Battle of the Spear

Before the Battle
After the Grand Montage, the People of the Spear were not happy about losing one of their forts. They sent an army to take it back from the Humanimeaux. By now Hinode had not made a full recovery, but he had recovered enough that the group felt comfortable letting him fight.

We were able to spot them early thanks to snow weasels acting as stealthy scouts in the white snow. I believe this was the first time we used the dire least weasels.

Enemy Forces
The enemy formation (played by Tom) was an ice-cream cone shape, with the round part facing us. Just behind the front line were 3 siege-sized witchfire throwers, each operated by 2 men. Behind that was a cart containing a large blue laen spear. The command unit was next to the spear cart. They also had a group of 6-8 mounted knights in full plate off to their right flank.

Allied Forces
The Humanimeaux made 4 lines of about 10 troops each. I do not recall what species they were or what weapons they wielded. This was their main battle force designed to hold the center.

The party's participants included Rognus, Securis, Durus, Hinode, Kalaet, Velephia, Ceridwyn, Aka, Zaran, and Milo. Shiroth was here as well.

A unit of lighter armored and faster animals (weasels?) was given to Durus on the Humanimeaux left flank.

A large unit of flying bats was tasked with dropping rocks on the enemy formation.

Some Humanimeaux and party members were stationed on the wall of the fort, but very few. The leader of the Humanimeaux was up there operating the spear.

He used the spear to allow the allied side to fight without expending fatigue. The blue spear later attempted to manipulate the weather to obscure visibility, but he countered the effects of the blue spear. They may have been trying to do more than simply that.