Over the past year , there have been many new EBs for larger players. However, there has not been a new set of EBs for smaller or slower advancing kingdoms. For this reason I have drafted a new epic battle idea. One that would bridge the gap, something in between tier three and five. "THRUG THE BARBARIAN" Epic battle one It'd start out with a journey into the highlands to visit one of your townships. There your armies would discover the entire village burned to the ground.only ash and smoldering bone remain. You track the horse tracks across the plains into the outskirts of hoarfrost. There you found an encampment of barbarians scouts. You lay waste to them. Epic battle two One escapes on horse back , you hunt him through the mountains of hoarfrost . (Battling beasts he's unwittingly awakened along the way) and track him down a path to the coast. Epic battle three Night falls and you catch up to him along the beach. Only to see an ocean filled with torches of invading ships . A flood of arrows peppers the beach , your men hold there ground and battle fiercely as the first line of ships make ground. your troops hitting their landing parties, your spies sinking their ships. You scout to ascertain their numbers. Epic battle four THRUG the barbarian king leads his force fiercely you have no choice but to lead them into the mountain pass and collapse the entrance behind you, maybe this will slow him down long enough for you and your men to escape and regroup In the kingdom. Epic battle five With the barbarian king's army knocking at your door you must survive wave after wave of onslaught until reinforcements arrive the following morning to your kingdom. You must combat flaming catapults siege towers battering rams. They destroy the front gate and let loose a legion of black wolves. Morning comes and reinforcements arrive( either damacenes or elven allies or midorians) . But still the night is not over, with a crushing roar THRUG releases his secret weapon a great venomous serpent from a strange land. It towers above your walls and begins devouring your men. It destroys a section of your wall. And even though THRUG's troops are now few, his pet makes easy work of your now vast numbers and you must defeat it first.You must first blind it But it can still smell the fear of your armies(or what is left of it by this point) . You must quickly find it's weakness and make a final push to bring the beast down. You pierce it's scales underneath it's chin (the weakness) bringing down the beast for good. Struck deep with fear, The great barbarian king now calls a full retreat, and what is left of his armies makes a run for the ships on the coast. You must not let them escape. Your men give chase and THRUG the barbarian king is executed swiftly.