Battle for Marienburg
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| Conflict | End Times/Nurgle invasion of the Empire |
| Date | 2525 IC |
| Location | The free city of Marienburg |
| Outcome | Chaos victory |
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| Nurgle forces | Imperial forces |
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| The Glottkin | General Aldred van Carroburg |
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| minimal | devastating |
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| Conflict | End Times/Nurgle invasion of the Empire |
| Date | 2525 IC |
| Location | The free city of Marienburg |
| Outcome | Chaos victory |
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| Nurgle forces | Undead forces |
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| The Glottkin | Mundvard the Cruel |
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| minimal | near total |
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Background
During the End Times the Glottkin were pronounced champions of Nurgle by Archaon. They gathered a huge force and boarded the fleet of Gutrot Spume and crossed the Sea of Claws to invade the empire, defeating a High Elf Fleet that attempted to prevent them.[1a]
The armada split into three with the Glotkin moving to target the free port city of Marienburg. The Marienburg merchant fleet and its formidable harbour defences attempted to stall the approaching fleet but could made little impact of the plague hulks. Magic was used destroy the city's impressive sea wall and plague catapults devastated the Marienburg defenders and their mercenary auxiliaries. As the Nurgle forces advanced, the city rapidly becomes infested with a slimy, moss type substance.[1a]
The battle only really began when the invaders met the forces of the city's 'Master of Shadows, Mundvard the Cruel, a powerful vampire lord who had been building up forces in the city's poor, dock district secretly for many years.[1a]
Stages of Battle
Undead
- Mundvard summons the hidden caches of undead warriors he has hidden around the city over the years. They attack the Chaos force vanguard while the Suiddock beast prevents reinforcements from their Plague Ships reaching them.
- Mundvard starts slaying the northerners piecemeal.
- The Glottkin attack Mundvard. They beat him in combat and using the immense strength of brother Ghurk physically cast him from the city, way out to sea.
- Without their general and animating force the majority of the undead army collapses in seconds. Only a few vampires and the Suiddock Beast escape.
Imperial
- An Imperial army arrives at the city. The form up outside, waiting for the foe to come to them.
- Imperial general Aldred van Carroburg is challenged by and slays a champion in single combat. The champion's death signals the start of the battle.
- The discipline of the Imperial troops manages to hold the Chaos force at bay. Victory seems a possibility.
- The Imperial line collapses when they begin to loose their footing due to the plague-slime spreading across the city. The Imperial troops are butchered.
Aftermath
The total destruction of both the Imperial and Undead armies gave the Glottkin the freedom to begin a campaign of destruction across the Empire which culminated in the Siege of Altdorf. One of the few survivors of the battles was Mundvard who joined Vlad von Carstein some months later at the defense of Altdorf to take revenge on the Glottkin for destroying what he perceived as his city.
Order of Battle
Chaos
- Glottkin[1b]
- The Accursed: Band of Forsaken with the Mark of Nurgle.[1b]
- The Brethren of the Scab: One tribe of Chosen with the Mark of Nurgle.[1b]
- The Cataracted Eye: One warband of Chosen with the Mark of Nurgle.[1b]
- The Crow Brethren: One tribe of Marauders with the Mark of Nurgle.[1b]
- The Cult of Frozen Fate: One warband of Marauders.[1b]
- The Ever-dying: One horde of Chaos Warriors with the Mark of Nurgle.[1b]
- The Great Vanguard: More than twenty tribes of Norsca pledged to Nurgle.[1b]
- The Grue: One horde of Forsaken with the Mark of Nurgle.[1b]
- The Gutterlings: Twelve Chaos Spawn with the Mark of Nurgle.[1b]
- The Listless: One warband of Forsaken with the Mark of Nurgle.[1b]
- The Lordless Hordes: One warhost of Chaos Warriors.[1b]
- The Red Reavers: One horde of Marauders with the Mark of Khorne.[1b]
- The Rotpack: One pack of Chaos Warhounds.[1b]
- The Sea Wolves: Six tribes of Marauders.[1b]
- The Slavermaws: One pack of Chaos Warhounds.[1b]
- The Tribe of the Bloodshot Eye: Three hordes of Marauders with the Mark of Nurgle.[1b]
- The Urson Tribes: Eight hordes of Marauders.[1b]
Accursed
Great Vanguard
Gutterlings
Red Reavers
Tribe of the Bloodshot Eye
Undead
- Mundvard the Cruel.[1c]
- Alicia von Untervald.[1c]
- The White Ladies atop a Coven Throne.[1c]
- Mundvard's Reserve: A horde of Zombies.[1c]
- Nexus Cadaveron, a Corpse Cart.[1c]
- The Beholden: A coven of Hexwraiths.[1c]
- The Cobbled: A mob of Zombies.[1c]
- The Cold Men of Oestdock: A horde of Zombies.[1c]
- The Debt Repaid: A coven of Cairn Wraiths.[1c]
- The Frozen Dead of 2306: A horde of Zombies.[1c]
- The Hidden: Six hordes of Zombies.[1c]
- The Meathooked: A mob of Zombies.[1c]
- The Suiddock Beast, a Terrorgheist.[1c]
- The Suiddock Disappeared: A horde of Skeleton Warriors.[1c]
- The Thawed: One mob of Zombies.[1c]
- The Wights of Warehouse Six: A regiment of Grave Guard.[1c]
Alicia von Untervald
White Ladies
The Beholden
The Hidden
The Suiddock Beast
Battle for Marienburg phase 1
Empire
- General Aldred van Carroburg
- Aldred's Last Muster: one mob of Free Company.[1e]
- Reed's Red Men: One band of Archers.[1e]
- Reik Patrol Eight Western: A band of Archers.[1e]
- The Bordermen: One cavalry brigade of Outriders.[1e]
- The Carroburg Greatswords: Regiment of Greatswords.[1e]
- The Carroburg Marshers: A band of Archers.[1e]
- The Einhand Elite: One regiment of Swordsmen.[1e]
- The Gnat's Banquet: One mob of Free Company.[1e]
- The Golden Pinions: Regiment of Halberdiers.[1e]
- The Hard-Bought: One mob of Free Company.[1e]
- The Noble Sons Abroad: Cavalry brigade of Pistoliers.[1e]
- The Pale Blades: Regiment of Greatswords.[1e]
- The Poleaxed: Regiment of Halberdiers.[1e]
- The Rieksmarch Brotherhood: Regiment of Swordsmen.[1e]
- The Screaming Minstrels: One regiment of Spearmen.[1e]
The Bordermen
Carroburg Greatswords
The Golden Pinions
The Noble Sons Abroad
The Pale Blades
Sources
- 1: Warhammer: Glottkin: Book I
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