>>5993707Hangar curses as the numbers of the reinforcements are revealed to him. Too many Kislevites, especially to meet when pincered between two forces; and most of Krantagarh's beast-herds are already melting away back into the forests. To live in the wastes, sometimes it is only the fleetness of your steed that keeps you alive. Those that lust with the fury of the lord of skulls might still howl and snap at declining such a challenge; but Tchar holds that fates might change upon the turn of another day, and Nieglin decrees that all things shall rot in their time. There may even still be a victory to find here; but a reckless charge will not bring it... we fall back, for the moment. There are Ungors roaming north of the river, and should they cross then their numbers might bolster ours enough.
At the very least, if these Kislevites are distracted here they cannot ride north to reinforce the Fortress...
