Lead by Warlord Vorbad Ironjaw, the Greenskin cavalry smashed into the left flank of the Empire battle-line. After many hours of fierce fighting, a clamour arose to the north-east as a wave of Greenskin warriors riding upon massive boars appeared from nowhere and tore through the Imperial artillery. Time and again, the Greenskins crashed against the disciplined ranks of the Imperial army like a wave upon a cliff. With his Griffon returning to the comforts of Altdorf, the Emperor watched as the battle continued its course. Marius Leitdorf during the Battle of Black Fire Pass. Karl Franz, upon his Griffon, personally fought the massive behemoth, but in the process, Deathclaw was injured and was forced to retreat back to the command post. The first few waves consisted mostly of Goblins and a handful of Orcs, but the appearance of a berserking Giant would soon threaten the Imperial Line. With a battle-line of Imperial soldiers holding the enemy at bay, a barrage of Imperial artillery rained down cannonballs and grapeshots upon the tightly packed enemy horde. The Imperial army arrived just in time to block the entrance of Black Fire Pass from the onrushing hordes of Greenskin warriors. He responded personally to this call and went to face the horde before it was too late, culminating in what would become the Third Battle of Black Fire Pass.
It was in that same year that Marius Leitdorf warned the Emperor when a new Greenskin Waaagh! poured out of Black Fire Pass and threatened to overrun the province of Averland. The infamous Third Battle of Black Fire Pass. Ludwig von Hoss, A History of the Province of Averland, Volume XIX. Its history is written in the blood of our people, and though it makes us rich I still hold that we have paid a heavy price for our proximity to that bleak and terrible place."
" Black Fire Pass has seen the best of us and it has seen the worst as well. NOTE: This page lacks proper citation and will be subject to change.
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