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This first bit is by the most illustrious Xwarq. However, I will be putting my fair share of work into this as well; he's just way better at writing about battles than I am. The next update should come tomorrow, for now I'll leave everyone in suspense. Obviously, I need to thank Xwarq-with him finally pushing me into the right direction, I'd still be pitching an endless amount of "what-ifs" to him and bemoaning my laziness and inability to create a TL of my own. I'd also like to thank the equally-as-illustrious Ringo Starr-he too also told me to follow this dream and post this, regardless of what criticisms I get. Here's to a fantastic TL, eh? ;)

July 13th, 300 A.D.
A forest near the Volga


The forest seemed to shake anxiously as the Hün approached from the east and the Aorsi from the west, and all creatures seemed to have gone into hiding at the ever-looming sound of two hordes marching.

The Aorsi were filled with a mix of fear, anticipation, and bravery--paradoxical, yes. Then as they charged this turned into rage--rage at the invading Hün, rage at the fact that they had to fight and could die, rage that the harvests were not as good as the previous year, rage in whatever form, boiling in their hearts, minds, and the tips of their spears...

The Hün were filled with rage. Pure rage. And greed. They wanted to conquer the Aorsi, take their women, kill or enslave their men, take their food... Well, that is what records tell us. In all actuality, the Hün were not as bloodthirsty and ‘evil’ as records of that time tell us. But they were indeed a warlike people. After all they would not receive this reputation had they not been at least somewhat brutal to their enemies.

In this forest, thousands of men charged in vaguely rectangular formations towards one another. The Hün were mostly on horseback wielding either bows or swords, more with swords than bows.. Of the Aorsi--some were on horseback wielding bows, some on foot wielding spears so long that they could stab the heart of a deer from seven paces away.

By the time the Hün had come close enough to the Aorsi to realize that many of them wielded spears that would pierce their horses to instant fatal death, they were too close, their horses running too fast, and their horses too confused or panicked, to withdraw.

Hundreds of spears struck the torsos of hundreds of horses in a horrid sound--the sound of poorly-smelted bronze and iron forcing its way into still-living flesh.

The Hün began to rout. Well, they began to rout. Much to their surprise, Sarmatians, probably mercenaries hired by the Aorsi, attacked the Hün from their flank.

The Hün fought for their very lives. The Aorsi general, safe from combat, surrounded by his soldiers, was stricken with cruel laughter. The Hün, who seemed so menacing before, seemed so weak now.

That is, until 30,000 Hün reinforcements arrived from the east...
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