The Hykrian wastes - The first year of the campaign - 1698ic

Grimbag Gutta was the meanest and biggest Orc of the Clan Gutslashas, spawned out of the Drog Bog in 1695ic; in 1696ic Grimbag sailed out with Pirate Goblin King Skarsnag Moontongue getting progressively bigga and 'arder, fightin' and killin' any Orc, Man or Elf brave enough to oppose him. In year 1697ic he returned Bigga and 'arder than any of his land lubber brethren could have imagined. He confederated the Orc tribes with the help of Moontongue, subjugated the tribes of forest Goblins; and brought the Giants of the Hohle and Trolls of the Drog Bog into the fold.

 Following the Battle at the Gran-Fluss river along the indigo belt Gimbag was moved, the Realm of Men and Dwarfs was strong and his own Empire was Weak and Puny. He had to correct that or he wasn't gonna be the Warboss much longer.

The Campaign opened with the Empires pretty far apart, both players chose strong Inlet positions with the Dwarfs taking a part of the Emerald Isle in their initial realm.

Events of note:

• The Orcs discovered a small kingdom of Skaven to the south east of their Capital
• The Dwarfs explored the jagged peaks more thoroughly and found no settlements (maybe some deeper exploration next year?)
• The Fleets of both empires moved banners rapidly along the coasts to explore.
• The Dwarfs explored the Emerald Isle and discovered and enclave of Chaos dwarfs.
• The Dwarfs then discovered an infested fortress to their south (left) of their capital in the Nau-Volten Mountains.
• The Orcs explored North of their maps and discovered a trading route and a Hoard of gold, adding 7 revenue total for the year.
• The Dwarfs tried crossing the Kul-Tor river but failed and lost 90pts of troops to the rapids.
• The Dwarfs suffered raids by Skaven in the Nau-Volten Mountains severely crippling their economy this year.
• The Orcs suffered no ill effects other than losing 10 points to some Autumn magic.
• The Dwarfs Generated 18 revenue this year
• The Orcs generated 30

Todays game was very quick, no battles were fought and I don't think we wanted any, the focus is on building up for next years battles.

Key Figures:

• Grimbag Gutta: Warboss of the Gutslashas Clan.
• Pirate Goblin King Skarsnag Moontongues, Admiral of the Moon-raiders Pirate Fleet.
• Haltrazan Dourhelm: Successor of Thurin and Dwarf King of the Jagged peaks.
• Lord Aglim von Helmstadt: First Lord of the Empires holdings in the Hykrian wastes.