Cyrdic had gotten some of the men to distribute water and small amounts of foodstuffs from the kitchen. A few men went to the privvy, comically. But they were all trapped in here, and as the doors were continually battered, they all gathered in the main hall to set their defenses. There were two Captains, and two Sergeants older than Cyrdic, but he had led the defense of the wall well enough. They looked to him to oversee their formation in the hall. 

Men hustled in smaller desks for the longbowmen, crossbowmen, and handgunners to stand upon for a better view of the enemy when they broke through. He set up the Halberdiers up front, gleaming and armor piercing weapons at the ready as the door continued to buckle under the blows of something massive from beyond the wall. Swordsmen and Axemen were behind them, ready to hack through any gaps that might be made in the line once the Chaos horde swept in. 

Cyrdic stood with them, his Ulrican sword howling with rage, his Norscan shield held aloft. He could see the door's wood cracking in various spots. He breathed in, and as a hush fell over the crowd of soldiers ready to face the coming onslaught, they all looked up when they heard a small bang. Not from before them, but from above. 

Cyrdic looked up, and wasn't sure what it was that could be up there. For some reason, he had a sinking feeling that could be- 

[i]No, can't be her. She'd be in the cellar[/i]. 
Or she had gone there. But where was she now? That had sounded like a gunshot, and his sword didn't howl or growl at whatever or whoever was on the roof, so it couldn't have been a chaos spawn. He suddenly grew very worried at her absence, but it wasn't something he could focus on at the moment. They were all about to die, after all. Unless they performed a feat of arms Magnus the Pious would be proud of. 

Suddenly the doors burst open, a Minotaur wielding a club the size of a small tree having broken through. "Fire!" Cyrdic cried, bullets and crossbow bolts striking the huge thing, ripping its skin and tearing into its skull. It swayed, and then fell. That had been a mistake, however. They had expanded all of their ranged shots on one Beastmen. 

The longbowmen from Talabecland had been a bit more cautious thankfully, but Cyrdic didn't think fifteen arrows could do much. They loosed into the horde that charged in, sinking into flesh, and some even penetrating armor, before the Beasts and Champions crashed into the spiked wall of Halberds. 

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Reigynferlgar the Crimson had seen the belching flame from afar. It was not the flames of another Dragon, she knew. It was something that angered her. Something wielded by man or chaos, it didn't matter. She had not seen any sign of her children past the day the horsemen had been seen in the distance. The ones she had lost in the forest. With a roar of rage, she swung her body in a side arc as her wings enveloped air, and the Dragon swiftly closed on the battle. 

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Velabrass regarded the wreck of the wall and the broken gate. It was almost over, he knew. Now if only the Beasts and Kron would kill that Ostlander he had seen on the walls. The same Ostlander that had escaped with the vial of what he searched for. It vexed Velabrass that he lived. That sword called for his life, and he wouldn't only face him under extreme circumstance. He knew he was the better warrior, but there was an inkling of fate about the man that Tzeentch warned him about. As he had with the other one... 

The one now on the roof. Velabrass was not sure of what to make of that, but Gildenhoof wriggled with glee at the sight of his prize. The Tzeentch Champion did not know how Gildenhoof intended to get the woman, but Velabrass had to tell him once more, with a finality. "The vial, and then your play." 

Gildenhoof couldn't help but view Camilla as bait hanging by a string, rather than hanging for her life atop the Great Hall. He sprinted forward, trying to search for a way to reach the woman so he could taste her. It was to his dismay when he saw her close to a towerhead door up the sloping roof. He began to climb the battlements with supernatural speed, hoping to reach her in time.
[@Penny]