User blog:Leolab/User Siege Tourney, Round 33 of 64: Beastman14 (Ryan) v Redkite (Markus)



Ryan the Dreaded: Spain's pirate general,

Attacking

Markus Thoawan: The Great Captain from Asaea.

Prologue
Lloyd walks back towards his table in the library, and the glass of wine he'd been drinking over the past few hours. He turned a corner and heard an all too familiar cackle behind him. "And finally the Injun mercen..."

Austonio cuts off as Lloyd's punch connects, hitting him square in the jaw. Lloyd follows up with a swift punch just under the ribcage, leaving Austonio gasping. "I don't have the time for this shit right now," he growls, "so it's a good idea to leave. Or I'll ask Leo to send horse-bee hybrids to torture you."

Would you do that even if I begged?

''Hell, I might do it anyway. This will be most fun.''

Attacker
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Born 1492, Ryan became new ores with pirates until he turned 18 and attempted to start his own crew. It was rough at first, with Ryan and his 2-dozen man crew forced to take on the English navy, until he vowed to work with the English against his won people, Spain. Ryan quickly established himself as brutal and ruthless when his raid on a Spanish town ended with the deaths of everyone involved, including half of his current crew. It is rumored that He was gifted with a 5,000 man fleet out of fear and respect by the English, whom he regards as worthy opponents and allies. He has a light-hearted sense of humor and attempts to be kind and courteous whenever the situation requires it. He will battle in 1v1 combat with honor.


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Weapons:

Close: Cutlass

Pole-arm: Boarding Pike

Ranged: English Standard Issue Crossbow w/flaming arrows

Off-Hand: Throwing Knife

Armor: Steel Thin Chest Plate

Single Combat accepted


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Tactics: For attacking, Ryan often uses a charge-forward with reckless disregard for life strategy for battles, with a mental warfare of slaughtering innocents strategy for sieges, then throwing corpses over the wall.

Attacking Troops: 5,000 men

10 siege cannons loaded with grapeshot and the required amounts of people to run them. (30 men)

2,000 Pirates. Weapons: Close: Cutlass Far: Crossbow

1,500 Horseman. Weapons: Close: Boarding Pike Ranged: Crossbow

1,470 Skirmishers/Mercernaries Weapons: Close: Tomahawks Ranged: Grappling Hooks (to get over the walls)

Defender
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Born and raised surrounded by military inspiration from his father, uncle and eventually brothers, Markus grew up expecting his life to be spent fighting along side his generation in infantry for Asaea, an English colony established during the crusades which stayed on in exsistance even after the crusades came to an end. The large and powerful colonly extended a reputation for keeping it's people well and through the ages a military force of organized, well trained men was bred for England, but England and Asaea distanced and eventually Asaea found itself effectivley independant. Markus grew up and joined the army with countless others, but he was noticed by the ruler whom believed Markus to be fit to lead a platoon. Markus proved in training that he was a fit leader and his rank only rose over time as he befriended the ruler and eventually after several years, Markus found himself a commander of the military forces of Asaea.


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Weapons and Armour:

Main: Steel Short Sword

Wooden Pike with Metal Tip

Wooden and Metal Bow and Arrow

Mutli-layered Wood and Metal Tower Shields

Armour: Chain-mail Undercoat covered by Steel Plate Armour (Equipped by all troops)

Will take on single battle challenges.

Armour: Chain-mail Undercoat covered by Steel Plate Armour (Equipped by all troops)
 * -| Army =

Tactics: In the event of an enemy attack severals tactics have been established. 3/4 of bowmen are too attend wall while the remaining fraction will work with infantry. On the wall, the bowmen will use wave fire and independant fire. Wave fire involves a unifyed bombardment of Arrows all fired at once, this can be done in rounds but should enemies return fire or come too close, independant fire can be used. On the ground, swordsmen, pikemen and a fraction of bowmen will attend the main gate and await potential entrance. The pikemen will await the forces first with pikes pointing and shields up followed by the swordsmen also with shields up and swords ready, the behind the infantry bowmen will prepare to use wave fire for awaiting enemy. In the event of overwhelment, men will retreat to the inner wall and repeat the same tactic.

Army:

Training:

Before specific roles within the military force is assigned, all men undergo extensive training lasting roughly 7 weeks. This includes extensive running and training to build fighting mentality and moral and unite the men to work together. All are also briefed on fighting tactics and trained to ensure they are capable. After 4 weeks, men are able to choose what role they seek, in the case of a overwhelment of men for a specific role, people will be transfered alphabetically. Men will then recieve training on their chosen role and the weapons associated aswell as tactics involving this.

Leadership:

All 3 unit sections were led by a captain. These captain's were recognisable by their white cape and impressive helmet which has metal extensions featuring a feathers and a soft nilon covering up to their nose so only their eyes are visible. All 3 captains had the weaponary of their unit, but the Pikemen and Archer captains also had swords and the Pikemen's pike had a small flag of Asaea before the metal tip. These captains would communiation with eachother Markus to control tactics.

Defending:

2000 Swordsmen - Steel Short Sword, Mutli-layered Wood and Metal Tower Shield

3430 Archers - Wooden and Metal Bow and Arrow, Steel Short Sword

2000 Pikemen - Wooden Pike with Metal Tip, Mutli-layered Wood and Metal Tower Shield

12 Trebuchets installed into outer-wall with 5 Crew members per machine. Crew are also trained archers and are equipped with the same weapons as archers.

X-Factors
These X-Factors are created by taking averages from the X-Factor evaluation blog, rounded to the nearest number. I did not choose them. There is no bias.

Victory Conditions
Attacker=
 * Overrun castle
 * Force defender to surrender
 * Win Single Combat
 * -| Defender=
 * Force attacker to surrender
 * Annihilate attacker
 * Survive for 4 months
 * Win Single Combat
 * -|Tie=
 * One side meets the victory conditions but loses their general
 * Both sides lose their general.