Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20150207130230/@comment-24696651-20150208095552

Harold Burned-Mane wrote:

Pacman the great wrote: "Men, brace for impact!" Luciun shouted as the cavalry approached. At the front the knights held their shields up, whilst at the same time holding their swords low to maim the horses. The skirmishers fired in front of the heavy infantry, hoping to kill a few of the horses.

The phalanx continued the fight with the shield wall, stabbing anyone who tried to move forward and fight hand to hand with the soldiers. Although they were outnumbered, they were holding well and would be difficult to overwhelm, and the skirmishers' volleys would kill many if they broke formation.

The infantry on the wall fought to break the archers' formation and escape encirclement. The cavalry charged at them, a few were hit with arrows or swords and ended up falling over into the Falkreath knights. The other Great Cavalry swung their weapons, swords and maces, right into the heads and upper bodies of Luciun's men. More of Luciun's men died than of the cavalry.

None of the shieldwall tried to move forward, they were all maintaining their position. Those in the center of the shieldwall that were being engaged by the enemy phalanx focused more on defending and holding position than lunging forward to strike the enemy.

The archers were in loose formation, as none of them had shields. But in the narrow corridor atop the wall only about three men could stand side by side, making the Falkreath infantry's attempt to break through the archers very difficult. The archers started to adopt a firing squad-like strategy in which those fighting the infantry would drop down and the men behind them would fire their arrows right at the infantry, making it difficult for the infantry to dodge the shots.

The dismounted cavalry had al made it up the wall from one of the watchtowers and were engaging the infantry from the east, while the archers were fighting them from the west.

After the cavalry had charged, Luciun and his men surged forward, swamping the cavalry. They kept low, focusing on killing the horses and then killing the horsemen when they were defenceless on the ground. They held their shield up to block strikes from the horsemen. Because the infantry kept low, the archers had a clear line of fire at the cavalry, which they exploited.

The infantry atop the wall continued to press the assualt against the archers. Because many of the archers had died before the cavalry got into the fight, their lines were thinning.

The phalanx continued to hold their position. They stabbed the odd man in the shield wall, but nothing much was happening. The archers, realising their shots were having no effect, fired at the archers upon the wall.