Board Thread:Middle Earth Roleplays/@comment-26210095-20170409032121/@comment-26210095-20170413094942

High Prince Imrahil wrote: Patrick.vtap wrote:

The men facing the Swan-Knights ready their lances and pikes. If the Swan-Knights want to charge, they will have to charge straight into a thicket of steel blades. Uh... the whole point was that they threw open the gates and charged out in a surprise-attack, before the enemy could get into a defensive position. So I guess if they weren't fast enough, they just circle back around into the castle.

Herendil himself appears on a very high balcony, just out of bowshot, shouting encouragments to his troops below.

Suddenly, the men-at-arms break and retreat. Forming on the battlments is a massive shield-wall, by the indomitable foot-soldiers that are rivaled only by the Citidel Guard:

The Wardens of Tirith Aear.

Armed with their long steel pikes, blue clokes, and their huge blue shields with the sea-tower emblazoned in white, these men calmly march into confrontation. They are members of The Order of the Silver Swan, the foot versions of the Swan Knights.They wear heavy silver armour, and helmets with massive wings, like those of the Citidel Guard. They also wear blue masks, representing the silence of The Wardens, and masking their emotions in battle. They are spread out rather thin: not so thin that the line is easy to break, but thin enough that corisair archers would have trouble hitting one of the heavily-armored pikeman without hitting one of their own troops instead. I mean, they were all armed with spears and pikes and such, and were probably expecting such an assault. They don't meet further resistance, so they appear to be placing something at the base of the Gate.

Seeing the Wardens, the Corsairs try to fight back, but are pushed into the Sea by the Wardens. Not caring about hitting what remains of their own men, the men on the Gate spill burning tar onto both Corsairs and Wardens, they are determined to take the Tower, even at the expense of thousands of dead Corsairs