Illager Empire-Frostbourne War

### Result

Frostbourne retreat, Meadow Village fallen, Frostbourne suffered heavy casualties, Far Plains subjugated by the Illagers

The **Illager Empire-Frostbourne War** is a major battle between the Illager Empire and Frostbourne set within the Far Plains.

## Assembly of the Frostbourne

The Illagers ravage the Meadow Village, killing the people left and right. The protector Elite manages to cut down two pillagers charging at him, before looking up to see a wave of Vindicators charging at him, led by Gladia with several phantoms behind. Elite lets out a sigh before running into the army.

Ser Patrick studies at the map with different faction flags. His scouts were massively reporting entire factions dying out to the Illagers and they were gaining ground as each second passed. In Dragonspire, Zandalfor, now titled as the **Kaiser** (emperor), forces the former end queen Ceris onto her knees on a podium. She looks up, seeing her people kneeling below, surrounded by Chaos, elite Vindicators, and two Redstone Golems along with orange beacons which disable their teleportation. In a swift strike, the Kaiser cut Ceris' head off, ending her century-old rule and destroying the morale of the endermen. Rain screams in the overworld, who witnesses the events through his Ender Eye. Everyone looks at Rain, and he reports the horrible death of Ceris.

Back at the End, using the Orb, Zandalfor absorbs Ceris' power to summon Ender Armblades. He has also ditched his glaive and replaced it with a netherite gauntlet with the Orb embedded in it.

At daybreak, the Frostbourne Cavalry, Bandits, Archers and Footsoldiers march, led by Ser Patrick, Daryll and Hilda respectively, while Airships fly overhead, onboard Lady Azura, Dexter and the Elytra Corps.

As the Airships and forces reach the Far Plains, they are met by Gladia and Vettel's infantry along with the Vindicator, Pillager, and Phantom armies, who had assembled in anticipation of Zandalfor's imminent arrival.

## The Confrontation

The Frostbourne reinforcements arrive at the Far Plains; the Frostbourne Footsoldiers, Frostbourne Cavalry, and Elytra Corps, led by Hilda, Ser Patrick, Daryll and Dexter respectively. The Illagers charge at them, the frontlines led by Gladia with archer pillagers at the rear under Vettel's lead. Upon Hilda's signal, the Frostbourne archers send a volley of arrows, tearing apart in the Pillagers' formation, but most Vindicators manage to use their shields to block the arrow storm.

As the Frostbourne Footsoldiers charge the frontlines, Ser Patrick, Darryl, and the Cavalry attack the archer Pillagers, surprising Vettel as he gets hit by Ser Patrick's horse. Azura and the Elytra Corps fly at the collection of phantoms in the sky, leaving the Airships.

As Vettel gets back up, he is met by Ser Patrick. Vettel blocks and dodges the Grandmaster's attacks, jumps up, and knocks Ser Patrick down, forcing Ser Patrick's weapons out of his grip. But, due to Patrick's mobility, he kicks back up, stabs Vettel with his own Diamond Falchion, and kicks him in the face, killing him.

## Reinforcements Arrive

As Daryll, Hilda and Ser Patrick's flank kill the majority of the infantry, the orange beacons that were placed earlier glowed and orange beams emerge from them, causing several orange portals to appear across the battlefield, some behind the Frostbourne's archers, and some high up in the sky.

Zandalfor and Chaos emerge with the Vindicator and Redstone Golem reinforcements from the main portal, while a major contingent of Redstone Golems and Riders emerge from an ambush of portals, led by Trojan. The Elytra Corps battle against the onslaught of soarers and phantoms, Dexter defending her airship from explosive phantoms, while Lady Azura is challenged by Eclipsor. She dodges Eclipsor's arrow storm, kicks him away, and guns him down, which he blocked with his arcane shield. Several phantoms soon swooped in, diverting her attention as Eclipsor flew away.

However, the battlefield situation has become untenable, as Zandalfor, Chaos, Trojan, the Illagers, and the Redstone Golems destroy the Frostbourne's forces, the sky turning orange. Noticing Azura being caught off-guard by the Phantoms, Eclipsor charges at her and repeatedly slices her with his longswords, then shoots Azura down. Ser Patrick ditches his naginata to catch her, and flees as Zandalfor unleashes a beam storm on the Frostbourne, who flee as well, though some stay behind.

The Archer Captain falls below as the Redstone Golem reinforcements, led by the Redstone Monstrosity, charge at them. Up in the sky, Dexter valiantly fights off the Phantoms, attempting to protect herself and the cargo. By the phantoms, the airship explodes, killing Dexter and any mobs in the nearby vicinity.

## Daryll's Sacrifice

Daryll reawakens from his wounds, angered by Zandalfor's killing of innocent soldiers, and the inevitable defeat the Frostbourne shall suffer. In that moment, he decides to stall the King with the cost of his life. Firing a shot for Zandalfor's attention, Daryll succeeds in stopping the shower of beams. Zandalfor once again summons Ceris' Ender Armblade and charges, aiming to defeat the lowly bandit.

Despite Daryll attempting to end him with a headshot, Zandalfor teleports forward, evading the bullet and stabs Daryll through the stomach. However, he was not anticipating that this was Daryll's plan the entire time, and proceeds to be shot in the knee. As Zandalfor is unable to pull out the blade and his arm from Daryll's grasp. Dexter's fallen Airship collapses on them as Daryll intended, killing the bandit but Zandalfor barely survived thanks to the Orb. Still he ends up gravely wounded, thus giving the Frostbourne the chance to escape. The Frostbourne retreat, heading back to the Dreadfort, with causalities in the hundreds.

## Aftermath

After the battle, Zandalfor is severely wounded, but the Illagers have achieved their goal to claim territory in the main land. The Illagers soon push their territory to the entire far plains with many outposts built in its borders with the desert. Johnny, a Vindicator commander, is appointed to administrate the region.

Meanwhile, Zandalfor intents to master the Orb's powers, so he decides to go into isolation, and hands over his job to control the Empire to Atlas and Chaos.