There is a lot of emphasis on my captain, Brunswick as he is my army general until I reach 2000 points. I am taking part in an escalation leaague withmy gaming club this year...so far we are at 400 and just about to hit 600.
Baron Argerland arrives at the White Tower and begins to drill his men with spears and hand guns. Although a Middenlander brave and true, he knows the value of black powder aand is not above augmenting his forces to the best of the Empire's capabilities. He also trains his artillerists in the use of cannon and volley guns. Argerlaand sends Brunswick to Middenland with aa bag of gold and instructions to find "the most frightening, tough, skilled, bunch of murdering mercenaries" in the Empire. What he gets is the Black Heart Company. 20 cut throats with years of experience fighting Maraading Norsemen, Skaven, Orks, and the risen dead. These men were to bu used as detachments to the main forces. This would allow them to use their full blodd thirsty, murderous tendencies to best effect.
Word that the infaamous Brunswick was in Middenheim soon spread even to the Temples of Ulrich and the Palace of the Graf. When two huge men in fur cloaks approached Brunswick in a narrow street, he didn't know what to make of things. He drew Widowmaker, his great sword and prepared to defend himeself. The two men laughed and produced huge hammers with wicked spikes running the length of the shafts. In short order the men told Brunswick they were Knights of the White Wolf, Templars of Ulrich of the Steel company to be exact. They had heard he was recruiting for Argerland and wanted to see some action this season as well. So they had decided thaat they would bring Ulrich's blessing to the forces of Argerland and join him this year.
These weren't the only knights planning on joining Argerland and Brunswick this campaign. The Graf, ever suspicious of Argerland and more so of Brunswick called forth the commander of the 3rd squadron of Knights Panther and instructed him to send a unit of Knights to also join the Army of Argeland. The hope of the Graf was to be able to keep an eye on things as best he could with troops loyal to him.
Argerland was quite surprised the day he was sitting atop the Tower watching men drill beneath him and he saw the dust cloud of many men and animals approaching the tower from Middenhiem. as Brunswick crested a small rise he saluted , then moved aside to watch the troops he collected passs towards the tower.
20 men on foot marched under a banner of a wicked Blask Heart, a mismatch of weapons aand armor sparkling in the early sunlight. This sparkling soon tured nto blinding flashes as a unit of Knights panther marched in perfect precision three abreast, followed by more rambunctious and bawdy Knights of the White Wolf, no less impressive in thewir wolfskin cloaks and long shaggy hair and beards.
