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Battle for Ruins of Dolmenville

10.2.2026


Battleplan        Thyrias's Bounty
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Clan Spitscreech

Sunspire Expeditionary Force

X Victory PointsX Victory Points
Major victoryLost
100 Glory points125 Glory points
1 new: Enhancement or spell/prayer  Sanitised

Excerpts from the communications of Clan Spitscreech

Dolmen Plains

To the hands of his high excellency the most honorable and mighty Grey Seer lord Taxril Apnoesnout from his truest servant, Snotsqueek the Red Rat.

Today I send great-grand news your high excellency! After arriving here into this land I have imidiattely understood the wisdom in your commands and the task laid upon my unworthy shoulders for this land promisses untold opportunities that will help further your oh so great-grand design. It was I, Snotsqueek who lead our forces to fullfill your will and it was me who convinced Cravenclaw to set up base in the northern ruins for he wanted to venture further, not heeding the necessities of smart command such as logistics. Trully, his mastery surely is great for you have chosen him to be my seacond in comand, but they do not lie in commanding nor in making decisions of any sort of importance. That was clear again when he proposed to spread our influence to reaches not important to our success. But thanks to your oh so great-grand decision to put me in charge, we have sallied south to the land abundant with rat food. Weakling humans live there, pray for my hordes and so are supplies within ruins, roten and spoiled, more then good enough for my fodder. 

That wizard was not wise, nono, he went straight forth, not heeding my commands and the fool, though of course competent for else your magnificience would not have chosen him for this big-important quest-task, was almost slain by the aelf-things from by the lake. Fortunatelly me and my claws arrived just in time and we scared the weaklings away, they ran-ran and we pursued yes yes. Some of me shields died as that fool of a Cravenclaw forgot to use covering fire. Worse, he left the position to snacks some supplies while his Horde was almost overrun by the eared-things. Fortunatelly me and my claws-shields were able to quickly slay the enemy cavalry and then turned to destroy the remainder of the forces, by which point the cowards started to flee. Real sad as I wont have enough aelf-flesh for my chosen. 

You see your excelence, I am enacting the will of his magnificent majesty Great Horned Rat and yours as well. When you arrive, our hold will be strong yes-yes. I am pleased to report that his melevolent godship favours me too, for he granted my warriors boon during the battle. We will feast here for now, before we expand further. I have reports of a great snow in the east, big bodies of meet ripe for eating, yes-yes. And one my triumph after another, I will make sure your designs come to pass, already, we are bringing vagons of deceised to that krettin Cravenclaw. Though of course I understand that this is your task for him so I trust your judgement as always in everything


For now....

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To the hands of Taxril Apnoesnout, the honored member of order of Gray Seers from Nickit Cravenclaw.

Lord Apnoesnout, we have arrived to the land where I am to fullfill the will of our most grandest patron, the Great Horned Rat. While Snotsqueek plays with his soldiers, I have began to uncover the mystical laylines that crisscross this land and I see that your insight into the arcane matters trully is great, though I would have been a more competent enforcer of your will had the command of meat troopes not been entrusted into the hands of an inexperienced storyteller whos fighting capabilities are what you would expect from a desk rat. Though of course I see wisdom in sacrificing such worm for such grand designs as are the ones you have devised and I am enacting.

Still, I was not able to force him to go where we need, for his taste in exotic flesh lead him to strike against the lumineth from the city of Sunspire. Worse still, having been distracted by the remnants of some human cultures too insignificant as to loose time writing about them here, his regiment arrived to a different part of the battlefield and did not provide us with the battleline we needed, thus leaving me to personally slaughter line of aelven pikemen. I admit, their flash tasted delicious yes-yes. Seeing his vane pursuit of a kill which lead him away from where the bulk of action was taking place - smart-smart tha aleven commanderess - I had to translocate to claim what he came for in the first place. 

In a twist of fate, those supplies were an old an exquisite herbal brew with strong effect ampyifing senses. Of course I told the fool that it was rotten meat I gave to my Horde. I salute your cleverness lord. Being shielded by a body of a fool while standing behind him might be smarter then I first anticipated.


And of course, it is far easier to stab them in the back...


Lysanthir's Journal, Day 10

My hands still shake, even after a generous helping of torpor-root and aetherquartz: for when I close my eyes, I still see the faces of brave aelves, torn asunder by that blasted lightning gun. Almost as if the nightmares that have tortured me ever since Breaking finally took form, nightmares where a face so close to mine, in a moment of passion, turned to crystal and our peaceful world was shattered into millions of razor-sharp shards.

The battle againts so-called Spitscreetch clan was a disaster: while Lady Belkharia and her entourage took to the right flank, I ordered our infantry to take cover in smoke billowing craters at the other side of the ruined village. But as ratmen began advancing, the land between our positions split asunder and more of the verminous creatures began pouring forth.

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Remembering our battle plan, I ordered a fighting advance, while our cavalry crashed into enemy reinforcements, trying to break through to us. For a few moments, it looked as if the battle had started to turn in our favor, but then everything went to shit: Skaven warlock worked his foul magicks, maddened screeching filled the air and our frontline was decimated. A few moments later, the enemy commander and scores of his elite soldiers crashed into the Lord's Regent's Cavalry and buried them under their mangy fur.

There were rats everywhere, and while Bladelords, sent by Lady Belkharia's mother, tried to hold the line, they too soon fell under an onslaught of uncountable vermin, or were obliterated by their foul technosorcery. Seeing the enemy claiming casks of herbal brew we came here for, and reeling from our losses, I sounded general retreat. To the relief of all of us, Lady Belkharia joined us only a few kilometers from the battlefield, covered in grime, but still with fierce light in her eyes, and sparks of arcane fire dancing around her fingers.

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Back at the camp, our soldiers took to facing the reality of warfare, each in their own way: many fell into deep despair, while few started celebrating their survival with almost obscene gusto, dancing, drinking and rutting like animals. As for the officers, there was plenty of blame and mud-slinging to go around: I took responsibility for the disastrous advance, while Lady Belkharia fumed at her cavalrymen for breaking formation, while she was hacking her way out, the thought of retreat too abhorent to her proud mind. Even our Calligraves, tasked with casting subtle enpowering magicks, were dressed down for erratic and inefficient work. What was left of our bladelords platoon was reassigned to guard duty while they recuperate from their wounds.

If we want to survive out here, we need to pick up the pace, and quickly. Tyrion preserve us.