Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20160531165159/@comment-24696651-20160616124504

9th of Midyear

The screening force of archers in front of the town, around three hundred strong, were in a very loose formation, with about ten metres of space between them and the next archer. They moved forward, firing at the archers on the wall. Although they were firing at an awkward angle, their superior numbers and loose formation meant they were inflicting more casualties than they were recieving. The ballistae were unable to cause significant damage, owing to their low rate of fire and cumbersome aiming.

Cynric decided to wait and see what the Thane's forces would do. His Black Hoods, well trained and equipped though they were, would havetrouble sneaking past that many men.

30th of Last Seed

The mercenaries still had around three month's of supplies left. Nonetheless, they realised that Southpoint had ready access to supplies, and would outlast them. Therefore, the mercenaries launched three raids, each targeting bodies of Southpoint's troops away from the main camp. Three parties of twenty men crept as close as they could to the enemy, wearing leather over their armour to prevent it reflecting the moonlight, and then they used their crossbows to snipe at lookouts.