Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20150125010554/@comment-17114085-20150126205659

Pacman the great wrote: (They wouldn't be able to see much in dense forest.

So Sungard and Whiterun will end up going along the same road, right?

Two questions regarding the cavarly:

How many are there?

How can they go so fast? Horses are affected by rocks and trees and stuff a lot worse than infantry are. Hell, light infantry like the skirmishers would probably be able to outpace horses in forests and rocks, due to them being smaller and more agile. They'd have a lot of trouble getting up to a gallop, particularly if they were going in a straight line.)

The archers nocked their arrows, and pulled back on the bowstring. When the horses got close (ten-ish metres), they released, aiming at the horses head. Those that weren't near to the charging horses ran over to support their comrades.

The arrows did some damage to the infantry, but because of their helmets and mail armour, most of the arrows were deflected at such a shallow angle. (I've already said that there is no forests in the Reach. Especially not a dense one. They are on that road just southeast of Sungard, so the town has a clear view of the ambush site. They are on the same road, and they will meet up at the fork in the road where the ambush site is.

For the cavalry, as Whiterun is a plains region they'd have plenty of Cavalrymen, especially since the horse is their sigil. So anywhere from 200 to 400 Cavalrymen. I'd say about 300, yeah that is a decent number considering their location and culture. And I've already said that they split up, so the rough terrain wouldn't effect them as much. They aren't climbing a mountain they are heading up the rocky hill where the skirmishers are. A person can't outrun a horse. And again there isn't a forest there...and the hill isn't just rocks. It is a rocky hill, thus a hill with a couple rocks and as you clamed a few trees.)

Do to their loose formation most of the Horsemen remained unharmed, only a dozen or so's horses were injured, out of which 3 fell off their horses. The other horsemen charged at the skirmishers and put and end to most of them in one run.

The Army was nearing the shieldwall. "Fire!" the officer said and the archers let off another volley at the Falkreath Shieldwall.