The next battle in the Realm of Life is upon us, and this is where things start getting a bit convoluted behind the scenes…
The Story So Far
The Stormcasts were not the only ones looking for Alarielle, Lady of Life. The Verminlord, Vermalanx the Corruptor, was also searching for her. He was gearing up to take best advantage of Nurgle's impending total victory over the Realm of Life, and knew Alarielle was the key to this victory. The trouble was, no matter how sneaky Plague Priest Kratsik and his Pestilens Skaven were, they just could not find the Athelwyrd, the Hidden Vale where she lurked.
Vermalanx was not to be deterred though, and he figured out that if his forces could not find her, he would need Alarielle's own followers to do it for him.
So, Vermalanx enlisted the heklp of Skurrik, Grey Seer and famed vivisectionist. The Grey Seer crept into Nurgle's own manse and purloined a sacred urn, filled with the ashes of a mighty Treelord from aeons ago (Durthu? We don't know!). Vermalanx then passed these ashes to Plague Priest Kratsik who burned them in his Plague Furnace.
With things so far?
The result of this was a rolling tide of rot-smog, so potent it actually dissolved reality. Knowing that the Sylvaneth would not be able to tolerate the rot-smog spreading into the rest of the Jade Kingdoms, Vermalanx got Kratsik to set up the Plague Furnace in the Glade of Horned Growths, and waited for the response. His plan: grab an important Sylvaneth, and get the information he needed for the location of the Athelwyrd.
For their part, the Sylvaneth were suitably galvanised into action – the arrival of the Stormcasts had shown that the forces of Nurgle could be beaten and far enough away from the still blaring Dirgehorn, they were free to act.
The Battle for the Glade was about to begin, but there were stirrings from a nearby Realmgate…
Full battle report with piccies here: link
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