Narthok 9213 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2023 With Allies Like These Spoiler The warsong screamed loud in the ears of the young Rex as he struggled not to lose himself to the rage. His heart pounded in his ears as he grabbed an enemy soldier and crushed his throat. The wet gurgling whimper of the dying man exciting the beast within.Gritting his teeth he pushed the bloodmadness down once more. He would not lose himself, not today. Soon the battle was over. His third or fourth of the day. He was beginning to lose count. Blood flowed so freely during the season of war. The Hordespeaker was becoming convinced that the very stars were turning red with how much death the seers read in the night sky. Was this slaughter war? It felt more like the culling of sheep. Standing in the blood filled hall he fought to calm the bloodlust roaring in his soul. He was not a beast. He would not be conquered by his curse. He had sent them a letter of warning. They had not listened. He had spoken of peace. They had not listened. Once more they had been slaughtered. A coalition of sheep, not a shepherd amongst them. Numendil, Aaun, Minitz, Haense. The warparty had raided each in succession. Prisoners had been taken. Foes slain. Yet none had come to meet the warparty save a handful of Dwarfen scouts. This coalition of the many had threatened the people of the alliance with death and fire. When their armies had been broken in the field they had told their citizens not to leave the walls. Not to ride to the aid of allies. To wait out the raids. Even when their walls were scaled and their fields and homes put to the torch, as they had promised to do to the alliance, nothing. Cowering in tunnels and hiding places like the rabbits and mice of the Steppe, terrified of the hawks who ruled the sky. Only when the warriors of the alliance had scaled the walls of Haense and broken into its sanctums did the men of the coalition finally summoned their courage. It had served them poorly. The mangled bodies of coalition warriors decorating the floor attested well to that fact. The spirit of the alliance was broken. Its warriors could not even defend their own homes, much less the homes of their supposed ‘allies’. With allies like these, who needed enemies? The offers of peace fell on deaf ears again and again. The people of the coalition suffered, yet their chieftains and shamans looked on without care. Condemning yet more to die for their insane dreams of genocide and annihilation. Grommash shook his head, the bloodlust fading slowly from his meditative breathing. Perhaps the lessons of Kho and Falum had truly begun to bear fruit. Opening his eyes and looking about the chamber Grommash was confronted with a charnel house. The room was laden with butchered corpses. Limbs and viscera painted not only the floor but the walls and the ceiling. Some of his warbrothers, his treasured keshig had given in to the rage. Only now as the warsong began to fade did they tear themselves from their battlethirst. Each reacting differently, some looked down, avoiding the gaze of the Rex in their shame. They had fallen to the beast within, they did not wish to be seen in their shame. Others reveled, their massive tusks bared in a warrior's grin, spatters of blood still streaking their face, they had embraced the power of the beast within, but at what cost. The Horde had grown massively in recent years. New clans had emerged from the wilds and the deeps, rallying to the banner of the Horde. Elders had returned from pilgrimages to provide their wisdom to the Horde once more. As in the days of old the Horde was becoming ‘strong’ once more. Yet it was so fragile. The new Horde had many great warriors. The shamans had begun to emerge from their exile and teach the young of the Horde once more. But who amongst them could lead if Grommash should fall? He shook the thought from his mind, mortality could wait another day. Once more the forces of the coalition had been thoroughly crushed, this time in their own homes. How much longer this coalition of sheep would continue to demand the extermination of the alliance none could say. The spirit of the alliance was broken. Its warriors could not even defend their own homes, much less the homes of their supposed ‘allies’. With allies like these, who needed enemies? 44 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReveredOwl 5352 Share Posted December 22, 2023 "I don't recall the Rex being there, not sure why hes trying to claim credit for something he didn't lead." remarked Ser Andrik. 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurferDurfer1 2588 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Dwelgin Doomforged tends his livestock and makes merry in Urguan, not allowing the desperate demoralizing efforts of the orkine rabble to rattle him too much, mostly. Though he does pour one out for the greater number of civilians lost. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boom_steel 117 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Himdokh wipes the sweat off his forehead after the massive battle, his war axe hanging from his side as he watched Grommash emerge from the bloodied masses. He grinned a tusk filled grin as the young Rex barked orders to the Krughai in that now red hall, proud of the new era the Horde had entered. “Hozh Rex.” He remarked before going to loot the bodies. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tide1 1597 Share Posted December 22, 2023 "Another day, another victory - and peace is still on the table. Who will be the first to make the right choice." Didst Hendrik wonder aloud. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cheese 2342 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Liridona doesn’t know what this is about. The brave Timofei Petrovich rescued her queen, and her children had rescued her <3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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