Far to the South pass the Citadel of Lead (and of our normal campaign) is the area known Neuland this setting was used for an introduction game to a new player to DR!
In a small hamlet on the outskirts of Neuland, rumours began to surface of strange apparitions in the night centered around the cemetery. Further rumour speculated that the hamlet housed clues to one of the lost books of Nagash.
A young undead countess with 3 hordes of zombies at her command, resurrected elven bowmen and direwolves hoped to gather these clues before the locals were aware of what was happening.
However their presence was not undetected, a cohort of Knights escorting a newly forged cannon were in the vicinity, and they were diverted to the Hamlet to stop the countess and seize or destroy the clues.
The undead arrive nearest to the graveyard (where else?)
The knights of the Empire take the initiative, and begin ransacking the run down dwellings, desperate to find the clues.
The knights continue to surge into the Hamlet whilst the undead dwindle, - no one was supposed to know they were there…
Finally the hordes spring into unlife, the countess directs her direwolves and poisoned zombies down the centre, to occupy the two contingents of knights heading straight for her..
“They’re coming right for us!”
Unfazed by the direwolves or zombie threat, Lord der Matthias takes matters into his own hands with a vicious charge, slaying two of the beasts, but receiving a scar for his efforts.
The horde on the Countesses left flank make for the cemetery, surely a clue or two would be found amounts the tombstones and crypts.
The countess moves her forced to block off der Matthias with poisonous zombies and makes ready to charge.
A volley from the undead archers sees one of der Matthias personal guards slain. The attach is then pressed by the last remaining direwolf, who is impaled on a lance for its trouble.
Who will feel the countesses wrath?
Its der Matthias!
… and he is slain, but his trop hold their nerve, as on their right flank the artillery has the horsed within range and the countess has placed herself in a prime position for a Reiksguard charge...
Zombies mein herr, creeping through cemetery! Meanwhile the Reiksguard put an end to the Countess and her poisonous zombie horde collapses, it’s magic undone.
Cannon unleashed! The cemetery is pelted by hot iron, and a few zombies are blasted into smithereens!
For der Matthias!!!!!!
More gunfire lights up the cemetery.
A final charge by the knights sees the remainder of the right flank horde reduced to half strength.
In the end the Countess was only able to secure 3 clues while the Empire took 6, which they then destroyed. The undead crumbled back into nothingness.
With both leaders dead (again in some cases) and the undead defeated will we ever learn what the undead was looking for!
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