User:Nae Lussia Taani/memories/nightfall

Spoiler alert: The following text contains spoilers relating to the story of Guild Wars.

Prologue

In 1075 AE, nearly 2 years after Shiro's defeat, a new story started in Elona with 2 promising recruits of the Order of the Sunspears (defenders of the whole continent), Maï Bjan and Jeilin. They helped to defend a village from a corsair raid in Istan as a first achievement. They were charge by Spearmarshal Kormir to assemble a team to exacavate the cursed ruins of Fahranur city, but they soon realized that diggers were wiped out and left with glowing marks on their bodies. They made their way though the ruins and defeated the source of an evil force, a living graven monolith, who foretold the Nightfall event: when the forgotten god Abaddon will awake.

Kormir left Elona to seek out some help and clues. As we were discovering some strange Chaos Rifts across the world and as some members of our team are tied to Elona, we gathered again and joined Kormir back to Elona. On our arrival, we prevented an assault of corsairs and Kournans combined. Kormir was convinced that the Kournan leader, Warmarshal Varesh, was trying to provoke the Nightfall.

Meanwhile, the sunspears met Tahlkora, who was pretending that Kournan leaders were plotting against Istan and caused the trouble in Fahranur. They infiltrated the corsairs and prevent a deal with a Kournan general but the death of a Kournan general on Istani soil at the hands of the Sunspears raised tension between the two provinces.

We met at this point, in the middle of war preparations. As Jeilin was a childhood friend of Deanuwi, the 2 sunspears naturally ended up joining our team.

Nightfall

War against Kourna

Under Kormir command, we led the attack of the sunspear to capture Varesh Ossa. We reached her in her fortress but it was a trap. Somehow, Varesh Ossa unleashed demons upon the battleground, that merely smashed down our forces. Kormir covered our escape and probably died in this battle. With the remaining Sunspears, we decided to settle a new command post, hidden in underground caverns of Kourna. From here we were able to free number of other soldiers and evacuated them back to Istan. Upon returning in Kamadan, the council of Elders charged us to rally the third province, Vabbi.

Unfortunately, the only known road to reach Vabbi goes through the impregnable Fortress of Jahai. Scouting around for another path, we encountered the local Centaur population, enslaved by Kournans. We freed them in a risky plan but ensured their support against Kourna. Then, a mysterious figure named the Master of Whispers offered us his help to find a way to Vabbi, while a shady corsair named Margrid the Sly had a plan to rescue Kormir, actually alive and kept captive. We split in two teams as time was against us.

Sneaking to Vabbi

Jeilin, Deanuwi Lunei Cho Sana and I followed the Master of Whispers toward a passage through the Elon River, blocked by a demon. We helped a friendly Djinn to defeat it and avoid the whole river corruption. Then we were able to find the entrance to the secret passage.

Meanwhile, Maï Bjan, Hyu Vestalion, Yinia, Etueyo and Vale made a deal with Margrid: by helping her retrieving a valuable artifact from Kournan, she would help saving Kormir. They infiltrated the Gandara fortress, freed Kormir and manage to quickly escape. Kormir, who had her eyes tore out, learnt about the secret passage to Vabbi and Margrid guided them.

We reunited at the entrance of an old smuggler's cave. We tried to sneak passage through but corsairs and Kournans were already aware of our plan! We were able to get out toward Vabbi but we had to get rid of a Kournan general once again. Varesh used this new excuse to send a new army to Vabbi...

Nightfall begins

We finally reached Vabbi but we had to convince the 3 princes that were leading the nation. We participated in an annual ceremony and had the occasion to speak to them, but they were keep thinking that Varesh's forces are friendly and could help them to deal with harpies. However, Varesh reveal her true intentions in a assassination attempt against prince Bokka and us. We discovered that she summoned Margonites, servants of Abaddon!

Maï Bjan's team pursued princes Bokka and Mehtu that fled to the Hidden City of Ahdashim. They found the entrance, avoid traps and defeat heavy defenses to reach them. Realizinging that they were not as hidden as they thought, they agree to make a stand against Varesh.

Meanwhile, my team recruited the Order of Whispers in our war and helped the third Prince, Ahmtur, to defend the Dzagonur Bastion stronghold against large waves of demons, ensuring his support against Varesh.

Both teams witnessed Torment Claws appearance, as the first effect of the Nightfall! And even if we finally managed to rally all princes, Varesh stormed to the Sebelkeh Basilica and slaughtered everyone in the meanwhile. We arrived just in time to prevent her for turning the holiest temple of Vabbi into a portal for Abaddon's demons. This atrocity finally opened the eyes of the Kournan general Morgahn, that left Varesh's side and joined us. He informed us about her next plan: cross the Desolation to complete the ritual on the Mouth of Torment, where the 5 Gods struck down Abaddon and imprisoned him, so long ago. But before chasing her, we needed to face other effects of the Nightfall...

Our second team returned to Kourna and defended the village of Ronjok against many waves of demons and nightmares. Our first team prevented the corruption of the garden of Seborhin by defeated others demons. We both saw tendrils and teeth that seemed to torn the landscape already, plunged into an endless night.

Crossing the Desolation

We had little time to pursue Varesh, and we were wondering how: no one knows about any mortal that could survive the sulfur clouds of the Desolation! However, some rumors stated that Palawa Joko, the lich lord that invaded Elona 200 years ago, had human beings at his palace, so there must be a way! Palawa Joko was actually sealed by the Order of Whispers, so Kormir led us to the monument his defeat. Suddenly, the weakening of reality caused a disruption that consumed Kormir and freed Palawa Joko! He seemed to have lost most of his power but he was our only chance to cross the Desolation. He agreed to teach us of to tame the desert wurms, so we can travel in the wasteland safely.

Palawa Joko offered us a deal: if we help him to regain his throne, taken by Margonites, he will be able to gather back his army and help us to reach the Mouth of Torment and defeat the powerful demons before the Nightfall.

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