The first to initiate the attack was the ultra-long-range firepower of both sides.
The Orcs' catapults launched burning stones, while the ballistae of the Altland army fired massive bolts; each strike could take down a few unlucky souls.
Boom boom boom! A series of explosions burst into flames within the Orcs' massed forces.
It was the Dwarf mortarmen of the Lordaeron army attacking with mortars.
King Aidan watched enviously. Altland, a backwater land, still used outdated siege weapons like catapults and ballistae, unlike the wealthy Lordaeron, which had long since spent a fortune to import mortars—a cross-era hot weapon—from Ironforge Dwarves, and even hired a large number of Dwarf gunners to serve in the army.
