Seren's Evil

Seren's Evil is an event that occured during the 5th century, starting in **534AB**, where an evil wizard named Seren rose an army and attempted to bring the world under his rule. He was eventually defeated by a group of Adventurers, with help from the rebelling nations.

## Prologue

Seren was once a young man whom dabbled in the use of magic. His father was a wizard, and his mother a Sorcerer. Born in Defel, he lived a relatively simple life as an adventurer, taking on small jobs in his area to make a steady income. His father had often been too busy to look after his son during his early years. Seren never held anger towards him, but was rather content with his life, peaceful.

So it came as a shock when his father finally took notice, and offered Seren to join him on an expedition to the ruins of the First Era. Seren was barely an adult at the time, but was eager to prove himself and learn from Roborn. Reaching the ruins was a simple task, giving ample time for the young man to learn the history of his father. From how Roborn helped fight in battles, to even the simplicity of writing his first book. The two bonded well.

Seren was a normal man up until this point, though the ruins they met is where his true darkness lay. The ruins were met simply as an old building, with an entrance to a room none had managed to open. Roborn, however, had gathered the password from an old book and they were granted pass. The library was everything they had hoped for, unopened for 5 centuries it held many secrets from the First Era. The duo began collecting them as treasures, as the information it held would potentially change the course of the world.

But among those books held a secret, a being long-since forgotten power given to the age of men from the gods, or so it seemed. Seren quickly became obsessed, reading of the different ways he could gain new power. His father tried to pull him away, but it didn't work. The power held in those books, was all Seren could think of. Roborn, realising the lust for power and it's sway, tried to destroy the book.

But the power and voices controlling Seren would not allow that, and he struck his father down in a fit of rage. Roborn in his dying breath tried to save his son, dispelling the magic, and locked the library away forever. But it was too late, Seren had gained already a small amount of power and his lust for more overtook the personality of the once young and hopeful man.

## Rise and the Great Forest

Power felt good on Seren, and with the remaining books he had he studied them profusely. He had tried to open the Library once more, but his cursed father had locked it away for good leaving knowledge forgotten forever. When he returned home his mother, Isabelle, tried stopping him, but was defeated by her son. Fortunately, she managed to escape and alert the Defel monarch.

Powerful, but still young, Seren left Defel to avoid any armies or bounty hunters coming after him. Boarding a ship, he went to Sula to hide away in their deep and lucious forests.

As he grew stronger, hiding out in the forests away from elves and humans, he began gaining confidence and a following. Many Orcs and Goblins began flocking to him, recognising his power and his potential for chaos. While he initially tried scaring them away, he succumed to their desires and made himself leader over their tribes.

In a few short years he had learnt everything he needed from the books he had left, and began searching the forests for a new power to consume. Growing his army, Seren conquered and enslaved any tribe that opposed him, using his magical ability to destroy 100s with the flick of his wrist. He moved deeper within the forest, away from prying eyes and closer to the power he needed. It grew tougher as he drew near, as the beasts and monsters that lived within the forest did not go down so easily, but he still managed to recruit many to his side. By this point he had crossed through the Sula borders and into Whitoper, but where he was cared little for the nations of elves and men.

Another few years past and he had finally reached the centre of the forest, drawing from its power and enslaving any who opposed him. Becoming stronger, he left a piece of himself behind, an artifact for a future time.

Reaching a new level of power, Seren set out with his armies to face the nations of men, in order to create a new Era and control the course of history.

## Whitoper Campaign

The year was **534AB** when Seren and his armies left the forest, and destruction and chaos was quickly felt. The two nations sharing the forest, Sula and Whitoper, quickly rose their soldiers in defence. While they had been enemies just 20 years prior under the rule of Eili Kerli, Aymon Fenfir the new monarch proposed an alliance. Whitoper subsequently accepted and their armies joined together to face the evil.

### The Battle of Chaos

*See: The Battle of Chaos*

During the aftermath of the battle, Seren and his forces set after Zian and Whitoper. He did this first by taking the city of Fogran, where Zian was intially regrouping, and hung every citizen from the wall.

Aymon sent a small group of Elven archers to help Zian, but was too focussed on strengthening his own borders.

### Raiding of Whitoper

With no forces to stop his chaotic army, Seren realised quickly that his chaotic army would soon turn rampant if he were to try controlling them too much. So, unwilling to face his own force, he let them raid and pillage the lands he wished to claim. Believing his magic could transform it back to bountiful harvests.

Soon lands and towns began to fall and burn, some so far gone they could never be rebuilt. The men tried fighting back while they let the women and children escape, but all would fall. While the lands were raided and destroyed, Zian and his troops had fallen to Yomero, using the cities strong walls as a haven while they raised the full army of the nation.

Seren had found out the plan after torturing one of the new recruits, and sent his army to encircle the city along with the King. While his army did his bidding under General Ronigar, a Half-Orc who's intellect drew the mages interest, Seren went forth and recruited more soldiers from the forest, uniting the tribes under his banner.

### Siege of Yomero

*See: Siege of Yomero*

After the battle Yomero was left in ruins, along with a pile of burning bodies. Zian's head was sent back to Whitoper as a sign of friendship, though his crown and Royal ring were kept.

The raiding continued but Seren knew there was no chance of Whitoper raising another army and left the city of Robtikar intact.

## Sula Campaign

With Whitoper powerless, Seren set his sights on the nation of Sula. Aymon at the time had been building new defences along the border and within the forest in order to delay the Armies of Chaos for as long as possible. He had also called for help among the other nations and their leaders, requesting any form of aid.

Courler was the first to answer the call and sent a group of 5,000 soldiers. The leader at the time, Jue Zheng, was unsure of the strength of the enemy but believed a future relationship with Sula would be helpful. He sent them under General Viole Grace, a human who had proved himself capable before.

Ralia offered a quantity of wood at a heavily discounted price, along with ships to offer safe travel for any important officials to cross over. Roshan, Defel and Gonarundu did not send any aid. Kura also did not send aid, but was raising forces themselves to hit the enemy through Whitoper.

Aymon was only able to raise 50,000 soldiers, along with the 5,000 given by Courler. The bulk of the forces were made up from mercenaries, as the Sula monarch offered various paintings for any victors of the day. At the same time, many of his officials and soldiers travelled to Courler using Ralian ships. Members of Sula that remained were given access into the cities, though many refused to leave their homes.

Courler happily hosted the Sula officials and their soldiers, though kept them away from the capital incase of an attack. But Jue Zheng did go out and meet his guests.

During **535AB** Seren finally reached the lands of Sula and begun his attack.

### Battle on the Kailu Grasslands

*See: Battle on the Kailu Grasslands*

The Battle on the Kailu Grasslands was a decisive victory for the Armies of Seren. It led to Aymon and his bodyguard retreating to the nation of Courler, leaving Sula to the mercy of Seren.

### Crowning of Seren

After the battle Seren and his horde marched onwards to Fraiz, gaining many new troops along the way. Ronigar was also given his own title of High General, which he happily accepted and honoured by raiding many of the cities, towns and villages along the way.

The raiding proved bountiful, as both Ronigar and Seren's treasure increased significantly and the food stores for the army grew to sustain them for the next few years.

When the armies did reach Fraiz, they were met with a closed gate but a flag honouring Seren hanging from the city. While this initially was grateful by the mage, refusal to enter the city angered him and his magic finally entered the field.

Seren fired a bolt of energy and blew open the gates instantly, paralysing all the guards along his march through the city. His horde was allowed to follow behind him, killing and eating all the guards left behind along with many citizens. When the mage reached the palace, he kept all the remaining officials alive to crown him the new King. Sitting down on the throne, he had his crown placed on his head and became the new King.

Unlike Whitoper, becoming King of Sula allowed him access into the treasurey and deep riches. Using the city as his headquarters, Seren and Ronigar set off on their next campaign, adding the Dark Elves to his army.

The other nations began to respect the power of the mage and prepared their armies, some using diplomacy to create allianced with others.

## Defel Campaign

With Sula and Whitoper claimed, Seren's next target was Defel. Wishing to enact his revenge on the nation he was originally from, he left High General Ronigar and a portion of his army to defend the lands of Whitoper and take the capital. Since he knew Kura was bringing their army forth, he didn't want to leave a new general behind.

While Ronigar was busy, Seren placed his trust in a new general to take over Defel with. The General was a Human named Alec. The Human had proven himself quite intelligent and had been offering advice to Seren and Ronigar when they planned their next move of action. So, after recruiting new soldiers to his army reaching a new number of 700,000, Seren left 250,000 soldiers in the hands of Ronigar with the ability to gain more from the forest and recruits flocking to the cause. Seren and Alec took the rest of the army 450,000 in the largest fleet the world had ever seen and sent it to current-day Aral.

### Aral

Aral was a nation full of reptilians, with no true nation or King, they were left to their own devices to form tribes. When Seren and his army reached their lands it was a very big change, simply marching through the desert caused many of the tribes to unite to his cause. When he reached the largest tribe along the way, Seren used his charismatic nature to sway the leader to unite the lands of Aral and join the evil mage when he returned. The Tribe-Leader, a lizardmen named Go'tar, accepted and began his conquests.

When Seren and his horde passed across the desert lands, they had reached a new number of 500,000 troops and begun the construction of new boats to give transportation to the additional horde members. Defel under King Henry II was aware of the coming threat and prepared their army in advance, finding suitable landing points where they could ambush the mage.

### Kura

Ronigar had heard of the Kura forces reaching through Whitoper, angered but cautious he set out with his army to go and meet them. Along the way he managed to grow, using the forest to gain new soldiers and even gaining some who travelled to meet him.

The forces of Kura under a human named Joran Theven entered Whitoper in **536AB**, making their way to meet the army of Ronigar. The High General was able to choose the location for the battle, the Tikar River, and waited for the armies of Order to come face him. In January **536AB** the two forces met one another for the first time.

#### Battle for Whitoper

*See: Battle for Whitoper*

After the battle, Ronigar and his significantly less amount of troops went to Robtikar, where the capital surrendered. As they had heard what occured in Sula, and Yomero, they were unwilling to feel the wrath of the horde and lose anymore lives. The High General was very grateful for their easy surrender and forbid any of his soldiers from attacking or stealing from the households, leaving them intact.

What he did though was order every citizen out of the city to make their way to either Kura, or travel by sea to any of the countries. The only people he kept were the officials, where he forced them to recognise Seren as the true King of Whitoper. Ronigar was also given the title of Governor in the city, and stayed there for a while to allow his army to heal and his leader to give new orders.

### Seren's Landing in Defel

*See: Seren's Landing*

After a damaging landing, Seren managed to overcome the Defel defenders and begun preparing the decisive battle.

### The Defel Invasion

*See: Seren's Invasion of Defel*

The Defel Invasion ended in a complete victory for Seren. Leaving him King of the nation, and the previous King Henry II wounded and gone.

Seren and Ronigar begun their next plan of action, moving to Aral to gain extra soldiers for their army before moving into the lands of Roshan. Roshan at the time was a series of independent city-states, trading across the seas and land to accumulate large riches.

### The Confederation of Defence

After seeing Seren's destruction and nature firsthand, an alliance was forming between the remaining nations. Courler became the head of the alliance under King Jue Zheng. Members also included Ralia under High Jarl Vikar, Sula under King Aymon, Defel under King Henry II and even Gonarundu under King Caius.

While some nations had lost significant portions of their army such as Sula and Defel, the united group stood strong. Training with one another, and creating vast numbers of weapons to fight the overwhelming army. King Zheng was waiting for the right opportunity to attack, along with Kura to join the Confederation.

## City-States Campaign

After the conquering of Defel, Seren and his High General Ronigar made their next move on Roshan in the year **538AB.**

### Aral

Before the conquer of Roshan could begin, Seren and his armies marched to Aral. He was pleasantly surprised to see the lizardmen Go'tar meet him at the landing. During the two years since he passed through, Go'tar had managed to unify the lands and become King. He pledged his alligience to the man who helped him, and offered troops to go along with his campaign.

Seren gave the Lizard King gifts, offering wealth and art before beginning his conquest of the city-states. The Mage had to use larger boats to grant passage to the new troops that a unified Aral gave, both dinosaurs and small armies of Kobolds filled the boats.

### The Fall of the City-States

Once the horde of Seren landed on Roshan's shores they faced a series of siege's and long encirclements of the city-states. Not many signifcant battles occured during this campaign, but rather showed the patience of the new King and High General Ronigar.

#### Dillash

The first city to fall was Dillash. Surrounded on all sides they had their port blocked with the ships from Aral, as the city didn't expect to be sieged they had not gathered enough stores and were forced to surrender to the horde. Seren was angry after waiting two months for the city to give up, and slaughtered almost everyone inside. As a show of good-grace he sent most of the treasurey inside to Go'tar to continue his efforts of strengthening his Kingdom.

#### Geil

After targetting one of the larger cities, Seren and High General Ronigar felt confident enough to take the biggest and most powerful of the city-states. Marching to Geil they begun their encirclement. Geil was more much ready than Dillash, holding large stores of foods and setting up large ballista's on the walls.

While initially Seren's forces tried attacking the city they found it fruitless and thus another long wait occured. Geil sent out for help by the Confederation, but heard no response as the army was still preparing. After 6-Month's of rationing their food, the city begun to starve. Seren had also made sure to consistently bombard the city with various spells and magic, killing many in the process.

When the city did surrender, Seren had the entire garrison either tortured, eaten or enslaved. The officials of the city, and the leader of Geil were given a worse punishment. The Mage kept consistent mental and physical torture, using many spells to corrupt their minds before healing them. When the men did finally crack, Seren had them tortured some more before throwing them off the walls.

#### Floran

With Geil fallen, Floran was the next destination. Having the largest port in Roshan, and potentially all of Alrec, it was a suitable target. But once more the city held firm to the encirclement, using their large walls to deter a siege. High General Ronigar grew tired and exhausted of the constant sieging and created a new weapon to batter the enemy. Placing catapults on Ogre's, they constantly reigned rocks and bodies down on the city.

As the morale of Floran dropped from constant bombardment over a month, Seren sent a message to various garrison members. If they were to allow him and his soldiers through, their lives along with their families would be saved. It took another month, but enough guards finally agreed and during the night the gates were opened. With Seren's army evolved, the attack and taking of the city was conducted by various Shadows, Wraiths and even Vampires.

Bloodshed was seen in every part of the city, with the undead armies killing anything in sight. Though Seren held true to his word and spared any and their families who helped him take the city. The officials chose to take their own lives when the gates opened over the torture the others had felt. With Floran taken, the rest of the cities fell soon too.

### Conclusion

Though the conquest of Roshan was a tiring and three-year long venture, the wealth they gained was enough to corrupt many more soldiers to their side. Seren was even able to recruit an Ancient Dragon to his army. Ronigar and Daeron had a share in the spoils of war, gaining some accolades from defeating the smaller cities in the island.

With new lands to bring under Seren's empire, he claimed himself as King of Roshan.

After the celebrations and murder, Ronigar and Seren once more sat down and set out a new plan of action. Having the threat of an alliance nearby, the mage called all major generals and soldiers back to him for a decisive confrontation.

## The Confederation of Defence and Seren

During the Campaign of Roshan for Seren, the nations hiding in Courler begun reaching a stop. Trying to bring Kura into the fold, they were also having political troubles within their head. King Zheng wished to be leader of the alliance, being polite enough to host the nations armies within his land. He exclaimed they were eating his food, and using his nation to trade and hide in. The King of Sula believed that he was the most experienced leader to lead the alliance, having faced the horde multiple times. The High Jarl also wished to lead, showing that his strength to lead Ralia was enough to lead the nations. King Henry II had no claim, being wounded while King Caius was tempted to leave the alliance.

But whoever the leader was to be, it was not decided quickly. Leaving Seren to grow stronger and take longer to plan his attack. Ronigar and Alec were to attack Courler with two different armies, meeting together in the middle where they would face the brunt of the alliances forces.

## First Setback and Seren's Wrath

With the invasion supplied, the horde set forth in **541AB** . Crossing the sea the two armies under High General Ronigar and General Alec took Courler defenses by surprised. Unable to resolve their leadership issues, the alliance split into two forces to face the two invading armies. King Jue Zheng took the army of Courler and went to face General Alec, believing it was Ronigar, while King Aymon went to face High General Ronigar with the army of Sula and Defel, believing it was Alec.

The two battles were met on different plains near Nina and Yang.

### The Fight of King's

The Fight of Kings were two different fights, with King Zheng and King Aymon representing the Confederation of Defence. Due to those two it was named that way, along with their underlying fight to become leader.

#### Ronigar's Fight

*See: Battle of Revenge*

Ronigar's Fight was a decisive victory for Seren's forces. Killing and capturing almost all of the Sula soldiers, they made their way to meet up at Alec's position.

#### Alec's Fight

*See: Battle of the Wrong Commander*

Both General Alec and his commander Armin were killed. Armin was executed after Seren's anger grew better of him after the first loss in his entire campaign. The army was given a new leader under a Dwarf named Barrik. The Confederation used the victory to bolster their claim, but made sure to avoid Ronigar's soldiers and take the long way back to Dieppa.

## The Fall of the Nations

The Fall was a series of events that occured after the two General's battles.

### Ronigar, the legend

With the defeat of Alec's army, Ronigar took back over as the sole leader of the horde. Using his experienced, disciplined and loyal soldiers to teach the others, the army was looking to become the strongest it had ever been. Seren was amazed that a once mass of troops with targets now were turning into an army similar to something that the other nations used.

Sending the army North they raided many of the mines along the Mian Mountains. The Confederation trained their army and formulated battle plans in the South, near Dieppa. When the towns were raided, Ronigar headed back to the plains of Alec's defeat and further down to face the alliances army.

King Jue Zheng ravished the opportunity to truly face Ronigar in battle, wishing to even duel the man when the time came. When the two forces met it was a clash that the scholar's have spoken about since it started.

*See: Battle of the Confederation*

With the ending of the Confederation no armies were able to hold back the forces of Seren.

### Dieppa

The Capital of Courler, Dieppa, tried to hold back the mage and his armies but during the night many of Seren's monsters such as Vampires and Ghost snuck through and opened the gate. When the city was taken, Seren chose to make it his throne for the entire empire he held, calling a council.

The Council he had was made up of Ronigar, Daeron, Barrik, Go'tar and Petros.

### Kura

Kura eventually succumbed to the armies of Seren. Ronigar himself went out and led the million soldiers down past the borders and into the nation. When the ruling party there heard of such an army, they surrended immediately. As an act to appease the Half-Orc he was given the Sword of Kura. With their weapon sacrificed, Ronigar stopped raiding in their land and returned to Courler where he would serve Seren in the council.

### Ralia

Ralia was the only nation not to fall to Seren. Whenever the horde entered their ships and sailed to take the lands, they were beaten back by the Ralian wolfships. Seren tried to use magic but was once more beaten back by the powerful navy, before giving up on the nation claiming it had no use.

## The Rule of Seren

The Rule of Seren was seen as average, while the man commanded loyalty for the most-part he was still controlling so many nations it became difficult.

Moving out of Dieppa, he took the island of Elderwick and built a fortress. He made sure also to place a governor to take control of each of the nations he ruled in order to help ease the workload. Though with so many resenting the death and chaos he caused, they reblled against him. Daeron and Ronigar were sent out to defeat them, which they did gladly time and time again.

On Elderwick Seren became more and more distant from his empire, leaving the Council and the Governors to run it for him. Even his army/horde was beginning to disband, as Seren found no use for such unpredictability and letting them return to the forests. Though he did hold a number about, specifically under both Ronigar and Daeron. But he did allow the garrison to accept more candidates from the men he ruled, believing it would help grow the bond.

After 10 years of rule, the damage done by Seren to the lands were healed. Some even held better harvests, believing the magic he used helped boost their crops.

But the empire did not last, soon rebellions surged up from all around and killed many of the Governors that held them in check. Seren saw the turn of the tide and ordered all his Generals and remaining troops back with him to Elderwick to strengthen the fortress. It came just in time as Dieppa, the former throne he held, rebelled as well. King Caius and King Henry II returned to their Kingdoms, and allied with the others to invade Elderwick and end Seren.

Groups of Adventurers were also recruited on the sail to Elderwick, banding together so they could rid the land of evil. One of these groups was called Fool's End, having 10 members the best in their field.

## The Invasion of Elderwick

The Invasion of Elderwick started in Gonarundu, where the rebelling armies now back under true leaders boarded ships and landed on the lsland. All occuring in the year **551AB**.

The Armies faced some battles and skirmishes with the horde, but without the leadership of Ronigar who was forbidden to leave, they won every one. When they did clear the lands of Seren's old army they encircled and begun their siege of his fortress. At first it meant to be an encirclement until they were weakened enough by starvation that less lives would be lost, but when they found out 4 months later that food and water was being magically created they attacked.

The Siege was hard-won, with traps being laid out previously for the men to face. When they got within range, arrows, ballista bolts and even boulders were shot at them. It took time, but the soldiers finally reached the gate only to face even more loss as burning oil and poisonous blades were dropped on them. After an hour of trying, they broke through the first wall.

Inside the grounds was more difficult than they could imagine, pit traps opened up as the men triggered them and the ones that didn't were peppered with poisonous arrows. The second charge within the fortress started. More arrows were fired in their direction, along with spears and javelins. When they reached the second gate, oil and acid were thrown on the ram users. After breaking through the final gate, the soldiers were sent into a serious of mazes and puzzles in the dungeon. While normal fortresses move upwards with each level, Seren's move down and deep into the mountains that were near.

The Adventurers that survived took charge of this section, splitting into many parts to go and solve the dungeon. Many more soldiers and men died here, failing the riddles or even dying to the traps that littered the walkways. When they passed through they were welcomed in a large open room, containing the bodyguard and Seren.

### The Open Room

With the soldiers that were left, most veteran or the most skilled people the armies had to offer, were shocked as they looked across at their enemies. Ronigar, the greatest fighter the Era had seen, Bakkir, the Dwarven General, Go'tar, the Lizardmen King of Aral, Igru, the Lizardmen General, Petros, the Whitoper General, Totan, the King of Seren's Demons, and Daeron, the Wood Elf Ranger. Each person had taken many lives to get to their position, and as Ronigar charged at the soldiers they were about to take more.

Most of the soldiers were distracted in the middle with the Half-Orc who killed multiple men every swing of his Defel Royal Blade. None were able to break through his shield, and any that blocked his swing with theirs saw their own shield shattered along with the arm that held it.

On the sides faced the other bodyguard, with Seren and Daeron supporting them with magic and arrows. The Wood Elf was so uncanny with her accuracy that many died before they even saw the arrow, when they tried to attack her position they were blocked by Barrik and Petros. Two Generals with great fighting ability. Near them stood Totan, a demon who laughed and hungered for more blood as he took the heads of many with his sword and magic.

The other side held the two lizardmen and their leader aiding them. Igru and Go'tar both swung Greatswords around, cleaving paths as they looked on with cold-blooded faces. Some men tried to avoid them, scared that they would be next, while other relished the idea and charged on to die. Any wounds given to the two men were healed by Seren, who also used his magic to strengthen his bodyguards.

### The Champions of the Nations

With so many experienced and veteran soldiers dying to the bodyguard the leaders of the armies called for a stop. The Monarch's watched on, calling their champions to fight for them. 7 Nations and their Champions rose, 8 including Roshan, and drew their weapons. Many of the soldiers cheered and roared that they would see them in action, believing each one of them enough to fight a bodyguard member. Their cheers came to confusion as Ronigar charged ahead to fight them all.

In his first swing the men of Ralia and Kura fell. The second drew the blood of the man from Courler, but he still stood. When the Champion of Defel, Dominic, tried to block the blow from the Half-Orc he was sent flying into the wall. Roshan's Champion proved quite well against the Martial Master, ducking and dodging the strikes but never countering with his own. When Ronigar continued to show no wounds after fighting so many men, the soldiers cheering faultered. The Elf from Sula was next, unable to block the swing he was cleaved in two. Ronigar loved the fighting, as it is said he laughed and smiled when he took the lives of each man. Slicing through one more, the man from Courler, he was left facing only 3. Gonarundu's Champion fell when he got too close, trying to shield the blow but watching it break through and stabbing his chest. The Half-Orc grew bored with the Sword of Defel and changed to the Axe of Ralia to prove himself better at both. Whitopen Champion, the Half-Elf named Gregor, became the first to draw Ronigar's blood but was rewarded with a split head. The Champion of Roshan almost fell to the might of the High General but was saved by Dominic when he awoke.

Soldiers cheered and screamed in delight when Dominic awoke, believing now that Ronigar would fall. But they were sadly mistaken, the Half-Orc made quick work of he two. The Roshlan died, losing his arm to a straight swing. He screamed in pain but succumed to the blood loss and fell quiet. Dominic held on longer than any of the previous Champions, blocking and parrying the shots. He even cut his opponent across the chest, but the wound was too light to bear anything. The Defelian died when he tried blocking with his sword, watching it snap and embedding in his chest.

With all Champions down, Ronigar roared and cheered so loudly it filled the room. He went on to challenge the Kings and Generals, but was turned down. Fool's End even avoided the challenge, showing just how powerful the Half-Orc was. Ronigar quickly grabbed his shield and held against the volley of arrows that the Zheng King called for, trying to kill him immediately. When he remained, the soldiers slowly fell into dispair.

### Conflict in Seren's Court

Seeing no one willing to step forward, and not being stupid enough to charge into a line of spears, Ronigar went and rested at the end of the room. Seren yelled at him for not fighting, but the Half-Orc simply nodded before dropping his weapon and sitting down.

With the major threat sitting down, the soldiers once more charged to take Seren's head. Daeron fired more arrows from her infinite quiver, injuring King Caius at the same time. Barrik and Petros tried to fight the soldiers but were losing ground due to the number and began to take on wounds. The Mage saw the sway without Ronigar and sent fireballs clashing into the troops, killing many and severely burning others. When the troops retreated once more, the adventurers came out.

Fool's End was one of these adventurering groups, the other two being Altor and Colbia. All the groups led to a total of 21 strong warriors and mages to finally beat the evil. Altor and Colbia charged first, taking on Barrik and Petros as the easier targets. Fool's End dealt with the rest.

Ronigar was ordered to stand, but refused once more.

### The Adventurers of North-West Alrec

Fool's End got to work with the rest of the bodyguard. Zeut and Tohim dealt with Igru, Yorba and Alnan dealt with Go'tar, as Xia, Maefice and Hjold dealt with Seren's Demon King Totan while the rest helped from range. Early in the fight Ogzak the Sorcerer was hit with Daeron's arrow which drived deep and hard through his shoulder. With it difficult to use his magic, he was effectively weakened for the rest. Igru took some time but he was eventually slain by the leader of Fool's End, the fighter Zeut, but not before wounding the Gnome Wizard.

On the other fields Altor and Colbia were struggling. Barrik was much faster than his Dwarven body could seem, and he took our 3 of the adventurers before dueling with another. Petros also showed great speed and strength, killing his own 3 adventurers with little difficulty before focussing on the Colbian leader. Soon at the same time as the fall of Igru, only the Altor and Colbia leaders remained. Petros and Barrik could only smile as they slay the two men and went to help the others.

Being alone when facing 5 bodyguards and Seren was difficult for the group, but they held on. Fu Wilkanson was on the outside strengthening his friends, but he was hit with Daeron's arrow and fell for a short time. Totan's magic and strength proved difficult and even Zeut had to come over and help, leaving Xia to deal the final blow to the Demon King. When he fell, a fire begun to erupt. Maefice went to go and fight Petros, while Xia went and fought Barrik. Zeut tried to go and swing the tide with Yobra and Alnan but was grabbed by a magical force and thrown into a wall. Cracks could be heard from his broken ribs, but the Fool's End leader continued to fight.

Go'tar was the next bodyguard member to inflict a wound, slicing deep down the Barbarian Yobra's leg and causing him to limp. The Lizardmen kept his cold-emotionless face as he went on to try and finish the job. At the same time Petros found himself facing Maefice with Hjold added. The Human was growing in wounds and finally succumbed to the blood loss, dropping to his knees before a sword met his head. Hjord the Paladin gave a quick prayer before moving to face the rest of the bodyguard. Next to fall was Daeron, after firing an arrow and hitting Ogzak once more which dropped him instantly, she was faced against Zeut. While she was able to duel him for a small bit with her shortsword and dagger, her defence was broken through and she got stabbed in the chest. Her last screams were for Ronigar to get revenge, which he responded with a nod.

Left with only Go'tar, Barrik and himself, Seren began thinking of a retreat. He tried to run and leave his two men behind but was stopped by Ronigar. He screamed at the Half-Orc to let him go, but was turned around and told to fight. Seren responded by sending a series of high-damaging spells at both the adventurers and his men, causing Yorba, Maefice and Xia to fall unconscious. Go'tar was also wounded, but continued to fight on, Barrik avoided the damage but could be seen visibly angry and confused. When Seren tried to leave once more, he was allowed. With the mage running Zeut immediately gave chase. Ronigar at this point was sitting back down, so the leader felt no resistance.

With Seren and Zeut gone, the two remaining bodyguards slowly fell to their wounds. Go'tar was stabbed many times by Hjold and shot with arrows from Alnan. Barrik fought on against Fu for some time, the bard showing exceptional swordplay, but was taken down eventually by Tohim's bolts of magic. This left Ronigar to fight them. As the Half-Orc stood a smile came to his face, the sword of Whitoper by his side. Hjold has used the time to bring Xia and Yorba back to conciousness and healed them enough to fight.

When Zeut came back after his confrontation with Seren he saw many of his group members dead or wounded on the ground. Only Hjold, Xia and Alnan remained standing. Ronigar had also become more visibly wounded than before, but none seemed deep enough to more damage. The leader of Fool's End charged but was met with the Sword of Sula reaching centimetres from his neck. Hjord tried using the opportunity to spear the High General through the chest, but only saw it broken and his hand cut clean. Zeut moved back around with his allies, aiding them in his quest to kill the Half-Orc. Ronigar continued moving forward, now removing the Dwarven Paladin's hand rather than cutting it clean. As he was unable to continue fighting, he fell back and tried healing himself. Alnan fired off arrows using Daeron's quiver, but for every 10 shot, only one got close enough to even deal small cuts to the Half-Orc's skin. Zeut took charge and fought, being cut heavy many times before he dropped to his knee. Leaving only Xia with a sword, he managed to deal the first real wound to the enemy. Slicing along the chest of Ronigar, he was rewarded with a punch that sent him flying.

Ronigar continued moving forward, dodging and blocking the arrows fired from Alnan the Half-Elf. When he finally reached her he struck down the Ranger's bow and hit her across the room. Zeut managed to get up once more, his wounds seemingly nothing, a reason explained in Seren's Demise. The leader struck blows again with Ronigar but lost to the Half-Orc's strength, who now cut off his arm. Zeut stood again and was beaten down another time. Ronigar eventually grew bored of killing the man over and over again and with a final bow to the Kings and soldiers remaining, left through the same exit Seren used. The Fool's End leader tried following him, but came back later with his own sword embedded in his chest.

## Seren's Demise

During the time Zeut followed Seren and returned to face Ronigar is listed here. With Seren running through the tunnels leading out of the mountain, he found the Fool's End leader hot on his tail. The Mage tried using magic to boost his speed, but Zeut kept up. When he was eventually stopped the two battled, Seren was exhausted from using most of his spells in the battle with the soldiers but did manage to wound Zeut quite severely. But the Fool's leader would not give up, he managed to strike Seren to his knees and bring the sword to his neck.

Seren tried begging for his life, but it quickly turned into rage. Demons could be seen behind his eyes as he swore and cursed to every god and devil that Zeut's life would be forfeit. When the leader did swing his sword it hit magic, sending yellow ink sprawling up his arm and grabbing at his heart. In the confusion, Zeut dropped his sword and fell to the ground screaming in pain. Eventually he awoke, with the dead body of Seren nearby. No one knows what occured during this time but Zeut, but he has never spoken. Scholar's like to believe Seren attempted one last spell but Zeut was too strong and fought off the magic. Other's believe Seren escaped and lives on till this day, hiding out somewhere.

The body was lost when Zeut went to face Ronigar. Returning to find the corpse missing.

## Aftermath

The Aftermath of Seren's Evil saw a large amount of chaos and confusion. Many lives had been lost, along with Monarch's and cities. While Seren's Rule did take time to save the lands, the region held a scar like no other.

### Ronigar

Ronigar was never seen again, through reports of a Half-Orc were heard none seemed believable enough to warrant a search. Thus, with the man gone all Royal Weapons, along with the Axe of Ralia and the Sword of Kura, were lost to the world. Many tried searching for him, parties of Adventurers especially, but there was no trace of the man left.

### Seren

Seren was not seen again in the lands, believed to be dead. Zeut did return to look for his body, but none was found other than a pile of dust next to Seren's Crown and Wand. Both were taken as trophies.

### Fool's End

Fool's End ironically came to an end after the battle. With many of their members dead, and others wounded, they gave up adventuring and rather enjoyed their fame. The living members were offered manor's in their respective nations while the dead were given statues. Though the members decided against it, choosing to live in their headquarters instead.

#### Zeut Velrek

Zeut was the only one of Fool's End that received greivous wounds but endured no hardship after. No new scars were found on his body, but the Yellow marks on his bodies remained. He was rewarded heavily as the man who fought Ronigar to boredom. Though he refused, he was given a statue in every capital.

#### Dead

Among the dead were:

* Yorba Fulx, the Dragonborn Barbarian from Aral.
* Maefice Xanace, the Halfling Monk from Roshan.
* Trur Farrowhorn, the Elf Ranger from Kura.

#### Severely Wounded

Severely Wounded by Ronigar meant a curse that stopped any attempt of Greater Restoration futile. Among them were:

* Hjold Dardek, a Dwarf Paladin from Ralia. Lost his Right hand.
* Tohim Warser, a Gnome Wizard from Gonarundu. Lost the use of his Right leg.
* Ogzak the Strange, an Orc Sorcerer from Whitoper. Lost his Left arm and received a heavy cut across his chest.
* Alnan, a Half-Elf Ranger from Defel. Slashed deep across the chest, leaving her forever exhausted.

### Elderwick

Elderwick proved too difficult to keep hold on, with evil heavy in the air. After the battle, the rebelling armies and adventurers left the island to it's own devices. Since then, the sea named Seren's Wall became too difficult to pass, heavy storms, rough seas and even monsters prowed the pass.

### The Nations

With no enemy to unite them, the Nations quickly fell back into their old ways. Aral was later founded as a proper Kingdom after a rebellion sent Go'tar's son out of power. King Henry II and King Caius were the only two to properly return to power, while Whitoper lost another lineage along with Sula. Jue Zheng's son, Ba Zheng returned to the Kingship and after time everyone returned to normal.