Blood at Crowmere
Battlefield: a foggy moor at dawn · 13 Oct 2026 · Ranked
Battle Mages
12 battle mages in robes who hurl fireballs and lightning bolts and can raise brief magical shields, but tire quickly and wear no armour.
Viking Warband
800 Viking raiders with bearded axes, spears and round shields, wearing mail and leather, led by a vanguard of 60 berserkers who fight without armour or fear.
ROUND 1 OF 3
Viking Warband beat axes against round shields and roar across a foggy moor at dawn. Across a foggy moor at dawn, Battle Mages hurl a fireball into the middle of a foggy moor at dawn as a warning.
ROUND 2 OF 3
Battle Mages blast Viking Warband with chain lightning. Viking Warband lose a row of raiders as the shield wall buckles.
ROUND 3 OF 3
Viking Warband crash into Battle Mages with bearded axes, hooking shields aside and hacking through. Battle Mages are overrun, their spells spent.
» The shield wall closes like a fist and Battle Mages is simply gone.
THE WAR ORACLE'S VERDICT
Viking Warband has a clear edge: ferocious berserker vanguard and shield wall. Battle Mages needs its fireballs and lightning to land early, or tire quickly will decide it.
- Ferocious berserker vanguard
- Tire quickly
- The battlefield: a foggy moor at dawn
MVP: The berserker vanguard
Viking Warband holds a foggy moor at dawn, bloodied but victorious. Battle Mages is finished as a fighting force.