Warsong Defensive

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==IC introduction==
Here he stood, a new sense of power, of destruction, and of evil coursing through his black veins. The wingless dreadlord, an anomaly, and a traitor, to his kind, looked out towards the legions of the undead he was now entrusted to command. The hellish army, all of whom previously having led mortal lives which contained emotions such as love, passion, and finally fear, were now just servants of the Lich King.
The best thing Paggorn had ever done was to come north to the icy domain of the Scourge. To kneel at the feet of Kel'thuzad and plead for an audience with the mighty Lich King, the one with terrible power and the absence of conscience that was required to use it. The request had cost him much. He was made to realize that the Nathrezim were no more a powerful and revered race, but rather a group of demons whose height had long since past. This was the age of the Scourge, he was told, as the wings that he had cherished were ripped from his back, and fed to plague-hounds. He would never get those back. As he grovelled on the floor, the floating form of Kel'thuzad looking down upon him, he was filled with both embarrassment and awe. Embarrassment that he, a dreadlord, was being forced into something that he had never thought possible. He felt like a common pleb, a common slave, a common mortal. It was not something he was happy to feel. But the awe overrode that. It was an awe not even the Burning Legion could fulfil. It was the awe of being humbled by a force much more powerful than himself.
And now, he was that power. He had finally been given that chance. Wingless he may have been, but now he had more potential than ever! The Scourge had given him an army worthy of the Nathrezim, and not a single demon was amongst it. It was beautiful, in a sense. These creatures were shells that used to contain humanity, and now they mindlessly crushed the ones that had left behind, without any hesitation, without any acknowledgement that what they were doing was wrong. The Scourge that he commanded were truly just machines, just like the ones those despicable gnomes and goblins, the small races who needed other things to do their bidding for them... just like they created.
'SCOURGE!' he howled, looking up to the skies of Icecrown. He addressed his new magnificent rabble in the courtyard of Icecrown Citadel. He was aware that, on the top stair, the Lich King gazed down at him, and his new army. He had a presence of evil that Paggorn had never experienced. It was true nefariousness. 'tonight is the night that we start the purging of our enemies!'
A gurgling cheer came out of the mouths of a few abominations present. Paggorn looked at them, and smiled. A toothless mouth, because wings were not the only things that dreadlords cherished, formed into a grin.
A grin like an orca, yet a thousand times as malicious.
'Abominations, Banshees, Gargoyles, Nerubians, Vykrul, Worgen, Wraiths, Geists, Frost Wyrms, Flesh Giants, Death Knights, Wights, Necromancers, and the rest of you beautiful undead! You are all the heralds of this world's doom! I will lead you through the path to conquest, and to victory, and to the annihilation of those you have left behind! They, like you, shall soon serve a new master, a master as terrible and as evil as any mortal would dare to imagine! There shall be nothing to stop us in this, and our first target will be those pathetic orcs! My former masters, stupid and incompetent as they were, could not deal with them! They could not wipe out the Horde, but we shall! Warsong Hold will not burn, it will not be razed, it will not even be crushed. It will be as though it was never there in the first place! Where it now stands, there shall only be plagued earth!'
Another howl, and this time, the abominations were joined in their cheer by all the blights on the land gathered. It was the most horrifying cheer ever to form outside of a bingo hall.
Paggorn looked over his troops. There was no way the filthy Horde could ever withstand even a quarter of this delicious army. The Warsong would come to an abrupt, and well-deserved end.
==OOC introduction==
Hello! From Sunday the 8th, to Sunday the 15th of February, there shall be a week-long RP conflict based at Warsong Hold, and in the entirety of Azeroth itself.
This is the spiritual sequel to the Blasted War, which takes the lessons learned from that ridiculously ambitious RP event, and uses them in full force, in the hopes of creating an interactive war - our own version of such battles as Helm's Deep.
At Warsong Hold, there will be a proper siege atmosphere. Messhalls, Drills, Scouting Missions, Dungeon Missions, Mining, Construction, Training, Supply Caravans, Rituals, and all kinds of other activities, both made by the event organizations, and the players themselves. Everyone will be able to influence. All the while, the Horde will be harassed by the minions of the Scourge. Attacks on the Hold will come from all sorts of dastardly Scourge, including Nerubians, Gargoyles, Frost Wyrms, and Death Knights. Bases around Azeroth, such as the Bulwark, and Orgrim's Hammer will also face the Wrath of the Lich King, and his new minion, Paggorn. He will be taking a major role in proceedings this time - a baddy that you'll love to hate, and a much more insidious presence than the Legion of the Blasted War.
The last night of the event will see Warsong Hold be attacked full scale by a Scourge army that is very likely to decimate the fortress, and it is up to the players/characters to fight them back. It will be left open for characters to decide what to do - shoot at the frost wyrms from the top of the Hold, or perhaps reinforce with the usage of the Demolishers from Garrosh's Landing? Or maybe you want to face them head on, and fight in the quarry itself? It's up to you!
Throughout the week, the hope is that Warsong Hold will be operating in synergy. People will take on roles, and within those roles, they will interact with each other. So Blacksmiths will make armour for the troops, or maybe examine a piece of strange ore that has appeared near the Hold. Other players might be patrolling the roads from Warsong Hold to the other Horde outposts. Others might be doing some research on the fauna and fungi of Northrend, to see what can be used in battle. Others will be eating and resting within the Hold. Others will be on diplomatic missions to Dalaran, and requesting the Kirin'Tor's aid in some magical matters. Others will be manning the Infirmary, and tending to any wounded that come through its doors. Others will be wiping out Scourge bases to the north, or heading back to the Plaguelands and the rest of Azeroth to check up on things there. People, generally, are hoped to be getting on with their own stuff, and then reporting back to the base commanders (apart from Gremkarc, the others will be announced closer to the time).
There will be something for you to do, even if you're level 1. The only requirement to properly participate here is that have Wrath of the Lich King. We'll be using Warsong Hold the most in this campaign, and it's there the most fun will happen. You can get to the Hold no matter your level, so level 1s could supply roles such as journalists, merchants, peons, comedians, and bards. We'll also be handing out dungeon run quests for people to be getting on with - finding a Scourgebane Trumpet or something in the Scarlet Monastery (what are you looking at me like that for? Trumpets are SUPREMO!), assaults onto Scholomance, assassinating Scourge diplomats in Blackfathom Deeps, or even full raids onto Wrath content. Maybe a raid on Hyjal Past, if the storyline dictates it.
There will be an OOC channel dedicated to this event called /wardef, and the event organizers will almost always be at Warsong Hold. I myself am sacrificing a week of usual playtime to do this, because it's an idea that has me chomping at the bit. The changes we've made, making it one faction only, reducing the time to a week, putting on a stronger narrative, and making a dedicated channel for proceedings, are all done in the hope that this time, momentum will be kept, and this time, epic will be too small a word.
This will be my first real event of 2009, and I hope I can start it with a bang. These shorter events will lead to more frequent events, and I've already been talking to Quincy about a week-long PVP conflict in the Hinterlands, similar in scope to this, but for now, my full focus is on Warsong Defensive.
This is a community-shaped event. Everyone will be able to influence in their own way, and everyone will be a crucial part of the war machine. If you're stuck for things to do, you'll think of something, I'll think of something, we'll think of something. Like I said when I made the Blasted War thread: "It's not going to be exclusive. I promise you all that. The moment it starts being about one or two people, I'll finish it and apologise."
The same rule applies here.
In this event, we'll all have our own goals, our own jobs, and our own progress. It's gonna belong to the entire community. It's gonna last a week, and it's going to see us bashing Scourge, and uniting the Horde side of the realm for at least that week. Because I have a less obvious plan here - a plan that might seem yawnsome. With this event, I aim to properly bring together the people of the Horde, no matter where they usually RP. Silvermoon? Orgrimmar? Skettis? I don't care. You're welcome all the same.
Join in.
==Media==
Warsong Defensive Pre-Event Trailer:
500px|Geis's Warsong Defensive Event Trailer
The Warsong Defensive Part 1:
thumb|500px|left|Part One of the Warsong Defensive feature video
(Part 2 of the feature was not completed due to the complexity and loss of footage)
==Result==
==See also==
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==External links==
* External link
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Category:One-off Event