We played a battle inspired to that described in THE HOBBIT (Battle of Five Armies).

We played with 4000 points for army and 1500 points for magic each.

The Army of the Allies consisted of four armies, each under the command of its own Warchief:

- 1) Elves of the Principality of Atraxas -

- 2) Dwarves of Kingdom of the Iron Mountains - Alongside the Warchief was also deployed a Hero on Bear, with "Hauberk of Heroes" and "Legendary Sword" (Magic of Good).

- 3) Men of the Danir Kingdom (Rheged) -

- 4) Elves on Eagles of the Principality of Altaforra, under the orders of their sovereign, an Elf Warchief riding a Giant Gryphon and whith Allied Giant Creatures: a Giant Eagle and a Titan Bear . This Command will be deployed with the rules provided for "Reinforcements". The Warchief on Giant Griffon is protected with a "Fairy Shield" (Magic of Good). -

For Elves and Men (Danir) were used the profiles that are in the book of the armies of the Hyperboreans; for Giant Eagle, Titan Bear and the Elf Warchief on Giant Gryphon the profiles are found in the book of the Allies & Mercenaries. For Dwarves and Orcs we have used the profiles of their standard armies.

Among the Magic Indiduals, the allied army fielded even Merlin the Magician, an Ashdhar which also has the powers of the forest Druids, whose profile is in the book of the Hyperboreans.

Against them it is deployed the Horde of the Warchief Azogh who held the command of Orc giant wolf riders in "reserve" (therefore it will be deployed with the rules for the "Reserves"). This Command is under the command of a Orc Leaders on giant wolf and is reinforced by a powerful heavy war chariot. As Terrible Giant Creature the the Horde deployed a mighty Jugghernauth.

The Orcs had brought on the battlefield the "Flame of Molock", a powerful talisman that increases their determination and decreases the risk that Units that suffer losses can escape.

Orcs won the Scouting test, and the Allies have sided first. The battle started the last hour of the night.

In the early turns, there were exchanges of volleys of throwing weapons. Both army formations deployed a unit of Heavy Crossbows that during this phase are mutually eliminated with the help of the Archers and Crossbowmen (these only Dwarves).

While waiting for Reinforcements, the Allies have set themselves in defense, while the Orcs, as is their custom, they immediately came to the assault.

At the beginning of the fourth turn, the test to do to get the Reinforcements of the Allies, that the Command with the three Giants Creatures and Elves Archers on Eagles unit, was immediately positive: a "6" with the launch of 1D6. So these powerful reinforcements arrived on the battlefield, entering from the shorter side located to the left of their camp, just at the point where the Jugghernauth was exercising his tremendous pressure on Danir defending that side.

The Orc Warchief, who could throw into battle on his powerful Cavalry on giants wolves from the start of the second turn, he instead kept waiting, finally making it come only in the fourth turn, after seeing the arrival of the opponents Giants Creatures, although his spies they had before informed that they were coming.

In the Combat Round of the fourth turn, the Orcs have suffered the severe loss of the Jugghernauth, who, after being repeatedly struck and injured, following a failed morale test fled, leaving dismay Orcs that had on him relied. A creature truly unpredictable!

In the Combat Round of the sixth turn, the Giant Gryphon, who was ridden by one of the two Elf Warchiefs, was killed in the clash against Azogh and his Giants Orcs Guard, but his Knight survived and was able to disengage, putting safety.

The fighting continued for the whole day. At the beginning of the eighth turn, dropped back the darkness, the numerical superiority of the Orcs has tipped the scales in their favor. The Cavalry on giants wolves broke through on the right side of the Allied, so that the Elf Warchief on horseback and the Dwarf Warchief on bear have to throw them into the melee to plug the gap, until he came out the decisive battle that was taking place on the left side, where the Orcs Warchief with its powerful Giants Orcs unit head held to the Giant Eagle, the Titan Bear, the Elves on the Eagles and the Danir Cavalry. In subsequent clashes, the the Dwarf Warchief suffered four wounds, but managed to hold out until the end of the battle.

Being able to eliminate all the Bodyguard of Azogh, formed by Giant Orcs, the Giant Eagle and the Danir could make a quick move towards the center of the battle, arriving just in time to give a hand to the Elves and Dwarfs were suffering the onslaught of the Orcs Cavalry on giant wolves.

After giving her significant contribution to the elimination of the Orcs Cavalry on fiant wolves, the Giant Eagle engaged and eliminated even the heavy war chariot.

To keep up to Azogh remained the Titan Bear.

The end came in the eleventh turn when the Titan Bear finally managed to kill the Orc Warchief. Following the Command test, as had survived of the Orcs Horde gave it to flee.

A final just like those of the book! The Orc Warchief killed by the Giant Bear and the Dwarf King seriously injured! As you know, he will die later as a result of such injuries.

Very important proved Merlin the Magician (which in Naran is the alter ego of Gandalf), which also evoked the spells of Forests to slow the advance of the Orc hordes. Also important they were the Priests and Clerics: the three Clerics and a Priest have sacrificed their lives, invoking the Gods, to save those of Warchiefs and other Warriors and Creatures of their armies.

Even the Orcs have lost three Clerics and one Priest.

Decisive for the outcome of the battle proved the two Giants Creatures (Eagle and Bear).

The match ended with the following result:

- Allies: losses suffered 1979 points.

- Orcs: losses suffered 5500 points (the entire army and all the arcane component)..

Losses difference = 3521 points in favor of the Allies -

Result: Massacre.

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