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attle found him on the ground, pale from blood loss
and gravely wounded, but the Elder was sprawled
nearby, apparently comatose.
Vinter was shackled and imprisoned while Leto took
the responsibility of the Crown upon himself. Many of
the Inquisitors were imprisoned on Bloodshore Island
along with their former king. The few that could not
be captured went into hiding. However, the Elder
still had many allies, and Leto’s love, the Lady Danae
Cresswell, was kidnapped with demands for the Elder’s
release. Shaking with grief and anger, Leto had no
choice but to set the tyrant free. While Vinter escaped
across the Bloodstone Marches, Leto’s dear bride was
never seen again.
Recent Times
A scant year later the Llaelese King Rynnard di la
Martyn died without an heir, and long debates on the
nature of his succession began. Prime Minister Lord
Deyar Glabryn was appointed to govern by the Council
of Nobles, and despite the loss of its king, Llael still
prospered as the Order of the Golden Crucible and
other Llaelese shipping interests continued dealing
with the Mercarian League and selling alchemical
supplies, fuels, wood, and trade goods.
In recent times border skirmishes between the
Protectorate and Cygnar rose to new heights. Khador
regularly sent forces across the borders of Ord and
Llael to test their defenses. The army of Khador
appeared far more modern than it was a few years
prior. The efforts of Queen Ayn have wrought a
complex armed force comprised of naval, military, and
magical might rivaling, perhaps exceeding, Cygnar’s
own in terms of sheer power.
The longesT nighT, The elder’s reTurn,
and wiTchfire sPoilers
warning: if you inTend To Play The wiTchfire Trilogy, sToP
reading now! The TexT below includes sPoilers revealing
deTails of The scenario. you have been warned!
during The longesT nighT of 602 ar a horde of undead
assailed The ciTy of corvis, advancing on The church of
morrow where The rogue wiTch alexia ciannor aTTemPTed To
seize a sword of Tremendous Power. maTTers worsened afTer
The young woman’s aTTack when began an invasion of The
ciTy led by none oTher Than The TyranT, vinTer raelThorne
iv The elder. vinTer had reTurned To cygnar wiTh an army
of gruesome beasTs masTered by a vile race called skorne.
deferring To The leadershiP of The exiled raelThorne, The
skorne aided him in Taking conTrol of The ciTy whereuPon
raelThorne resTored former agenTs of his inquisiTion and
began sysTemaTically caPTuring The ciTy’s defenses.
corvis was liberaTed laTer The following year Through The
efforTs of The wiTch alexia ciannor and a grouP of her
allies. They had reTurned wiTh The legendary legion of
losT souls, undead soldiers of The eTernal guard animaTed
by The Power of The wiTchfire. The legion clashed wiTh
raelThorne’s skorne army and inquisiTors aT The baTTle
of black river bridge (also called The baTTle of corvis).
The skorne were evenTually rouTed from The ciTy, and They
reTreaTed inTo The bloodsTone marches from whence They
had come. The elder’s body was never found in The afTermaTh,
and The crown Presumes he is yeT alive somewhere in The
marches biding his Time unTil he can reTurn again.
By order of Hierarch Garrick Voyle, the
Protectorate built new factories with the sweat of
Idrian slaves and zealots to fuel its great crusade.
Warjacks built at the factories, complete with
cortexes assembled by the Vassals of Menoth, are
the first ones produced completely within the
Protectorate of Menoth. The first Reckoner warjacks
trundled through the streets of Imer on parade in
the spring of 604 AR. The new warjacks replaced the
retrofitted ones previously smuggled by sympathizers
and profiteers over the years.
Still even greater things have come to pass for
the Protectorate. Whispers among its priests tell
of a great prophet called the Harbinger; indeed,
Hierarch Voyle held many private audiences with
this mysterious individual during the early months
of 603 AR. By 604 Hierarch Voyle suddenly called all
faithful of western Immoren to make a pilgrimage to
the Protectorate to behold the Harbinger’s glory. The
news spread like wildfire: “The Harbinger is real, the
voice of Menoth manifest on Caen. Her voice delivers
His commandments!” The faithful and thousands of
converts have flooded the Protectorate from all over
the Iron Kingdoms.
Deeming it time to sever ties with the Protectorate,
Queen Ayn commissioned her Greylord spies to root
out all smugglers and Protectorate sympathizers and
put an end to their clandestine aid. The wizards proved
effective, and as the sympathizers and faithful—now
persecuted in Khador—fled to the Protectorate,
Queen Ayn sent an uncompromising request to the
Hierarch for him to retract his decree. So far there has
been no response.
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