We managed to cut down 160+ in the second wave, at the cost of all but myself, Arwa, and less than 30 men. Arwa, Deshavi, Rolf, Nizar, and I manned the Battlemages with the rest of my 68 soldiers managed to hold them off in the first wave.Ģ50+ of Hakim's men fell, marshall Tilimsan by my blade, while I only lost Nizar, Rolf, and 20 men. His 300+ army, along with Marshall Tilimsans 160 army and three other lords (each with at least 80+ guys) immediately laid siege. Sultan Hakim's vengeance was shift and terrible. We took the Sarranid castle on the border of Rhodok (i forget the name, Weyjah maybe?), Losing only 4 men and quickly gaining 16 from the freed prisoners. I had foolishly sworn allegiance to Arwa without land or building relations to any lords beforehand, just 60 men. My favorite (native) was my first time defending in a siege. The Vaegirs were all wounded, no manpower left, I think the Sarranids all died, and the Rhodoks (I'm pretty sure they were the main fighting force) held on for a bit longer until I gathered up our men and counter attacked on the field. They backed me into a corner, but I fought fiercely and defeated them.Īftermath: What was left of their battered army fled, even though I was the only standing defender left. Eventually, I ran out of bolts, so I took up my greatsword and ran to a choke-point along the wall, hacking down what was left of the horde, about 20-30 of them. I ran and stole some more bolts, and then fled back. I jumped off the wall onto the roof of the horse shed adjacent, where I continued firing at their dumbfounded pates until I ran out of bolts. Then I stole some more bolts and they drove me back. I took up my bow and arrow, and shot as many of them as I could as they ascended, then took one of our fallen crossbows and shot at them until I ran out of bolts. But at the last, there were still about 120 of them left, and I was the last man standing. We fought fiercely, and many hundreds of them died. I made my decision and charged in there, with about 120 men, mostly about half of them Swadian Knights, and took up formations on the wall. Point was, there were about 1000 of them descending, and Dhirim, which had just recovered from a previous siege, only had about 80 men. I don't remember what the horde was, I think it may have been joint Rhodoks and Sarranids with perhaps a bit of Vaegirs. Diplomacy mod, I think (before I moved to Age of Calradia), a joint horde descended upon Dhirim.