Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20150628202441/@comment-17114085-20150708113806

(I never wrote that the ship had a large hole in it. I wrote it was heavily damaged, those two are not the same thing. It obviously isn't a large catapult, that wouldn't even fit on a ship, and if it did it would take up most of the deck. This would more or less be the size of the catapult. Though a smaller in relation to the ship. Those roman ships is smaller than White Haven's ships which would be closer in size to a small galley. Catapults fire in an arc, yes. I don't see your point. You can chage how high a catapult fire depending on where its starting position is. Either way the heavy ships would be more than 20 feet away at least after backing away from the harbor, like I said, impossible to miss.)

Rob shook his head. "I have not the time for suberfuge and lies. We are a week away from Shornhelm if we hurry. I will not waste my time and dishonor my men by playing them the fool. If we diverge from our corse the supposed spy will just report that and nothing would change."

They reached the grave site that was being dug and spotted Knight-Commander Ormax. "Commander, what were the casualties?"

Ormax did a quick salute and then spoke. "We counted 20 dead on our side sir, with over 35 on theirs. That flanking manuver you did alone killed over 10 enemy soldiers."

"So we have 166 soldiers left. Not idea but if we can get reenforcements from Fort Storig we will be okay. I have a question, did you see any loyalists from your fort in the dead?" Rob asked.

"Now that you mentioned it, aye, I did. A Knight Errant from Fort Iceblade. I figure they must have headed to Fort Pelin after their last failed guerrila attack against my men." Ormax replied.

The king nodded. "I was thinking the same thing."

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(Let's wrap this up so we can timeskip for Helios.)

One of the ballistae on the second of White Haven's ships was destroyed, killing the two men that were manning it. The ship began to make creaking noises, but the men ignored it, focusing on taking out the other ship. The last ballista fired on the heavy ship's hull again, aiming for an already broken part to cause more damage.

Unaware of the flankers (is that a word?) the defenders continued to fire on the pirates that had disembarked, managing to kill a couple sailors when they got of their ships. "Load and fire!" Lord Baragon ordered. He was with the archers behind the shield wall, ordering more volleys of fire. There wasn't much cover by the coast, which made the archers have an easier time hitting the numerous pirates.