The Wolf Raids

The Wolf Raids is the name of the attacks from the Úlfrstrīth clan on Denmark, which is currently owned by the German Imperials.

For simplicity's sake, please use modern day names of locations.

## Troop Info

### Troop Numbers (Side 1)

106 raiders, including 22 Úlfhéðnar (one of which is a Berserker), one insane shaman

### Casualties (Total)

35

3/7/1143, 2:03 P.M. - The raiding Úlfrstrīth clan arrives on Denmark soil in Kandestederne, where they find a small village. The raiders immediately go on the offense, attacking some civilians and the few guards posted in the town and looting whatever they find. Some raiders corner a family of farmers while some others take their chickens and goats. After 30 minutes, the raiders go back onto their boats and sail away. One raider is killed in the fight while another dies from injury later. 17 Danish are killed, only one of them being a guard, the rest farmers or fishermen.

3/8/1143, 9:22 A.M. - The raiders arrive again at a village in Højen, this time targeting the boats specifically. The raiders enter the merchant ships and take their strongboxes and small chests and rush them to their own boats. After the ships are unloaded of most of their supplies, they put the ships to the torch, as well as a few houses just to make a point. Only 5 people are killed in the raid, but several are injured and/or ruined by the flames.

3/9/1143, 5:51 A.M. - 18 raiders take a single longboat back to Kandestederne to steal some more stuff. They arrive so early, though, that only a few men are awake to start the day's activities. They're able to steal a few stray animals and some tools before heading back to the boat and leaving stealthily. No one was killed.

3/9/1143, 9:48 A.M. - News of the raid on Kandestederne reach Berlin, met with both mild shock and disappointment by the Kaiser. A small group of five Kleriker begin their journey to Kandestederne, accompanied by four Light Cavalrymen, two Composite Bowmen, and six Spearmen.

3/10/1143, 12:56 P.M. - 27 raiders arrive in Klitmøller, where the village trades in wool and textiles. They kill 6 fisherman before taking three people- a man, a woman, and their child- as hostages. They demand all of their supplies, and the village fearfully (but reluctantly) agrees. Upon the cargo being seized, one of the raiders kills the man anyway but leaves the woman and child alone.

3/10/1143, 5:48 P.M. - The Count of Nordjylland (the subdivision of Denmark where the raids are occurring) passes a local law stating that, when under attack by vikings, the local Danish garrisons are authorized to station themselves in any settlement under risk of raiding, also requesting more Kleriker from the Kaiser to help with potential injuries to both civilians and soldiers.

3/11/1143, 8:23 A.M. - 17 raiders arrive to the fishing village located in Harboøre and loot it, stealing their nets straight from the water and their barrels of fish. A single raider is killed by a defending villager using a fishing spear, while only two other villagers are slain while trying to protect their barrels.

3/17/1143, 2:21 A.M. - Clan Úlfrstrīth's newest member, a furry shaman named Keulié, sneaks into Kandestederne and, after chokeholding them to unconsciousness, brings a virgin maiden to a nearby forest and performs a sacrificial ritual. In the morning, villagers find her arms nailed to trees while the rest of her body is torn open, lying in a circle filled with runes that don't mean anything to them.

3/17/1143, 5:13 PM - The discovery of the mutilated corpse shocks any officials who come across the information. As such, the Danish garrison focuses its forces to port cities all across Denmark, leaving around 60 Long Swordsmen at each major city and 25 Spearmen at towns and villages.

3/24/1143, 10:17 A.M. - The Clan Berserker goes alone back to the village of Højen, not to pillage, but to challenge the men and soldiers to duels. In the end, five of the spearmen soldiers accept, and each save one are killed by the hulking man. Upon killing the fourth, the Berserker refused to fight the last challenger on the grounds that he wouldn't be a challenge and left on his fishing boat.