The foul Necromanta escaped the prior battle and linked up with her Vampire Lord. Together they now march upon the town of Erichsburg which finds itself hard pressed to gather defenders after the loss of so many brave warriors in the last battle.
From the west they march upon Erichsburg as the autumn sun sets. A unit of zombies shambles at the behest of a Banshee, a Corpse Cart, Necromanta and her skeletal warriors, Vampire Lord and his Skeletal Legion and the dread Black Coach. Surely Something Wicked this way comes......
The defenders of Erichsburg proper:
A single Mortar crew along with Lumpin' Croops halfling archers and their detachment of Old Mill free company.
Captain Heinrich was branded a coward for running from the last battle and has been replaced by the honorable Captain Geoffrey waving the Griffon Banner and leading the Golden Lion Spearmen. In support are a detachment of five swordsmen and five Handgunners.
Francisco the Flammable awaits the winds of magic.
On the outskirts of town guarding the road that leads to Castle Kilestein are:
A second Mortar crew, A unit of Hardy Halberdiers and their Swordsman detachment, followed by the Erichsburg Muskets and a detachmnet of Marienburg Mercenary Free Co.
They pray they are enough to halt the Undead march.
After a few tense moments of manuvering, the Black Coach slams its way into the heart of town, the Swordsmen hold, but are faltering!
Necromanta summons up a new batch of skeletons that waylay the advance of troops at the river crossing!
The Swordsmen are dispatched and Captain Geoffrey must decide what to do!
Foul magic bolsters the undead, the Halberdiers fall and their detachment feels the FEAR!
Capt. Geoffrey feels the Coach could be overwhelmed by numbers alone and chooses to engage it along with his Handgunners. The Vampire Lord charges into the flank of the Golden Lions! The Griffon Banner holds everyone true!
Necromanta summons a group of Zombies to kill Francisco! The Wizard unleashes fiery doom upon them burning them to ash!
At the river crossing, the Halberdiers and Swordsmen have broken and run off in terror! Leaving the Muskets and the Marienburg Mercs. alone!
The Mercs. break and run as the Muskets fall to the spears of the skeletons!
As mortar shells fall like rain, Necromanta is killed by sharpnel. Knowing he is alone on the field the Vampire challenges Capt. Geoffrey to single combat. The empire Captain accepts and his men rally about him!
The two Heroes battle furiously and Capt. Geoffrey is wounded but doesn't fall. Erichsburg may have a chance!
Alas no. The tide of battle turns in favor of the Vampire Lord and his might combined with the Black Coach causes the Golden Lions and Capt. Geoffrey to be consumed in a dance of grim and bloody death!
As the Vampire Lord emerges from town bathed in the blood of the Golden Lions the Mortar crew drops a shell directly onto the foul monsters head! In a mist of blood the Vampire is no more, and his legions begin to crumble!
The Black Coach has torn through the last defenders of Erichsburg proper. Lumpin' Croop and the halfling archers are dead to a man, the town Mortar crew have run off and the Old Mill free co. run for their lives! Francisco finds himself in a terrible position!
The Black Coach spares no one!
Francisco joins the panicked Old Mill free company in their attempt to stay alive, as the skeletons slowly crumble while killing the last Hand Gunner from Capt. Geoffrey's unit! The Mortar crew lobs shells at the Zombies to no effect!
Even as they crumble to dust, the risen dead chase off the last living members of the Marienburg Mercs. that had rallied after the fall of the Muskets!
Francisco the Flammable, three Old Mill free company and the mortar crew are able to escape as the Banshee and the last remnants of the undead raze Erichsburg! The town has fallen and now belongs to the Undead.
