Blood at Grey Marsh
Battlefield: a narrow mountain pass · 8 Oct 2026 · Ranked
Killer Bee Swarm
A swarm of roughly 2 million Africanized honeybees that pursue anything that disturbs them for hundreds of meters.
Zulu Impi
1,500 Zulu warriors with short iklwa stabbing spears and cowhide shields, extremely fast on foot, attacking in the buffalo-horns encirclement formation.
ROUND 1 OF 3
Killer Bee Swarm detect Zulu Impi and pour towards it with a terrible drone. Across a narrow mountain pass, Zulu Impi drum spears on shields, a sound like thunder across a narrow mountain pass.
ROUND 2 OF 3
Killer Bee Swarm turn Zulu Impi into a panicked, swatting mob. Zulu Impi see a horn of the formation driven back.
ROUND 3 OF 3
Killer Bee Swarm chase Zulu Impi for hundreds of metres, stinging relentlessly. Zulu Impi are cut down despite their courage.
» The droning becomes deafening, and Zulu Impi is done.
THE WAR ORACLE'S VERDICT
A genuinely close fight. Killer Bee Swarm brings overwhelming numbers, while Zulu Impi answers with huge numbers. Terrain and nerve on a narrow mountain pass could swing it either way.
- Overwhelming numbers
- No ranged weapons
- The battlefield: a narrow mountain pass
MVP: The queen, safely at the back
Killer Bee Swarm holds a narrow mountain pass, bloodied but victorious. Zulu Impi is finished as a fighting force.