Amedjifar was curious by nature,when he learned
of a ruined fortress on the edge of the Savannah,
with the usual tales of ghosts & treasure,
he set out to find it with a couple of soldiers
from his Company.The ruin proved rather easy to
locate as it was on the old road south and
the soldiers saw at once it was probably had been
the last Harad outpost before the they encountered
the Elves & Southern expansion ceased.

An exploration of the fortress was hot & dirty work
but under a collapsed stair case in the SW tower
they found a Chest,massive & heavy ,Amedjifar
was sure this was the treasure of rumor.
The 3 men decided to drag the locked
chest out on an old cart found in the court yard
& take it back to Amedjifar's tent
to divide in secret.They had loaded the old cart
and were moving slowly back up the road when
they saw men to their South,not men but Elves,
obviously their exploration of the ruins had been
noticed.The 3 men struggled to push the cart faster
& in so doing the strain on the old wood proved too
much & it fell apart.The Chest fell upon the road &
was too heavy to carry or pull.

Amedjifar treasure lust was too much to just flee
the advancing Elves & give up the chest,instead
he sent Dijon to run & rouse the rest of the Company
camped just to the West.Amenjifar & Gusar would
stay & hold the chest.

The Elf Company moved in easy strides nearing
the half-way point of its patrol.The old fortress would
be a welcome camp,it was a routine they had become
use to during the 3 months of patrolling this area.
Suddenly Farond,who had been on point with Gaulfin
& Bredil returned & reported that Dragon soldiers
had been seen at the old fort.

Arandor,quickly set the Elves moving if the Southrons
had reoccupied the ruin could mean that the
Storm King* had renewed his push South & the
Elf lands were endangered.When the Elves neared
the ruined fortress ,Gaulfin & Bredil met them
with more information.The Dragon Soldiers had
been only 3 & they left the old fort pulling a large
chest on a cart,when they had sighted the Elves
they had speeded up but the cart broke.
Two of the Soldiers had stayed with the chest
and the 3 rd had run up the road.

Arandor was relieved to see the Southrons were
not at the fort in force but he needed to find
out why they had been there at all.He ordered
his company forward, prisoners were always
a welcomed diversion.

*Storm King -The Nazgul Akhorahil(Ice Fluff)
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I'm amazed at the Battle Companies our Generator
is putting out,Dark Elves & the Southern Harad
basically ICE MERP fluff for which I converted models.
The Dark Elves are found in the Forrest below
Far Harad they are represented by HE.sword &
archer figs with a red leather armor,grey tunics
& black Cloaks, he Far Harad are black men
represented by plastic Uruk-Hai pikemen,with the
pikes cut down to spears & some given bows
& quivers,the helmets crests are also filed off.
They are the classic red & bronze Southrons.

The Battle generated was the
#4 Battle Company Scenario
"Rescue"frankly the Scenario rules
didn't mention if the Cut off Hero could move
or not.I don't think it would be much of a battle
if he could simply run back to his lines,thus
the stay with the chest fluff.The Terrain given by the
Generator Table II(basically borderland terrain-in
this case a Savannah)so the board has 4 clear
sections in the lower center we have have a
Craig which can be climbed in one place(not that
there will be much need for that in this battle)
and in the lower Left a ruined fortress
(a WarZone terrain piece)this required a road
which when generated called for e-w running across
the board.The Terrain helped set the fluff for the battle.

So right now the Southern Harad Sgt.&
bow armed soldier are in the middle
of the road in the middle of the board waiting
to see who gets to them first.

The Victory Conditions & ending game rules are
as per the BC Scenario.

The Sides:

The Dark Elf Company(all armed with Elf blades
except archers)

Arandor-Leader
Bredil-Warrior
Carwin-warrior
Darron -Warrior
Elbert-Warrior
Farond-Elf Bow
Gaulfin-Elf Bow

The Dark Elves of the South are from
ICE MERP-they were very warlike
and kept to themselves except when threaten.
They have the same stats
as Wood Elves but wear regular armor.

The Far Harad Company
(all armed with spears except for bowman)

Amedjifar-leader
Bello-Warrior
Carnem-warrior
Del Imat-warrior
Edua-Warrior
Faruk-warrior
Gusar-bowman
Heb-bowman
Irdun-bowman

The Far Harad Company are more ICE MERP
fluff but are basically the Southrons from the book.
They have the same stats as Harad Warriors,
they are from The Army of The Southern Dragon
& thus are often called Dragon Warriors.

The Battle:(note per BC Scenario Elves as
attackers always get priority)

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Arandor sent his Company forward in a loose
skirmish line,toward the two Dragon
soldiers on the road,as they advances the
could see more Dragon soldiers moving up
toward their comrades.The Elf leader then
sent 4 of his warriors toward the road to take
the 2 closest Dragon soldiers,while he & his
2 archers Farond & Gaulfin moved up the center
to draw off the advancing Dragon soldiers.

The Southrons seeing the Elf Skirmish line
separate began to reform into attack formations.
The Elves advance brought them in range for
the Elf Archers,Gaulfin shot at Amedjifar missed
but Farond's was true & the arrow staggered
the big Southron but he didn't go down
(successful use of Fate Point).The Elves continued
to move forward on the road & to the right,
the Southrons managed to reform ranks so that
the soldiers spears covered each other.
Both sides exchanged more arrows with Arandor
being hit but not put down by a powerful shot
from Heb.(The Elf Fate Point used )Gaulfin was taken
out by a shot from Irdun.

The fight was finally joined when Bredil,Carwin,
Elbert charged the Dragon soldiers on the road ,
this brought Del Imat in to draw off some
of the attack on Amedjifar and Edu charged
Darron with Faruk in support.Gusar was cut
down in the first Elf assault,Bredil was forced
back by Amedjifor supported by Del Imat,Edu
was taken out & Faruk forced back.Anandor cut
down Carnem & forced back Bello.

The melee was now in full swing Bredil ,Carwin
& Elbert charge Amedjifar ,while Darron charged ,
Del Imat.Arandor charged Faruk & Farond was
charged by Bello. The Southron bowmen seeing
their leader surrounded by Elves shot into
the melee to help.Heb shot went high but Irdun
struck true into Amedjifar!!!!

The Southron leader had gotten in the way of
the arrow meant for an Elf.With their leader down
the rest of the Dragon soldiers pulled back,
leaving victory to the Elves.

Game follow up:

The Elves Warriors get 3 experience points
(2 for inflicted wounds 1 game),Arandor gets
3(1 wound,1 victory,1 game)

Company gets 4 Influence Pts(2 game,2 victory).

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