User:Minionman/Battle of the Bridge

The battle of the Bridge was a second big battle fought by the Blodo Elves and scourge in the reconquering of Quel'thalas. It was fought around the main bridge that links southern and northern Quel'thalas.

Before the Battle
After the Battle of the Sanctum, the elves moved north through the ghostlands, trying to reach and recapture Silvermoon quickly. the rangers continued to make hit and run attacks on small scourge groups as the Elves approached the wide bridge between the two sections of Quel'thalas.

The scourge leader in Quel'thalas, a Lich named Raas, realized from the pattern of Elf attacks that they were moving north, and that the connecting bridge was the most likely place for the Elves to try to cross the dividing river. He sent a large group of scourge, and told other scourge leaders in the area to bring as many fighters as they could, to the bridge. Around 400 scourge fighters reached the bridge by the time the Elves appeared.

The Battle
The bridge itself connected two sections of a wide road leading through the middle of Quel'thalas, and each end was surrounded by some open space as well. the scourge guarding the bridge stayed in the forests in the northern side, the elves approached from the South. When the elves moved into the open to cross the bridge, the scourge attacked, some scourge fighters crossing the bridge, some swam across the river.

The Elves at first had difficulty fighting the scourge, they had a mix of spellbreakers and rangers near the bridge in no particular formation, with other elven fighters and civilians mixed together in the surrounding forest. The scourge were easily able to kill several elves near the bridge, and enough crossed to push the remaining bridge guards into the forest. The large amount of scourge fighters was able to quickly rush through the forest, and caught up to many elves who were not prepared for a fight.

After a few minutes, though, other elves heard the fighting and began to form up as best they could. As the elves organized themselves, they stopped the scourge movement into the forest, and slowly recapture the forest back to the bridge, further organizing themselves all the way. when the Elves finally reached the bridge, they were easily able to cross it and kill the remaining scourge.

After the battle
About 50 elves had been killed, mainly rangers and civilians. The elven priests were able to resurrect a few of these, leaving 36 elves total killed in this battle. About 380 of the scourge had been killed, a few necromancers and ghouls had run north on seeing the Blood elves approaching the bridge near the end of the battle.

The Elves who had crossed the bridge to finish the remaining scourge stayed on the north side ot guard the crossing. A couple small groups of scourge approached the crossing point, but were killed or ran away without doing any damage. After the successful crossing, the Elves once again entered the forests, and moved towards Silvermoon.