Two armies have banded together in defense of a small border town. Their positions have been set, the lines have been drawn.
The townsfolk have their own place in the line.
A great hero stands amidst his men, flanked by his Guard.
They peer out, towards their foe.
The Grek line prepares for their assault.
Ares anchors their center with Enyo and the Mermaidons. With them are some archers and a new Automaton, courtesy of Hephaestus.
Their left is held by a War Elephant and some engineers.
The battle begins.
The Grek right advances as far as it is able.
The Ballista prepares a long shot.
The Elephant charges in fury and rage.
As it does, an archer atop the beast shoots a foe.
Everyone bails successfully out of the way and the elephant destroys a hut.
Ares and Enyo follow.
The Mermaidons scramble over the rocks.
The engineers and gladiators come out into the open.
The Dragon commander decides to trust his armour.
He awaits the falling bolt.
The Guard and Great Hero attack the Elephant, but can't do any damage.
An archer snipes a Mermaidon.
Everyone turns on the Elephant, collectively dealing heavy damage.
Two men engage Ares in a stalemate.
An archer rolls a weapon into place, but the first attack doesn't damage the Elephant.
Some civilians arm themselves at their smithys.
They prepare their defense while an archer gets a kill.
The state of the battle.
The bolt comes down, slamming into the Dragon Commander's shield.
Damage is poor, but many are disrupted.
The Greks advance.
Archers move into position while the ballista reloads.
They make a pincushion out of Ares' foe.
Enyo impales an enemy.
Ares makes a similar move behind her.
Men charge.
The momentum carries one through a smithy.
The other Greks advance.
From atop the Elephant, an archer scores another kill.
The Elephant gores the Hero's Guard.
The Dragons reform their line.
Incredible overskill on the part of a Dragon archer beheads two Greks.
Others discover a portable weapon.
A wild jump feat occurs.
It fails, but a Guard hacks off a tusk.
An axeman kills Enyo.
He hides and his ally shoots down a Grek archer.
Ares is surrounded by blows but his armour holds out.
The eye in the sky can't get his shot to hit.
Archers shoot down the Elephant captain.
Their brethren below butcher a Grek.
Men advance over the lifeless body towards the stalemate at the front.
The state of the battle.
An archer brings the elephant under control while the other archer misses his shot.
Other arches kill a foe while the Automaton fails to hit anything. Beside them, the ballista misses its shot.
Ares fails a feat and his spear is broken.
He crit-fails immediately after and drops his sword.
On the Grek left, a townsman is slain.
Mermaidons team up to kill a foe.
The Grek right engages but cannot deal any damage.
The Dragons launch themselves into the fray.
They score a kill.
The support weapon is brought closer.
The Hero completes his Heroic Leap onto the elephant, but the attack fails. His archer brother is able to score a kill.
An axeman kills a Grek archer.
Ares' armour holds out against blows and an arrow.
The townspeople's archers kill the last Grek on the elephant.
Two Greks are felled by blows.
The townsfolk advance.
State of the field.
Grek spears kill one in the melee.
The Axeman is slain by an arrow.
A ballista bolt kills a Dragon.
A townsperson is killed.
Mermaidons kill another.
Ares performs his own jump feat to engage the Hero, but neither can cause any harm.
The Hero hits Ares with a powerful overskill.
It knocks them both off guard.
The elephant does nothing cool in its rampage. Meanwhile, the catapult archer uses this opportunity to line up a shot.
The two rounds kill the elephant.
An archer crit-fails and drops his bow in horror.
A crossbowman slams into the automaton and damages it.
Soon after, the citizen archers shoot it to pieces.
They pour from their line and attack.
One is killed on a counter.
State of the battle.
End of part 1 because I'm tired. I'll post the rest soon.
Very well done indeed! Your Greks are pretty sweet.
