After a brief excursion around the Mortal Realms, it is back to the Realm of Life to pick up the story of Alarielle and her retreat from the Rotbringers. Yes, at last, we have started the campaign battles featured in Balance of Power!
The Story So Far
Accompanied by the Hallowed Knights and the Sylvaneth, Allarielle had been ousted from her Hidden Glade and was fleeing as fast as she could from a massive force of Nurgle Rotbringers. Alarielle's power had been drained by the Battle of the Athelwyrd, and the Lady of Vines rallied her bodyguard to form a tight defence as Allarielle led them all down the Cascading Path, a magical slipstream that allowed the small army to traverse thousands of miles in mere days.
With the Rotbringers, Torglug the Despised had been turned into Chaos Spawn some time ago, due to his temerity for calling upon Grandfather Nurgle a little too often. However, Nurgle could not stay mad at his favoured son for long, and Torglug was duly returned to his old form, though a little tubbier and more diseased than before, to lead the attack that would destroy the last Sylvaneth resistance and capture Alarielle. And Torglug knew all about the Cascading Path…
Upon leaving the Cascading Path, the Hallowed Knights saw that Rotbringer forces were already close by, having used Skaven Gnawholes to keep pace with the refugees. Worse, using the Cascading Path had drained the last of Alarielle's power and she reduced herself to a glowing seed pod, kept safe by the Lady of Vines, ready to be planted and reborn into a more war-like aspect.
The Lady of Vines, knowing exactly where Alarielle needed to be taken, led the way to the Sea of Serpents with the Rotbringers close at their backs. The Hallowed Knights thought they had been led to a dead-end where the forces of Nurgle would simply over run them, but the Lady of Vines called upon a Jotunberg, a massive giant as large as a mountain. It crashed into the sea, instantly freezing it and forming a bridge to the Kingdom of Blackstone beyond.
Torglug, seeing his prey being given an avenue of escape, urged his forces on to trap the Hallowed Knights and Alarielle upon the thin ice.
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