Board Thread:Middle Earth Roleplays/@comment-26210095-20170409032121/@comment-26295802-20170412231242

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 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.