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At the height of victory it
happened, I know not what fearful deities are responsible, nor what ancient
magics were unleashed on my people and brethren races of the Rallosian Empire. I
know only what I myself witnessed at the accounts of the other survivors of what
is spoken of only as The Curse. The first signs I saw of the curse were the
angry shouts of the Ogre magic when the planar portals closed. Then the screams
of those same magi as fire simultaneosly ignited from within their bodies,
leaving only memories and ashes.
Shortly after witnessing the demise of the magio stationed at the Fortress of
Krithgor a battered legion unit arrived at the fortress gates. The soliders
brought word of Murdunks dishonorable death, accusing the Rathe of cursing
Murdunk to fall from a cliff at the site of The Rathes execution. They spoke of
the dissapearances of many great Ogre war leaders, including Murdunks tactician
and strategist, Generals Tallon and Vallon, and even the Warlord Rallos Zek.
This worn unit of soliders was relived of their previous duties by our superiors
and stationed at the Forstress of Krithgor. A new Legion Unit was formed from
the soliders that had been stationed there for some time, myself included, and
we were charged with completing the duties of the reassigned soliders.
Days passed swiftly for me as my legion unit travelled to various fortresses and
battlefields. The sights revealed to us at each arrival to this day seem unreal.
With the great military leaders and the magi dead or missing our fortresses bean
to fall. The Giants, also crippled with the loss of their magi, retreated deep
into the wilderness. The Orcs became obessed with greed and blood lust, dividing
from the Rallosian Empire into petty clans fighting each other over the spoils
of war. The Goblins went mad cowering the shadows and caverns of Tunarias
frontiers.
We returned after many months to the Fortress of Krithgor to find the once
mighty stronghold reduced to rubble like so many of the fortresses we had
visited on our patrol.
Whatever creatures had destroyed the fortress had not even spared women and
children, their remains lay strewn about the stones that once formed the
strongholds walls. This was when I gave in my pride and accepted that the
Rallosian Empire was no more.
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