Neigh Chevaloshad | Bar None Horse Rescue Mission

Neigh Chevaloshad has experienced some setbacks, watching the Steed Tank go up in flames, and taking responsibility for collateral casualties. He is now the guardian of his ward Sue. Reincarnated as a male half orc young man, Sue's family was killed by the Culling necromancer and left to die horribly before being burned alive as collateral damage from the assault on the Necromancer's tower. 1000gps worth of exotic oils and a very concerned Diane restored the little girl to life at the Golden Plow. 640gps were paid to Xemandus for a Cap of Human Guise. He now searches for the means of restoring Sue's proper gender.

Well, Diane and I traveled to Oroshar and had a tussle with a Gyno-Sphinx Mummy. We succeeded, and discovered that Sea Horse is a better compromise between Sea Turtle and Horse than we had before.

That sounds like a great project. I will need the blue prints and square footage requirements. Don't forget the gardens, Diane has something of a green hoof.

Neigh Chevaloshad has purchased a CLW wand from Kayse for 600gp. It is in the form of a grain stalk.

Hon. Adventurers;

Neigh Chevaloshad has been busy building a new town, and here are the results.



Being a trained civil engineer with extensive experience as a cavalry officer in the Empire's war with the Orcs, Lt. Chevaloshad built Fort Ponyville with an impressive array of magically enhanced features.  The town is blessed with a secure water supply, moat, and extensive irrigation for the surrounding orchards and croplands thanks to spells like Oasis.  The town is further defended by the clever use of plant growth, directing dense clusters of fruit bearing trees in a formidable perimeter stockade.  These perimeter fortifications are further augmented by cavalier breastworks of the Von Braun armored glacis design.  The town is further protected by the sturdy stone walls 50 feet high and wide built with carefully sculpted stone using digitally printed and welded stone shape, rock to mud/mud to rock master work masonry.  Sculpted water channels were used to transport and lower into place these edifices aided by the great strength of teams of draft horse working in unison under the effects of Ant Haul and Mule Cord Braces.  The 100 yard killing fields surrounding these defenses have been further augmented with pyroclastic flows of volcanic glass.   While these impressive feats of engineering make for quite the formidable defense in and of themselves, the extensive use of magic used to sculpt the lay of the land, the underlying hydrological table, and the artfully enhanced horticulture lend the entire effort a surprising grace and beauty. 



The town itself is, if anything, better built and more defensible than the surrounding fortifications.  broad uniform thoroughfares run through the town, making for clear lanes of communication and the distribution of troops along interior lines servicing the surrounding towers and bunkers.  Each building is a reinforced atrium bunker half recessed into the earth forming a concentric ring of steppes leading to progressively higher redoubts in the center of town.  Built to a code of 5 foot thick walls, stone shuttered crenelations, and pivoting vault doors of stone just as thick, every atrium is a veritable fortress in micro-cosm.  These buildings are further enhanced with a complex of underground chambers and passages built with systematic choke pts and vaulted inter-connecting lanes allowing for a common defense of these redoubts.  This attention to the communities' practical defense afforded the opportunity to install ventilated 50 meter tubes used to channel fresh, strong currents of air throughout the villa.  Fluted central convection chimneys further enhanced the distribution of this central heating and cooling system provided by the land itself.  With the magically sculpted stone and wood available, each home thus enjoyed fresh water from hot and cold springs, central air, and perpetual lighting via continual flame.  Granite top kitchen counters sported basins for washing, Franklin stone ovens for cooking, and thick stone ice boxes sure to please the most discriminating of medieval norms and standards.  These climate control features were made all the more effective with the advent of mass produced thin panes of clear master work double panes of wielded glass.    All of these amenities, having been the product of magic and good engineering enjoyed a degree of artistry limited only by the good taste and imagination of the occupants.  This naturally extended to the luxuriant fountains and gardens at the center of each atrium.  The loving attention to detail, beauty, and security manifested in each of the buildings, regardless of their mundane functionality contributes to the overall aesthetic beauty of Fort Ponyville's Hanging Gardens.  







The fortifications and living arrangements of Fort Ponyville, while extensive and exquisite, are a means to an end for the community.  The town is dedicated to producing the finest armored cavalry in the world.  To this end there are many facilities for the stabling, training, and care for the many men and animals who train here.  The 32nd Armored Cavalry Reconnaissance Battalion is stationed here.  The unit was raised by Neigh Chevaloshad to protect the city of Rook in the coming conflagration.  It is currently kitted out with light arms and armor in three troops of 30 plus 10 non coms and officers.  The men and horses are kept trained and in supply here with good discipline maintained by a cadre of officers and awakened horses. 



The 32nd ACR trains extensively in the use of heavy armored personnel howdahs armed with lt. siege engines.   This coupled with the leadership provided by their officers, awakened war horses, allows for a measure of fine control and complex maneuver and communication on the battlefield that is seldom equaled.  Trained in the arts of war and magic, these awakened horses make use of magic to communicate over long distances, succor the wounded with healing spells, and carry the day with enchanted hooves.  Their comrades in arms are no less impressive sporting master work medium armor and master work scimitars.  Cold iron and alchemical weapons of every blunt, piercing, and slashing description may be found in every troop as well.  Outfitted with slings, light crossbows, and master worked small re curved composite bows, the 32nd is equipped with with enough magical ammunition to take down the hardiest of foes.  Being no stranger to sword and flame, the 32nd is trained to deal with the occasional encounter with extraordinary vermin with a generous allotment of flaming oil.



The 32nd ACR is unusual in that it employs a greater proportion of barding amongst the steeds than is typical for a reconnaissance troop.  Spiked studded leather barding gives these troopers a unicorn silhouette, making them easily recognizable long before the heraldic badges may be discerned.  Thus equipped, fierce overruns are the common tactic that is used to put the foe to the sword and horn.  Special care for the lives of the troopers is afforded by the regular training in the healing arts and the use of Good Berry.  Cries of "Cleric", and "Healer" have given way to "Kissyface" in the 32nd ACR.  The respect and camaraderie of the troops and their steeds is all the stronger for the Common tongue shared amongst these sentient horses.





 

          

    






  

     

Character name: Vincent.