Molach destroys Willem and the Celts[SPOILERS!]

[Molach]

Hey AT.
Yeah we went into MAD-mod3 early. Again. Your attack caught me off guard, I was just ending an (in hindsight, too prolonged) period of infra builds, so you timed the attack well. In 10 turns I might have stopped you. I was even making plans to attack/harass Ichabod... so fair enough he ended up with my lands...
Im dead when this turn is over.

[Molach]

The forces of the ancient Lords were closing in. Nothing could stand before them. The defenders of ten cities - massacred to a man. The brave sally from the city walls of the capital - crushed. The ride of the three horsemen - scattered and broken.

In despair the dazed surviving soldiers joined the refugees flocking to the southern shores, to try to obtain passage to a safer haven over the sea.

But there were no ships in sight.




Near a crumbling lighthouse, some papers were spotted, hastily scribbled notes about the need to strike crippling blows at the Lords' infrastructure by pillaging the fishing banks, starving the mainland army and turning the tide of the battle.

And so the last of the spearmen gripped their weapons, used effectively against the Keshik hordes but powerless to stop the charging knights in their long mails. Longbowmen manned the city walls, but knew they could stop only a fraction of the forces opposing them. War elephants there were, strange and powerful beasts, but too few to matter. The men of the mounted company and the engineers manning the catapults knew their choice: To seek death by suicidally charging into the massed enemy ranks, or remain in the city to be slaughtered like pigs.

This last night, before the eternal blackness would descend, there rose a song from within the city. Not bitter, not containing the promise of revenge. A simple blessing upon the world.

Walk in peace. We shall walk no further.



(I've played this a few times in my brass band, love this piece.)
(Also Ichabod is about to discover music, so his army might appreciate this)