Board Thread:Middle Earth Roleplays/@comment-26210095-20170409032121/@comment-26210095-20170411013425

High Prince Imrahil wrote: Patrick.vtap wrote: Before the Archers can get into position, the Gondorian fleet decides to send in their cannon-ships into the Harbor. "Sir, the Iron Ships are inbound."

"Damn. Damn them to hell!"

Herendil paces back and forth along the balcony, watching the battle progress from a safe spot on the height of Tirith Aear.

(By the way, the base of Tirith Aear is actually the hollowed-out rock of the original island, and it's very sturdy. It's a huge fortress in its own right, so the canon ships can't just like, knock the whole thing over in one volley or anything :P)

"Trever, skip the battle. We're going straight to emergency measures."

"Sir, shouldn't we wait-"

"If we wait, we die. You heard me. Give the signal."

Trever hesitates a little, then lights the huge torches on either side of the balcony.

Without warning, from all the tiny civilian harbors and inlets that branch off the main harbor, ships of Dol Amroth come from every direction, maybe two-dozen galleys in all. Also from the military harbor comes at least half of Dol Amroth's ships, about a dozen galleons.

They don't stop, they don't relent. They just make a b-line for the canon ships. "Ha. Let them come! FIRE!" The Umbarian Admiral shouts, as the 'Iron-Ships' begin to fire at the incoming fleet, which, almost suicidaly, is charging them head on. The other flagships do the same ; Dol Amrothians have never faced this kind of warfare before, and the ships are being shredded.