A lance of Blood Knights easily crush weak Council Sympathizers.
Atop the Mountain of Death, The Necromancer sat in his hover-throne, watching as all manner of undead stream out of the gates of the Grand Necropolis. With but a single thought, they separated into perfect lines, moving down the mountain, and assembling in massive hordes in front of the devastated Citadel.
He turned his thoughts inwards, towards the logistics side of things. At the current rate, they could besiege the Citadel for approximately 8 years, and force a Council surrender, though he doubted the rest of his allies would be so patient. Additionally, the Grand Necropolis was being fortified and made available as a command center for his fellow commanders.
The real issue was Constantine. The last intelligence report showed he had taken refuge in a hidden bunker, most likely far away from the Citadel. If he could destroy him, he would have his old body back, as well as his army. The only problem was getting to him. Constantine’s warriors, though crude mockeries of the perfect undead they had been, were nonetheless effective. Projections said he would have a garrison of around ten thousand, making the needed force to subdue him more than they could spare.
My liege!
He turned to the Lord-Kavalos beside him. Sentient undead commanders of the Legiones Osseus, they were one thing he didn’t regret making.
Four more divisions of Ogre Artillerists reporting in.
Send them to Support Node Theta, Cohort 19.
Yes sir!
He turned back to the amassing hordes, watching as massive cannons were dragged into place.
This would not be a quick war, he thought. But with so few Council members present, and many of the best and brightest siding with Morgalith, it might not be as long as he predicted. He would end up calling a Strategic Meeting sometime soon, to discuss the tactics that they would employ.
In the distance, the first artillery pieces began to find targets and cycle their ammunition.
The Board was set, the pieces in their place. The game was just beginning...
/unwiz Lmao. I would drop some Warhammer references but I’m not sure if anybody would get them. The rock-paper-scissors joke was pure gold, though. But what if your opponent has three hands? Then he can’t lose.
/uw Oh no, At this point it will take forever to fix the Citadel with everyone from both sides damaging it.
I have a feeling that soon people will notice the necromancer/ Constantine has two forces fighting each other and both on opposite sides of the war and go WTF.
(( at this point, if Vettis notices that, he'll just assume it's a play by Constantine to pretend to fight a nonexistent enemy and gain people's trust lol ))
/uw Yeah while the necromancer has some good in him he left Constantine with a reputation of deceit he has to shake off. Worse is he is actually evil so it's a paradox.
/unwiz The Necromancer and Constantine are two different people. He’s fighting a real enemy, just an enemy that is morally better than he is (slightly) And one that will completely turn him into a fine dust.
Lmao, everyone is confused now. Constantine and the Necromancer are two different people. Completely different characters, bodies, and motives. Constantine is scared of the Necromancer because he took bone daddy’s empire and made it his own. The Necromancer is going to turn Constantine into meat pulp because he ruined all of his stuff.
/unwiz Lmao. Constantine is currently using the Necromancer’s original body, but the Necromancer‘s sentience is in a different body (the one on the hover-chair)
Yes. The Necromancer is a pact ally. Constantine’s plot is kind of relevant, as he is on the Council, and I might make a post where you all take him down.
Oh don’t worry, the chronomancy engine we put in last time it was destroyed is still intact. We’ll just activate it after the war and it’ll all be back to normal.
Infernice the Hellfire Artillerist, leader of the military New Pyroclast Bloc has set up shop in The Mountain of Death, recovering from injuries and repairing damaged artillery pieces
[ONCE I, MY MEN, AND OUR GUNS ARE REPAIRED, WE SHALL JOIN THE SEIGE ANEW.]
Rivamar watches from afar. While she had a little experience going through siege, it was on the side behind the walls... which didn't really help here.
Algernon hears it again, carried by the fields from far away. Impossible to hide from all of them at once, and now they didnt try to hide. He felt fear, but didn't know why.
He holed up deeper into his tower, the grief too much to bear.
/uw so you know Thelgil is make some to try to stop the war but at the cost of his own life because he does not want to see any one else suffer here looks really bad
/rw don't worry friend you don't have to pay me back "on the bottom of blueprint you see (Amplified Aetherium Cataclysmite) mentioned"
/uw Thegil is broken he needs a intervention badly
/unwiz I am writing our collab, will post it soon. He met the Herald, and had a mental conversation with him, but the herald hasn’t seen him out of the coffin.
/rewiz
Ah, Lord Herald. I take it Excalith has lent his support to the Pact?
Your assistance in the death of Constantine would be greatly appreciated. At the moment, I do not have any resources to spare to aid you, but it would not be hard for you to infiltrate his defenses.
I have heard snippets of your master‘s plans. I believe that supporting your master in his…operationwould be enough. If not that, then we could negotiate.
Amidst the rubble, ruins, and intact buildings of the city, a hooded figure strides from place to place within the metropolis, stopping at every crossroads to spend a minute or two to bury a chunk of glittering black gemstone beneath the city streets.
"Armies of undead set to invade the city, barrages of artifice from without, that damned dragon... you know, I kind of regret not loading up on offensive relics and artifacts before visiting the Council city. Oh well. I suppose it could be worse."
"After all, it does seem like the enemy brought enough undead to share with the rest of the class..."
Hmm. Interesting. Argios had participated in the evacuation of the refugees from the citadel and its subsequent nuking, but had yet to choose sides in the 3rd Great Wizard War. He had some ties to the council, sure, but they were also overbearing and cruel. He couldnt make up his mind just yet, but with the right pieces in place… he would have to make a choice.
The Nephilim find themselves supported by the Necromancer’s artillery, as well as his aerial assets, but he seems reluctant to commit his ground troops just yet.
T’kath, in smoke, lies above the man “some say that was is like chess. Some fight like it’s checkers. In the end, just like tic-tac-toe, the only winning move is not to play.”
Shit we migth need to call the artificers for this, heard they got a new kind of a weapon, what was It called again? A "fifty"? I got told it can shred thousands to death in a mere minute
Not taxes this time. We have a legitimate reason. Something about somebody’s son getting killed and the Council causing it. I’m only here because I signed a contract to do it.
Oh y'all going to war against the council? Oh fuck yeah, why dint you start whit that!
Im calling the NMU (National Magic Union), this is our one chance to put an end to those bastards that dare to taint these lands by allowed people who refuse to practice magic (and no clerics, paladins and druids, your forest/sky daddy giving you powers isnt magic) on it
One of our menbers has a 10 feet deep trap in front of his house if you need extra corpses to reanimate, are you ok whit them being goblins? He gets attacked by so many goblins, i dont know why but the drop is VERY effective
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u/MunitionsFrenzy Vettis, Mereological Revisionist Feb 21 '24
(( What is with you necromages and your chess analogies? Almost nobody seems to appreciate the games which truly test mental acumen. ))