Day 10
The siege of Kitor began: the Moon Shah had his small band of Heroes, and his
Char Un slave warriros to defend the walls of Kitor. The Bull Shah commanded
his Bull Guard, his Rotal Cataphracts, the Lord General's Bashkars.
Shah Ningizztavar begins with magical assaults, a few attacks to test the
defences, then prepares for a siege. The belief is that with enough time and
magic the defenders could be ground to dust. No Imperial Army seemed
forthcoming to save Vakthan, although news came of a Sweet Sea offensive into
Worion.
[this was also played out using a simple contest for the whole days battling]
Jhor and Spol militias swelled the ranks of the Bull, despite being ravaged
by the Bandit clan mercenaries. [this write up does not include the details
of some of the politics and bribery going on] Ningizztavar led an assault
himself to the very walls, Char Un had counter attacked to clear some siege
work and had left the gates open. Ningiz took his chance and assaulted the
gates. Only the Lunar Heroes were able to repulse the assault. Gogadius the
Migthy lifted and threw the Heavy Charger of Hazar Simatapis Var clear over
the heads of the Royal Cataphracts, whilst the Silver Scimitar decapitated
seven men with only two strokes if his blade. Such Heroism saved the, but
only just, and only for that day.
That night disaster struck - hags of darkness rose from the very soil to rend
and destroy the Shah Ningizztavar. Magicians fought these hell hags, but they
were overpowered, his Death Guard fought grimly but to no avail. The Shah
would have been dragged away to a dark hell had not Death intervended.
[unexpected divine intervention here]
Lord General Bisoshor declared himself Shah, as was his right, as everyone would have expected. He sent emissaries to the Empire, declared peace with the Satrap of Naveria, and called on his Ice Demon allies to crush the upstart Moon Shah. [ie, no more pussy footing around - immediate action from the new Shah]. Terror fell upon Kitor, for none could withstand Winter's Fury. The demons flew on the wind, crawled through every crack and cranny. The warriors fought back but for every icicle they chopped to pieces another would form, They were doomed and the human forces of Bisoshor fell back to simply watch the death of a city. At last the last drop of warm blood became as solid and the demons growled and screamed victory. Every single inhabitant of Kitor had been frozen. The army of Worian entered a frozen white crystal tomb. Dressed in thick furs the worst of them plundered the city for its wealth.
But.....
Ningizztavar has not died. Humakt had saved him from a false death and sent
him to Castle Blue. He had been chosen as Hierophant. Hazar Corran, Hazar
Tarim went to meet him at the Castle, which had reappeared for the occasion.
He declared the new Monarch and returned to the Castle, as Karmanos had done.
Capriccia, wife of Ningizztavar declared herself regent, according to
Ningizztavars wishes, and made herself safe in Kendesor, where lawyers
guarded her interests.
[this bit was both made up on the fly, was specifically related to certain
PCs (the cousins of Capriccia, and led onto the next adven...episode.]
That was it for the battle scenes, done as a playtest for HW resolution. (the players wanted to carry on with their RQ characters)
I missed out a lot of the politics (alliances, mercenaries, New Moon Empire internal difficulties) which were also to some extent HWified.
Hope you enjoyed it.
Keith Nellist
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