Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-24449631-20140827094909/@comment-24449631-20140901211410

"Can't you see the gate has already been barricaded... pfft, some idiot you are." The Stormcloak painfully shared the truth.

If they would open up the barricade again and be able to let them through, there probably wasn't enough time to get it back up again, ultimately leading to a defeat.

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A large Imperial legion battalion (of at least three-hundred!), bled into Skyrim via the narrow pass of Morrowind, ready for one goal:

Capture Riften, and once again have a foothold in south-east Skyrim.



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The legion had its battalion divided by means of squads, approaching in the dreaded ‘testudo’ formation with spears out. Knowing that Riften’s stone wall was strong, but poorly armed. And it’s soldiers could reach the wall mostly unscathed. And didn’t need to fear being blasted away by heavy fire.

Also, since it were Nords, there would be little magic resistance and in response there were few battlemages on the Imperial charge, with the exception of healers.

Lastly the biggest trump the legion had were the daunting trebuchets it had managed to pull along, designed to destroy the eastern wall. Quite clever, considering it is the one wall the Imperials would need least if Nords were to issue a counter attack after the city was (re)taken, since it’s pointed at Morrowind, a neutral province which didn’t want anything to do with the conflict, or at the very least: little.

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From within the city gates, the stormcloaks prepared themselves, best as they could. Getting ready to storm out of the city south gate and try to kill as many Imperials as possible. Then run back towards the city and reach defensive positions.

The Seige of Riften was about to begin.