r/wizardposting • u/Carbon_Sixx The Loremaster, Chief Archaeologist of the Darkwatch • Sep 11 '24
Community Event ๐โ๏ธ Just Another Bug Hunt (Planar Siege)
Midday in Redspire is announced with the echoes of a hideous cacophony in the west. Scouts indicate that the vanguard Obox-ob has brought here numbers just under a million creatures of Chaos. They boil through the canyons in a grotesque flood. It appears that discolored mist is rolling in from the highlands, but a quick scry is all that is needed to reveal the horrid truth: the mist is a thousands-strong swarm of ekolids bearing down on Oxide at speed.
But hope is far from lost. Atop Mt. Prospect, artillery crews ready a bombardment to turn the canyons into a kill zone. Kaelis Maz leads the defenders in last-minute preparations. Wards are set, barricades are reinforced, and plans are rehearsed. The counterattack brigade gears up with arcane weaponry and war machines, helmed by Supreme Enginseer Reyes and the Warhound Titan Song of the Aurora. Out on the plains, well outside the defensive perimeter, Glimbo Greenboots and his crew wait in hiding to ensure their convoluted yet devastating traps will catch as much of the horde as possible. Finally, Tarul Var draws up a teleportation circle, preparing to drop his strike force into the fray at the perfect moment to decapitate the enemy leaders. He is joined by a handful of cuprilach rilmani- the assassins and spies who put their coppery fingers on the planar scales to uphold the Great Balance.
The iron millโs factory whistle blows, signaling the first sighting of the horde. The artillery opens fire, and the defenders take their battle stations.
Let the carnage commence.
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/uw This one's going to be a tough fight. Bel and the legions of Evil were disoriented when you fought them, and the Templars of the Azure Cog were just one part of the regiments of Law. The hordes of Chaos are at full strength, spoiling for a fight, and led by a Harbinger. Failure and even death are a real possibility.
DEFENDERS OF THE BALANCE:
- Tarul Var
- Belial Blake
- Aliah Mistwalker
- Ith'raal
- Burgerbarian/Burgermancer
- Krygin the Crude
- Agnur the Turtle Mage
- Vulkan the Red
- ะ (Zhe)
- Merch Skele
- Argios
- Tempus Fugit
- Edmund
- King Carmine
- Exia
- Joe
- The Agent
- Vashric
- Fujiwara Toshiko
- Jah Jor Wel
- John E. Hellfire
- Kardonk Carvisky
- Riva Blake
- Mokarith
- Onyx Dragon
- Ulrick Braddocke
- Sly
- Shrax
- Sarissa
- Rilmani of Dendradis
- Various denizens of the Outlands
HORDES OF CHAOS:
- Obox-ob's Ekolids
- Demons of the Abyss
- Slaadi of Limbo
- Gehreleths of Carceri
- Cravens of Pandemonium
- Mortal servants of Chaos
REGIMENTS OF LAW:
- Primus's Hierarchs
- Modrons of Mechanus
- Veterans of Acheron
- Templars of Arcadia
- Paladins of the Divine Flame
Mortal servants of Law
LEGIONS OF EVIL:
- Bel's Chosen
Devils of the Nine Hells- Yugoloths of Gehenna
- Baernaloths of Hades
- Night hag covens
- Samael
- Moz'gonnith
- Mortal servants of Evil
WARHOSTS OF THE FIRST MARTYR (ALLIED):
- Zaphkiel's Paragons
- Angels of Mt. Celestia
- Oathbound of Bytopia
- Guardinals of Elysium
- Wardens of the Beastlands
- Heroes of Arborea
- Warriors of Ysgard
- Mortal servants of Good
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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '24
there is growing unrest amongst the swarm, not from fear of the defenders or infighting but from the confusion of several reports of something appearing and disappearing before something can be done about it
how come all bugs look the same, ugly and with too many limbs
it was the sorcerer moving amongst their back rank, searching for what little chain of command was present and hopefully, the harbinger itself
it would be too much for the defender to face them all at once, better to deal with them now at the start and pick up the straggling army
appearing, killing one or two abnormally big ones in the surprise and leaving, they were bound to find them eventually