[2023.10.21] Moments of history. Warspear Chronicles. Chapter XIII

Dr Strange · October 20, 2023

In the fifteenth year of the exhausting war, many began to talk that the confrontation between the Alliances seemed endless, and nothing could tilt the scales. However, the balance of power has changed once again when unprecedented heroes came out from the elven groves - skilled Beastmasters, mysterious tamers of forest lunopards. The Legion answered with the call that gathered Reapers under their banners - warriors, marked by the seal of fate, who had struck a deal with demonic forces. The war pendulum began to swing with renewed vigor (11.0 “New Legends”).

New Legends helped the warriors enjoy the rest of the summer and the first half of autumn. When winds twirled the falling leaves in the sky, the heroes prepared ships to set off to Morsilvania, the ancient land of vampires. There, alongside the Horror Circus, the resilient Sam Hain had already arrived. The Prince of Median Night was invited to the council of the Three vampire houses, members of which had started to die one by one under mysterious circumstances. Not trusting vampires, Sam hired the enigmatic Sebastian, a vampire hunter, as his assistant - and he didn't go wrong. The vampire council was conceived as a trap for Sam, but the heads of the Three houses themselves became prey for Sebastian. He turned out to be the eldest of the vampires in Morsilvania and the last representative of the Fourth House, which had been destroyed by jealous vampires many years ago (11.1 “Shadows of Morsilvania”).

As always after the Median Night, the seasons of Arinar began to change rapidly. Once again, troubling news arrived from the Snow Boundary, denying warriors any respite. It turned out that the ill-tempered giantess Gryla, once offended by an unsuccessful joke from the snow elves, had found a way to get back at her adversaries. Gryla managed to sneak into the Citadel and expel all the snow elves from there. Surrounding the Citadel with an icy wall, Gryla settled there with her lazy husband and a whole brood of Yolasweinars - her gluttonous children. Only the cunning shown by the Sentinels and the Legionnaires allowed them to drive the clumsy invaders out (11.2 “Winter Saga”).

With the onset of the spring, the entire Arinar was excited by the news of the Arcanicum’s discovery - the ancient city of technomages believed to have been lost for hundreds of years. Recognizing the advantages that technomagic could offer, Wickedora, the steadfast headmistress of the School of Magic, opened a portal to the Arcanicum for the best students. Under the guidance of Hunter Grass, the city's pioneer of technomagic, the students managed to reach the ruined “Telluria”, a colossal technomagical mechanism that supplied the Arcanicum with energy. An accident with "Telluria" destroyed the city, and only the construction of "Abraxas", the controlled automaton in the form of a mighty giant, allowed for the salvation of all of Arinar from catastrophe. The embodied dark mage Vesperian attempted to seize "Abraxas" as his new body, but was once again he was exposed and defeated (11.3 “Lost Arcanicum”).

After a decade and a half of rivalry between the Legion and the Sentinels, the amazing and diverse world created by the White Wanderer has irreversibly changed. In the midst of the summer, the sages of both Alliances granted the defenders of Arinar new powers, hidden within the Tree of Talents. With the power of new talents, the heroes of Arinar managed to overcome mysterious monsters and ancient creatures, brought to life by the mystical energy of the White Stones. However, the White Wanderer's intended message remained a mystery. (11.4 “15 Years of Adventures!”).

And so ended the fifteenth year of the war.

Previous parts:
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX