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Turn 14
Late Spring, Year 2


Not to be outdone for trechery, the heathens of Mictlan declared war on Jotunheim in the next season. However, Rhyvinter was fully devoted to crushing Man first, and so strengthened his defenses in the west, while marching his armies into the east.

Mictlan declared war on Jotunheim.

In the Forest of Gun, blizzards devastated the land, killing 5% of the population. Commoners whisper that it was called down upon them by Rhyvinter himself, to punish them for their lack of production.

In the province of Inarime, Godzilla Blitz led his troops against the forces of Man. Their forces consisted of less than one hundred mixed slingers and militia and four huge Horned Serpents. They were commanded by two Castellans, heavily armed and armored noblemen. Upon spying the giants approaching their lines, the human commanders unleashed their forces.

The militia met with the giant spearmen first, quickly followed by the Horned Serpents, even as rocks pelted the giants from the slingers positions. The giants met the attack, reaching further than the humans could with their large spears and axes. The charge was quickly turned, and the humans died to a man, as did the serpents. As was their custom, the giants then bellowed warcries and charged the remaining forces, cutting down anyone in their path. All of the slingers were slain, as was Berthwald the Castellan, while some twenty militia and the remaining human commander were able to flee. The province belonged to the Jotun, but more importantly, they were but a single province from the enemy capitol.
A few days later, the humans launched a counter-attack in Temiglia. The human force consisted of seventy axemen, twenty spearmen, and forty longbowmen. This force was led by two monks. Opposing them were twenty militia, and a priest. Thankfully, the local militia was able to join this force before the battle, adding twenty giant militia to the Jotun forces along with a Herse to lead them.
The humans moved toward the town in a battle line, covered by the swift arrows from their longbowmen. The giants and milita hid behind their shields, but a few of the arrows got through, killing about five men and wounding a few of the giants. The giant militia watched in disgust as their human counterparts broke and ran as the Axemen and spearmen came closer, but it helped to strengthen their resolve.
The din of war rose over the field as the two forces clashed. The giant line bent as the humans crashed into them, attacking with great ferocity. These men were experienced soldiers, and their skill was apparent. The priest for Jotun, Albert, took an arrow in the chest, and the wound was great. He continued to fight with the Jotun militia, trying to heal who he could even as the battle swirled around him. Where a giant fell, he moved to try to offer them comfort.
Finally, the Men broke and began to run. Sensing victory, the giants gave chase, cutting stragglers down as they found them. Albert moved along with them, but eventually his wound proved too much for him to overcome, and he fell dead on the field. Seeing their brave companion fall enraged the giant militia, and they completed the slaughter. Of the forces of Man who entered Temiglia, not a single on mad the trip back to their lines.

Danpner, a Jotun Herse, left for the Mictlan frontier. There he was tasked to hold the line until the war could be won in the east against Man. Kingfc22, Rhyvinter, and Visbur moved into Temiglia to prepare an assault on Man.

In Ireme, Godzilla Blitz prepared the defense of the province. He was expecting some sort of counter-attack from Man, and would need all of the help he could get.

In Pholothras, a Gode was recruited to lead the defense force, or a counter-attack force to take advantage of any weakness shown by Mictlan.

A human commander was recruited in Halemyre.
Two (20) light infantry were recruited in Worshin.
Five light infantry and a militia were recruited in Inarime.

Coffee Warlord and the priest Vitiges were ordered to invade the Man province of Lettia, which scouts reported as unmanned. To back up this claim, the scout Fomiraghist also pledged to join the attack, lending his quite limited battle strength to the cause.