Varony, Malarous 2nd, 868 ID.
As the morning presses on, wave after wave of the Blooded Lash assault the Hud Horrn through the fallen north gate. A bold group of men stand together to take the brunt of the enemy infantry, including Morn Mastiff, Ogeir the Hawk, Slab, Gortjik the smithy, Degger the baker, Luz and Lt. Rove. The first wave consists of six ogres. The second, eight bugbear shock troops. The third, 16 goblins. The fourth, a damned troll! The fifth, a goblin Captain and four elite bugbears. Meanwhile, hippogriff riders land in several spots throughout the Hud Horrn, dispatching their mounts to assail our heroes' archers and Mudgol the Undecided. It's a long, deadly engagement which the PCs and the Eidolorn Guard eventually cannot hold out against. Fortunately, in the midst of the fighting, about 50% of those straggler civilians who had decided to stay behind end up with a change of heart and flee through the south gate. Weatherby tries to grenade and fire his pistol at the onrush of assailants, from his vantage point above the town, but he proves ineffective.
Our heroes slay dozens of enemy combatants, Lt. Rove even felling the half-orc assassin that had appeared in the heat of battle. But the burden becomes too much to bear. While valiantly battling the Blooded Lash' troll and goblin captain simultaneously, Ogeir the Hawk falls. The baker Degger falls. The smithy Gortjik, once of the Skull Collar clan who swore death upon the hostiles. Lt. Rove, too, collapses. And at last, the mighty Sgt. Mastiff is brought low, after sounding a retreat to Lt. Hoary and the PCs. The bugbear elites coup de gras most of their unconscious enemies. Mudgol and Langston manage to flee out the South Gate, pursued by a hungry hippogriff that they soon dispatch. The troll moves into position, blocking the South Gate, so Slab, Luz and Doorjamb are all forced to climb the walls, which they manage under fire from bugbear troops. A sixth wave arrives, of goblins, who begin to ransack the Hud Horrn door to door, a final sweep for survivors and loot. Meanwhile, Lt. Hoary escapes over one of the parapets on the opposite wall of the PCs.
The Hud Horrn falls...
Surviving the Massacre: Doorjamb, Hroemer (?), Langston, Lt. Hoary, Luz, Mudgol, Slab, Weatherby
The Role of Dead: Bulgoth (?), Degger, Fisslakk, Gortjik, Lt. Rove, Morn Mastiff, Ogeir the Hawk, and eight more loyal soldiers of Eidolorn.
?=Precise fate unknown.
PCs: Doorjamb, Langston, Luz, Mudgol, Ogeir, Slab
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