ALARM

[Fishy!]

Healers Report Three.

The healers have worked throught the night and into the wee hours of the morning.

the inner med wagon has set aside a tiny screened area, healers have been taking turns laying down to try and get even a ahn of rest should they find sleep.

For now the healing staff are awaiting further orders as to weather we should send men back into battle, some of the injured men have asked if they will be allowed, those that feel they are near death have commanded they be allowed to go back into battle, they would rather die defending their brothers and their home then to allow themselves to die in a valerian induced haze.

A note must be made for the young daughters of Tuchuk, while the women of tuchuk are doing all they can to support the men in the feild, helping to get supplies sent out and wounded cared for, it is the yound daughters that have taken up the cook fires, and taken up the task of gathering weapons.

A few young women who are almost of age have gathered together, there are about 20 of them in this specific group, they are getting weapons ready, they have collected spare weapons, they have sharpened other weapons getting them ready to be sent out to the men who can use them, these women await orders from Malefic regarding if they should try and prepare anything that she has in the Iron masters clan wagon.

it is also these young daughters that have taken up the task of preparing the dead for pyre, it is known that a pyre will not happen most likely untill the fighting if over, but they have taken up this task to show some respect for the fallen, normally it is the medical apprentices that take up this task.

-Shoko

[RAGNAR]

REPORT 8


The Watch Commander has decided only those wounded who can still ride and use a bow may re-enter the fighting at this time. The use of the ranged weapon may take a toll on the enemy without as high a risk of engaging in close quarters combat.

Raziel's Command has been infused with the new arrival of untried untested Tuchuk Sons. As of this reporting they are being tested hard by Kataii forces. The actual battleline moves East and West in a give and take type of fighting, neither side able to hold any ground retaken.

More water must be sent to the line. Men and mounts are consuming large amounts. The heat of the day gives no respite.

No further signs from the rocky ground as of this reporting, though Kataii forces are still going around the center. That must be taken as a sign it is still dangerous, hence Tuchuk still holds their ground.

Carts of casualties are still coming in. There are as many casualties as a result of dehydration as there is of inflicted combat wounds.

The old ones have moved up to help plug the gaps in Raziel's command. For old Warriors, they make a good accounting of themselves.

The Kataii forces seem to be weakening in some areas of the line. The Watch Commander is unsure of this meaning. Does it mean they are running low on fresh Warriors, or are they holding back fresh reserves for a hard assault after our line has been further reduced?  If we send in fresh Units now will they be too weak to hold back a fresh assault? If the Kataii have no fresh reserves we could begin a push with fresh units and drive them from our lands. One error in judgement could cause our line to fail and cause the entire defensive line to fail. No. Tuchuk will just have to hold for now.

It sounds heartless and cruel to issue such an order, but the Watch Commander has ordered all Tuchuks not yet of age  and under to keep their distance from the Warriors beng brought into camp. They are distant and extremely aggressive. Though the Warriors would never intentionally harm a young Tuchuk... the strain of combat sometimes causes extreme reactions to the simplest and most innocent of things. Many of these Warriors have had no rest and are acting strictly on instinct and training to survive and react. It is second nature to them. It is done without pausing to think about the situation.

Tourniquets, pepper, and more bandages and packing are needed at the med wagons on the outskirts. Willowbark is useless as the Warriors are being triaged and sent to the designated areas before it even has a chance to act.

One would think Kataii would soon have to call a pause in the fighting to rehydrate and rest. They too have the basic needs in order to survive. Hope it comes soon. Our forces need a brief lull in the fighting to at least catch their breath and close their eyes to the seemingly constant cloud of rising dust.

[Shylina Marie]

Bosk Herder Report..... wagon teams  are set.  some wagons have had to weaken their loads due toboskbeing shifted to short line wagons carrying supplys to the Warriors....I had noted currently positions... and Having approached Old Lannis.... I spoke with him.... then moved into action..... the outer wagons would be both a triage zone but also a barrier... those in training but not would work with me to set up a secondary line of defense..... I would re confer with the commander in camp to make sure my assessment was correct and the correct plan of action.... for now.... I hauled wounded to the med wagon.... tended bosk..... rehydrated  the youth working along side me..... tended bosk...... stomped a few mud holes in lazy thralls and slaves...... tended bosk....I was ready to drop but until this ended.... until they were home holes and all..... we would continue.... the shirt I wore now stained red brown  with Tuchuk blood and mud and dung....

[DaPaleOne]

two wagons rolling out tonight, I had them stocked and young unscarred men are driving them out

first wagon - 20 cases of arrows at 100 each, 7 cases of lances at 50 each and several more sheilds and helms
water botas, another crate of salt, several pouches of pepper, a small box of tourniquets, a crate of packing and a crate of bandages, 13 fresh kaiila from Lilacs personal stock, salted tarsk for replenishing salt, some hard tack biscuits as well

second wagon - more  botas and approximately 30 barrels and 40 casks of water (for men and mounts)

tended more wounded and dead, found a living warrior amid the dead and had him immediately tranfered into the med wagon, has slaves continue to fill casks of water for the next transport heading out, made sure all slaves working had botas passed around to rehydrate them, changed shifts of slave to give the over worked ones a break to eat and rest before returing to work. made sure the wounded who could walk were served a meat broth and water to keep up their strength.  rode out to outer wagons to check on things there, spoke with Taryn and returned to the inner wagons with wounded.

[Raziel]

Battle Report

Field Commanders Log

It has been a long and grueling few days.  We are on the verge of day 3 with no word from the Ubar on the front line.  No one knows if they have even survived the Kataii attacks.  Even as we are barely with supplies, it is the front that has been unable to recieve any supplies at all.  I can only imagine the condition of the men as my own have started to reach that animal level.  A few have started hallucination and it has been an ordeal in making them focus.  Many simply want to kill.  The bloodlust and rage is high and a front against Kataii is imminent.  The dead begin to pile up on the battlefield and I have concern of carrion crawlers starting to take serious interest.

Kataii has cut off the Ubar's supply lines from me to the rocky ground with their hit and run raids, making it aggravating and impossible for wagon supplies to reach them without fear of the wagons being ambushed and Tuchuk supplying Kataii.

This afternoon I will do something I am not used to.  I will not push my forces as far as I have to decimate the Kataii.  I expect to lure them into false sense of security.  Let them feel they are finally getting the upper hand and Tuchuk cannot take anymore.  Hopefully a false bravado will make them careless and not expect a Tuchuk front to push them forward.  Surely they are wagon peoples and fierce in their own right, but we are Tuchuk and the fiercest of them all.  I have fought in many wars in my time and know a thing or two about strategic fronts.  I will attempt one tonight undercover of darkness. 

The Ubar needs supplies, the men know this.  They are resigned to give support to all of Tuchuk, even if it is one man, as proven with my own rescue in Turia, one life is worth the effort.  Give all or give nothing.

I plan to take the men and reshift the lines.  Wapike was sent back to the lines to call forth Soong, Subadia, Czar, Salem, Terran, Dylan, Kamtu and Wapike with the men he ride to create a united front.  We will utilize a bowled wedge.  Kataii are used to our phalanx and battle squares to hold our ground.  They have seen our bowled wedge once before.  They have not seen a double wedge.

The tactic will need be timed as we have a 50 pasang push to the Ubar...it will be a U ^ U. My units will hold the primary wedge in the middle but we will be hiding Dylans and Kamtus wedge behind us protecting the wagon supplies.  It will be Soong, Terran and Salem to push the first bowl then Wapike, Czar and Subadai to complete the one on the other side of me.  As we grow closer to the Ubar and if we can see their lines my units will open up to provide added support to the flanking bowls and Dylan and Kamtu will pick up the wedge behind us.  When the Ubar's line is in sight, then Dylan and Kamtu will flank out to give additional support before reforming upon the Ubar's line for protective services.  Tuchuks will provide the front while the Ubar and his men can resupply as needed. 

This is a risk, but it is a needed risk because supplies and communications have been cut off.  I know the estimated whereabouts of the Ubars postion from surveying the land previously.  If there are no more alive and this becomes a trap then I will call a retreat to all our men while my own forces provide rear cover.  They will have to then pull a tight formation around the encampment like this ۞ with the center being the encampment.

I have dubbed this the horns of the bosk tactic as that is what it resembles.

We pray to the Endless Skies this works, if it doesnt, we will watch over Tuchuk from there.

Hopefully, this will not be a futile effort and this become my last words for camp.

Raziel
Battlefield Commander

[RAGNAR]

REPORT 9



A message was relayed before the courier passed on.

Two Warriors from the rocky ground slipped from the rocks during the night. One died creating a diversion so his brother might make it to Tuchuk forces.

As of the reporting, there are only 43 Warriors still able to fight. Most of the casualties have passed on. Only fifty are still with us of over a thousand when this ordeal began. Infection, fevers, dehydration affect us all. We did have some relatively fresh meat around dusk. It was kaiila and raw, but it put something in our bellies. One of our brothers saw our wagons coming for us yesterday. His shouts brought us hope and it spread among the Men. Our brother stood up and began running to meet the wagons waving and laughing when he was cut down by more Kataii arrows than could be counted. As he died the wagons were gone.

Why did you leave us? He relayed the sinking spirits at feeling abandoned. But we are Warriors, and if Tuchuk has left us here... then here we will stay obedient to their wishes. We have ventured from the rocks and tried to take a supply column of three wagons. We could not take them away from their forces for our use, so we set fire to as many as we could to at least deprive Kataii of them.

We are still holding in the rocky ground, and have formed a small perimeter in larger rocks which does provide  us with some cover. We have stacked dead to provide us with more of a perimeter. The Kataii will not meet us in close combat anylonger. They remain at maximum arrow range and loose arrows allowing them to drop within our perimeter. All we can do is wedge ourselves in as best as possible and pull a body over us until the barrage ends. This does provide us with some useable arrows, and we do our best to make the best use of them. A few will try and slip out after dark and try to get some water.

The courier passed on very shortly after getting some dried bosk and some water in him.

We did see a large glow in the distance a few ahn before the dawn. We like to think our rocky ground forces deprived kataii of more supplies.

Another Oralu of Kataii have moved around the rocky ground to the Southwest and seem to be holding there. This is being forwarded to Commander Raziel so he may try to adjust accordingly.

There have been only small skirmishes up and down the line this day.

Use this time to try and catch up and prepare for Commander Raziel's offensive push.

The heat of the day is still oppressive, but a breeze is blowing from the West. It seems to feel better but it does carry upon it the odor of the battlefield.

[DaPaleOne]

tended to the wounded, Uran came in with a serious head wound.  he was treated by myself and let under the care of the apprentices.
made sure Shylina and Sara ate and drank something.

[Shylina Marie]

Bosk Tenders report......I have turned my attentions to turning soil........ gettingothers ....even the young not of age to help.... we also run water bucket lines to get all the wagons supplied... everyone works... and we hope and endure that the skys will give us a break and the kataii will be no more.....even a hobble line has been rigged should kataii make it to the wagons.....for now....all I can do is wait..... Malefic made sure I ate though I want to puke.... the heat is going to kill me yet I think

[RAGNAR]

A courier rides into camp shouting the word....

KATAII HAVE BEEN DRIVEN BACK! IT IS A TOTAL ROUTE!


The Kataii forces have retreated abandoning all positions and continue to pull back towards theirown lands. There are a few rear guard units that have been cut off from their retreat and will need to be mopped up.

The Tuchuk Warriors holding the rocky ground have been relieved. Unfortunately, only 13 survive out of over one thousand when the fighting began, and two of the 13 are not expected to make it another night.

The Units taking part in the major push were successful though some units did sustain heavy casualties. The exact figures are not yet in, but it has been confirmed that Oralumen Soong and Kamtu fell in battle. And it is confirmed that Raziel, Terran, Wapike, and Subadai have been wounded.

The field is literally covered with the fallen. It is expected to take days to gather and separate the bodies.

Tuchuk will prepare to receive casualties anytime as the wagons and carts are running once again. Once the cut off Kataii have been dealt with.... the Women of Tuchuk will be permitted to go to the field and offer assistance. If you are not of strong countenance, it is recommended you do not go. Even the most battle hardened Warriors were aghast at the carnage as morning's first light dawned across the field to reveal what the darkness helped shroud from view.

Six additional bosk teams will be needed in the field as Czar's units secured six wagons left abandoned by Kataii. Nothing was gained as the wagons were empty, but the wagons themselves will be used.

All underage Sons and Daughters will be moved to the Eastern areas of camp away from the sights of battle. They may see such things in time as they grow... but they do not need to see it now. The Watch Commander is giving serious thought to sending them, except for babies, under escort to The Point for a few days until things return to some degree of normalcy.

Use extreme caution when approaching bodies. There are those who were so exhausted following the battle they lay down right where they were to sleep. Do not mistake them for dead and just take hold of them. This is begging for an aggressive response.

The Women and slaves of Tuchuk are to be commended for their support of our Warriors. After the cut off Kataii rear guard units are dealt with, the Warriors will have to stand down as much as possible should Kataii return. There were still over six Oralu of Kataii that retreated... so they are not without the Warriors to strike again. While the Warriors stand down, the Women will have to pick up the slack. This is unfortunate, but unavoidable. Once the physically able Warriors have rested and taken in proper nourishment, they will once again resume active duty.

[Fishy!]

Healers report four.

We await the wounded, I have assumed there will be many and sent a runner to each Kels And Taryn, their triage units will be soon flooded with wounded, I have asked them to mark the foreheads of the men that need to be sent directly to the surgical wagon.

The young children of camp have many questions, they ask why they are going to stay with relatives on the other side of camp, why they cannot hug their daddies yet, it is heartbreaking, but these children are simply too young to see this sort of battlefeild.

I have suggested that only the nessisary clans be active right now, Malefic should keep her clan going, and should she need it I will send a few women there to help her, weapons for our men is a very important thing.

I have ordered that there be bosk stew cooking at all times on the fires, the stew is to be cooked thin, and the men if able to eat are being given a dish of the stew, the meat is tender and the vegtables soft and easy to digest, sometimes with a few peices of cubed bread tossed in to thicken it up, and water. the men should not eat heavily, some have had empty bellies for far too long, and a sudden heavy meal will cause distress. as it is water is being given to the men a tin cup at a time. I worry that with the way the men thirst, they would drink several botas at once.

-Shoko

[DaPaleOne]

the women went out last night to scrounge through the mess of the battlefeild and seperate the dead from the living

collected weapons, pouches which will be gone through, any jewelry the kataii might have worn, left their dead so they could collect them once we moved off. our dead were carted off in flat beds and wagons to be prepared for pyres. found the Ubar, Raziel and Wapike. no signs of Terran as of yet. Wapike was ordered to the med wagon, and I personally got the Ubar into a cart headed for the med wagon but as of yet he does not seem to be in there (as of this writing) will have the camp scoured for him.

[Taryn]

Having been working a triage and small medical wagon between where Kelsey was stationed and where the inner circle medical wagons were, I would either tend to the wounded there stabilzing them to be taken to the surgical wagon deep inside camp, but mostly I tended to those who were in bad shape, I had the hope in the beginning to have more survive, but that never did pan out, though most I did tend to were taken back out to fight to their death, as they were close to it as it was...

Tonight, as supplies had run nearly out, Boris had packed up what was left to have me take back to the main camp medical and surgical wagons, as he went to help Kelsey where he could and sent me back with the wounded we were able to stabilize to make it to the surgical wagon for further treatment, and others who need round the clock tending... The dead are inside the freight wagon we were using, and when I left, they were being cleaned and prepared for their pyre... And I have begun working with those wounded at the main camp and medical wagons

[Raziel]

Battle Report

Field Commanders Log 2

The battlefield to the east has been laid waste and awash in stains of darkened burnt crimson.  Recovery efforts are still undergoing for any other remaining unaccounted for warriors.  Fathers, brothers and sons of Tuchuk have battled hard and though many were lost, Tuchuk survives and are victorious as a whole.  In my many years, I have yet to see a battle to take such a toll over supplies.

Out of my own command from a 1000 warriors, 432 are confirmed dead, 278 are walking wounded still fit for duty, the rest are alive with minor wounds just in need of rest.  They are part of the patrols I have already established upon the territories frontlines.  Dylan's command of 100 has sustained the least of casualties.  He still remains in command of 76 battle hardened warriors.  Salem as well has lost 22 of his own men.  Terran will make his report as soon as able to once he sets up his patrol and security command around the main camp.

Unfortunately, Cassius and the Ubar's forces were decimated from over 1000 men to 13 surviving  the battle.  For now, Tuchuk must keep a close eye on these warriors as they have seen and endured more than any should have to and are in need of rest and special care to readjust their state of mind.

Kataii forces have been completely routed and for now, it appears as normal for Tuchuk aside from the aftermath of battle.  Recovered supplies will be further reported later. 

Raziel
Battlefield Commander

[DaPaleOne]

report as of last night

 All is still secure. One death in the field. Mount accidentally stepped on a discarded blade and reared up to tumble backwards and roll over its Rider. We do have one patrol slighty overdue, but if they don't report soon an Or will be sent to look for them.

medical estimates are in as 14 died from their wounds

got Raziel to eat some stew and water, then had to reclosed his gut wound due to him standing up too fast and popping stitches

[RAGNAR]

The overdue Or was located... as was a caravan bound for Turia.

The caravan was decimated along with its escort. This was the handiwork of Kataii. The Or spotted smoke and though well out of their patrol route they investigated. One wagon was burned, and appeared to be an accident... collateral damage from a stray arrow striking a lamp.

Three slaves were left behind and through their combined stories the Kataii took no captives. The dead Turian escort was respectfully gathered and added to the burning wagon. According to the eyewitness accounts, the Kataii attacked in force and the caravan was overwhelmed and overun. Six large wagons of goods were taken and one lost (aflame). The eye witnesses escaped the slaughter by seeking refuge in the high grasses. All others were slain including the few free Women who submitted in hopes of being spared.

The Turian Escort fought well and to the last Man.

Everything of value was taken by the Kataii.


Four Tuchuk Warrior's remains were recovered on the patrol sweep back to camp. They were of the rocky ground units left behind where they fell as that Command was pushed back to the rocks. They have been turned over to the Healers to be prepared.