Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20160322224717/@comment-24696651-20160524152253

(Not close enough so as to actually be in line of sight, tho.

Also, wouldn't it make more sense for the reinforcements to head to the battle near the entrance? Their commander would still be there, and they could probably hear the sounds of battle in the area.)

23rd of Sun's Dawn

Skuldar reached the ambush, where he saw the battle unfolding before him. He was pleased to note that the infantry in front of him were maintaining good order and formation, but he noticed some hot-headed fools trying to break rank and charge forth idiotically. He grabbed a horn from his belt, one that what make his voice louder if he shouted into it.

"Order, you worthless morons!" he bellowed at the top of his voice, the horn amplifying the sound enough for it to be heard by some of his men over the battle. "If another one of you breaks formation, you'll be doing one hundred laps of Riften canal every day for the next year!"

He then dispatched runners from his entourage to try and spread the message.

Most of the soldiers trying to break rank were either dead or had seen what had happened to their friends, but the more foolhardy still persisted. Fortunately, they had suffered fewer casualties, about 50, giving the infantry along a numerical advantage of about 150 to 120. With the archers, that was closer to 350 to 120, but the archers were relatively lightly armed and didn't want to participate in close quarters combat until the enemy formations were only three or so ranks deep, and they would be unable to deal with an attack on two fronts.

Cynric's party reached the barracks, and, not seeing Heartwood's forces outside, decided to enter the building.