The saga of the Tribus Verres AAR

[General-Winter]

I will refer to the Gauls as the Tribus Verres in this. I won't posting anything fancy.

Come ye warriors, sit by my fire, and hear the tale of the men of Gaul, who dared defy the might of Rome!

Excerpt from the writings of Drappes, druid and scribe of the line of Celtic Kings.

In 270 BC word reached Brennus, king of the Tribus Verres, of a new power to the south, a power which was whispered fearfully: Rome. They aimed to undermine the order which the Gods themselves had decreed, of giving power to those of not noble birth. They had conquered the boot of their homeland, and now were turning their hungry eyes to the north. Brennus' eyes narrowed, and he spoke harshly: "There can be no peace. No peace with Romans! Men of stone and iron and lies. THERE CAN BE ONLY WAR!"

For some time after that the king stayed in his room with Dominica, his 'civilised' body slave from Athens. None of us thought much of it until I saw him reading... READING Greek! When I questioned him of this he told me that he must learn from the past if he is to know the future of his people. He also said that if I questioned his motives again I would be lit in the wickerman. I nodded my assent and retired to my quarters.



In the winter of 269 BC a minor warrior captain by name of Drappes spoke out angrily against the king, saying that these Romans did not warrant our attention, and that the Gods would be angry if we changed our ways. He was booted out from Alesia and gathered his forces. Brennus immediatly gathered his men around him and set out to destroy the impudent son of a goat.



As the warriors gathered for combat, the king spoke: "That book I was reading... when I took Dominica from Athens, she had a small library with her, from her former master. One of the books in that library that I was reading was about the Life of Alexander, a great king and warrior, who conquered and made the greatest empire the world has ever known." I protested that surely this Alexander could not be mightier than him, but he silenced me. "One of Alexanders innovations was the Enechlon. The warriors would line up slightly behind eachother and to the side, so the ones behind would wrap around the enemy." He gestured and I realized the orders that he had given to his captains.


The battle was glorious. As predicted the warriors lapped at the sides while the kings men hurdled into the other flank, and the upstart army was crushed. I can count on my hand the number of men that escaped.




After the battle the king called his advisors, including myself, into his tent . He bade us sit and look at the map. "If we are to withstand this Rome, we must unite the scattered tribes. It is not so ambitous, would give the warriors experiance, for the war ahead." We nodded our feigned agreement and slept fitfully that night. How would the Gods notice of this new... power?

[General-Winter]

Wrong URL for the images. This uploading scheme is different than what i'm used too...

[Roman_Man#3]

Good AAR.


AARs seem to be popping up all over the place now. Just one thing.

Use the edit button instead of double posting please.

[General-Winter]

I can't edit rightnow for some reason.

[dacdac]

your a junior member, thats why. do a couple of mainstream posts like in the tavern or entrance hall and the mods will upgrade you for sure. it only took me 8 posts or so before i was a member, and they were all in the entrance hall. Start a thread there and ill be sure to say high and congratulate you on this AAR to get you noticed. No need for thanking, this is good rep. for me.

Sorry for my non-usage of apostrophe marks. I dont like them.

dacdac

[General-Winter]

Meet the family.

King Brennus had many children, but two of them stood out in particular. The first was Rianorix, chieftain of the gallic tribes in Spain. From an early age he showed great charisma and a flare for leading men into battle. He was a intelligent one two, although he did not always show it in his liking for barroom brawls. The local farmers often ridiculed him, saying that he once sowed wheat perpendicular to the proper arrangement. The resulting crop had ruined the years harvest! He was, however, always ready to answer the call for battle, and was one of the first to come to king Brennus' standard.



Brennus' second son was a warrior by name of Vindex. He had the proper Celtic way of a love for blood, and always the first to grab wine after a battle. In 268 BC he received Brennus' call to arms and immediatly responded with the surrounding of Lugdunum. Upon hearing the news, the King sent a small horse detachtment, followed by the rest of his battle-hungry warriors and his personal guard.



The Grandchildren were fine warriors as well. Belenus, a fiery young warrior of southern stock, immediatly took a small force and headed west to claim Massila as his own. He did not take into account, however, of the bandits in the area.



It is not clear why he did this next. He sent his warbands to the rear of the bandits and then engaged them himself with only his personal guard!



As it turned out, it was no matter. He easily flanked the enemy from both sides and crushed them.


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