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I ink these words for fear that my
once proud and mighty Ogres will forget the events I have seen in my long life.
I am known at the time of this inking as Elder Gromok but I was once a soldier
of little renown and status in the mighty Rallosian Legions under the command of
Warlord Murdunk.
I was not raised to be an Elder of my fellow Ogres. My training was that of a
soldier and I concerned myself only with the arts of warfare. It is with
reluctance that I now bear the mantle of Elder and the cause is the same reason
that I ink this tale.
I was stationed at the fortress of Krithgor when the Ogre magi first opened the
portals to the Planes of Power. Plans were quickly laid and orders sent to our
fortresses and troops in all corners of Tunaria. A large invasion force of
Ogres, Giants, Orcs, and Goblins gathered at the newly opened planar portals. At
the time I felt disapointed that my orders were to remain at Fortress Krithgor,
that disappointment quickly turned to anger when I learned that the invasion
failed, and although Warlord Murdunk survived our losses were great.
some time passed before news reached the fortress of Krithgor that a second
invasion was being orchestrated. Rumors circled like hungry buzzards over a
field of carnage concerning the plans for this second invasion. It was even said
that Rallos Zek was to lead the campaign with Warlord Murdunk and the most
renowned champions of the Giants, Orcs, and Goblins by his side. Once again my
orders were to remain at the home front to defend the women, children, and
elderly citizens of the Rallosian Empire.
It was not long after the invasion forces of the Rallosian Legions once again
passed through the portals to the Planes of Power that the home front too become
a place of battle, slaughter, and glory. Mortal disciples of deities opposed to
The Warlord, Rallos Zek, attacked the citizens and fortresses of the Rallosian
Empire on Tunaria (Note: now known as Antonica). Our enemies faught valianty,
and the resulting battles were the most glorious I was ever to behold. My
weapons and armor were stained with the blood of our foes, and the children and
elders kept safe within our impenetrable strongholds.
Messengers passing through the Fortress of Krithgor spoke of the victories of
the legion units led by Rallos Zek, Warlord Murdunk, and the Generals Tallon and
Vallon. It was said that the Rathe Council, the twelve rules of the Plane of
Earth had been captured and forced to Norrath where they were being executed by
Murdunk and his Generals, that mountains burst from the earth where the golds
fell and that the dying tears of the fallen gods formed a cold, deep lake
between the newly risen mountain peaks.
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