The Sacking of Alnarach

Military action

The opening decade of the Dark Years culminates with the burning of the great city and the extinguishing of Shæl's flame.

The forces of Asmodeus under Ulfior's command descend upon Alnarach, blocking all roads and erecting terrible siege machines outside the gates of the city. As the first months of the siege elapse, the raiders and pillagers that had roved over the coastal lands around the Hyperion and Sun Seas over the past ten years gradually stream in to join Ulfior and await the fall of the city.   After eight years devastating the surrounding country and being held off by Alnarach's dwindling defenders, the dark attackers breach the gates, setting the city to the torch, carrying its people into slavery, looting its treasures, and erecting idols there to the gods of The Arnetikon. Alnarach's knights disperse in defeat, returning home to shore up their own houses' defenses.