the battles of shrines
The Conflict
Prelude
the battle of eminark- the eminarkins had declared for velor and it beleive because the king of eminark calthor rall-ellowyn 2nd he loved vendara the high kings wife and daughter of the realm. the shine guard joined his said but while his king was assembling his forces in the west the king of eminark was beset on all sides. to there south many declared for findor and began there march. begging for assistent velor was forced to strike his camp and march his army east a great swirling battle began. velor had brought with some of his allies and he was joined by calthor and the shrine guard. the battle of the city of eminark saw velors army victoroius. with the spirtual heart of the west in his hands velor decaded to call all those who would swear loyalty to him. findors allies converge- in the north kingdoms began to assmeble. the host lords of the northern step had gathered there armies. the kings of ortus, ilethrion, roonthaia and kalia marched south and crossed the roon river the king of sharfria had declared for velor and so retreat taking with him his army and joined velors host in eminark. but it would not only been kings that joined findor. while encamped on the boarder between the wood elf kingdoms of orion vales and eminark admiral ellryan was joined by 700 elven warriors of the kal'ethian brotherhood. the order of assasins decalred they would fight for ellyran. but the admiral was weary the brotherhood had fine warriors and he would have them, but he knew that ths shady orgnization could not be trusted. as the sharifan army moved east they where joined by those from the kingdom of gabreon. joining there forces to velors ever joining host. ellyran was know posded with a problem. while is army was growing in size with support from the rest of the western coast being joined by the knights and marines of kavorin they where spereated by there enemies. if they could not converge in time velor would bring them to battle speretly. velors allies- the kings of sharfia and gabreon joined velors army form the south more and more levies joined the host. he had sent word to the dark elf hiercahrs but little did the know the heirachs where planning on putting the last son of aryadar asiren 2nd on the throne. velor was joined by the knights of order of the silver lance joined them in eminark. they decided to place themvles in a centeral location in the hope more would join them. the shrines of the gods where a relgious strong hold held by the shrine guard and controlled all the roads north south east and west. if ellyrans armies wished to meet they would have to meet there. what was worse was that there allies in the east had told them that findor's vassels where moving towards them. so as the last of velors allies came to the the shrine an defesive plan was selt in mostion
Deployment
The Engagement
the press was like a rolling wave, one side moving back the other forwards, imilrik watched as the men to his right fell. one took a spear in the chest brusting threw his breast plate. he lifted his Serach cutting into the shoulder of the roonthaian blood arching hitting him and coating his helmet and breat plate. he lifted his shiled blocking the spear thrust aimed for his head sparcks flying. thosands of elves cut and slashed, the sound muffled by his helmet. in coherent shouts where all around him. the smell of shit and blood minguling in the air, it was more rancide then back on the farm.first victroy- king calthor sent riders west. he requested that troops be sent nort to out flank and drive off the northerns. beleive ellyran to be far away. velor sent his royal guard and men of shrine guard of eminark along the road. they fell on the northenr army as it pressed harder and harder. there flank quickly broke despite the amount of damage done calthor's. calthor sent his own knights to drive them know. ellyran arrives- as the northern men where driven off ellyran arrived. with him came the marines and knights of the kingdom of kavorin they madeu p the front rank of his army. he took command of his erakalach hold guard,the aryaker'loins, eminarkians and leives from ca'bren where forced to hold off the advance of thosands of ellyrans warriros. the fighting was firences around the temple of layoth where the eminarkians fought on the steps of the temple the kavorian marines. ellyrans knights charge the weakned center there adnvace only diven off when archers launched themslves into the frey to hold up the line. velor fighting with his men in the front rank worded the shrine guard back along with what ever forces could be spared. the shafrians where pulled from the east leaving only a handfull of men to guard the eastern aproch. the battles bloddest moments began. as the shrine guard taking up command of the center of the western line held back wave after wave of ellyrans army, they cut there way threw dozens of spear and swords men. know that they where depolyed ellyran ordered forward the assasins of the kal'ethian brotherhood. the 700 assasins armed with short swords and daggers enganged the shrine guard. the two fighting styles where a match for one another the cpatian of the shrine guard urathos weiled a axe in one had and a halberd in the other fought off no less than seven of the assasians
they where whisps of shadows. the swung his axe, one of its thick blade cutting threw one of the leeth bodied assasins. the next attack from in fornt of him. he stabbed with his hablerd but the needle thing daggers cut into the plate of his arm. he let out a roar of anger and swung down with his axe. the assasian dodged the blow bolting to the side as he axe dugg into the ground. its dagger cut up into his shoulder. he roared once more drooping the axe and turning taking his halbard in both hands. he almost cut right threw the assasian. there eye bulded as he blade cut into the flesh of his belly.despite the reforments. velors men held but he knew that in the north the enemy would be strike and word was coming that from the east. men from tolirel. the large kingdom had gathered there stnaging 10000 men as well of its meger impieral garrsion of some 1000 men of one the sun legions. velor ordered his nephew annakar to take command of some 4000 men inculding the order of the silver lance east and hold the road. the fighting in the north and east. annakar anchored his postion between the temple of arya and the temple of kironos. he placed his archers in the high towers of arya, while the best infatry where held in reserve. the prince hopes that he could swing his forces round behind the shine of kirones and outflank the advnaing tolireli. in the north king calthor was holding back wave after way of cavlary strikes. on his left his army had been diven to the temp of inethra to fighting on the steps of the goddess of twilight. on his right the temple of lethia had been set on fire and know calthor and and the king of gabroen where holding back despratly. the northern elves had dissmounted from there tired mounts and where know engaged in hand to hand conflict. in the east the tolireli lead by there heir and prince arathian first attacked the temples of kironos. the hunter gods temple was held by men from eminark. holding the approch to the temple the emanarkians and the tolireli fought a bloody melee on its steps. a soroccoer of the eminarkians. used a spell ot tear a rift threw the front ranks of the enemy. in respnse. the tolireli used there own magic. they called snad snakes from the ground. made from the earth itself and with thick shiled protecting there head they tore blood wrents in the ranks of the eminarkians. prince annakar sprung at the chance. taking the knights of the silver lance he lead a charge lance in hand. he drove the tolireli from the temple and lanched a counter attack. the erakalach hold guard enter the battle- knwoing that he had to take his chance ellyran attacked. his hold guard charged into the center. the shrine guard and erakalach clashed in a mass of thick armour and halbards. the fighting was so savage that legends would go onto say that men stopped fighting to see the units fight. velor as the center of the fighting was wounded and taken to the rear. but still the shrine guard held the lighting maker- velor ordered forward his last reserve. an elite magical unit from his own kingdom was sent to the temptle of layoth. ellyran had his own magic users however most of them where enganged in the north. channeling the magic which was latent in the temples and shrine the 8 of the extremely powerful mages thurst there hands forwards. casted threw there own lines. lighting caught the front ranks of ellyrans army. men fried in there armour and screamed. what was left of the shrine guard charged forwards slaughtering all those they could capture. diven back ellyrans host pulled themselves to conserve there strenght. retreat- as day turned to night while they had driven back the armies from the north and had held back the admirals army velor had to admit his battered army would not beable to hold against the converging host when morning came. allowing for the other units behind them to join the fight. they advnaced in the front south and north. the last stand of the shrine guard with only 400 of there rank left the shrine guard where tasked know to hold the advnace of over 40000 warriors. the anchored themvles on the souther road guarding the shrine of layoth and the temptle of hazellia. the kavorian cavlary strike first. the weary shrine guard fought back heroicly. it would be urathos the last who would fall his back to the door of the templte of hazellia. by know all the temples and shrines had been set ablaze leaving nothing but death andblackend husks behind
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