The Isles of Tin: a Casse AAR

**Roka** · 02-25-2009, 13:54

Originally Posted by the man with no name

Another Casse AAR

Indeed, although i have planned this for over a month as it was decided in a poll that casse would be the AAR i chose. Unfortunately however my R:TW disc ended up damaged after an "incident" with my little cousin who i was baby-sitting.

**Roka** · 02-25-2009, 15:49

Chapter 1: The Years of Peace

Spring 272 - Winter 268

On ascending to the throne of the Casse Barae, the youngest son of his father, faced an immediate crisis. His eldest brother Margorix was widely regarded as the finest warrior-general of the tribes and (as was his right) was expected to challenge his younger brother's right to rule. However most people did not take into account Margorix's utter loyalty to his father and so in the Spring of 272, much to the relief of Barae, Margorix pledged his loyalty to the new Bren. Many people speculated that the two brothers had struck a deal in private because mere weeks later, Margorix was named as Tybren.

The young king set about a period of great building works starting with the construction of a proper road system:

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To finance this he did two things. First he raised taxes in the chief settlement of the Casse, Camulosadae. Then much to the surprise of the majority of the people he disbanded the navy. His reasoning being that he would not need a standing navy until he had secured the entirety of Britannia. Upon completion of the new road system in the Autumn of 272 BC, Barae commissioned an expansion of the trading port at Camulosadae. This prompted another rise in taxes much to the disgruntlement of the people.

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Upon completion of the new building works in the winter of 270 BC, Barae decided to install his eldest brother and heir, Margorix, to administrative duties in the capital. There are conflicting views as to why he made this decision. Some historians believe that he did not fully trust his brother and so wanted him away from the army, however the majority believe that he merely wanted to be a famed conqueror.

Margorix took to his new duties well and became known as a good governor. He also seemed to have a concern for the happiness of the people and so in the Spring of 268 BC he established an annual festival to be held at Cairncalladryrdan.

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During the years of peace, Barae had been building the military might of the Casse tribe and had established a semi-regular army. There were professional soldiers and the usual Celtic levy troops. He initially intended to invade the chief settlement of the Dumnones tribe, Ictis. But in the winter of 268 BC the northern-most border of the Casse lands were raided by the Coritanes. This infuriated the young king and so he immediately started planning to march north. The expedition was to take place in the Spring of 267 BC and there would be no mercy shown to any warrior of the Coritanes.

**Roka** · 02-25-2009, 21:05

Chapter 2: War Against the Coritanes

Spring-Summer 267 BC

As mentioned earlier, in the winter of 268 BC, the Coritanes raided the northern borders of Casse lands, all evidence points to this being due to a particularly bad winter in the land of the Coritanes as there had been peace between the two tribes since the time of Barae's father's father.

So in the spring of 267 BC Barae marched his army north. When the army got to within sight of the walls of Ratae, the chieftain of the Coritanes, Maudamoros sent an envoy to the Casse camp. Barae had him thrashed and ejected from the camp stating: "the time for words is over, now we fight!" The army that marched north outnumbered the defenders of Ratae by about a third. It consisted of around 600 swordsmen (Botroas) 200 skirmishers (Imannae) 120 slingers (Iaosatae) 200 short-swordsmen (Kluddobro) 200 spearmen (Gaeroas) and 350 naked spearmen (Uirodusios).

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The settlement of Ratae was besieged in may 267 BC and Barae, not content to starve the enemy out, immediately ordered his men to build rams.

Meanwhile in Camulosadae, Margorix left behind to look after the homeland during the expedition against the Coritanes. Began constructing basic sanitation which would help to encourage the growth of the settlement.

As soon as the rams were completed Barae ordered the attack on Ratae to begin.

Barae watches as his army advances towards the enemy

First the slingers were ordered forward to cover the advance of the two rams.

Then the order for the advance of the rams was given. The slingers proved their worth in this engagement by completely driving all defenders away from the vicinity of the wall, allowing the rams to advance unopposed.

The two rams reach the wall and start to break into Ratae

The Coritane warriors ran forward to brace the wall and try to repel the invaders when they heard the crash of the ram upon the timber walls. However, there was only one unit of skirmishers guarding the area were the second ram had began to batter down the defences. Before long the Casse warriors were inside the perimeter of the settlement and battle was joined. The men that had been manning the first ram, some 200 Botroas, rushed forward to meet the enemy in the open space between the perimeter wall and the settlement proper.

The air is filled with the clash of weapons and the cries of the dying as the two armies meet

On the left realising the folly of the enemy, Barae began to pour men into the second breach whilst sending over half of his army through the primary to support the embattled Botroas. The skirmishers despite being outnumbered and apparently outclassed managed to hold their own against the Kluddobro, it took the intervention of the Gaeroas to prevent embarrassment for the Casse army. With the skirmishers defeated and retreating the Kluddobro, Gaeroas and a unit of Uirodusios crashed into the exposed flank of the main body of the enemy force. The warriors of Ratae were close to breaking point when their chieftain committed his bodyguard to the fray driving the Casse back slowly. However the momentum could not be kept up and slowly but surely the Coritanes were once again being pushed further into the settlement. All of a sudden a rumour passed through the Coritane army,
Maudamoros had been slain!

The Chief of the Coritanes died fighting like a warrior

With the death of their leader it wasn't long before the entire Coritane army broke, fleeing back to the centre of the town where the son of Maudamoros was marshalling the defenders for one last stand.

Following the death of their leader the defenders of Ratae retreated to the central plaza of the town

The warriors of the Casse pursued those of the Coritanes cutting down many. Before long both armies had clashed again in the centre of the town, the Coritanes this time bolstered by more spearmen and some champions. The champions of the midland region of Britannia were famed for their courage and skill and this was the reason Barae had planned to subjugate the Dumnones before moving north and tackling the Coritanes.

Maudamoros had kept some of his best men in reserve

The now depleted army of the Coritanes could not hold long against the might of the superior Casse army and it wasn't long before Maudamoros' son was also killed when he was run through by a Casse warrior. With their army completely leaderless the remaining defenders were split into small groups and slaughtered. Ratae now belonged to the Casse, but at what price? Over 500 warriors would not be returning to their homes.

Barae had managed to subjugate the warlike Coritanes

**Chirurgeon** · 02-25-2009, 21:29

a good start! The Casse have such beautiful warriors. I look forward to this.

**Roka** · 03-01-2009, 19:44

Originally Posted by Chirurgeon

a good start! The Casse have such beautiful warriors. I look forward to this.

thanks, yeah they do, don't they?

anyway, i'll most likely have chapter 3 up on wednesday, it's a day off and i'm usually doing other stuff at the weekends

**Dutchhoplite** · 03-02-2009, 21:46

At the moment i'm playing them too so it's interesting to see a Casse AAR :)

A good start and i'm looking forward to the next chapter!

**Roka** · 03-03-2009, 17:01

Originally Posted by Dutchhoplite

At the moment i'm playing them too so it's interesting to see a Casse AAR :)

A good start and i'm looking forward to the next chapter!

thanks, the next chapter will be up either tonight or tomorrow, have nearly played as far as i plan to for chapter 3

also stole the picture from your sig

hope you don't mind

**the man with no name** · 03-01-2009, 21:38

Originally Posted by Chirurgeon

a good start! The Casse have such beautiful warriors. I look forward to this.

No wonder there called the handsome ones.

**the man with no name** · 02-26-2009, 02:32

Originally Posted by Roka

Indeed, although i have planned this for over a month as it was decided in a poll that casse would be the AAR i chose. Unfortunately however my R:TW disc ended up damaged after an "incident" with my little cousin who i was baby-sitting.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
That sucks. My little cousin is 4 and he is soooooooooooooooooo annoying.

Nice chapter 2.