THE BLOODY KING! Third Age: Total War - [ DaC EUR ] - Rohan - Episode 20

[@Rampaned]

The Dunlendings reign of terror shall soon come to an end! and don't forget to light the beacons if you're enjoying the campaign!

[@DarkVadekGaming]

Caras Galadhon is going to be one hell of a battle damn

[@nikoszaxarias5200]

Hello, friend. Things are again stable, albeit you have slightly the upper hand. Theoden has a good army, despite the losses, and he destroys the Dunleding armies, while Eomer is to run from the north bank of Gwathlo and get to Tharbad. This way, you limit the Dunledings to Byrig, where you will destroy them. This plan works, albeit slower than what we want, because of the Dunleding counters, that have set out to strike your towns. What I would do is to assign to a general from Theoden's army, probably Erkenbrand, with every spare unit from Enedwaith, like Alcfud, Gynd, Lond Angren etc., as they are not needed there, and assign him to claim Barad Vin. This will free Theoden to roam in the border and keep the Dunledings at check until Eomer arrives. You will also need a general to govern Argond, because it is a castle - unless you'll leave it to Eomund. In the East, you should continue to help Lorien to repel Dol Guldur and afterwards, swipe the Orcs out, so as to give proper breathing room to Lorien to help you keep Mordor at bay. Don't enter at war with Enedwaith yet, as they have quite some power for now and you cannot concentrate to them for as long as Dunland is still alive. I think the Dunedain will be able to stand for quite a while - at least until you arrive on the scene. Keep on with your economy, as you have reached the point where your infrastructure advances, thus you need more money. And now, let's add another small episode for our story: Theoden had decided to strike in Bhaille, not knowing what was in there, he just had information that a strong army was at his back. Though the scouts revealed that in the town was none else than Yagthak himself, the king of Dunland... Theoden was very happy and proceeded to the attack as soon as a small force came to relieve the siege. The Dunledings came out to the attack, as King Theoden gave them some space, pretending that he was to retreat. The two forces united in a single front and marched forth, under the walls of the town, with a shield wall in the front and the archers behind. Theoden had purposedly given this space, so as to have the horse archers loosing arrows on them as they marched forth, causing casualties. The riders were further back and waited for the sign of the King to attack. The Dunledings finally stopped and started crying out, to provoke an early attack, however the Rohirrim did not take the bait. The Dunleding archers tried to loose arrows back on the horse archers, however they simply opened their circles, avoiding the arrows of their opponents, and they came back when the Dunleding archers retreated to find cover behind the shield wall. Theoden faked some attacks using some of his horse archers, as well as some of the riders and Yagthak responded, creating gaps, where a unit of the Rohirrim attacked. This way, Theoden weared out the Dunledings and gradually he got further units in the battle, until the full army got entangled in the melee, while the horse archers supported the attack with their arrows. Not too long after, the Dunleding line broke from the casualties and the archers got exposed, among them the Orthanc Senties unit, that was the bodyguard of Yagthak. Theoden took the final assault on his own, with the Royal Guard in the center and him at the very forefront. One attack was only needed, as the gap was quite wide for the Royal Guard to charge right in the middle of the line, and the spear of the King took Yagthak on the neck and threw him away. Then, the Dunledings broke and the riders gave them a good chase. However, Erkenbrand had the mind to get his bodyguard besides the gate, so as to secure it and not permit any of the Dunledings to enter to the town. This way, there was no one left in the fields. Yagthak was dead and Bhaille was in the hands of the Rohirrim. "Good battle it was", Erkenbrand told Theoden after a while. "The king of the Dunledings is now dead and we simply have to eliminate them all". "Surely", Grimbold said. "However, the Dunledings are a hard folk and they won't go down so easily. Our scouts report that their armies are out again. We have to hunt them one by one, or else we will have to abandon our most further holds that we just gained". ""Eomer has made vital progress", Theoden said. "I count on him to get to Argond and then to Tharbad. This way, we'll have good support from his army". "I read from his reports that he has encountered Enedwaith", Erkenbrand said. "And they have pressed hard against our allies in the Dunedain. That's not good". "Surely it's not", Theoden replied. "But I agree with Erkenbrand; we must not attack them right now, as Dunland is still around to cause problems and we can't spare anything to help them. As soon as we clear out Dunland, I'll think what I'll do with them and how I will help the Dunedain". Both Erkenbrand and Grimbold agreed. "I also have another thought", Theoden said "I would very much like to get Barad Vin, albeit I don't have the forces right now. One of my thoughts were to send one of you back and gather any accessible forces from Alcfud, Gynd, Carras and the other towns around against Barad Vin. I want to think more about it". "I am more inclined to do it", Erkenbrand said. "As it is a castle, pretty much like Hornburg, which was under my supervision. Of all, I am the most experienced with castles and fortresses, so I would be the ideal commander of such a force. I can go around and gather anything accessible. But I would not touch anything from Lond Daer and above, as those forces are to reinforce Eomer". "I also thought of you", Theoden said. "But first we have to clear out the Dunledings once again. I'll think more of this".

[@crtk1ev466]

You should keep all the lands underneath Gwathló river, and give the rest of the lands to your ally Dunedain and make them stronger also in the future war against Enedwaith it will be fun to be just the eliberator not the conqueror. Same with the elves and Gondor. The land you ve got it s more than enough and the most prosperous Rohan even were.

[@Rampaned]

Oh for sure! I love playing as a liberator in this mod as a good guy so often!

[@patrickrobinson4263]

Be sure to turn off the fog of war next video.