GURPS Fantasy Warriors Session 10: Solidoak and Ulrich, Mielikki and Dietrich

Characters:

Granmarg The Striking Vanguard, The Boulderstruck, Member of the Earthling Triumvirate
Pomegranite The Treefallen, The Spymaster

Mielikki The Field Marshal, Member of the Earthling Triumvirate

Thicket The Grandmaster Terramorpher, Member of the Earthling Triumvirate

The Battle Rages On

Solidoak bashed Ulrich with one of his massive greatshields, but the old man proved surprisingly agile and rolled with the impact, then thrust the other shield into the neck of one of Ulrich's men who'd fallen down.  In response, Ulrich unfurled a scroll of beguiling patterns; Solidoak closed his eyes, but Papaver felt excruciating pain behind his eyes as they tried to follow the impossible spirals.  Thicket stepped in and a stone spike shot up from the ground, impaling the woman with the bow-harp, and she ran back to the rear lines to tend to her injury.

 

He did it again, this time aiming the spike at Ulrich, catching him in the side, and the blood loss swiftly left him unconscious.  Solidoak and the halberdier continued to duel, both making a series of wild swings with no regard for defence and bloodying the other.  The woman with the bow ran in to fend off Papaver, then grabbed Ulrich and ran off as the Imperials launched a retreat.  Though Ulrich was badly wounded in personal combat, Thicket had also been injured, and the earthling troops went on to lose the confrontation, giving ground and retreating.

 

As the remnants of Granmarg's and Pomegranite's troops regrouped, they discovered that their commanders had been captured, along with Sigillaria, one of Pomegranite's lieutenants.  Swiftbreeze was again given command of Granmarg's formation, while Drirtollor returned replacing Pomegranite, and immediately destroyed the remnants of Tharivol's formation with spellfire from the College's remaining mages.

GURPS Fantasy Warriors Session 9: Personal Combat

Characters:

Granmarg The Striking Vanguard, The Boulderstruck, Member of the Earthling Triumvirate
Pomegranite The Treefallen, The Spymaster

Mielikki The Field Marshal, Member of the Earthling Triumvirate

Thicket The Grandmaster Terramorpher, Member of the Earthling Triumvirate

 

The Mysterious Elf Unveiled

In the western pass, the College Magisters under Thicket's command unleashed a storm of fire and lightning that tore through one of the Imperial formations, rending it asunder.  As the smoke cleared, Ulrich's troops moved into the gap, and the Magisters let loose another wave of spells, killing hundreds.  In the eastern pass, Dietrich ordered a retreat to protect their camp, while the mysterious blindfolded elf advanced a small force to take his place, then charged full-out uphill and into Pomegranite's far more numerous troops.

 

Just shy of engaging, the elf's troops halted, then he stepped forward and shouted out a greeting.  He said he was named Tharivol, and asked who he faced in battle.  Pomegranite gave his name, and asked why he'd not heard his name.  Tharivol replied that his kin were ashamed of him, and that he would earn renown in the wider world here, with Pomegranite's blood.  With that, he drew his blade, and strode forward, followed by his retinue.  Pomegranite, meanwhile, hung back while sending in his own advisors, and attempted to entrap one of Tharivol's men in an illusion of an endless maze, which sent him stumbling.

 

At first they clashed, until Tharivol sheathed his sword and then redrew it, the motion too fast to see.  Though it took them a moment to realize what had happened, the elf had somehow managed to strike Drirtollor, Sigillaria, and Berry.  Pomegranite attempted to use his magic to befuddle one of Tharivol's henchmen, a human carrying a giant shuriken, but he was hardly a Battle Magister, and the other man's will proved too strong.  Though they took up a defensive posture and attempted to stall, Drirtollor and Sigillaria were cut down by Tharivol, who then advanced on Pomegranite himself.