Could we trap the area in front of the city making it more useable for mounted knights with charges that will push newcomers into great pre-prepared fires (after all Theoblanc doesn't know that the city is so fully against him, he comes perhaps to break the siege) ?
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>   

My guess is that we should use the uncertainty against him for as long 
as possible and then use the defences until late afternoon. Once the sun 
starts getting low its time to sally out and offer battle - from the 
West so the Telmori can do their thing. I'm not sure how you would 
prepare for that other than my next comment below.

> If some elves (or city loggers) can move some trees, we can prepare nice charging lanes in the forest. The wood are prepared as barricades, and if possible the wizards put fire to the barricade. Then knights retreat to the city and defend it to their last breath...
> Makable, Lev ?
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>   

Any chance of making a finding/clearing about 100-200 meters wide. Just 
wide enough for our main force but too narrow for the numerically 
superior opponents to overlap the flanks. (Look up the battle of Watling 
Street if you want to know how influential some trees can be on  a 
battle). If the trees on either side have Aldryami in then dismounted 
knights could hold out for a long time even against those numbers.

> If somewhere someone could break the chain of command between Theoblanc and lesser undeads than a big part of the army if out of order. 
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>   

Aalmon's main tactic will be along those lines, either to force 
Throblanc to repeatedly regroup or to make him leave some of his 
throwaway forces behind milling around uselessly. By late afternoon I 
suspect the skirmishers will be tired, dispersed and pretty much done as 
a military force but I'm hoping to have the archers take out a decent 
number of those commanding the lesser undead so as to render them a lot 
less usable.

> I thinking also on a way to have action on mercenaries' morale, I'm not sure they love to fight while living then while dead... even if paid.
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I think that is Azhur's job. How much money is in the city treasury, 
does anyone know? Bribing mercenaries was a standard part of medieval 
warfare, although that might be hard if they have Theoblanc's elites 
right behind them at the time.

Nic



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