My contribution to the fluff
The quest for the holy scriptures of Isildur…
Or
Da’ searzh for dem magic herbs In the years of the 2nd southern crusade, the honourable and noble Isildur fought the greenskins in the vile and cursed swamp lands of the Border Princes. Many knights perished in this plagued land, where it was said that the fumes of the swamps glowed bright green. This essence of chaos affected all living in these lands and while it caused men and beasts to fight with unnatural speed and strength, it corrupted their souls. Isildur had witness the death of many of his finest men, some by the spears and crude clubs of the green hordes, but as many by the “final salvation” of the holy padres’ when the corrupted minds of the soldiers were beyond cure.
It was in the darkest hour, a spirit of the forest guided Isildur to a lake that glimpsed with all the colours of the rainbow and where translucent flowers grew in the shallow water. The spirit offered Isildur one of the flowers. When he touched it, it vaporized and his mind was sharpened and his limbs strengthened and his will to cleanse the lands of the green horde, yet again, became stern. Isildur brought the ill to the lake where they recovered quickly from their wounds and their minds were cleared from the corruption of the fumes. Soon after he lead a devasting charge against the green hordes, but when victory was almost at hand, he was struck death by the fast spinning iron-ball attached to a mere goblin. And so it was that the brave Isildur, saviour of many noble knights, were killed by the merest of mortals in the corrupted lands of the border princes. His men fought valiant, but were outnumbered ten to one, and succumbed to the numerous vile greenskins.
Conrad von Dürhaben and his men had been riding for days now. He was unsure of the direction, but kept that to himself. All he had for guidance was the old scribbled notes of what he thought might as well be the visions of a mad man. The council had ordered that the scriptures of Isildur were to be recovered, but to Conrad, that might just be another part of the intricate game amongst the higher nobles. The Bishop of Bechhofen had put forth this quest to the council soon after he had acquired the lands in a game of cards, and now needed it cleansed of any inhabiting goblin tribe. It was not permitted for the men of the church to have private property, neither was it allowed to play cards. Not that it mattered to Conrad, he just had to escort the holy emissary around these swamp lands until the padre had grown tired of the stench and declared that the scriptures of holy skt. Isildur were nowhere to be found and that they could all return home.
Wazork swung his mighty club in a large arch into the heads of both the goblins arguing. “Quiet… Me is thinking”, the centre of the argument, a small baked rotten, still in the hands of the newly dead greenskins, fell to the ground and was quickly snatched by a snotling standing nearby. Wazork had been looking at the map for hours. Map was perhaps an overstatement. It was a drawing made with a chopped off human finger on bark, and Wazork had to decipher which marks were intended and which were accidental drops of blood from the oozing “pen”. They had been here for a month now, looking for some mythical herbs for a brew that could make a snotling as strong as the greatest of black orcs. Wazork was a practical orc, and had ordered all kinds of plants to be gathered. One at the time he fed them to a “volunteering” snotling that was sequentially hit with Wazorks club to test if the herbs had given them the strength of black orcs. Needless to say, the pile of dead snotlings was growing quite fast.
The expeditionary force of the Bishop of Bechhofen – Ostland. --2500pt on the noseConrad von Dürhaben
General of the Empire Full plate, shield, helm of skaven slayer
Frederick von Braunschweig
Captain Full plate, BSB, enchanted shield
Didrick von Ziggelssov - Master of Holy Artifacts
Wizard lvl4 Light w Staff of Stability
Victor Middelhof- Apprentice of Holy Artifacts
Wizard lvl 2 ligth, Dispel Scroll
Karl Sigismund - envoy of the Bishop of Bechhofen
Luthor Huss
William der Erleuchtete - Priest of Bechhofen
Priest Charmed shield, heavy armour
Henrik der Gerechte - Priest of Bechhofen
Priest Heavy armour, shield
Bukenhaven 3rd sharp shooters
10 Archers
5 Crossbows
5 Crossbows
Count's pathfinders
10 Hunters
Bechhofen 7rd scout platoon
5 x Pistoleirs w musician
Guards of the Envoy
11 IC knights w. Full Command
Bechhofen 54rd expeditionary guards
38 Halberdiers w.Full Command
15 Halberdiers
5 Archers
Bechhofen 55rd expeditionary guards
38 Halberdiers w. Full Command
14 Halberdiers
5 Archers
Bechhofen 4rd light artillery battery
2x Hellstorm
