Lengenfeld
Lengenfeld is a large rural town on the border or Averland, east of Averheim and south-west of Nuln. Lengenfeld has a large population and most of these citizens either belong to the Lengenfeld provincial army or have had some form of military training. Lengenfeld is a rich and prosperous town and much of its wealth comes from farming. The entire town is surrounded by miles of grassland and farmland, which around a third of the population work on and harvest. It is because of this that Lengenfeld has been able to prosper over the years and the population has more then doubled within the last century. If a citizen of Lengenfeld is not a farmer or soldier then they make up the other roughly quarter of the population that work within the city itself including merchants, proprietors, fletchers, armourers and storeowners. Due to the fact that Lengenfeld lies on the shores of the Aver, some of the townsfolk are fishermen and lots of the towns provisions are stocked daily with the fish caught from the Aver.
Lengenfeld lies roughly half way between Averheim and Nuln, so a lot of trade vessels passing between these two cities stop at Lengenfeld and rest. Many travelling merchants and ships crew stay at the famous Drunken’ Halfling Inn, owned and run by two halfling brothers Smithe and Biffe. It is because of these trade ships that a small amount of black powder weapons and artillery are unloaded at Lengenfeld and traded for food and supplies to last the rest of the journey along the Aver.
Besides the Cannons and Handguns of Nuln, the Armies of Lengenfeld don’t widely use black powder weapons, only the highest ranking officers and elite regiments are given access to these weapons and the rest of the army make use of the sword and shield, the spear and the crossbow.
Lengenfelds elite forces consist of ‘The Ruyters’ skilled horsemen that have mastered the skill of firing black powder weapons on horseback. The Ruyters weapon of choice is the pistol and usually carry a pair, commonly known as a brace of them. Though it is highly unlikely , some Ruyters may carry more sophisticated firearms such as the repeater pistol or the repeater handgun, but these deadly weapons are very hard to come by and the Ruyters only have a small number of these weapons in their possession.
The Greatswordsmen are the elite infantry of Lengenfeld and to be accepted into a regiment of Greatswordsmen is to reach the highest honour a soldier can reach in Lengenfeld…besides Captain or General. These men are the personal retinue to Captain Karl GrÜber and never leave his side. In times of war, The Greatswordsmen serve as Captain GrÜber’s personal body guard and will fight to the death for their captain. In times of peace they guard the captains personal quarters and guard special occasions such as castle feast’s and celebrations.
Sigmar has a very strong presence in Lengenfeld and there are many shrines and churches within the town. When the army of Lengenfeld marches to war, Aurich Werden, will always march along with it, when General Struecker von Lengenfeld is absent from the battlefield, Captain GrÜber will serve as the armies commander and Aurich will take up the role of second in command, and lead a section of the army. Before a battle, Aurich will pray to Sigmar and bless the army before the fighting begins
Captain GrÜber is a mighty warrior and leader. He started out as a spearmen and after fighting in several small encounters against Beastmen herds north of Averheim and Greenskin warbands harassing small settlements south of black fire pass, and at the age of twenty one he earned the rank of Sergeant. For another Decade GrÜber led his spearmen unit in many minor battles. It was when the Greenskin’s poured over Blackfire Pass that the true test of the Lengenfeld armies courage and skill would be witnessed. Envoys from Averheim travelled to all the provinces in Averland and to the emperor in Altdorf at the request of the Elector Count of that time Marius Leitdorf. The Army of Lengenfeld Mustered and marched to war. Thousands of Averlanders gathered at the base of the pass and a sea of yellow and black uniforms, shining swords and spearheads glistened in the morning sunshine. As the Greenskin Horde fell upon the defenders of Averland Seargent GrÜbers Spearmen were one of the first Regiments to receive the charge, the fighting lasted many hours and the dead piled high, The Emperor Karl Franz Arrived to see a gory battlefield of Thousands of dead orc’s and men strewn as far as the eye could see, and after the combined armies of Reikland and Averland repelled the greenskins and drove them back over the pass a tragedy was yet to come to light.
Elector Count Marius Leitdorf had been killed in the fighting along with General Krueger Smicht of Lengenfeld. Many men lost their lives that day though Seargent GrÜber was not one of them. He returned to Lengenfeld as a hero and was given the honour of becoming a Greatswordsmen. Captain Struecker was Promoted to General and the Lengenfeld Army functioned normally without a captain, Aurich Werden, Warrior Priest of Sigmar filled the role of Captain if one was ever needed.
Though when the threat of Chaos grew once more in the north, and the storm of Chaos begin, GrÜber was promoted to Captain. General Struecker von Lengenfeld, Captain Karl GrÜber and Aurich Werden all marched north at the head of the Lengenfeld Provincial Army along with the combined armies of Averland, the Grand Army of Averhiem and the Army of Nuln to Altdorf and with one combined force of the Southern and Eastern Provinces Marching under the Imperial Banner and under the command of Emperor Karl Franz, the Army was able to relieve the siege of Middenhiem and the chaos horde was broken, The army of Lengenfeld returned to Averland and continues to defend Lengenfeld and Averland to this day.
Recorded MMDXXII - 2522
Scholar Phintius Franzis.
Library of Lengenfeld
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