Which historical warrior would you like to see fighting monsters?
As of late, using zombies or other monsters in your match up seems to be an hype. One of the best ones I have read of lately is that of Master of the Boot.
Anyhow, I like writing stories and i like historical warriors. Why not combine the two???
Soo i will post down here warriors I have used in my matches and stories, you guys can vote on 10 of them.
The 10 warriors with the most votes will face zombies, werewolfs and vampires. Who will survive and who will be utterly destroyed in this battle.
This will all be in the form of the story and as writer i will decide who will win this epic battlle.
Not every warrior will carry all of their weapons that I have given them. If any of you want to have an warrior and an certain weapon, just add it in the post.
I also have named warriors. You can choose for the named warrior or the warrior class of the same sort.
If you have questions, please ask them.
The warriors you can vote on:
Apache
Gladiator---Spartacus
Viking
Samurai---Myamoto Musashi
Spartan
Ninja
Pirate
Templar knight---William the Conqueror--- El Cid
Knight--- Joan Of Arc---Hans Talhoffer
Shaolin Monk
Maori---Hone Heke
Scottish highlander---Wiliam Wallace
Zulu---Shaka Zulu
Hun---Atilla de Hun
Companion Calvery---Alexander the Great
Aztec Jaguar
Zande
Roman Centurion--- Julius Ceasar
Rajput--- Rana Pratat Singh
Persian immortal--- Xerxes I
Celt---Boudica
Wallachian knight---Vlad the Impaler
Wu warrior---Sun Tsu
Comanche
Mongol---Ghengis Kahn
Carthagian---Hannibal Barca
Russian---Ivan the Terrible
Conquistador---Hernan Cortez
Egyptian---Ramses II
Muslim warrior---Khalid Ibn al-Walid---Saladin
Inca---Atahualpa
Frankish warrior---Roland
As you saw, I have included some early gunpowder warriors, who have such early gunpowder weapon that it will not be an big advantage.
This will be an battle between two defenders of their homeland. Both warriors fought off white man who came with gunpowder to kill them and both men were succesfull several times, but failed in the end. It is an battle between two leaders who knew how to fight well. One was the leader of an Inca empire while the other was fighting for the Maori on the other end of the world. In this duel of the ages, who will win?
Atahualpa versus Hone Heke
This is an battle that will be duked out between these two great warriors. But the sim will be fought between five warriors on each side. The five on each side is merely an artistic choise to make the battle different and more epic. Please keep in mind that only these two gentlemen will count in the fight and during the analyses, i will keep an one on one battle in mind.
Atahualpa
You can write his name different ways. I have seen Atahuallpa, Atabalipa or Atawallpa. I will stay with Atahualpa. He was born in 1497 and when his father died of an strange disease, he and his half-brother waged an civil war that ended when Atahualpa killed his brother Huascar. He became the Sapa Inca (Unique King)
The military career of Atahualpa is an short one. Like all young Inca warriors. he probably had military training in all weapons and had experience fighting wars. He began as miliatary leader against his half brother. Like all wars between brothers, it started when their father died and both wanted to have the incan empire.
Huascar ruled Cusco, the Inca capital. therefore, he had the loyalty of most most of the Inca people. Atahualpa on the other hand, had the lead of an great professional army and three outstanding generals.
During the battles, Atahualpa used his armies and generals succesful and was able push his brother into Cusco. An tribe allied with Huascar but was nearly destroyed by Atahualpa and his warriors.
The final battle took place in Quipaipan. Atahualpa had an army that was between 50.000 and 100.000 men strong and was routed the smaller force of his brother. The losing army got disbanned and its leader captured. Atahualpa was now in control of the great Incan empire and came across an group of 180 Spainairds. Atahualpa did not deem them an threat and let them live. The Spanish were able to march towards him rather easy and went trough difficult terrain without problems. When Atahualpa heard that the Spanish had asked for Huascar, Atahualpa got afraid that the two might make an deal. He had his half brother killed. While in the town of Cajamarca, the leader of the Spanish, Hernando Pizarro send some soldiers towards the leading Inca and invited him to talk. Atahualpa agreed and went into the townsquare, where the spanish had occupied and hidden Spanish soldiers. Atahualpa and his men came all dressed in ceremonial dress and when the soldiers from spain were ready, they sprung the trap. It was an slaughter and many Inca's were killed. Atahualpa himself got capured.
While he was in captivity, one of his generals had an huge army and the Spanish feared an attack. They also saw Atahulpa as an danger and put up an mock trial where he was accused and found guilty of: Rebelling against the Spanish crown, practising idolatry and killing his own brother. He was to be burned alive. Atahualpa got scared, if killed by burning, his soul would be unable to go to the afterlive. The Spanish told him that he would not be burned if he turned Catholic and he did. He was baptised as Juan Santos Atahualpa. At his own request, he got strangled instead of burned. His clothes got burned with some skin and the rest got an Christian burial. He died in 1533.
Ofcourse Atahualpa had some great weapons. Every man and woman in the Inca empire had to learn how to use all weapons and then master one. It is reasonable for me to guess that as king, Atahualpa needed to know all weapons very good. The Inca fought mainly close range and altough they had long range weapons, they preferred to go to close range as soon as possible.
For close range, the weapon of choise would be the truncheon. This small weapon was made from wood and had an iron starshaped head for maxium impact. It was used to bludgeon someone to death and the starshaped spikes made it even more lethal. I was unable to find a good lenght of this weapons but my biggest guess is, that it was around 18 inces. The weapon was used with one hand, so the other hand could be used to hold an shield. It should be noted that this weapon was used heavily in the Incan army and altough most of the heads would have been made from stone, the more important and rich warriors would use bronze.
as for midrange, the weapon of choosing is the Inca spear. The Inca spear was around six feet long and had an bone tip. The Inca spear was used with both hands and was no much different then other spears apart from the fact that spears were used mostly by the more important warriors.
As for long range, we have the Inca sling. Normally the Inca sling was only used by an selected group of warriors. The training was intensive and heavy, the first group of slingers would throw their stones and while the first group reloaded again, the second group threw their stones. Note that this does not matter in an one to one fight and i thought it was just nice info to post.
i am shure that as a very important warrior, Atahualpa would know how to use the sling accurately. The accurare range of an attack to the head was around 230 feet. The sling was one of the most dangerous weapons of the Inca warrior.
With special weapons, i have found an very special inca weapon. The Incan halberd. I have seen a few kinds of Ican halberds but the one i am using was only used by the king. it was part status symbol and part weapon. It was made of bronze and was around 25 inces. it had axehead on one side and an sharp point on the other. The weapon was an multifunctional dealer of death. The picure shows what it would look like.
As for armour, the armour of Atahualpa would be linen padding with wooden plates protecting the chest and the back of Atahualpa. This armour was commenly used by the more important warriors. The lower warriors would settle with cotton protection. Atahualpa would also have had an bronze helmet and an wooden shield, covered with an layer of bronze.
I enlarged this picture because it shows the spear, the inca halberd, the helmet, the wooden armour, the cotton armour and the shield. Note that the man in the back is the most important one of the three.
Ofcourse, every warrior needs an x-factor and for the Incan warrior, it is his battlecraze. The Inca were warpeople, they brainwashed their warriors into an extent that the warriors felt no pain and no fear. They were trained to be warmachines In an battle, that would mean that Atahualpa would just keep going and going without stopping untill killed.
If you would like to research Atahualpa yourself, I have a few links.
And an great cartoon about Atahualpa and his capture
Hone Heke
Hone Wiremu Heke Pokai was born around 1807. He was an Maori rangata (chief) of the Nga Puhi tribe. In his youth, he got to missionary school and when Heke go an adult, he and his family coverted to Christianity. Hone Heke got much fighting experience in battles against other tribes during the musket wars.
Hone Heke was also one of the important warriors and leaders in the rebellion against the British.
Even though Hone Heke signed an treaty with the British ( the treaty of Waitangi), he was not happy about it. Several American traders and diplomates came to New Zealand with stories of rebellion against the Brish and the declaration of independence. The americans purposely poisend the Maori and tried to weaken the British power in the country. The Americans started to sell muskets to the natives. It also did not help that the British made decisions that were not very good for the Maori population, such as seeing the crown more important then the chiefs or controlling the distribution of land.
This all led to Hone Heke chopping down the flagpole which had the British flag in Kororareke.
This was an act against the crown and soon the rebel Maori were at war with the British. The flagpole was replaced and in an time of six months chopped down three times.
Even though Hone Heke had a lot of Maori warriors to help him, there were also Maori who were in favor of the English and fought for them.
The English send an battalion to the fort where the flagpole was to make shure that it would not be cut down anymore but Hone created an diversion. Why the English weere fighting the main force of Maori on a beach, Hone sneaked in the fort and cut down the flagpole a fourth time. This set off the flagstaffwar.
During the early stages of the war, Hone Heke was active fighter, but due to an heavy injury, he had to rest a few months. He finally took part of the last battle, the battle of Rujapekapeka.
Heke and his men had made an fort that was bombarded by attilery. After it was almost destroyed, the British went in and found it deserted. As they walked down the back, the maori jumped into action who had layed an ambush there. The ambush was not completely succesful and Hone Heke managed to sneak away with most of his men. The Brits claimed victory. in 1850 of tubercolosis. Hone Heke got an christian ceremony and an Maori burial.
Hone Heke had some great weapons. Most of the weapons will be traditional Maori but I also have an weapon that is a little odd for my battles. He will bring an musket.
Why an musket? because Heke was known to find/buy muskets and use them against the British. he was very fond of these weapons and it would only be fair to portray him with one.
Is it fair? Yes. You have to consider that his opponent has superior armour and the gunpowder weapon makes up for it. Besides, it is not a modern gun and so not as trustworthy.
As short range weapon, the Wahaika is the weapon of choise. This weapon can be used as thrusting and striking weapon. It also has an notch for trapping the weapon of the opponent and then disarming the opponents. It could be made from different materials such as wood to whalebone. The Wahaika was around 15 inces and was used with one hand. Note that the name wahaika means mouth of the fish. It also had an rope on the buttend, that could go around the hand of the user. That way, it could not be easily lost in battle.
The Taiaha is the midrange weapon of Hone Heke. The taiaha may be one of the most famous and important Maori weapons since it many traditional uses. This weapon was made from wood and meant for thrusting and striking attacks. The weapon consisted out of three parts. The arero (tongue) was used for stabbing and parrying attacks. The upoko (head) is thebase from where the arero protuded. Finally there is the ate (liver) which was used for striking and parrying. The taiaha is around 5 to 6 feet long. Nowadays you can find the Taiaha in the official badge and the coat of arms of new Zealand.
Here he is. The musket. The musket changed the Maori way of battle. The one on one fights became more rare as the Maori started focussing on group tactics. The musket had an accurate range of 50 to 70 yards. Due to the fact that it is an one on one battle and the need of his opponent to get to close range, Heke will have one chance of firing this weapons. He can also use the buttend as an club afterwards. The picture shows that muskets could also been have used as clubbing weapons much like most of the other weapons that the Maori knew.
As for special weapon, Hone Heke has the Patiti. The patiti was an tomahawk, made of whalebone and metal. it was the main weapon used to cut down the flagpole several times and could also be used in hand to hand combat. It was around 12 inces long and was an dangerous metal weapon that could chop or hack anyone to death. Note that the buttend was used for spiritual carvings and in the picture above, you can see some Maori wielding the patiti.
As for the armour. No armour. i have heard from a friend that the Maori did have armour but so far i was unable to find an single piece of evidence supporting this fact. Therefore, Hone Heke will have no armour. The only thing he will wear is an skirt made of grass as seen in this picture. Also note the tomahawk that Hone Heke is holding.
Luckely, Hone Heke has an x-factor, which is is martial art system. Part is the Mau rakau. The way of the weapon. Here the warriors learned how to use their weapons properly. The other part of the martial art is the death point striking art. This martial art makes use of the fingers as deadly weapons and use pressure points on the body to hit with the fingers, resulting in knock outs or even kills. This empty hand style is so deadly that it won't be teached today anymore.
Not only do these weapon and empty hand martial art train the warrior in the weapon. They also function to give the warrior more flexability and agility in combat.
As for more info about Hone Heke, i have a link for you. It is from the official New Zealand encyclopaedia.
Also an youtube clip about the treaty and what happened there.
The edges:
Truncheon vs. Wahaika
- Both weapons are meant to bludgeon someone to death, but each in an unique way.Both weapons are used with one hand hand and are able to crush an opponent. But that is where the similarities end.
The truncheon is about three inces longer and it has bronze made starshape to ram all the power in one point. If that hits, massive damage. This also means it has puncturing abilities.
But even though it has these pro's, it also has its cons. This weapon is topheavy. That means that with an miss, the Inca has some recovery time and in that time, he is open to attacks.
The wahaika is smaller but made of whalebone in the instance of an chief. it also uses jabs in combination with swining attacks. What is more, I thing that the weight is devided better within this weapon. It also has the ability to block attacks and disarm the opponent, while it will stay in the hand of the user due the rope. It is without question that an full hit with either of the weapons will be the end of the opponent.
- In the armour department, things are slightly different. Hone Heke is hindered by his lack of armour. Atahualpa will have bigger chances to kill his unarmoured opponent then Hone Heke has. Atahualpa fought a lot of warriors who used mace like weapons and had proper armour on the right places. The helmet and the wooden chestplate. They would break under more hits, but two hits are two many to kill an opponent when the opponent can kill with one. that said, the jab attacks can strike the throat for an instant kill, as the throat is not covered with any sort of armour. The same goes with the face of Atahualpa.
- with skill, i can be simple as usual. Both weapons were used massive in their respective parties and both warriors would be extremely skilled with these hand to hand weapons.
- In the end, the decision falls of the offensive powers of the truncheon against the defensive powers of the wahaika. The disarming technique of the wahaika will play an important part in the battle but the slightly longer reach of the truncheon and its spikes makes me give the egde to this weapon. What i would add lastly is the fact that the shield will be important. The shield can block while the truncheon will attack and kill. i do expect both weapons to be one of the most usefull weapons in each of the warriors arsenal.
Edge: Atahualpa
Inca spear Vs. Taiaha
- The inca spear is an great bone tipped spear. This weapon can impale the Maori with ease. Just like all spears, it is an tried and proved weapon. with its length of six feet, it is as long as its opponent, the taiaha.
The taiaha uses thrusting attacks but also implements swinging attacks. The taiaha also has more blocking abilities then then the spear but lacks its penetration power. I also want to add that bone is an good weapon but also somewhat fragile if its hit hard. i suspect that the taiaha can break the tip of the spear if he hits it right.
- Again, the armour plays an important part. The bonetipped spear can penetrate the skin of the chief without any problems while the taiaha has armour and an helmet go around. The taiaha has the power to come with repeative attacks and a variety of attacks to counter the armour and strike the opponent beneath. Hone Heke needs this egde as he might be overwhelmed with the armour and offensive abilities of the spear.
It is really hard to give an good edge at this stage.
- I would say, both weapons were used a lot and both warriors would be extremely deadly with these weapons. altough it is true, I really should make notice of the fact that the Maori had created an martial art style to suit this weapon. this weapon was holy to them and their skill with this weapon would be better then their skill with all other weapons. The spear was used by officers and no doubt kings, but it was not an main weapon. They would stick with what they knew with this weapon, thrusting.
- I have two totally different weapons. One of them is an better killer but the other is overall more usefull. This almost looks like the short range match but the taiaha has more used then the wahaika and would prove a better match against its opponent.
again, the better killing blows against the blocking abilities in the game. what differs more for me is the fact that the bone point can be shattered, making the spear useless. Then the taiaha will be an destructive force. But the egde is small, due to the Inca armour and it would not have as much as impact as the short range would have.
Edge: Hone Heke
Sling Vs. Musket
- The sling is an easy, yet effective weapon. you pick up an stone, you put it in an little pouch and sling it around untill the stone flies towards the opponent and kills the targeted opponent. its an blunt impact weapon that wil come to you in incredible speed and will kill if it hits the head or the right place in the chest. It has an great speed and an accurate reach of 230 feet.
The musket on the other hand, is slightly more complex. With the musket you need to load the weapon with blackpowder (which costs time) then you have to aim, trigger an button and when it has fired you have to load again. It has a lot of killing potential and can be used as club if needed. It has an accurate range of 210 feet. I would like to mention that the musket paralyze or kill better then the sling could and on more places of the body.
- weapon versus armour, it really does not matter much. Even though Hone Heke has no armour and is an great target for the sling, I have no doubt that the musket will penetrate the armour of the Inca with ease. This makes the armour of Atahuapa obsolete. Making the armour even
- The skilltest is somewhat different. I have seen several times that the Inca were extremely skilled with the sling and very deadly with it. It was an weapon hard to master but I have no doubt that Atahualpa would have masterd such an important and dangerous weapon.
For the musket it is an different story. The Maori used the musket a lot when they aquired it, but aquiring the weapons was not as easy as in europe and the warriors would not have had as much skill with his weapon.
i can certainly say that Hone Heke had more training and skill with this weapon then the average Maori but I still cannot say that Hone heke would have mastered the weapon.
- Well then, the more deadly musket has slightly less accurate range and accuracy in general why the sling is the less deadly weapon but has the better skilled user. The long loading time really makes the musket a one shot weapon. That hurts the musket badly but the only real target the sling has, is the head of the opponent, which is easy to miss.
The musket gets the egde here for two reasons. Even it has lesser accusary, it needs less since any round in the body will be very bad for the Inca. It also can play out as short range weapon.
Edge: Hone Heke
Halberd Vs. Patiti
- The Inca halberd looks much likes the european halberd. only shorter. The spike is also at the side instead of the top and the hook is missing. The axe is still intact though. It is one handed and has an lenght of maximum 25 inces. The halberd is completely made of bronze.
The patiti is an tomahawk like we all know it. an axe usefull for cutting wood and kill an opponent. The handle is made of whalebone while the axe part is made of steel. it is 12 inces long.
The steel of the patiti is better then the bronze of the halberd but the halberd has more then twice the size of the patiti. The patiti is an axe with the same abilities like chopping and hooking the opponent while the halberd has the same abilities and an spike to end the life of an opponent.
- The armour will play in heavily in this match up again. The halberd can be used in combination with the shield and has only skin and flesh to oppose it, while the patiti will need to counter the shield, the armour or the helmet. That might prove a bit to tough.
- The skillpart again. The Inca halberd was the personal weapon of Atahualpa. That means that he trained and fought with this weapon and would need to be very skilled with it. The patiti was also used by Hone Heke and he could deal a lot of damage with it.
- As for my final result, it is again an hard choise. I like the fact that the patiti is made from steel and would be good to get into the bronze helmet but the halberd is just longer, has more purposes, does not need to get trough armour and will be used in combination with the shield. The egde is clear.
Edge: Atahualpa
The Battle Begins
The small boat hit the soft sand of the coast. The sea was calm and peacefull, nothing remembered of the storm that occured the night before. The Maori expedition party had left with five boats, full of warriors, but due to storms and exhaustion, only one boat with five warriors in it, survived the travels and found new land. Luckely, one of the surviving warriors was Hone Heke, the Maori chief and leader of this expedition.
A big and strong warrior called LuHu Naru stepped out of the boat and pulled it further on the beach. When he was done, the other warriors stepped out. A small yet quick and smart man called Thamas Nehheme jumped out now also, followed by Patu Ki and Pamu Karr, two close friends and loyal followers of Hone Heke. The last one out was Hone himself.
The men took all their equipment out of the boat and carried them towards the jungle before them.
The soft sand changed into hard grass and moss. The sounds of animals far away, the bushes and trees, they all reminded the Maori to home. When the warriors arrived at an open spot, the Maori dropped their weapons. 'Men' Hone spoke to his small gang. 'We have traveled the sea and lost many of our close friends.' Thamas thought about his brother in another boat named Kelles, the boat had been destroyed by an storm and Kelles drowned.
'But it was not for nothing that our friends and family died on this trip.' Hone Heke continued. 'If this place is convienent for us, we will get all our family that stayed home and bring them here. Then we are finally free of the white men, the British people who force us over their rule. We will be finally free once more.' After he was done, the four others smiled.
'Now let us cut wood for fire and an fort.' He spoke.' Hone said. 'There are only two patiti with us' Thamas spoke. 'so there are only two of us who can cut wood at a time.' He went on. 'Yes I know' The Maori chief responded. 'Patu and Pamu you get the patiti and start cutting.' The two friends smiled as they gathered the two tomahawks. 'LuHu, take an taiaha and guard the two.' He spoke. 'We do not know what people and creatures call this home yet.' Heke added. 'Now Thamas and I will wield the two muskets we have left. We also will have an wahaika each. We have only gunpowder for two two shots each, so we have to be carefull using it. We will look for foodsupplies. ' The small man nodded in agreement as he grabbed the two weapons. When they were all set, the Maori started with their assigments. None saw that they were being watched.
From far away, five warriors were watching every move of those half naked intruders. It was by pure luck that an Inca warrior called Ashteaa had seen the boat near the beach on the water and had rushed to report it to his king Atahualpa. Atahuapa knew he had to inspect these strangers quick and had selected three more warriors to go with him and Ashteaa. These were Quapa, the best slinger in the empire, Kesche the second in comand of Atahualpa and Acte, a young but promising warrior.
As the five Inca's saw the strangers taking weapons, they noted that two were holding guns. Friends of the white men no doubt. They had to be taken care off. Atahualpa recalled his band to somewhat further away to explain his battleplan. 'Quapa and Ashteaa, you take care of the gunwielding opponents with your slings When you are done, you follow us.' He said. 'The rest of us, we rush into the battle with our own weapons. Kesche, you will use your spear, Acte, you will wield your Truncheon. The same goes for Quapa and Ashteaa when you guys are done slinging. I will keep my trust in my halberd.' The others notted. Atahualpa himself had the best defence, Wooden armour, a bronze helmet and an shield covered in bronze. The rest only had cotton shirts to protect themselfs, save for Acte, who had an wooden shield.
The Inca warriors sneaked towards their opponents untill they were 100 feet away. Quapa and Ashteaa started swinging their long range weapons. The rocks flew through the air and one of them hit Thamas right on the forehead. He dropped dead on the ground as the other rock flew past Hone. Hone ducked and got on his stumach to avoid other rocks.
After Atahualpa saw the two warriors with guns going down, he gave his soldiers the command to attack. They gave an cry and all of them jumped into action.
The Maori got disorientated by suprise attack but it did not take long for them to focus on the the warriors who appeared. The two sides collided and people started attacking each other. Pamu ran towards an warrior with wooden armour and an shield and tried to hit him with his patiti. Atahualpa blocked an attack with an axe quickly using his shield and rammed the axe of his own halberd in the neck of the opponent. Pamu went down with an cry.
Kesche met up with LuHu and both moved around ready to attack their opponent. Kesche tried to thrust at his opponent using his spear but the attacks got all blocked by the taiaha. the big Maori warrior gave an hard punch with his taiaha and as the weapon smashed against the tip of the spear, the bone tip broke.
Luhu then started to beat his opponent verociously, hitting the head two times and finished with an thrusting attack to the throat. Kesche went down without an sound, not able to make one since he drowned in his own blood.
Ashteaa ran for the two downed warriors, wanting to check out if they were really dead. Ashteaa saw bloody mess of the first warrior and as he turned around, he saw that the other warrior suddenly stood up. Hone Heke rose as he saw an opponent with an mace heading towards him. He pointed his musket and fired he weapon. The bullet got the Inca warrior in the chest, ending his life.
LuHu was now trying to keep his new opponent on an distant. This new opponent had an mace and an shield. As the two warriors moved around, they both got jumped on from behind. LuHu was hit in the back of his head by the truncheon of Quapa. At the same time, Acte felt the pain of the patiti used by Patu in his neck and dropped dead on the ground.
The two warriors watched each other and ran to kill the two leaders. Patu ran towards Atahualpa and tried to avenge his fallen friend. His tomahawk was met in midair by the axe of the halberd and as the weapons moved to the side, Atahualpa spun his weapon back, hitting the eye of his opponent with the spike. He then thrusted the spike into the throat of his opponent.
Quapa came running towards Hone heke, unafraid of the gun. As he tried to hit his opponent, Hone used the other end of the gun to push the mace away. Hone Heke then released his gun and pushed his finger in the elbows of the Inca, disabling them. He then grabbed his wahaika and smashed the weapon against the temple of his opponent, killing him.
Only the two leaders were left now. Atahualpa saw his opponent moving a bit away and started running towards the Maori to finish him off.
Hone Heke saw his opponent moving and walked up to his dead friend to get the second musket. The Inca speeded towards Heke without fear of the gun that got pointed towards him. Heke stood aimed and shot at the Incan. The bullet grazed the wooden armour of Atahualpa and Atahualpa just kept running. towards his opponent. As the two warriors closed in, Heke used the buttend of his gun to hit Atahualpa. Atahualpa blocked the attack with his shield and used his small halberd to pull the weapon away from Heke. the Inca king attacked soon after. Hone Heke ducked away and grabbed his wahaika. He then blocked an attack from the bronze weapon and twisted it around, forcing the halberd out of the hand of the user. He then started to attack Atahualpa, but the attacks got either blocked by the shield or by the wooden armour. As Atahualpa defended, he saw the corpse of his friend who was hit by the musket. He took the truncheon from the dead man and recieved an punishing blow against his left shoulder. Atahualpa dropped his shield and noticed how his opponent moved in for the kill. Atahualpa ducked under another blow and rammed the kneecap of Hone Heke with his truncheon. Heke fell to his knees in pain. Atahualpa did not waste another moment and smashes his truncheon in the face of Hone Heke. The Maori fell to the ground, his face an bloody mess.
Atahualpa sat down to rest. He had protected his kingdom.
In my opinion, Atahualpa would win the fight. Not only did he have superior close range weapons, he also had armour that protected him against most attacks of the Maori warrior. His truncheon and halberd would be the deadliest weapons in his arsenal.
The best weapon of Hone Heke is his musket, no suprise there. what important to note is, that the musket would be a gamechanger in an battle where the other warrior had not seen a gun yet, it would not here. That is because of the fact Atahualpa knew guns and so the smoke and noise would not scare him at all. (nothing would scare him in battle, due to his brainwashed mind anyway) What is more, the long loading of the gun and the fact that Atahualpa loved to go into close range as soon as possible meant that the gun had only one shot and after that shot, he would lose the long range weapon.
The other important factor of Hone Heke would be his martial arts. killing his opponent with it would be hard due to armour but the training would have helped him immensly.
Now on to the battle. Keep in mind that it was still a one to one battle, only the fight itself was with more people. i would love some feedback on that and I might write an fightstory with more warriors more often. Or I'l just keep it on an one to one battle in the sim if you guys would prefer that.
Next fight will be between El Cid and Maharana Pratap. it will be an epic battle on horseback.
This is a battle between two deadly generals. The man who conquered much land and was the foundation of the great Roman emperors against the man who got the nickname: sword of god and has defeated the Western Roman empire numerous times. It is an duel to the death. It is:
Julius Ceasar Vs. Khalid ibn Walid
This will be an all out duel between two generals. They wil fight alone, untill only one man is standing.
Gaius Julius Ceasar
Born at 100 BC, he grew up as the son of a minor noble. Julius was both an great politician and an deadly warrior.
I will go to describe Ceasar, the politican first.
Julius was born during an time of much struggle and it did not help that his father died when he was 16. His uncle was Marius, a man who made great chances in the Roman systems. Marius was also one of those responsible of the first civil war. many people noted that Ceasar and Marius looked much alike. Not only in looks but also in action. Ceasar was noted to be very oral. he could charm anyone with his talking, something that turned to be very usefull during his time as an legal advocat. During his life, Ceasar got a lot by getting the people on his side. This was an great weapon in his live. Julius was an charming man that recieved a lot of offices. He became high priest of Jupiter, military tribune, quaestor, praetor, governer, imperator and consul. He also formed the first triumvirate with Marcus Crassus and Gnaeus Pompeius. That was an power of three where the power, money and armies were in full control of these men.
Julius Ceasar also, managed to make a lot of changes in Rome. he also managed to make his Consulship five years instead of the usual one. Due to several reasons, he also had to flee Rome several times but always came back. Ceasar was responsible for the second civil war, that he won. Instead of punishing his enemies, he spared them and gave them their freedom back. In the end, Ceasar named himself dictator and wrote an constitution and make several reforms. In the end, he named himself dictator for life.
The political career of Julius Ceasar is impressive but his record as warrior is also something not to underestimate.
Early in his military career, Julius was granted the honor of the civic crown for his bravery in battle. He was of assistence to king Nicomedes of Bithynia for a long time. He fought in Spain, Greece, Egypt, Gaul and in Rome itself. His most famous battles are the conquest of Gaul, where he defeated Viceventorix and took a lot of men and woman as slaves. He fought the civil war in Rome, where he ceased power and hunted Pompey down into Greece and after winning there, into Egypt, where Pompey was killed. He then defeated the pharaoh of Egypt and married Cleopatra. it should be noted that in almost all his battles, he was outnumbered.
Julius Ceasar was not only an powerful man, but also very powerhungry and a bit arrogant.
During his time on sea, Julius got captured by pirates. When the pirates wanted to demand 200 silver talents as randsom, Julius said that he was worth more as an patrician and soon to be powerful man and that he was worth 500 talents. He also said that he would have all the pirates crucified. After the randsom of 500 silver talents was payed, Julius collected sons of Romans that lived in these parts and turned them into soldiers. He then captured all the pirates and crucified them.
During his time in Spain, Julius came across an statue of Alexander the Great. Julius thought about the fact that Alexander had the world at his feet at the age Julius was then. He then started to idiolize Alexander and said that he would do the same.
Julius Ceasar died 15 march 44 bc when he was ambushed by senators and was killed with 34 stabbing wounds.
The weapons of Julius consisted mostly of weapons used in the army. Those were the weapons every soldier trained with, knew and were good at. Julius also began as an solder and since everyone in the army used those weapons, he was good with them. I will also thank afanofsparta/monopolyman for the indepth info on the weapons and armour of Julius since I use his blog as an important source.
The Gladius
The Gladius was the most famous and the most important weapon of the Roman soldiers. It is 25-32 inces, made of steel with wood or bone hilt. Altough Ceasar would have had an ivory one. The correct gladius of Julius would properly be an gladius hispaniesis. They were longer and narrower then other swords and would be closer to the 32 inces. The gladius could be used for cutting and thrusting, with all edges sharp but the primary way of using it was to stab past the shield and into the gut or belly of the opponent.
For midrange weapon, i will turn to the pilum, handheld version. For starters, the pilum was an weapon that was used ranged but Ceasar introduced it as an handheld weapon. That is why i wil count this weapon both as long range and as midrange weapon.
Like i said before, Julius Ceasar populised the use of the pilum as thrusting weapon. He had to use his men this technique in several battles, but mostly during his campagnes in Gaul. It was great against calvery but also against other infantry to get them out.
The pilum is an combination of wood and iron. it had an soft iron shank and an hard barbed point, formed triangular. The pilum is around 6 and a half feet in lenght. Using this weapon handheld became so poplulair that some pila got handguards to protect the hands. I cannot find evidence supporting that this was the case with Ceasar. This weapon is very usefull because it will take away any shield or armour, but it is also a one shot weapon. That means that the handheld get only one thrust before it turns useless.
For long range, Ceasar will battle with the pilum. Like i said before, I will count the pilum as midrange and long range weapon. Since every soldier carried two pila in battle, it suits perfect.
Before I begin, I would like to adress the point about bending. Most information has said that the shank was not good tempered, that means that it would bend or break on inpact, leaving either an large sharp point or a large sharp point on an stick in the armour/shield of the opponent, rendering it useless. Now i have heard that this was a myth and that it never meant to bend. I looked into this and found only evidence of it bending. Untill I see more evidence that it did not break on inpact, I will count it at breaking. (for further reasoning on this decision, ask me).
According to modern experiments, the pilum could be thrown to 100 feet but was accurate to 70 feet. The throwing version would also be somewhat lighter then the handheld version. But also if used as javelin, it could take away shield or armour if it did not kill and it only had one shot.
Basicly, together, the mid and long range have two shots and can kill, but if it could not kill, it could take out shields or armour. An weapon with only one use but with an lasting side-effect.
As last weapon, i have selected the pilum..... just kidding!
The special weapon of choise and the last resort weapon is the Pugio dagger. The pugio was not only an last resort dagger, worn by soldiers but was also worn by officials to as an status symbol. The pugio is an leafshaped dagger, made of steel. it is around 7 to 11 inces long and becomes wider as it goes to the handle. This weapon could slash but it was primary used as thrusting weapon. There have been some changes troughout it existence, but it always kept the same principal design and use.
The pugio also had another special meaning to Ceasar because it was this weapon that ended his life.
The Armour of Ceasar consisted off Lorica Musculata. Musculata was an breatplate in the form of an muscled breast. It was made of steel and in two pieces. The front piece and the back piece. They were kept together by leather. What is more, it had straps around the shoulders and waist, again from leather, to protect the upper arms and upper legs.
Re-enactor wearing the armour
What is more is that the Roman general would have worn greaves. According to the research of Afanofsparta, Ceasar allowed the tenth legion to wear them on both legs. Considering that it was hit favorite handpicked and handtrained unit, I would not be suprised. That means that Ceasar himself would do the same. It was made of bronze, but filled with linen. Every Roman would also wear an apron with leather strings. Silver or bronze plates would be sewed to it. I have worn Roman military suits myself and i found out that it is nonsense that the plates would protect the crotch of the soldier. Those things do not stop an thusting attack. For what i have found, the weight of the plates keep the skirt of the Roman soldier down, so the penis would not go uncovered, much like the sporran on the kilt.
The shoes were simple sandals with iron spikes. These spikes had two purposes. One, it would stay an steady footing in all sorts of terrain and it could be used to trample opponents who lay on the ground, using the spikes as extra damage.
lastly for personal armour, there is the helmet. It was an imperial helmet. This helmet was worn by officers, made of iron or bronze. It had neck protection, cheekflaps that protected the cheeks, and an rim just above the eyes to protect against the sun and slashes from above. it also had an crest that would be worn only during festivals or official ceremonies. Not in battle.
Every Roman needs his shield, the scutum. It is an rectangular semi-cylindrical shield that was made of thick layers of wood and had iron strips around the egdes and an iron boss in the middle. On the other side of the bos was the handle. it was around 42 inces and was around 5 to 6 mm thick. The shield was important for the defence and every Roman soldier, no matter the age or rank would carry one at all times. It was one of the most important tools in the Roman arsenal. It was not only used defensive but also as offensive weapon using the bos or the egdes. One of the primary used was, pushing the shield against the weapon or face of the opponent and then stab the stumach or guts of the opponent with the sword.
The X-factor is the abilitie to never give up. Julius has fleed Rome several times but he always came back. What is more, he always wanted to get or keep control and would do anything to archieve it. He knew he was meant for greatness and he would get it no matter what and no matter the setbacks he would encounter while trying to get it. What ever happens, he will continue untill he dies or wins.
As always, I also have some links with info about the warrior written down.
Lastly i have found a clip on youtube someone made. Portraying Ceasar, with clips of the movie about him.
Khalid ibn al-Walid
Khalid was born in Mecca, around 592. He was born as the son of the clan chief of one of the three most important clans.
Khalid found himself in Mesina when an chieftain and his group attacked and killed an diplomatic party. The leaders of Messina send out an expedition to punish the chieftain but during fighting, the leader died. Khalid was appointed as new leader. He got the leadership over 3000 men who faced destruction against an much greater foe consisting of the Byzantine and the Ghassanid. Khalid managed to make an tactical retreat with the army and escape destruction.During the night, he send his troups away so they could come back during daytime. The opponents believed backup had arrived. They then retreated succesfully. Due to the bravery and the abilitie to make the army escape and life to fight another time, he got the title: Sword of Allah.
This also brought his career as commander as he got the command of one of the four muslim armies a year later during the attacks on Mecca.
He became on of the great muslim commanders and an an thrustworty commander under the rule of Muhammed in the Rashidun army. Even after the death of Muhammed, he kept on fighting for the muslim believes. During the wars that followed, like the battles in Arabia, but also the conquest of Persia and the conquest of the Eastern Roman empire, he aquired the rank of supreme commander.
But when his cousin named Umar became general, he fired Khalid from supreme command and Khalid found work as an ordinary commander. he kept archieving great victories and had saved many times an army that would have lost another time. Khalid grew in ranks again and become more famous. Even somewhat of an hero to the muslim people. Everyone knew the sword of Allah. His cousin would still pest him after all those times. Khalid was arrested after he had an bath were there was alcohol used in an substance. He convinced the leaders that the muslims were only not allowed to drink it, nothing was said about using it external. He then was charged of giving statemoney to an Persian singer. This turned out to be his own money but Umar still fired him from the military. His reasoning was that people glorified Khalid for the victories, while it was Allah who brought the victories. This was the end, of the military career of Khalid ibn al-Walid.
Khalid fought over more than hundred battles and created the muslim tactics and fighting that would be used long after his death. He fought in great battles, but also in duels. He had an group called the mubarizun, an group of duel fightinger who would challenge enemy commanders in single combat. This was to disrupt the opponent and proved fatal in psychological warfare.
Khalid also used other proved but hard to pull tactics, like the hammer and anvil. He was also one of the two commanders who managed to pull of the double envelopment. The other one being Hannibal Barca ofcourse.
He also had an elite light calvery, the mobile guard. This was the core of the calvery and he personally fought a lot in the mobile guard.
The style of Khalid was hard, he did not just want to defeat the enemy, he wanted to destroy an enemy army.
It should also be noted that in all his major battles, he never lost once, making him one of the finest military Generals in history.
He died of old age in 642, an death he did not like. Like he said himself:
I fought in so many battles seeking martyrdom that there is no place in my body but have a stabbing scar by a spear, a sword or a dagger, and yet here I am, dying on my bed like an old camel dies. May the eyes of the cowards never sleep.
—Khalid ibn Walid
With the weapons, it is very hard to pinpoint the exact military equipment of that time. There is very little surviving visual representation and that what there is, is hard to date or imprecise. We do know that a great deal of weapons was recieved by captured lands like Iraq, Armenia and Yeman. Nonetheless, I wil try to give the information I could find. Which is suprisingly okay.
As short range weapon, I have chosen for the Muhaddab. The Arabic short sword and the Sassanid longsword were also used in the Arabian armies at the time, but the muhaddab was used by the most by soldiers. In an duel, i think that the choise would be first on this weapon, since it is better then the other two, therefore my choise of this sword over the others.
The muhaddab is an form of scimitar. It is around 45 inces and curved. This weapon is mainly used for slashing, but it could also be thrusted. A weapon used for one hand, that could leave the other hand for an shield. I also would like to adress the fact that the muhaddab is sometimes referred to as an saif. An saif is any curved sword, so the muhaddab will fall under it. Note that the scimitar was such an favored weapon in Arabia that the flag of the modern day Saudi Arabia has the scimitar in it.
It is about the weapon and not man.
The az-zagayah is the midrange weapon of choise. This 8 foot weapon was usually made of reeds, with an iron tip and was similair to the assegai. Not much more info is available about this weapon, but the fact that it is referred to as an spear and not as an javelin, means that it was used in melee combat.
As for long range, the hijazi bow will be used. The hijazi is an longbow, going up to 6,5 feet when it was unbraced, just like the English longbow. The bow was usually made from one piece of wood, but could also be made from two, with the wood going back to back. The average range is 492 feet, that is 150 meters. This weapon proved to be destructive against calvary. Im sorry to say that i have not been able to find a picture.
As for special, the weapon of choise is the Jambiya. Jambiya means dagger in Arabic and it is an curved dagger, with two sharp sides. It is made of steel, with a wooden handle and it is around 14 inces long. It mainly purpose is for slashing, but you can still thrust very good. The jambiya has always been carried around by men over the age of 14. It is partly an statussymbol (the more expensive and decorated the dagger, the richer/more important the wielder) but also an back up weapon that could come in handy. It is used to be said that the Jambaya can only come out of its sheath when used for fighting. You have seen some info on the Jambaya already due to its inclusion on the latest DW episode.
I'l begin with the helmet, to evaluate the armour. There were two kind of helmets used, a round helmet and an pointy one. I have decided to go with the latter. It is just an pointy bronze helmet, with chainmail to cover the face and neck.
As for body armour, he will be wearing an chainmail houberk with leather beneath it. The riveted chainmail exists out of two layers of rings, bigger rings in the underlayer and smaller rings in the upperlayer. It also splits down the chest, to give more agility. Beneath the chainmail, there is leather. As extra defence, the warrior wears an large round shield made of wickerwork. Those are light yet strong shields, that can be very deadly.
Note that in the picture, the second layer of chainmail is replaced with leather.
Lastly I would like to note, that Khalid will wear clothing above the armour. That means that he will wear an turban that covers half the face and the head and clothing that covers the chainmail. He also will wear an baldric. An baldric is an belt, worn over the shoulders. It was used to store the sword.
Khalid also has an X-factor. His will be the verociousness. He will try to destroy the opponent. Khalid knows he is an warrior of Allah and he will destroy everyone who dares to try to defy this religion. After all, he is the sword of Allah.
The first link of info is that about an book written about him. all chapters all collected for the user to read.
Finally an clip of the movie about him. A bit of the battle of Yarmouk is being portraid here. Also note that the filmmakers choose to portray him with only hardend leather as armour. Since, he was an leader, i highly doubt it but nobody can be shure on how he looked like.
Edges:
Gladius Vs. Muhaddab
- First we have the weapon on weapon comparison. The muhaddab is slightly larger, having 13 more inces overall. The muhaddab is more of an slashing weapon with possibilties to thrust and the gladius is more of an thrusting weapon with possibilities to slash. Both are used with an hand, leaving the other hand for the shield.
An advantage of the gladius is that it has two edges instead of the one of the saif of the opponent.
The swords have different good ranges. The Arabian saif will be better to keep distance, while the gladius will be better up close and personal. i think that if the two warriors would figth using only the sword and no shield, the muhaddab is the better weapon.
- If I compare the weapons with the armour, I get an slightly different result. The gladius will have some trouble getting past the shield but lesser trouble getting pas the chainmail. The gladius is longer and more narrow then then the later gladius and will have an better chance to get to rip the riveted chainmail apart after several blows. But it would still be hard to pull off. The chainmail is opened down the stumach, which will be easy target for the gladius. The gladius also has the arms and legs as target.
The Muhaddab will have an hard time getting past the scutum but due to its bigger size, it will be somewhat easier to do feints or get past the shield. With the armour itself, the sword will have more problems. That it is more made for slashing does not helps against armour that is good against it, the stabbing power of muhaddab will not get past the armour easy and it will take several times to actually succeed. The best targets of this Arabic sword, are the arms.
- With skill, I can be rather easy. Both leaders used the sword as main weapon and it is without question that they were masters of these weapons.
- In the end, it will depend on if I prefer the short stabbing sword or the longer slashing one. Both swords are really different from each other and have other points where they shine. It is my opinion, that the fact that the muhaddab can possible get past the shield and it is an better weapon when Julius is only holding the gladius, it gets an small egde.
Edge: Khalid ibn Walid
Pilum Vs. Az-zagayah
- Both are spears, but again, very different. The az-zagayah is longer, with it being 8 foot and the pilum only six and a half. With that said, The pilum can be used with one hand and the az must be used with both. The pilum can not only be used in hand to hand combat, but also be thrown. That said, the pilum will be useless after one attack, while the az can be used in the whole match. It is never mentioned but i feel that the pilum wil also bend in the hand of the user if it gets an hard bash from the weapon of the opponent.
- The pilum will have no trouble getting through the shield and chainmail. I can even see it happen that the shield will be pinned to the body by the pilum, that has happened many times in history. The pilum is long and thin, making the riveted chainmail no match. The helm will provide some difficulties.
The az-zagayah will have more trouble getting past the shield of the roman. The bodyarmour will also provide difficulties as the only targets are the arms. I would also like to note that the breast-shaped armour will be effective in glancing off the armour.
- As for skill, the pilum was originally created as an javelin and not for handheld use. The use of this weapon handheld was also not very much and the skill with it would not be as high as his opponent. would have had.
As i said, Khalid has trained with the spear since childhood and would be very good with the spear. His skill would be great with it.
- In the end, it was somewhat tough to decide the winner of this match. Considering that the pilum has only one shot, lacks skill and gets trough the armour easy, while the az-zagayah is longer, can be used with more skill but lacks the armour penetration.
It is my opinion that the better armour and armour piercing abilities will prove to be an fatal combination and that the egde will go to the roman warrior.
Edge: Julius Ceasar
Pilum Vs. Hijazi bow
- The third test is that of long range weapons. The pilum will be tested against the hijazi bow. The pilum has been named in our previous match. It still can get past the armour of the opponent easy. It can be thrown while having the shield in the other hand but it has only an effective range of 70 feet. The bow is like an normal bow, needs two hands to be operated, and has an range of 492 feet The bow will have the longer range and the arrows will be harder to avoid then the pilum that flies trough the air. The bow also has multiple arrows that can be used while the pilum is an one-shot weapon. i would also like to name that even if the pilum bends, it could still be used to be thrown as an distraction device.
- As for armour, again the pilum will rip trough the armour with ease, given no problems whatsoever. What is more, just like the handheld pilum, this one will bend on inpact and will disable an shield or armour even if it does not kill directly.
The hijazi bow and arrow will be less armour penetrating, considering the armour and the huge shield that are in the way. That said, the arrows can be shot right behind each other, meaning an hit in the arms or the face are possible. What is more, after several dents, the armour will cave in.
- Both warriors would be very skilled with the pilum and bow, but the pilum is somewhat harder to use, due to the throwing element. Since it was thrown, all conditions should be factored in like wind, throwing strenght, movements of the opponent etc. The bow is more easy to useand it takes seconds to reach the target. it will be harder for Ceasar to avoid the arrows then vice verca as there are less conditions to be reckoned with. The bow is also more precise and can be aimed.
- In the end, this was an more easy match. the pilum has an better armour penetration but it has an much higher chance of hitting the target the one time it counts. The hijazi bow and arrow have less armour penetration but it can be used a lot more, from an further range and is more precise.
Edge: Khalid ibn Walid
Pugio Vs. Jambiya
- the two daggers come into play. The jambiya is 3 inces longer, both weapons have to sharp egdes. The pugio is straight while the jambiya is curved. The pugio is better at thrusting, with cutting abilities while the jambiya is better at cutting with thrusting abilities.
This is the sword match all over again, only with less difference in lenght. i do feel that the pugio will be better to block then the jambiya and personally, with daggers, i prefer thrusting ones over slashing ones. The jambiya can be used to thrust also and to hook the opponent..
- The armour match is almost identical to the swordmatch. The pugio might make it trough the armour of his opponent after some tries and has stumach, arms and legs as target. In such close distance, the face is also an small target. The jambiya will be effective against the arms and the face only, having lesser targets.
- As for skill, the two daggers will be used with less skill, since they were both back up weapons. But still, they had enough skill to be deadly in the hands of the warriors. The jambiya is slightly harder to wield due to the curve.
- For the final overall edge, it was again an tough one to decide. Both daggers are highly dangerous and are a lot alike. The pugio is better in stabbing while the jambiya is better at slashing. I feel that, since lenght differs not as much this time, the weapon that is mainly used for thrusting is better then his counterpart that is used primary for slashing. What is more, again the better Roman armour plays an important factor.
Edge: Julius Ceasar
The battle:
The war had been going on for two days now and neither side was near winning.
Both the Roman and the Rashidun armies had been growing and expending their land. That an war between these two nations was coming, nobody suprised. The only question was which army would defeat the other and would become the biggest empire the world had ever seen.
It had been two days ago that the two armies had marched on each other and the battles started. whole villages got destroyed during the fighting and each army lost an decent amount of men. The two leaders of the armies tried every known and unknown tactic but nothing worked on the opponent. They would now enter the third day of battle.
'Men' Julius Ceasar, the famed general spoke to his beloved tenth legion. 'You have not seen much fighting yet, i put you on reserve untill i found the best tactic to defeat those muslims. That moment had come!' he spoke. all his men cheered and roared. They knew that there was an reason that he was holding them back.
'Those muslims have special warriors that they use to challenge officers. they then beat those officers, which is an setback to us. But now I have found an counter.!' He roared the last sentence and the others roared with him. 'The leader of them, the man they call sword of god, fights in that unit and has personally killed an officer. Today i will personally fight in the battles.' his legion went silent as he spoke those last words.
I will use his tactic against him and fight him in an duel. I want you guys to keep all the others away during the duel and take care of me when I either win or lose.' The men were still speechless. After a few seconds, only one man dared to ask the question. it was an young centurion who had just aquired the rank after the old one had died in battle. 'If I may ask, why should you yourself fight this day? If we could just go out and kill him, you do not have to risk your live' he spoke softly and with a bit of doubt in his voice. 'Ahh Marcussus' Ceasar spoke with an soft and understanding voice. 'I am an general, but first of all I am an soldier, and soldiers should FIGHT!' he spoke. 'Secondly, if he falls fighting you guys, he becomes an hero to them. His warriors will fight harder then ever. But if I beat him in single combat, His men will get discouraged and an victory will be close to hand.' Ceasar spoke with an smile. His men grunted and roared but they all had an question in their heads that neither dared to ask. That question was: But what happens if Ceasar loses?
The men walked up to their leader, the chosen one who had scored many victories for Allah. The days of battle had been good and the men knew that Khalid ibn al-Walid would come up with an plan soon to destroy those Roman basterds. The men were right. 'My fellow Muslims.' Khalid began. 'I have a feeling that the Roman leader, that Ceasar, will go out and not only send in his best men, he also will fight himself. I will go out and not only beat him. I will disgrace him, show him that Allah will conqueror all his opponents and shows no mercy.' The man cheered happy. 'Allah had been good to us and now, i will use an proved tactic that i have used multiple times to take out other armies. I will battle him in an duel and destroy him. After there is nothing left of his body, those Romans will break rank and flee. They will all be hunted down and killed.' Everyone knew that Khalid would win this battle. Not only did he have experience in fighting duels, he also got supported by Allah.
Each and every soldier listened closely to their divine leader, he still had not told them where they would come into battle but they waited patiently. 'My friends.' he spoke with an smile. 'I still have to mention you guys in the grand battleplan that the god has given me.' I want you you, loyal soldiers, to keep the Roman army away from me and especially that special of unit of his. I wish that nobody joins in this battle. It should be only the two leaders. I want those Romans to watch as their leader gets slaughtered by the sword of Allah.' The men cheered. Everybody cheered and smiles. When they won, they would have the world in control to spread the Muslim believes. If they won...
'For Allah' Khalid yelled to end his speech. 'For Allah' all his soldiers yelled in unison.
The two armies have been at battle for three hours now, it was time.
Julius Ceasar walked as head of his very own legion towards the battlefield and as they entered it, his men ran past him to join the other Romans in battle. Julius simply walked towards an open spot. he had an gladius in an scabberd and an pugio next to it. In his left hand, the Roman was holding the scutum shield while the two pila were in his right. He just walked and waited for his opponent to enter the battle.
'Yes' Khalid screamed happy. He was correct, the Roman fool just walked into the trap and this would be the end. 'Remember the plan' He yelled in Arabic.
Khalid ibn Walid was armed and ready. Over his armour, he wore the traditional white clothing. He also wore an red baldrich that contained his sword. He had his jambiya on his side, his bow and arrows on his back and finally, he spear and shield in his hands.
He walked up to his opponent untill he had an clear sight of the Roman and took his bow out. He grabbed an arrow and fired.
The arrow hit the shield and bounced off the bos in the middle. Ceasar jumped into action and used his shield to block another arrow. As an third arrow flew past Ceasar, he ran towards the Arabian opponent. the next arrow, barely missed the head and before Khalid could fire off an fifth one, Ceasar was close enough to throw his first pilum, the most light of the two.
Khalid saw the javelin coming and stepped away, leaving the bow, but grabbing the spear and shield. The sword of god dropped the shield to charge with his az-zagayah spear. He ran towards his opponent and as soon as he was close in, he jabbed with the spear, hitting the wood of the scutum shield. Julius Ceasar knew he had to use his last pilum as an spear and jabbed the spear forwards. The spear missed and the two halted in their steps. Khalid gave two more jabs that landed on the scutum shield and the pilum glanced past the chainmail armour of the Rashidun leader. The two men glanced at each other, then they fell deaf for everything around them. The battle ceased away in their minds and the two men only had eyes for each other.
Suddenly, they rushed into battle. Khalid thrusted his spear twice at his opponent, hitting the scutum shield both times. Ceasar tried to jab also but the attack only hit thin air. Khalid succesfully faked an low attack and then suddenly came high with his attack. The speartip softly hit the helmet and bounced off. Before Julius Ceasar could counterattack, Khalid ibn Walid used his longer spear to keep his opponent on distance.
Now it was the turn of Julius to feign an attack by thrusting his spear towards the opponent. Khalid bought the feign and pushed the pilum away with his spear. Suddenly, the scutum shield rammed the hands of the Arabian and thereby forcing Khalid to release his az-zagayah spear. An second shieldbash forced the Arabian backwards.
Khalid picked up his shield and pulled his muhaddab from the baldric. Julius came forth with an thrusting attack and Khalid pushed his shield in front of the spear. To his great suprise, the tip of the pilum entered the shield and ran trough it. He had to push his shield quickly aside to avoid getting nailed to his own shield. The pilum bended and Julius released the javelin turned spear, Walid was now holding an useless shield with an spear sticking out of it. Khalid threw it away and pulled his saif. He noticed that the sword of his Roman opponent was very alike the swords commen in his own army.
Khalid attacked furiously with his sword but the shield blocked all attacks. Ceasar counterattacked with some thrusts, going through the cloth but hitting the chainmail. Even though the sword did not penetrate, some rings were broken.
During the swordbattle, all of the other warriors, both Roman and Rashidun, ceased their fighting, to watch these two leaders, fight the glorious battle. The only sounds that soarded the battlefield were the swords of the duelists hitting each other and the soft cursing and whining of dying men.
unknown that they were in the middle of the attention, Ceasar and Khalid continued. Khalid raised his sword attacked the side of the scutum shield. In the last moments, he pulled his attack and let his sword fly towards the Roman chest armour. The muhaddab glanced off and Julius countered with an slash that only teared the white clothing off. Suddenly, Julius got an idea.
The next moment, the sword of god thrusted his muhaddab at his opponent, only to get deflected off the shield. The next moment, Ceasar rammed his sword in the stumach of his opponent, the split in the chainmail being ideal. As Khalid felt the sword enter his body, he stepped backwards to minimize the damage. He tripped, fell and rolled away in the grass. Khalid was happy though, he had managed to avoid an lethality of the blow. Julius Ceasar walked up to his downed opponent, wanting to finish the battle quick. Khalid crawled towards his spear as the Roman tank came for him.
Ceasar thrusted his gladius forward but the az-zagayah spear reached past it and hit the Roman leader just below the elbow. Julius released his gladius sword in pain as Khalid stood, spear in hand.
Khalid walked towards his opponent, spear threatening as Ceasar walked back while holding his scutum shield in front of him. Khalid jabbed with his spear and Julius ran forwards with his shield to block the attack an ram his opponent. Khalid laughed as he dropped the spear and grabbed the scutum with both hands and pulled it away from its owner.
Both men were disarmed now and both drew their daggers. Ceasar had his pugio in his left hand while Khalid gave his trust into his jambiya and had it in his right. Both men closed their eyes to ask help from their gods. Mars in the case of Julius and Allah in case of Khalid.
Both warriors suddenly flew at each other. The jambiya got jabbed against the breastplate and left an dent while the pugio slashed the chainmail without any effect.
The two attacked each other over and over again, without damaging each other much.
During the fighting, Ceasar saw an opening. He knew he had to hit the stumach again to end the match. He thrusted his pugio forward, aiming for the wounded stumach. Due to movement of his opponent, the pugio pierced the leg of Khalid. Before the Arab went down, he slashed with his jambiya and cut the arm of the Roman, just missing the wrist. Julius Ceasar dropped his pugio and stepped backwards. Khalid looked up as he saw his Roman opponent searching for an weapon. He stood up and saw Julius crouching down to get the gladius sword. This is my last chance, he thought. It was an gamble, but he put all his trust into this final attack. He stepped a few times and then jumped towards Ceasar, his curved dagger ready to strike the neck.
As Khalid jumped, Julius grasped the swordhilt with his hand and realised he would not be able to react fast enough. The jambiya scratched the the neckguard of the helmet and Khalid fell facedown in the grass.
Before he could rise up, the back of the helmet of Khalid got pushed down with an spiked boot. Ceasar then collected all his strenght and pulled away the chainmail that covered the throat.
Julius rammed the sword into the throat of his opponent, ending the life of Khalid ibn al-Walid. The sword of god.
Julius dropped his sword as the pain in his arm burned. Before he could be attacked, an Roman soldier walked up to him and support him. 'I am here for you' the man spoke. 'Thank you, friend.' Julius spoke as the man named Brutus helped him off the battlefield where the battle finally continued.
This was an exiting battle to write because both warriors were so much in even with each other. It really was an epic battle between two great leaders. In my opinion, Ceasar has the better chance of winning because of his pila. The pila would help him in two ways.
1. The pilum is the weapon that has the most killing potential of all the weapons in this match. The thin and long point would work like an drill and even if it would not it between the rings, it would rip them open, killing the opponent.
2. Even if the two pila would not kill, the chance was great that one of them would take out the wickerwood shield. It would then be sword and big shield against sword, the sword and shield having an obvlious egde here.
Apart from the pila, Khalid was unable to use his famed tactics in this fight much, those that has saved him several times.
Lastly, the solid Roman armour proved vital in this battle. It was really strong and very hard to get trough.
Khalid was ofcourse not helpless in this battle and he had his own amount of kills. His best weapon in this battle was his hijazi bow, it had superior range and power. The bow could fire arrows and take Ceasar out from an long distance with an careful aimed arrow to the face or an close by arrow to the chest.
I know that Khalid defeated the western Roman army but you have to remember that this battle was an duel between two men and Khalid usually used superior tactics to beat his enemie. Besides, Ceasar was an better general then the generals that Khalid faced.
I would like to use this moment to announce something. I have decided to end my fantasy match ups. I feel that my fantasy matches are not as much fun as my real ones and to be honest, I like the real ones more, hence my decision. I hope you guys understand and don't mind.
My next match will be one between Atahualpa and Heke!
