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Full Strength

Set 2

My Kingdom For A Horse

Set 3

Flipping The Script

Set 4

Khan's Finest

Set 5 (Tiebreaker)

Children Of The Steppe

# Hold your Humphreys

## Lore

*Sultan Unqid has secured his first victory. Long desiring and demanding Imperial lands alongside the northern coast of the Perassic Sea, the revolt of Strategos Garios finally weakened Imperial control enough for Unqid to begin his decisive strike.*

*Quickly seizing control of Garontor Castle, Unqid had little time to begin preparations for his continued campaign before the news reached him… The Khan has finally launched his assault. The Khuzaits and Aserai since the months following their temporary unity at Pendraic been at each others throats. Raid after raid by each side, with differing results, has resulted in Khan Monchong finally deciding that enough is enough.*

*Enflamed by his Noyans, Monchong has launched a full scale attack towards Husn Fulq hoping that the Aserai campaign against the Empire, so far away, will be enough distraction to allow the city to fall without reinforcement. Unfortunately for the Khan, he appears mistaken. Sultan Unqid has raced east, rallying all the Emirs he can to decisively crush the effort of the Khuzaits. If successful, Unqid intends to make sure they will not distract him again. Time will tell if Unqid’s effort will pay off.*

## Post Event Lore

*I hate sand...*

*After a long fought and bloody battle outside of Garontar Castle, Sultan Unqid achieved his first victory, securing the first step in many to ruling the Southern Sea. Weary, Worn, and exhausted, he and his men began the long march back to Sanala, to recuperate and prepare for another campaign.*

*The Khan, eager to recuperate his pride from a nasty defeat by the Sturgians early this year, gathered his horde and set forth to defeat the already beleaguered Aserai. Relations between the two have never been pleasant. Despite temporarily supporting each other at Pendraic against the Vlandian force of the Barbarian alliance, they've found no common ground. Incursions into each other's territory, and raids on each other's caravans have marked an ever increasing souring of relations.*

*Enough was enough. Hearing the stomping of a million hooves against the ground, Sultan Unqid ordered his men to set up camp outside Husn Falq, wishing to see the village spared from any combat. A force consisting of the finest spears in the desert, hawk-eyed archers, and hardy bedouins, the Aserai were confident in their combined arms ability, and that confidence was well deserved, with a quick upper hand being achieved in the early stages of the battle. Like wheat to a scythe, the Khuzaits were cut down early on.*

*The Khan was determined not to lose this battle, and heeded the advice of foreign auxiliaries. Reinforcing his cavalry corps, the Khan intensified the skirmishes against Unqid's mamluks, pulling them away from the infantry. Unable to breathe or see from the dust kicked up by the sudden horde, and thus unable to resist, were slaughtered bit-by-bit. Sultan Unqid, despite his earlier protests, ordered his men into the village. Blood soaked the streets as Aserai and Khuzait alike were slain. In the end, Sultan Unqid managed to repel another Khuzait force.*

*The Horde was not phased, however, and intensified skirmishing while pulling in their ground auxiliary. Sneaking in archers onto the rooftops to rain hell from above, while securing the only water source in range, Khuzait cunning forced The Aserai to make a tough-or-tougher decision, and Sultan Unqid marched his men out of the village. The Khuzaits, anticipating this, set up shield walls in all the exits, forcing The Aserai through a meat grinder. With the death of many an Emir, The Aserai were forced to retreat to their camps.*

*The Aserai were in a rough spot. Confident, perhaps too much so, the Aserai had not anticipated that Khan Monchug would pull his head out of his horses's ass. Unwilling to be surrounded in the village but also cautious about the perilous terrain of the waterhole, Sultan Unqid ordered his men to the center between them, an old sign post. With Cavalry shadowing the infantry, surely this would be a winning strategy. However, The Khanate was not phased, and baited Aserai cavalry into unwinnable fights while battering the infantry with arrows to soften them up, before sending in their small infantry force to clean up. Seeing no use in remaining out in the open, half of The Aserai ran to the waterhole while half ran to the village.*

*The village forces set up at the gates, in order to prevent any Khuzaits from coming in behind them. Fighting was long and hard, and came down to the last man, but in the end, The Khanate secured the village. On the other end of the map, the remaining Aserai quickly set up a defensive position, steadfast in the idea that the mud and silt would disable any cavalry advantage. Correct they were, and The Khuzait force that chased them quickly met their end. Nearly destroyed, the remaining Aserai forces retreated from the battle field and escaped to Husn Falq Castle.*

*The Sultan rallied his remaining men, hurridly fortified the castle, setting up emplacements just outside the walls. The Khuzaits, sending their best men and women to the battering ram, attempted to bust down the gate. Sending a special force of his best soldiers, Unqid's forces not only repelled the first assault, but destroyed the siege equipment, forcing the Khuzaits to attempt to take the castle by blood alone. Whereas Khuzaits shine in the field, they rust in the siege, and in the end Husn Falq remains in Aserai hands.*

*Both forces, heavily wounded by battle, rest now, licking their wounds. The Aserai still stand tall, even with a limp, and the Khuzaits ride proudly, confident in any future success in the field.*

## Aftermath

No lands were exchanged between the Aserai Sultanate and the Khuzait Khanate.

## Links

Event post: [1]

Wrapup post: [2]