Second Battle of Rothswood

[House Ruthern 119]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKMTu1GDi_w

 

Savoyard cavalry cut down routing Courlanders at the Second Battle of the Rothswood.

C. 1612, Jakub MacDonough

 

7th of the Grand Harvest, 1612

 

Out on the snowy banks of Metterden, an army had gathered. Their camp was meager, with only a few tents sparsely inhabiting the frigid encampment.  Boots of assembled freemen trampled the snow as the forces assembled by the gates. Such a diverse force had surely not been seen since the fall of the Empire; the Church forces, the Knights of the Black Sepulchre, Lotharingian and Haensetian freemen, Courlandic defectors - chief among them the Errmark levy - and the Bastard’s cavalry; the steel of their blades wrought alight in the sun.

 

They could see the campfires of the “Great Coalition” in the distance, and they knew from the reports of their scouts that they were greatly outnumbered. But they did not fear, for the true GOD - the God of their forefathers - stood with them with a summoned fury greater than any storm of swords. The horns of war sounded through the camp as the men began to march. They advanced, firm and confident in their strength, onto the snowy bluffs outside the Rothswood. The rebels halted, and drew their line. A few men had been wary about marching to war, many remembering the losses of the Great Northern War and the Coalition War. However, as the Coalition pressed onwards and caught sight of the Courlandic forces, everyone was united for one purpose. Victory.

 

The silence of the day was broken swiftly as arrows cut through the air, turned aside by the sturdy shields of Rothswood, wielded defiantly by rebel men. As abruptly as the first volley, a second was fired, but not from the bows of the Coalition. The rebels fought back, steel showers being exchanged across the black sky of night. The Courlandic cavalry, impatient and restless, rode forward to lay more accurate fire and were staved off by the bravery of the shield wall. Rearing their horses and turning to run the cavalry were suddenly cut off; a single, brave soldier - Gareth Errmark - drove two suddenly from their saddles with his pike while all the men onlooked.

 

As the Courlandic cavalry fell from their saddles, hired Romstun mercenaries charged on the rebel left, aiming to assist the incapacitated cavalry. The Horde of Dunamis charged on the left to counter the Romstuns, successfully driving back and slaughtering the Courlandic incursion. As the Courlanders sought refuge within the Tosali manor, the rebel line wrapped around the left, charging straight into the mass of Courlanders. The tactic worked; hundreds of Courlandic men-at-arms and sergeants lay dead on the battlefield, with even little Matyas Vanir striking his axe into the head of the false queen Ericka Yar; Courlandic blood stained the dead grass of the Rothswood. Among them was Trevor the Orc, a notorious thief known for his heist of multiple carbarum plate armors, who had been slain by Ser Rodrigo Cortez.

 

As the snow and dust cleared from the havoc in the forest, an eerie silence filled the air. Men lay dead all throughout the woods, the Tosali manor alight with alchemist’s fire, the great war camp of the Coalition plundered and salvaged; on this day, the rebels had defied all odds and beaten the Staunton menace. Harren of Metterden, the valiant commander of the rebel forces threw up his axe, shouting into the air:

 

“Curonia Delenda Est!

COURLAND MUST BE DESTROYED!”

[yopplwasupxxx 5946]

Ser Stanimir nods to another grand piece of art by Jakub MacDonough, "Truly a master of the brush."

[sandey0000 216]

Eadwulf would be one amongst many shouting and cheering "CURONIA DELENDA EST"

[Tosali 108]

Brynden Tosali would examine his ruined manor, shaking his head stating "Liberation is a costly act"

[Mj. 697]

Wem stops to take a quick release in the courland camp 

[KeatonUnbeaten 1103]

3 minutes ago, Tosali said:

Brynden Tosali would examine his ruined manor, shaking his head stating "Liberation is a costly act"

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Gareth Errmark offers the Tosalis a stay in his castle if they need it.

[Jentos 9425]

"I love the smell of rebellion in the morning." muttered Faremyr, grinning.

[Andustar 4143]

"Primo Victoria!" Viktor Kovachev proclaims

[Vetren54 368]

"Freedom isn't free," Tiberius would announce to a group of soldiers drinking in the tavern tent, "Our struggle has not yet ended.  Curonia delenda est."

[ErikAzog 3575]

"Vengeance." Proclaimed Rodrigo.

[Tosali 108]

1 hour ago, ImperialRoyalist said:

Gareth Errmark offers the Tosalis a stay in his castle if they need it.

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Brynden would nod, stating the lord "Aye, we might need it since our manor is in ruin.I'll make sure to have my carts, supplies, and men readied in a fortnight to march to your kindly offer."

[InfamousGerman 1553]

Matyas grins, the very young boy carrying the heads of Valia Frostbeard and the Regent of Urguan to his father.

[Imi 425]

Ericka Yar was not at the battle - instead remaining in Lorraine.

 

"How odd," she'd think, at the various news of her apparently being slain.

 

 

[mitto 2312]

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