Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20160322224717/@comment-24510587-20160511141758

~22nd of First Seed

The bandits scrambled to mount a counter-offensive, sending shield-wielding men up to the ramparts. However, the Imperium was in full control of the walls, with hundreds of soldiers still pouring into the fort over all the ladders. With the high ground, they made short work of the bandits coming up the stairs, and they started driving them back down towards the courtyard. The starving vagabonds knew they stood no chance in combat against the alert, well-fed men of the Imperium, so the bandit chief ordered his men to retreat into the keep.

The Imperium had effectively already won the battle for the fort - but they didn't chase the bandits inside. They would be at a severe disadvantage there. Instead, they opened the gates, and continued their siege on the bandits, who had lost a significant amount of men already. After the soldiers did a body count, they came to find that the bandits had lost 78, whereas Imperial losses were far lower: only 12 dead and 16 wounded.