Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20160205120927/@comment-24510587-20160222000623

~1st of Last Seed

The Golden Company had no resources left to build a proper gate, so the siege engineers removed the actual ram from the battering ram, leaving a portable roof that could protect the soldiers from archer and ballista fire. The trebuchet was once again readied for operation. The final offensive was about to begin.

About thirty men fit under the roof. As the vehicle started moving, the trebuchet launched its deadly cargo at the makeshift gate, knocking it to shambles. Each time the ram ran into a spike, two or three men would hastily step away from the roof, pull the spike out of the ground, and the vehice would resume.

In truth, this was not the main offensive. This was simply a distraction for a much larger threat; a hundred men had circled the fort carrying ladders. When the ram neared the gate, they would scale the wall and attack the Company, which was severely weakened by sickness and starvation, from behind.