Dawn Of The Ant
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_At the Gates Of Arnath,a dark armored half orc discuss with one of the guard.He put down to the ground is darkened helmet,revealing a visage of many scars.He smiles,showing his broken teeth to the guard.
"This wasnt the last battle,i have fight on many battlefield,and this one didnt feel like it will be over this fast."
The guard nods to the half orc.
"I praise your tribes to have help us in this,you are brave warriors. I think it is a good thing to have you guys around."
The half orc lean on his great axe,and smiles at the guard.
"This is only the dawn Of This war,the formians…havent showed us there true strenght yet. I hope you are ready to feel and see the true horror of war,because you will be at the center of this soon to be madness."
The guard begin to feel uncomfortable by the half orc speech,he look in the horizon of the silent and pitch black cavern.
"I...dont fear to fight...orc..."
"Good."
The half orc put back his helmet,and begin to walk away into the dark of the cave.
"Because this is the Dawn Of The Ant."_
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In the town of Arnath,guards give warning to anyone coming in or out of Arnath by the gates of the current trouble with Formians. If the ground start shaking or they see holes in the walls of ground of the town to immediatly hit the gong and seek protection in the Inn or the other houses.
((This topic will be used to update the situation fo war with formians or for IC discussion about the formians))
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The Formians have begun to dig a giant holes in the territory they live in. Only one scout of Arnath have survived to travel back,he have die after revealing the giant hole being dig by the Formians.
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The Formians have been quiet lately,no one have given any report of them going out of there territory.
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It started as it had so many other times, with the low steady rumbling underneath the feet of the citizens of the City of the Deep. The High Templar Corde and Head Inquisitor Scyth took up thier weapons as the merchent Chaevre and the stranger Nim move to them with arms.
Bursting forth from the ground came dozens of spiders, spreading out over the commons of the underground city and attacking all they could find. Scyth and Corde exchanged a glance and a word, "skaria", and ran into the frey. However this would prove to be no normal spider confrontation.
The ground shook once more and from behind the combatants came a drove of Formians. They turned, seeing now they had two fronts, and realized the horror of things. The two factions were attacking at once. The four bravely fought, striking down the spiders and ants on both sides, culling the heard for a bit.
Taking a breath, they felt the first tremors of the next wave and uncertinty started to cross their mind, how could they hold out alone. But they would not have to. A brigade of Skull Krushers came from the inn, axe's and hammer's in hand and ale in thier gut. From deep in the heart of the city and out of the shadows appeared the brotherhood of the lotus, smirking slyly and eager to strike. The pivitol ally walked through last though, coming through the gates with a tree trunk for a club slung over his shoulder. A half-ogre of immense size from the Orc camp. He told the defenders that the Orcs were being invaded too, and he was all they could spare…it would prove good enough.
The next wave came, the spiders spilling forth as the Formians sent in thier toughter warriors and taskmaskers. With the aid of the other factions the defenders fought back, with the battle firmly in thier hands when they heard a gut renching cry from around the corner of a man. All stopped for a moment at the blood curdling scream, thier eyes moving in that direction. And there they saw her...the spider queen...Skaria.
They charged, seaking to end this battle now once and for all. Axe's stung, clubs bashed, and magic seared at the spider, but through it all she faught on, striking down a number of the defenders and nearly killing the half-ogre before its club struck down, smashing her head and striking the final blow to the long time threat of the city.
The defenders rejoiced, thinking the battle won, the dwarves already heading for the inn, when the rumbling started once more, this time larger then it ever had. Corde turned his head to the commons and closed his eyes, hoping that it would not prove to be one of thier worms as they had expended all they could upon Skaria...
...his hope did not come to fruition. Screaming from beneath the stone came a worm larger then any of the others that had attacked the city, perhaps the mother of them all. Weary but brave the defenders charged in, but the creature was to tough. It lashed out with its body and mouth, swallowing numerous defenders and nearly felling both the Inquisitor and Templar. Finally, with no where else to turn, the High Templar cried a prayer to his good, The Mistress of the Deep, Shar, to aid those defending Her chosen city and to drive back this monstrocity from its halls. Holding the Black and Purple disk of his faith out before him the Worm turned, eyes on the devotee and charged, mouth wide in hunger. Its head lunged forward, but Corde stood unwavering and simply watched as a large stalactite dislodged from the cieling and fell, impaling the head of the worm and dropping it dead in the middle of the commons.
A cry went up amongst the defenders, the day had been won. It was a long and hard fight, with many casualities, but there was hope. Skaria had finally been slain and perhaps the mother worm, it looked as if the dawn may have finally moved onto night.
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The last month was quiet. The formians havent been saw much around Arnath,peoples begin to fear they might plans another major attack in the coming weeks.
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- A tired Shai quickly writes out a report* Again the Ants attacked last night but were easily driven from town. After the battle we were all catching our breath when a messnger ran in from Yulan's camp asking for help. We ran out to the camp to find Ants men everywhere after a long fight they were defeated when a large worm burst from the town and attacked. Many a solider fell wounded or dead to this creature. Together the soliders and the members from Arnath killed the creature.
Yulan's men be it of inferior races fought well Yulan should be rewarded for their bravery and skill of his soliders. But something needs to be done to find out why the beasts have attacked in such numbers.
