EMPIRE ARMY
Brotherhood of the Blade
2000 Pts - Empire Army [Built ot be tourney legal, that
is why the Judges are normal knights not White Wolves].
1 Bladefather (Warrior-Priest of Sigmar) @ 117 Pts
Barding; Prayers of Sigmar; Great Weapon; Heavy
Armour; Warhorse
1 Warhorse @ [0] Pts
8 The Judges (Knightly Orders) @ 274 Pts
Inner Circle; Barding; Lance; Full Plate Armor;
Shield; Standard;
Musician; Warhorse
1 First Knight @ [16] Pts
9 Warhorse @ [0] Pts
1 Hand of Justice (Captain) @ 112 Pts
Great Weapon; Full Plate Armor; Pegasus
1 Pegasus @ [50] Pts
1 Bearer of the Blade (Captain) @ 118 Pts
Full Plate Armor; Battle Standard
Hammer of Judgement [35]
18 Guardians of the Blade (Greatswords) @ 345 Pts
Great Weapon; Full Plate Armor; Musician
1 Count's Champion @ [12] Pts
9 Detachment - Halberdiers @ [54] Pts
Halberd; Light Armour
9 Detachment - Free Company @ [45] Pts
2ndWeapon
1 Blademaster (Grand Master) @ 166 Pts
General; Barding; White Wolf Hammer; Full Plate
Armor; Warhorse
1 Warhorse @ [0] Pts
8 Bladebrothers (White Wolf Knights) @ 265 Pts
Barding; White Wolf Hammer; Full Plate Armor; Standard;
Musician; Warhorse
1 First Knight @ [16] Pts
9 Warhorse @ [0] Pts
24 Swordsmen @ 299 Pts
Light Armour; Shield; Standard; Musician
1 Duellist @ [10] Pts
9 Detachment - Halberdiers @ [54] Pts
Halberd; Light Armour
9 Detachment - Free Company @ [45] Pts
2ndWeapon
5 Huntsmen @ 50 Pts
Longbow
19 Spearmen @ 253 Pts
Spear; Light Armour; Shield; Standard; Musician
1 Sergeant @ [10] Pts
8 Detachment - Halberdiers @ [48] Pts
Halberd; Light Armour
8 Detachment - Free Company @ [40] Pts
2ndWeapon
Casting Pool: 2
Dispel Pool: 3
Models in Army: 143
Total Army Cost: 1999
CHAOS ARMY
1 Chaos Lord @ 456 Pts
Mark of Tzeentch; General; Lore of Tzeentch; Halberd
Power Familiar [50]
1 Daemonic Mount @ [50] Pts
3 Dragon Ogres @ 237 Pts
2ndWeapon; Light Armour
17 Marauders @ 133 Pts
Flail; Standard; Musician
1 Chieftain @ [10] Pts
11 Chaos Warriors @ 234 Pts
Mark of Chaos Undivided; 2ndWeapon; Heavy Armour;
Standard; Musician
1 Champion @ [12] Pts
11 Chosen Chaos Warriors @ 306 Pts
Mark of Chaos Undivided; Chosen Unit; 2ndWeapon;
Standard; Musician
1 Champion @ [12] Pts
14 Beastmen Herd (Gors) @ 145 Pts
2ndWeapon; Standard; Musician
1 UK Foe-Render @ [20] Pts
5 Ungors @ [20] Pts
Spear
1 Bray Shaman @ 114 Pts
Mark of Chaos Undivided; Magic Level 2; 2ndWeapon
5 Screamers of Tzeentch @ 165 Pts
1 Giant @ 205 Pts
Casting Pool: 9
Dispel Pool: 6
Models in Army: 74
Total Army Cost: 1995
Bladefather Wichart strode
into the Brotherhood’s dining hall. Save for the tap of wooden spoons on
wooden bowls, the hall was silent. Wichart shook his head slowly.
“Brothers,” he addressed them in that strange voice of
his which seemed to speak directly and quietly to each man in the great hall.
“I understand your grief over the brothers we have lost, and the responsibility
you feel for each of the brave state troops who fought under our command.
Such thoughts weigh heavily on me also, but now is not the time to dwell
on them. You can read the signs as well as I. In your travels you have seen
how evil seems to be everywhere and growing. The strength of Chaos waxes
again. Perhaps, to a level not seen since our founder drove back the dark
forces and reunited the Empire. Another great war against Chaos looms and
the first battles are already being fought. This was such a battle, and though
it was not without cost, it was a great victory, worthy of both story and
song. So, rejoice in your continued life. Thank Sigmar that you may still
fight evil and listen to the tales of the others in battle, so that our next
victory will come with less blood and loss."
Though he had a good overview of the battle from the other
commanders, Wichart mingled and listened. He heard about the left flank where
the Spearmen with detachments of Acolytes (Halberds) and their Verloren Haufe
(Free Company detachment) faced off against some Chaos Marauders. The Spears
had charged unsupported against the Marauders and were driven off, but luckily
were not caught. Their charge did succeed in drawing out the Marauders however,
and when the Marauders charged the spears, they were broken by the counter
charge of the Verloren Haufe.
Wichart knew of the middle part of the battle field, where
his knights twice advanced into position to charge the flank of the Dragon
Ogres and their leader, but were foiled on both occasions, by strange circumstances.
The first time, as the Dragon Ogres crashed into the Guardians of the Blade
(Greatswords), Wichart saw his friend Gerhard's final act of bravery. As
a rent in reality opened and dragged Gerhard (BSB) into himself, the knight
threw clear his Blade of Judgment. Inspired, by this act, the Guardians fought
like Sigmar himself and drove off the Dragon Ogres and Chaos Lord while losing
only one of their number. Near the end of the battle, these two groups again
clashed, but this time, the Guardians fled like elves even though help, from
both Wichart's knights and the Judges (Inner Circle knights led by a priest)
was nearby.
Wichart consoled himself over the escape of Chaos Lord
by remembering how his knights had slain and shattered a group of Chaos Warriors,
and had dispatched the group of Screamers that had charged them. The thought
of the Screamers brought sadness of its own though as remembered the fall
of Lambi (the Hand of Justice) and Firewind (Lambi's Pegasus). Though Lambi
survived and would likely fight again, Firewind had not been so lucky.
Moving on, he heard tales of the right flank, where Bladefather
Darius had, eventually, led the Judges on a glorious charge which utterly
destroyed a group of warriors who had considered themselves the Chosen of
the Dark Gods. He heard of the Swordsmen who, like the Spears on the other
side charged their foes (a group of Gors) and could inflict no damage, before
retreating and luring the Gors forward. The swords re-grouped, and the counter-charging
Verloren Haufe defeated the Gors charge. These lost men pursued the beasts
headlong into a Giant. Those who still lived told of how they had ravaged
the legs of the brute before his smell and screams broke their spirit. The
swords then had to again brace themselves and were proud to tell of how they
stood, head to thigh, with the brute until night fell.
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Overall, a good battle. Some weird rolls for both sides.
My BSB failing his Ld 9 check and being sucked into the Realm of Chaos on
turn 2, followed by his Dragon Ogres on their first charge managing to kill
0 Greatswords, but this actually helping them as they broke and were no longer
in the charge arc of the Grand Master and his Knights of the White Wolf.
My Swordsmen and Free Company inflicting, over 3 rounds of combat, no wounds
on the Gors, but beating them and the Free Company pursuing into the Giant
and doing 2 wounds with 6 attacks. By the end, the Empire won by just over
800 points, as the only Chaos units left were 3 Dragon Ogres with a Tzeentch
Lord on a Daemonic Mount and the Giant. I had lost the Hand of Justice (hero
on a peg.), my BSB, 3 of the 6 detachments, all the Greatswords, my Huntsmen,
and had another detachment with 2 of 9 men left.