Episode: And Not to Yield
Posted by Story on 01/17/24
Sungreet has been completely destroyed. There are not many survivors, but the handful that managed to slip away spoke of hordes of flying demons that descended upon the domain of House Helianthus, while thousands of boats of shards that may have once been Abandoned assaulted the walls of the city. Duke Trevor Helianthus attempted to lead a defense, but the defenders were swiftly overwhelmed, and its fleet sunk in the Mourning Sea.
Other outlaying domains have fallen as well. The far northern holdings of Bonespire and Clearlake Hold were evacuated of civilians, and then have used avalanches, traps and scorched earth to badly slow the progress of the hordes inside the Everwinter. Passes and bridges have been collapsed, and the winter snows have turned against the attackers, buying more time before they reach Farhaven, but still they come.
In the west, Westrock Reach has been overwhelmed and swallowed up by attackers, who are sweeping steadily across the Eventide on a path towards Sanctum, as well as through the forests. Evacuations are proceeding, as more and more of the Oathlands mass at Sanctum to prepare for battle.
Countess Ember Redreef was heard to be leading the defense of Redreef Shores, but there's very confused reports near from the time of when the horde would have made landfall near Redreef Shores. All along the coasts of the Compact, from the far north, along the coasts of Arx, the Lycene sea, the Saffron, and the Eventide Vast, the water recedes. The water level drops a good 10 feet at least, drifting out like a sudden pull of the tide. Most fishermen that still haven't evacuated think it can only be the sign of an incoming tidal wave, but no such wave lands along the shores of Arvum.
Redreef Shores is reported lost, but something definitely slowed the progress of the horde across the Mourning Sea.
Other outlaying domains have fallen as well. The far northern holdings of Bonespire and Clearlake Hold were evacuated of civilians, and then have used avalanches, traps and scorched earth to badly slow the progress of the hordes inside the Everwinter. Passes and bridges have been collapsed, and the winter snows have turned against the attackers, buying more time before they reach Farhaven, but still they come.
In the west, Westrock Reach has been overwhelmed and swallowed up by attackers, who are sweeping steadily across the Eventide on a path towards Sanctum, as well as through the forests. Evacuations are proceeding, as more and more of the Oathlands mass at Sanctum to prepare for battle.
Countess Ember Redreef was heard to be leading the defense of Redreef Shores, but there's very confused reports near from the time of when the horde would have made landfall near Redreef Shores. All along the coasts of the Compact, from the far north, along the coasts of Arx, the Lycene sea, the Saffron, and the Eventide Vast, the water recedes. The water level drops a good 10 feet at least, drifting out like a sudden pull of the tide. Most fishermen that still haven't evacuated think it can only be the sign of an incoming tidal wave, but no such wave lands along the shores of Arvum.
Redreef Shores is reported lost, but something definitely slowed the progress of the horde across the Mourning Sea.