Board Thread:Middle Earth Roleplays/@comment-26210095-20170409032121/@comment-26295802-20170411012240

Patrick.vtap wrote: The ships fire again, this time completely pulverizing the gate into dust.

Knowing that once they enter the gate, that archers will rain down on them, the Gondorians send their 'arrow fodder' Haradic ships first, to test the defenses. The archers have had very little time to reorganize, and are rightly very terrified at these new weapons. As such, only a few dozen flaming arrows rain down onto the ships, while the rest of the archers are still getting into position.