No time was given to them to reapply themselves in the Highlands and prepare to continue their service here, before their Stone Guard came to them with new orders. They had suffered many injuries today - and plenty over the previous days of fighting. They had assumed that Aegoth’s men and women had been mostly killed off from the blast, but unknowingly wrong about this, they headed back to Hammerfall. From the distance, they saw the dark storm fade and the sky return to normal. They found themselves left lying upon charred grass, not far from the hill-top fortress. The Raiders were swept up into a whirling, purple tornado - zapping them across the sky. Before they could turn and continue killing each other now that it had died, the body of the monster exploded into a crackling blast of Void energy. Despite some of the Raiders taking advantage of this moment to seek revenge for their fallen brother, heading into the barracks to try and murder the wounded Crusaders while the rest were distracted - the combined might of Horde and Alliance was just enough to fell the monster. The manipulator who orchestrated both the Raiders and Crusaders fighting each other had summoned this being, to destroy them all in one, boxed-in place. Understanding the magnitude of the situation they found themselves in, the two forces headed outside, forcefully united to combat the otherworldly creature. However, the true source revealed itself from the mist - splitting up the fighting with an alien screech. The two forces bickered, blaming each other for this strange magic. The sky around them wasn’t the same as when they entered, it had turned a dark purple colour - and swirling clouds drifted above, looming over a collection of mist beyond the Keep’s gates. It wasn’t until the Raiders fell back up onto the roof, did they discover the source of the sounds.
Meanwhile, thunderous tremors began to shake the ground, but the sound of clashing steel drowned it out. The mettle of Aegoth’s order and goal to defend the surviving settlers mustered their strength and they began to push the Horde back up the stairs. The battle was long and tiring and more settlers died in the crossfire to Orcish blades - as they were sealed inside by the Raiders’ rogue. These settlers turned pale white with shock, as the Raider unit flooded down into the Keep - quickly killing plenty of them before engaging with the gallant Crusaders on the floor below. From here, they climbed with rope, up the back of the Keep and formed up on the roof. The Raiders rode their wolves across an isolated shelf, around the back of the Crusader’s keep - where they discovered and used this passage. They had flocked here, thinking it to be a safe haven after their recent victorious defense. This very same manipulator told the Raiders of a passage they had left unblocked and unguarded - and that on this day the men under Grand Master Aegoth were holding a feast for settlers in the Northern lands. The beginning of the end came about exactly how it started, the meddling of a Stranger. Thanks slimesĪnd so the saga of battles that would soon become to be known as ‘Hell in the Highlands’ came to an end. Here, a funeral was held for their fallen comrade. Meanwhile, the wounded Horde fell back and made a new base close to the ruins, in a cave system. The Crusaders had won this battle, successfully stopping the invasion and surviving the ordeal. As they pushed the Raiders out, they managed to recapture the stolen points and even kill one of the Raider band’s Orcs.
This wasn’t enough to get through and the Crusaders managed to fend them off. With their Gronnling wounded from yesterday’s battle, the Raiders relied on the dark magic of Tenjo as their siege weapon - as well as their own ruthlessness. However, the sturdy defence of the main Keep kept the Horde occupied, slowly draining their energy as they constantly battled to break through into the fortified stone fortress.
Making their way towards the Keep, the Raiders captured buildings, to support their advance. Regardless, the invasion began swiftly and erupted into bloody violence. A pit of spikes meant they had to head inside on foot. It seemed the Alliance force were expecting them and had constructed traps overnight. Hoping to finish off the Crusaders under Grandmaster Aegoth, the Raiders rode up into the ruins of Alterac.
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