Page 1 of 3 The air was dim, the night was dark with no moon, Lord Sir Ikim Mc Esmy was about to discuss, with his generals, the next moves against the Vampire Counts army’s camp, a couple of miles just out of the border, when a boy came running in the tent. He was sweaty, his hart was pounding, and, with his eyes out of his head, said “t-they...are approaching”, and nearly fainted. Henry VonGreenwich, on of the most talented general of McEsmy’s army, grabbed the kid before he could fall on the ground. “Who is approaching?”, asked Lord Ikim “I saw them from far away”, continued the bay, rather stressed and tired, “they are many... I saw the banner... the banner of SCARION”, then collapsed. The boy was brought to the infirmary, where he could get first aid and, most important, some rest. “The whole plan will have to change, the boy said SCARION’s army is a big one; though we are few. What can we do...”. He was about to finish the phrase, when the sentinel of the camp blew the horn, in sign of danger. Another squire came running in. “Makhrud...Makhrud is here”.
A big black bat bursting in. ...PUFF..., the bat turned into a Makhrud, the vampire lord. His pale skin was even brighter in the dark tent. Marcus De La Tor, one of the Paladins of Lord Ikim, swung the sword, and pointed it toward the creature. Sir Makhrud, impassable, said “Calm down. I come in peace, for now. I believe you have heard: SCARION is here. My people say they are too many for us only, but if, for once, we ally, we might make it”. “Why should we fight with you; we hate each other as much as we hate SCARION’s amry. How can I trust you?”. “You’ll have to, my word has been given, and you cannot fight alone”. “THEY ARE NEAR!!”, yelled a squire, who was in the watchtower, in the border of the camp. “All right then, I am sure I will regret this, but I have no choice. Lets go”. The two lords gathered all their men (and skeletons), and went to meet SCARION’s Chaos army. The field was full of hills and mountains, with a long river that divided the land in two halves. The Bretonnians (1080 pts army) divided into two formations: one in the far left and one in the far right, leaving the center to the Vampire Counts. The left side was taken by a lance of 6 knights errant and 5 mounted squires; the right side was taken by 8 knights of the realm, led by Lord Ikim Mc Esmy, and with Lady Magdalane (2nd lvl, mage), by 5 knights of the Order of the Phoenix (Grail knights), led by Marcus DeBoar (BSB), and 5 mounted squires. The center of the field was the Vampires’, who were 1 units of skeletons (20), one of which led by a Vampire Hero, 20 Grave Guards 5 wolves, 1 Black Coach, and Sir Makhrud alone (1st lvl mage). On the opposite side of the field, stood the Chaos army, led by SCARION, who was flying high on the field on a disk (4th lvl mage), and was watching the enemy from the top. From left to right of the field (from the Bretonnians point of view), there were (aprox): 5 chosen knights, led by a Chaos exalted champion, in front of them stood 6 marauder horsemen; 12 chosen warriors, with a Chaos hero; 15 marauders; 5 screamers of slaanesh; 5 chosen knights; 8 warhounds; 1 chariot.
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