ord Ricold was a knight of Bretonnia; he was brave, valiant, and courageous. He had a plot of land just west of the Forest of Loren, East of Quenelles. It was quite large and had a proper castle, with a very large watchtower in the middle. If the day was reasonably clear, the guard could see his entire realm from that tower.

Lord Ricold, though, had not been in his castle for the last three days, and had just returned. He had been in a small building, a few miles off his plot, in the edge of the no-mans land between Bretonnia and Loren. There he had been speaking with the wood Elves, and discussing the possibility of forming military alliances against the goblins that came up from the mountains in the south. The discussion had been going well until green skins ambushed the place. But the elves fought them off easily, having brought many more people then even the goblins had. After that, the Elves had declared they would speak again, and disappeared. Lord Ricold returned to his domain, to find the green skins had been busy there too. The castle had called for help, but by the time the surrounding knights had come, all the infantry and a lot of the villages had been destroyed. After the death of most of Ricold's men, the knights present could not find out where Ricold had gone, or, more importantly when he'd be back, so they had called in a regiment of the kings knights, and a Pegasus, to hold and protect the land until Ricold got back.

When Ricold did return, he was told the whole event. However, the next day, the morning watchman declared he could see a warning fire on one of the outer watchtowers. Lord Ricold decided to take what he could get, which was the few squires he had taken to the Elven meeting, and the Knights and Pegasus of the king's.

They rode hard that day to find a large army of green skins approaching from the south. They would not have time to call for more men, so they decided to wait till morning. Then both armies faced one another across a plain. The Bretonnians prayed to the Lady and prepared for battle.

To Battle!

With the agreement of both sides, neither is taking any wizards (or spells). It is a pitched battle over a table with a watchtower, a small forest and a lake on it (the lake is impossible terrain)

Lord Ricold's Bretonnian force.

1 Paladin on Pegasus with Sword of heroes	186
1 Paladin (BSB) on warhorse	114
14 Knights of the Realm with command group	377
1 Paladin on warhorse	70
9 Knights of the Realm with command group	252
1 Paladin on warhorse	70
9 Grail knights with command group	318
12 Squires	113
Total	1500

(Note: All knights are presumed to be riding warhorses, and with heavy armour, shields and barding, they all have a lance and a hand weapon.)

Lord Morsac's Orc and goblin force

1 Savage Orc big boss on War boar. With Basha's big axe, a shield and war paint 155	155
8 Savage Orc boar boyz, with a hand weapon, a shield and war paint. With full command group	248
1 Goblin big boss with Gork's war banner and a shield. On a wolf	83
9 Goblin wolf riders with spears and command group	138
1 Night goblin big boss with shield, and with Mad Cap Mushrooms	83
30 Night goblins with short bows and 3 fanatics and command group	245
26 Spear goblins with light armour, shield and command group	228
26 Spear goblins with light armour, shield and command group	228
1 Goblin Rock lobba, with Orc bully	87
Total	1495

 

Deployment

The deployment went a bit like this:

Due to the planned meeting of the battle, The Bretonnians get to choose the table edge and get to deploy first. The Orc player gets to choose who goes first, because the Bretonnians have taken the blessing.

And so the battle was to begin. The Morsac nominated that the Bretonnians should go first.