Bushskirts

The Bushskirts are a clan of Goblins who once conquered lands in Citad by way of underground tunnels. They successfully conquered a large area. But were eventually destroyed at the Siege of Ophet.

Some of them came from an asteroid crashing into a cow. The “Starborn” became one of the Bushskirts most lethal warriors. The Bushskirt started to leave their forest and cavern homes to raid trade caravans.

Under the leadership of the Starborn, they plan to seize Ophet, a large city in Citad.

## Siege of Echomound

The Bushskirt army slowly began attacking outposts and attacking travelers. They eventually conquered jerry’s gate, fallenwood outpost and some merchant communities, exacting heavy taxes and stealing goods. The starborn’s adventures brought him and his gang to a shipyard where they befriended rogue sailors to join his forces. Thus begins the kingdom of the Bushskirts.

They besieged Echomound castle, in order to cut off reinforcements to Ophet. They stealthily invade the castle, killing the wall guards, but they are ambushed inside the castle plaza, and are nearly overwhelmed by the Echomound forces. Some manage to retreat, and obtain the surrender of the castle by picking off enemy forces from the trees surrounding the castle. Once the castle surrenders, the Bushskirt occupies it and uses it to reinforce their numbers for the eventual siege of Ophet.

## History

### Siege of Milvern Outpost

The band makes its way to Milvern Outpost, where they find the outpost already under siege. The Bushskirts provide support for the invading orc barbarians by placing traps and stealing lumber from the outposts stores to construct war machines. Caught between two forces, the outpost cannot last long. Starborns army goes around the outpost to meet the barbarians for the final assault on the outpost keep, but find that the Orcs have been defeated. Using the catapults, the Bushskirts send their forces over the wall and fight until the keep surrenders.

Conflict arises in the Bushskirt ranks as some are tired of the war, others reject Starborns strategy of starving off Ophet and a schism appears. The rebel faction under control of Redclub takes to the forests, and sets to trap and ambush Starborn’s army every opportunity he can.

A double guerrilla war takes place, Redclub’s forces taking to the trees to fight, and Starborn’s sneaking through the bushes. Redclubs fort is eventually found and put to the flame, but he escapes to the final keep before Ophet, and manages to find shelter there.

### Bloody Watergrave

Upon sieging the Watergrave Keep, they are ambushed by the keep, who was alerted to their presence. When they arrive at the gates, they find Redclub’s corpse riddled with arrows as a warning. Watergrave is the bloodiest battle ever faced by the bushskirts, to defeat its defenses, they must first eliminate its alarm system, traps and cut the cables supporting the main keep. When the forces are defeated, the Keeps master uses necromancy to return his dead warriors to the fight. At this point the Bushskirts manage to snap the last cable, and the keep tips over, destroying the keeps master.

### Siege of Ophet

The Starborns forces rally at ophet and the siege begins, Ophets master challenges the starborn to a champions duel, sending a giant against the Starborn, starborn loses, but the Bushskirt army besieges the Castle anyway. After several months, the castle surrendered and the Bushskirts proclaimed their kingdom.

Ever since, the Bushskirts have maintained a kingdom in Citad.