Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-24510587-20170621000455/@comment-17114085-20170624184457

(They're in units of 40 to make it easier and faster to make it up the walls, as well as to keep looser formation to avoid as much arrow fire as possible.

PS.: I hadn't yet made any ladders reach the wall. I ended the post with them still running since I expected arrow fire to rain down on them as they made a run for the wall with the siege equipment. Guess not. Well I'll continue from where you left off.) ~7th of Sun's Dawn, 4E 269

The 298 infantrymen that died were all regulars, which had been sent first up the ladders when they reached the wall. Since the Light Infantry was having a tough time breaking through the enemy pikemen, the Bloodhorns took the lead and began to climb the 30 ladders. While they climbed they kept one sword out to break the enemy pikes that tried to thrust down at them. They wore plated armor so their defense against the enemy's pikes was also greater, while the Light Infantry wore mostly leather armor. Those that made it to the top of the ladders drew out their second swords and hacked at the defending pikemen. Bloodhorns were elite soldiers, masters of the Way of the Sword. So the fighting on the battlements would be the easy part of their journey up the ladder.

To help the archers as they exchanged fire, Sameq set in the Light Cavalry with their bows. They kept moving from one side of the walls to the other and firing at the pikemen that weren't directly at the ladder's locations to try to lessen their numbers.

Both the Light Cavalry and the Hegathe archers ignored the enemy's 100 archers for now, since the most important thing was getting a foothold on the walls. Besides, with the archer's loose formation and the light cav's movements made them tough to hit even from the town's towers.

(Current Forces:

Craester's Arm: 779 pikemen, 100 Archers, 100 Unknown. 979 soldiers

Hegathe: 452 Light Infantry, 450 Bloodhorns, 393 Archers, 100 Heavy Cavalry, 300 Light Cavalry. 1695 Soldiers)