User blog:Auraestus/The seige of Dale....

So in the formerly mentioned Third age total war: Divide and conquer game I mentioned in my 'How odd...' post, Sauron called an invasion of Dale and four factions answered: Dol Guldur, Mordor, the Easterlings, and the Variags. Dol Guldur was destroyed quickly and with a very unimportant battle, as they attacked alone and with few men. But the Easterlings, Mordor, and Khand came together and with a full unit card each (Sinthoniel, you know what that means in the game) Erebor, the only settlement I was able to hire from, had recently fought a battle and could not hire more units, but Dale was sieged. I of course, emptied Erebor and aided them, but it was winter and a storm was going on, but I attacked anyway. Khand, Rhun, and Mordor against an alone army of dwarves. I was hoping to get Reinforcements from Dale but I got a message saying they were delayed and probably wont make it for the battle. So we were alone, Rhun from the right, Khand to the front, and Mordor had not shown up yet. We braced, and Rhun made it first, then Khand. The story was obstructing my view so I could not see. Rhun was delt with but Khand still had 1000 units left. Me starting with only 750. We were losing, surrounded, and our view was obstructed, but we held on. King Bain had arrived not long past and was making his way towards us. But I did not think we would hold. But at our darkest hour, the storm cleared and we saw Dale charging down the nearby hill. Khands flanks broke, and we drove the men back. It seemed like we had the victory. Then Mordor arrived with another 1000 men, full of Morannon guards, Olog Hai, and other foul things. Of the dwarves original 750 almost all had been destroyed. Except for Dain, his guards, and a few more warriors and axemen. The ballista had been long broken. We were hopeless, low on morale and exhausted we charged mordors ranks. Then something happened even I did not expect, more reinforcements from dale, a wandering army it seems, charged Mordor from the back, and we had the victory, Dale had been protected. But at a cost. Almost all my units were dead, only about 100 of my original 750, and Dale suffered great losses as well.

I swear this is all 100% true.