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You order another few barrages at the city!

4*

The thunderous roar of the engines is probably startling people few miles away.

Another cannon is lost and few dozen peopl killed total, but they do it! Scouts report several strongpoints and towers flanking the southern gate of Ynwall collapse, with the gate's structure damaged as well.

A) Now it's time to retreat, camp somewhere safe, and wait.
B) Now it's time to retreat and camp somewhere safe while we send another envoy.
C) More destruction! More explosions! Do not stop!

You send them an offer of surrender.

Your emissary returns with the first of the trebuchet shots landing in your camp!

5

Fortunately, the Cydwyl siege operators are either blind, untrained or too far to do any real damage, except of course some unfortunate men and horses crushed under the stones.

A) BLACKHEARTS AWAY!!
B) Retreat! Retreat to safer grounds!

Personally I like my fort being either dark green (olivine), dark red (kaolinite) or plain gray, either darker or lighter shade of it (mica, granite, and buncha others).

You decide to write a letter to commanders of the forts, asking them to surrender.

5*

Your letter has the best consequences it could have; the comamnders were supporters of the Cydwyl and weren't going down in a fight, but their more reasonable subordinates formed a conspiracy and within a day, they killed their superiors and shown the white scarf of surrender.

The two forts are now yours!

After the garrisons are swapped and most of Cydwyl officers cuffed for security reasons, your own officers convene with you.

"We should capture the nearby city of Ynwall as well, it's just half a day away from here."

"Why go for the small fish?" One other says. "The road leading north and west from these forts leads straight to the Cydwyl heartlands; fertile farmlands and the capital itself! We should move out at once and capture the cpaital ourselves!" Other murmur and shake their heads, because this way your Army would be bypassing most of Cydwyl forces.

You decide to...

A) Hold the ground and the forts for inevitable Cydwyl counter-offensive.
B) Take the risk and march into the heart of the Kingdom of Cydwyl itself!!
C) Move on to Ynwall and capture the fortified city as well.

You send horsemen against horsemen.

6

They return after few hours with only a handful men and horses missing; according to their commander, they caught the Cydwyl cavalry by surprise when it was taking a break. The chaos of sudden strike sent most of them flying, and those who didn't run got ran down by your horsemen!

By the next morning, your Army has both forts surrounded; half of Blackheart force per fort is deployed and your officers ask what now.

A) Just start shooting, I wanna hear them thunderblasts already!
B) Send them an offer of surrender, maybe they're cowardly enough to take it.
C) Besiege them the normal way, to kill the time.

Hit: 104-20-40 = 44
Hit roll: 11, hit!
Damage: 17-4 = 13dmg

Hit: 127-15-25 = 87
Hit roll: 2, hit!
Damage: 17-1-12 = 4dmg

Hit: 129-20-40 = 69
Hit roll: 57, hit!
Damage: 14+1-4 = 11dmg

You decide to lead troops personally.

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Congratulations! Yoe embarks on another campaign!

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Your troops deploy to the Cydwyl border, again the Blackhearts and their crews taking forever to get there. There's no activity there, but your officers believe that your northern neighbours are paying attention to your movements with their own scouts.

Scouts report that there are two small outpost in northeast, and a fortified city further north from your position.

A) Let's make example of the smaller forts. To the northeast!
B) Let's crack open that big city to make a big impression. Northwards!
C) Let's seek some other targets elsewhere. We're going northwest!