Blood and Soul

Blood and Soul is a mission, exclusive in True Story.

## Background

Ornasion's quest for vengeance against his betrayers goes on, with his own forces. It is time for confrontation with one of his betrayers, Hesrathion.

## Opening

Sister Pentiss was confronted by Ornasion, asking her why did she appear on that place, threatening her, and forcing her to leave. The Dark Elven leader acquiesced.

He then confronted Hesrathion in his fortress, the latter using necromancy. He vowed his vengeance against him. The Demon Dreadlord accepted the challenge. After Sister Pentiss leaves, Lady Meya appeared. She challenged Ornasion to conquer the fallen castle.

On the Lenira base, Sister Pentiss tasked Mirazeyl the Ascendant to kill Ornasion, while secretly plotting to both kill Ornasion, and let Mirazeyl die.

## Quest

### Main Quest:

* Destroy Hesrathion's Forces.

Description: Hesrathion, the strategic mind behind the invasions of the Souleater Legion, is backed into a corner. With no allies to save him, and his most powerful lieutenants dead, the desperate dreadlord has instead turned to necromancy to bolster his ranks. He will soon find out that neither the walls of this castle, nor his new army of fallen knights and Orcs can save him from the wrath of the Destroyer.

## The Battle

Both Ornasion and Galareth the Great had to build up their forces and defenses. They were flanked by both Urshan's Kezzar Nexus and Lady Meya's Rohir Nexus. They had to contend not only the Hesrathion's reanimated Undead, which consists of the fallen members of both Knights of Kome and Elven Army, or what remained of the Castle Kome after the Orcish siege, but also their Slaves and Mirazeyl's Lenira Nexus. The Undead Dreadlord built up his own forces with whatever Kezzar Nexus and Ardoz Nexus.

After repelling an attack from Hesrathion's Undead, the duo had to eliminate the enemies nearby, to eliminate the threat from behind. The duo, with enough forces, like Deathlords in their ranks, had initially had to deal with the Demon Slave base on the Northeast. After eliminating the base, the duo had to climb the hill, and eliminate Landar the Lost, a Demon Slave Paladin. Despite knowing Ornasion, and maybe served under him, he didn't care, as he saw his survival as betrayal, and killed him. Then, with forces replenished with reinforcements and repelled yet another attempt of Hesrathion's forces, the duo then faced Mirazeyl's forces. She fought valiantly with her soldiers, but she was killed, and her base destroyed.

After dealing with the rear, the duo assisted both flanks in repelling another attack. Then, they had to choose which flank they go to enter the Castle Kome, his own, Lady Meya's, or Urshan's. Hesrathion's Slaves under Zirfalar and Ranirev guarded both entrances, the Fallen Knights of Kome under Sir Ignazius on the left, and Hesrathion's own forces, with Sir Oswald in the right.

The duo started pushing through the castle walls, with Twindragons eliminating the defenses in the wall, the duo and their forces pushed on and eliminates the defenders in the paths. With timed attacks from the other groups, they softened the defenses. It is time to deal with two flanks, either way, the two Dreadlord minions were killed. Their forces consists of both Undead and Demons. After destroying a flank and both replenishing his forces and repelled another attack, he built a base on the ruins. In the middle is a warp zone for the Demons. The duo had posted strong defenders there. Then, the duo focused on the other flank. After destroying the other flank, they built another base in the ruins.

In the inner castle, the Fallen Knights of Kome and Hesrathion's own forces, with multiple Demon Gates in the latter, required strong attack forces to deal with. After final replenishment to replace forces lost, the duo had to push against Hesrathion's forces. One tidbit in this attack, Galareth saw what torture devices the Knights had, and compared them to the ones in Ardoz. After a final reinforcement, the duo then finished off Hesrathion and his forces.

## Aftermath

After Ornasion killed Hesrathion, Ebira's hologram appears, and both talks and taunts Ornasion. Before ending their conversation, Ornasion left, and Ebira had a few moments to talk to herself before cutting off the transmission.

Lady Meya and Ornasion talks about what happened between both Kezzar and Lenira Nexuses. The Nightmare Lady just told him that the infighting was part of the doctrines and politicking the Undead Nexuses had, if he retaliate, he would be charged with assault. Then after she explains, she left. The Undead Dreadlord unleashed his frustration.