Myaasia World Information

It was two weeks before the Period of Destruction would draw to a close and both parties seemed determined that the new era would begin with their side victorious. So, finally, the day when the two armies would meet was at hand. Great as the Hosts of Orhan were, the armies of Kul-Thor still outnumbered them by a large margin. But on this day, with all of Myaasia at stake and with their gods to lead them, nobody would even think of fleeing.

The armies advanced on each other. The first to strike were the mages, raining fire and ice upon the enemy, and many on both sides died or were destroyed before the armies had even met. Then armies of the Host, led by Kuor himself, clashed against the unlife horde, and even the fearless undead seemed to recoil from his fury.
The heroic deeds done on that day would fill many books and are too many to be told here.

On the left flank Crog, leading his guard of Black Knights, ran into danger of being encircled by unlife. It was only by the sacrifice of the brave monk Neowen Ty’Lenir formerly a Seeker of Ra, who single-handedly battled and defeated one of Thronar’s lieutenants before she was torn apart by his guard, that the unlife were distracted enough that Crog could break free.

On the right flank Reann met up with Chrotos himself, and their battle was a bitter one for it is told that the two had met before during the Magewars. In the end Reann managed to strike down Chrotos, ending his threat once and for all. While the flanks were holding well, the centre of the Host of Orhan was increasingly under pressure. Kuor was still undaunted but was forced to give way as the troops surrounding him were steadily pushed back. To his left a gigantic fireball obliterated a platoon of frost-giants, and as he looked up he could see Kul-Thor himself preparing his next spell. Still there was nothing he could do if he didn’t want to abandon those around him.

Then a group of dwarves appeared in the breach where the giants had been. Led by Iorak himself and his most faithful paladins, they broke through the enemy front lines and made for the hill where Kul-Thor awaited them. When they arrived there, many had already fallen to blows and fell magics, but Iorak wasted no time engaging the lich, trusting his followers to keep the unlife at bay. Iorak and the lich battled long and hard, both suffering grievous wounds, and to the despair of the dwarves it soon became clear that Kul-Thor would prevail. But when Iorak fell to his knees and Kul-Thor raised his weapon to deliver a deathblow, Belwar, one of Iorak’s paladins threw his hammer at the lich, ruining his aim. Furious the lich turned upon the dwarf, but by this time the battle in front of him had turned. Kuor, reinforced by Crog and a host of demihumans advanced on his position. Cursing, Kul-Thor turned to retreat, leaving Iorak and his small band of followers behind.

When Kuor finally arrived at the hill, Iorak was dieing. The wounds, Kul-Thor had struck were mortal. With his last words, not heard by any but Kuor and a few of his followers, Iorak bestowed his hammer upon the brave paladin who had dared to stand up to Kul-Thor himself, naming him his successor. Thus Iorak passed away and Belwar became the new god of the dwarves and all crafters on Myaasia.

Meanwhile Archwitch Naredia had divined the location of the third lich Thronar. He was not participating in the battle but apparently conducting a ritual not far away. Intent on stopping the lich, Naredia hurried to the site accompanied by a flight of dragons, while Storm led the troops she had gathered on Govol to her aid. At the site Naredia and the other dragons found the lich, his minions and a number of human prisoners, apparently intended for sacrifice. The flight of dragons bore down upon the lich and his followers. They managed to slay many of the unlife, but Thronar proved to be too strong, and Naredia was not among those few dragons, who later rejoined the larger battle. Still they managed to disrupt the ritual and weaken the lich, so that when Storm and her troops arrived a short time later, she was able to defeat him without suffering any serious wounds.

With Chrotos and Thronar destroyed and Kul-Thor weakened, the battle began to turn towards victory for the Hosts of Orhan. The number of unlife was still greater than that of the Hosts of Orhan, but the armies of Chrotos and Thronar were in disarray, turning on each other as often as on their enemy.

In a last effort the unlife started an attack on the area where Valris was directing a contingent of mages. In their fury they managed to break through and wound Valris, though before they could deliver a deathblow, a group of Uruk-Hai and other orcish fighters engaged them, distracting them from the goddess. Among them fought and fell Borg Wedjuut, long time co-leader of the Fighter School of Derimir. Through his sacrifice they were able to hold out long enough for Belwar to arrive with more reinforcements and obliterate this threat.

Finally it was Am who faced Kul-Thor. With supreme effort, he fought down the lich and then used a powerful spell to craft a prison for Kul-Thor and the still great remains of his army, sealing them in caverns beneath the field of battle.

With this feat, victory was assured. The remnants of the armies of Chrotos, Thronar and Clagor were driven away and hunted down. When the Period of Destruction ended two weeks later, no sizeable group of unlife remained in the area.