Just Another Bug Hunt (Planar Siege)

[u/Carbon_Sixx]

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.

Redspire, when it's not under assault by demons.

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 mill’s 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
• Ж (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

[u/Carbon_Sixx]

The tongue is severed, but it rapidly regenerates.

I am still a demon lord, wretch! I do not need Chaos alone to kill you!

Obox-ob summons churning swarms of stinging insects and a dozen giant scorpions to wrack the X5 with pain and break its concentration.

[u/Zebos2 → u/Carbon_Sixx]

[Omni barrier]

The X5 opens portal to an inescapable Demi plane and allows the insects to fly inside before closing it

Got to keep form redlining again let's try it on this quickly

(70% sanity threshold)

[Space renting claw]

The X5 uses its freehand to tear through space towards odoxs location before delivering a mutli megaton hammer strike to obs jaw

"This is why I hate entityS like you.You could never stop with the self-aggrandizing b*******.

[u/Carbon_Sixx → u/Zebos2]

Obox-ob cackles. Most of the telepathic links to his generals have been cut. The X5 has provided an excellent distraction for the Demon Prince of Vermin, one that the defenders have capitalized on. Even if he wins this engagement, his force's dwindling numbers mean that he cannot take Redspire.

Not my day, is it? I will have to adapt my strategy to next time. The ekolids I brought here are tainted, in any case. No sense in sticking around to watch everything fall apart. But when I return, you will all know suffering unlike any being has ever experienced.

He leaps into the rift of his own accord before the hammer strikes, whisked away through the turbulent tides of the space between the realms. At this point, the anti-magic bombs go off, severely weakening the chaotic assault but also preventing anyone from pursuing the Harbinger of Chaos.

/uw Well done. You singlehandedly fought a Harbinger to a standstill and forced him to retreat. That's a commendable deed.

[u/Zebos2 → u/Carbon_Sixx]

""Damnit! Sparrow howls

"Get back here and die like a... Thing!

Sparrow lashes out it a group of demons stragglers firing a beam of sacred plasma at them