Having been transported through the portal last week onto the Abyssal Plane both sides sent out their Vanguard forces to try a tame a nearby Chroneas, with the hope of turning the powerful monster to their own uses.
The aim was to wear down the Chroneas and accumulate enough victory points over the 5 turns in order to be able to field it in the next battle.
Once more Burke the leader of the Undead Company took the field along with his trusty veterans of the last battle, Radolf despite being felled had shown remarkable regenerative powers and suffered no long term ill.
Undead
1 * Burke the Necromancer
3 * Skeleton Archers
3 * Leonard, Tasha & Turner the Revenants
1 * Pascal the Soul Reaver
1 * Radolf the Werewolf
And also as before, Senban the leader of the KoM Company declined to take the field and sent a lieutenant instead. The KoM also sent a berserker instead of their Ogre to this battle.
KoM
1 * Leader
1 * Akatasos the Hunter (Skirmisher)
1 * Skirmisher
2 * Foot Guard
1 * Foot Soldier
1 * Wizard
1 * Berserker
The first turn saw the Men push up and loose some shots at the Chroneas whilst for the Undead Radolf made use of his superior speed to charge and cause damage on the target, this gave Burke a 3-0 VP lead at the end of T1.
Rolling for the direction that the Chroneas moves is always a tense moment in this scenario and the first move was away from both forces so caused little damage, with only Radolf taking a wound. Turner the Revenant was shot away by the Men however. It also meant that both sides could get some melee units into contact. Both sides managed to cause an equal amount of wounds so it remained 3-0 to the Undead.
The Turn 3 movement was less kind to the KoM as it took the Chroneas through their forces killing their Foot Soldier, it did mean however that the Chroneas was a long way from the Undead forces. The turn also saw Radolf being floored once again by Akatasos the Hunter making good use of his Pound ability. Whilst Radolf was able to survive the fire from the other Skirmisher and the KoM Wizard he was finished off by the Berserker. So once again Radolf perished though this time he had killed a Foot Guard before he died.
With the Undead unable to cause any wounds on the Chroneas the Leader of Men had a free swing to gain 3 VP's, unfortunately that free swing entirely missed so whilst the KoM got 1 VP for the death of Radolf the Undead still lead 3-1.
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| Start of T4 |
On Turn 4 the Chroneas again crashed through the KoM and knocked several down, the Undead also managed to concentrate enough fire on Akatasos to kill him and revenge the death of Radolf. The KoM Berserker charged into Pascal the Soul Reaver and despite causing a wound was then knocked to the ground to be finished off by Tasha the Revenant. Pascal then killed the other Foot Guard straight out and this left the Men with only 3 men left. The positioning of the Chroneas did mean however that the Undead could not cause any damage on it and the remaining KoM skirmisher managed to cause a couple of wounds on the Chroneas so they took the lead 4-3 going into the final round.
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| Start of T5 |
During the last turn the Undead knew they could at least get a draw by killing the KoM Wizard so the Skeleton Archers threw everything into the effort and managed with the final ranged shot to take the Wizard out, tying the scores at 4-4. The KoM where unable to get into position to put any damage on the Chroneas so with a Surge and then a charge Leonard the Revenant was able to make contact with the beast and get 5 solid hits, victory beckoned!
Unfortunately the beast made all it's saves so the scenario ended in a tie 4-4, though the Men had suffered significantly more casualties than the Undead who had lost Radolf and also the Revenant Turner.
After a fierce battle both sides rolled for their wounded, Radolf with the help of Leonard the Company Healer once again made a full recovery and Turner was left in a weakened state. The KoM did not fair so well with Akatasos the Hunter who had caused so much trouble to Radolf dying of his wounds. The KoM also had a Foot Guard who whilst trying to evade capture after the battle was cut down. The Wizard managed a full recovery though so it was not all bad news for Senban.
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