Border Princes: Turn 2

2nd Jahrdrung, 2516 IC

Dire news for Imperial interests South of the Black Mountains!  The Orcs and Goblins plaguing the East are apparently no mere raiders but are apparently kept in check by the iron will of a mighty warchief.  It would take a mighty authority indeed to have reigned them in from their raiding along the East Blood River and marched the Greenskin horde by night and day to seize territory to the North before turning West to claim the traditional mustering grounds of the Iron Claw Orcs.  I need not remind my colleagues of the significance of these events, for these were the very mustering grounds of Gorbad Ironclaw and invasion which cost our Empire the state of Solland and the Emperor Sigismund!

[from the GM: Note that the reason the Orc and Goblin player was able to take 2 territories in 1 turn was the use of the Orc and Goblin 'forced march' special rule for Orcs and Goblins.]

-Gavius Klugge

5th Jahrdrung, 2516 IC

Better tidings today: Pro-Imperial forces have marched into Aldium to the cheers of the locals!  I watched their entry myself, and even as old and jaded a warhorse as I couldn't help being impressed by rank upon rank of state troops marching through the High Street in perfect unison!  The town was festooned with banners flying the Imperial Iron Cross, the Twin-Tailed Comet of Sigmar, and the Griffon of Magnus the Pious, and the passing troops were showered with flowers and ribbon.  The crowd roared with approval at the gunne-salutes of the handgunners, and hushed in turn by the reputations of the grim Greatswords who marched beneath the blood-red Carroburg banner.  I daresay that the cheering burghers of Aldium were putting on just as much of a show in their own way as were our Imperials with their spectacles: Aldium has always survived by throwing open its doors to invaders and making itself indispensable to them.  I'm sure you won't dismiss me as cynical when I say I saw the gold being counted in the eyes of the innkeepers, merchants and whores as they watched the cavalcade pass!  Still, Aldium is vital to our interests and this is good news.  I shall take the opportunity to go and speak with the Imperial commander now to give my counsel, and will report forthwith.

-Gavius Klugge

11th Jahrdrung, 2516 IC

I bring more good news!  An alliance has been declared between pro-Bretonnian and Imperial interests in the Border Princes.  The alliance takes the form of a joint Crusade which seeks to emulate the overland Crusade against Araby which drove the Greenskins and worse beyond the Blood River in 1452 IC and which lead to the founding of the Border Princes.  I am, of course, skeptical about how long this alliance will last - after all, Bretonnian and Imperial petty nobles in the Border Princes have battled each other as much as any other since the founding of these lands!  Still, the many threats arising to the East and the memory of Tamurkhan's horrors may hold them together somewhat, and for now this serves the interests of the Emperor.  If only I didn't have to deal with those damnable Damsels of the Lady!

-Gavius Glugge


19th Jahrdrung, 2516 IC

As I had feared, reports suggest that the horde of marauders and cultists lead by black armoured warriors have descended from the mountains.  They have seized the Old Dwarf Road leading to the World's Edge Mountains in the name of one Vardek, razing blasphemous banners to the Ruinous Powers along the roadside alongside the crucified remains of unfortunate merchants and caravan guards who happened to be caught in their path.  This is dire news indeed and bodes ill for the Empire!  I urge you, dear colleagues, to ensure that the appropriate authorities in Averland are alerted and watches on the upper regions of Blackfire Pass reinforced.  

-Gavius Klugge

26th Jahrdrung, 2516 IC

Young Henri du Boix de Balzac and his Gallant Companions have secured the Western stretch of the lucrative Silk Road, marching beneath the new banner of the joint Bretonnian-Imperial Crusade.  No doubt the merchants will earn a king's ransom supplying the Bretonnians with the wines, silks and other fancies for the feasts, hunts and tourneys which provide the knights with entertainments as they travel and which threaten to slow their advance to a snail's pace!  I daresay, there shall be no such comforts beyond a bed in a ditch or haycroft for the peasants!

-Gavius Klugge

31st Jahrdrung, 2516 IC

As if the commonfolk along the East Blood River had not suffered enough Greenskin depravities, the South Bank of the river has been seized by skeletal forces.  These skeletal warriors and slavers have apparantly come to be known as the 'Silent Legion' by locals, for they march, fight, and drive their newly acquired slaves to work with nary a word but all in eerie silence.  For the unfortunates who used to live along the Blood River the choice is now between slavery to the Greenskins on the North Bank, which is likely to end in the stomach of a foul troll, the wrath of a slighted orc or to the cruel tortures of the goblins, or slavery to the Tomb Kings on the South Bank, which is harsh, unyielding and apparently continues in eternity after death!

-Gavius Klugge

Faction	Normal Territories	Special Territories	Total Territories	Razed Territories	Victory Points	Banners	Alliances
Bretonnians	3	0	3	0	3	2	Empire
Empire	2	1	3	0	7	2	Bretonnia
Orcs and Goblins	3	1	4	0	8	2
Tomb Kings	3	0	3	0	3	2
Warriors of Chaos	3	0	3	0	3	2