World Of Midgard Lore Part 6
A deal was struck wherein a weekly offering of fish and fruit would be brought to the Wood in exchange for the constant protection the Elves offered.
So was formed the Alliance.
6: Elghinn in Serapat
Meanwhile, Elghinn was taken prisoner by the Serapat mages, the dominant tribe of the sands.
The Serapats held Elghinn for ten years, sending an envoy to Astrell every month with a fresh lock of his brother’s hair.
Each month, the envoy would kneel and offer the lock to Astrell, renewing the oath of the desert wizards never to take arms either with or against the Alliance.
This oath held a decade’s time, only until the Fury entered the desert and the Serapats were forced by circumstance to join the Alliance.
In such time, Elghinn was held in a mud hut in the shadow of a large dune on which sat the skulls of four times one hundred vanquished foes.
In the ten years he was there, many regiments of mages made camp near the hut to guard him both from escape and the dangers of the sands.
Elghinn, over time, would become the most honored of foreigners in the dunes.
7: The Schism of Midgard
From this crucible, heroes began the Great Schism twixt the Alliance and the Fury.
The Fury was merciless in its campaign to take the shore. Heedless of the danger, wave upon wave of Orcish warriors descended the mountains.
The Elvish Marksmen of the Wood shot volley after volley of arrows into the Orcish hordes.
Meanwhile, Dwarvish contingents flanked them from behind and slaughtered absentee generals that remained in the caves.
Thousands fell, their blood intermingling with the half-melted snow at the foot of these expansive mountains.
The BloodDrakes of the Plains were the Fury’s best hope to cross to the water’s edge.
They infiltrated the Great Wood by subterfuge, employing young Orcs to dig tunnels beneath the plains and emerging in the heart of the forest.
They began to hack away at the base of the trees in an attempt to deny the Elves their advantageous position above their foes.
The BloodDrakes worked fast, but they were …
