After The Battle

The Vampyre ordered the persuit of the fleeing All Hallows survivors, instructing Delcroix to "harvest as many 'suitable' men as possible to replace the lost Nocterlinger" and then "infest" the village. Mikhail had been injured in the battle, and returned immediately to Fernbeck House to tend his wounds.
As evening set in, the Trayned Band and militia were no more - either dead or in chains being delivered to a fate worse than death at the hands of Doktor Nevrinkhoff

and as the unheard screams started in the dungeon below Fernbeck House, the plague rats were released in the streets of All Hallows. By morning, any remaining villagers will have succumbed to the zombie virus.

But wait!
Did I imply there were NO survivors?
When the route began, Lieutenant Hargreaves and one of his musketeers were helping a wounded colleague off the moor. They would certainly have been caught if it were not for Dr Hugo, who himself had sustained a leg injury and had taken up a position of hiding. Hugo called them over and the four of them hid as the persuit passed them by on its way to All Hallows.
Much later in the day, the small group emerged from their hiding place in an overgrown ditch, and knowing it would be unwise to return to the village, they set off towards the neighboring village of Harthill.

As they made slow progress along the road, it was a huge relief when they spotted a small cottage up ahead. Lt Hargreaves couldn't believe their luck when the door was opened by a goodwife -

they had found safety for the moment............. or had they????

To be continued.

When I posted the progress reports of Brad and his group in the zombie apocalypse along with the goings-on with Captain Jessop and the Trayned Band, I chose to follow up with the "Battle Of Skag Moor" because I thought it would be a simple encounter which would allow me to close that chapter of 'England Upturned' with a single AAR and move swiftly on to the zompocalypse.   Oops!
These things do have a habit of taking on a life of their own don't they?!
It was when I was considering the casualties from the battle (for campaign purposes, a mini removed from play isn't necessarily "dead" - he may simply be too injured to continue fighting) that I ended up with this little group of survivors, so of course, I just HAD to find out what happens to them!

Thanks for visiting, and if you're patiently waiting for news of Brad, Hannah and the rest of the group, I promise they'll be appearing here again soon.