Black Axes & White Lances - An EB AAR

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Hi all, i have returned. After my last AAR here, i have considerably rethought my style of writing and i hope to present a much more favorable and professionally done AAR. So here we go.

Prologue: A Tale for all Time

The Codexsis of Germanian History: Chapter 2, Section 1
The rise of Germania in the First Century was by no means certain. Increasing Roman influence amongst many of the smaller tribes and the invasion of the areas just to the east of the Rhine, made many in both Rome and Germania believe that it was only a matter of time before the tribes on the region were absorbed into the Empire. The begging of this culmination began in 12 BC by the Roman calendar and 1364 OR by the Jurixoz Tables. The Roman General Germanicus invaded the major western tribes at the time and either subdued them or forced them into an "alliance" with the Empire. While this, as you can imagine, did not make many Germans happy, there was little they could do about it After all their current leadership was hopelessly divided at the time. They fought petty wars with each other, driven on by Roman gold and Roman promises of support. The Chatti had fallen and the Cherusi were next up on the list.

However, soon enough an event the would led to the alteration of history itself was about to occur, an event that no one even thought possible, the repulse of nearly all of the Roman forces by the Germans. This itself was undertaken by a then unknown named Irmin, Arminius in Latin. Up to this point the most powerful German chieftain was a man named Marbod. This man was the leader of the Macromanoz Tribe in what is today Bohemia. Whilst having fought the Romans on numerous occasions, and even migrating to escape their reach at one point, he was still a supporter of Rome more or less. The Romans typically had him on and off of their payrolls. By 6 AD the Roman Emperor Augustus had had enough of this foolishness and decided to instead subdue Marbod once and for all. However, events elsewhere prevented this from happening, and in a way began the chain of events that would led up to the freedom of Germania and so much more....