Iwat Valley

**Iwat Valley** is a valley in the middle north of the Rodenius Continent.

## Location

The Iwat Valley is located north of Divine Forest (Lean Nou Forest in the present) in the middle north of the Rodenius Continent in the Mythic era thousands of years ago. In the presence of the New World, it locates close to the north of the capital city Qua-Toyne and the west of the port city Maihark in the Qua-Toyne Principality, but the original name, Iwat Valley, is unknown if it still keeps the same name or changes name.

## Chronology

### Great Race-Demon War Arc

In the Mythic Era thousands of years ago, when the Demon Lord's Army invaded the Philades continent, the Alliance of the Races in the Philades continent could no longer hold out against the Demon Lord's Army, forcing their diminished numbers to cross the great ocean and retreat to their last hold out in the Rodenius continent. The Demon Lord's Army used Charybdis and Kraken sea monsters to cross the great ocean to the Rodenius continent, assembling 15,300 demons to engage the Iwat Valley. With their survival hanging in the balance, the 2,800 defenders had set up a final defense line to fight and stand against the Demon Lord's Army in front of the Iwat Valley.

At the beginning of of the Siege of Iwat Valley, the great horde of demons, goblins, and orcs were deployed in attack formation within the natural stronghold of the Iwat Valley, forming to meet infantrymen archers, and mages from the Alliance of the Races. They sparked fly from the clashing of swords and steel on the battlefield. The races were able to defeat the demons over time, but their strongest warriors started to falter and fall. The demons were too many. Soon, their losses mounted up as they grew weary from constant fighting. The robust fortifications built by the dwarves also gave in to wear and fire as ten colossal trolls ravaged the defenders that manned them. Due to their extremely thick skin, the trolls could take direct hits from arrows and missiles to the head and still fight in full shape.

Entrusted with the command of the infantry force, wolf beastman Orlaxle yelled at them to defend the fortifications to the last man. A hail of arrows was loosed unto the densely packed formation of demons and magical beasts. Dozens of stones and missiles were also hurled from the catapults built by the dwarves on top of the valley. Attack magic cast by the elf-led mages at the exit of the valley also rained down on the Demon Army, enveloping them in explosive flames. Every time an enemy is slain, they hear an unpleasant scream. In response, the Demon Lord's Army overran the catapults with their orc dragon knights and the archers and the mages with their heavy orc infantry and goblin bowmen, forcing the alliance army back.

Filled up with frustration and bitterness, all the surviving mages began to retreat. Dwarf catapults commander Dorguff also ordered his engineers to retreat while sending the order to retreat to Orlaxle. The messenger sent by Dorguff navigated through the battlefield towards Orlaxle, who was currently in the heat of fighting. Irritated, Orlaxle readied his blade before decapitating a goblin attacking him from his blind spot. He yelled at the soldiers to retreat. The Demon Lord's Army persistently continued their attacks, but the alliance army, who was on the defense, didn’t allow them to exploit any gaps in their formations. As Orlaxle and his wolf beastman vice commander Kenshiva bickered, the force of goblins simultaneously split, taking the soldiers to man the walls along the frontlines by surprise and pushing them back.

On that day, the Alliance of the Races’ final major defensive operation failed in their last line of defense in the Iwat Valley was overrun. Infantry Force Commander Orlaxle was killed by the Red Ogre in one-on-one combat. Many warriors have fallen. The remaining 900 soldiers of the Alliance's Defense Force escaped into the Divine Forest where they would dig in against their encroaching foes.