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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 5206088" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p><em><u>The Fall of the Knotwood</u></em></p><p>On the 9th of Hansa, the High One of Silver Leaves notes during the crisis with Ahamudia that there isn’t word from the forest elves of the Knotwood. He has this feeling that something is wrong by the wind in the air and the smell of the forest. He can feel darkness passing through the branches of the trees weighing down on upon his soul. He sends a small patrol of silver elves to check on the forest elves of the Knotwood.</p><p></p><p>On the 20th of Hansa, a few surviving member of the patrol return to Silverleaf battered and bruised. They couldn’t find any forest elves but what they did find chilled their bones. The Knotwood had become deformed and twisted. The local denizens have become a mockery of nature; flesh-eating bears, poisonous lions, undead treants, and worst of all, demons. The High One falls into a state of shock at the news. His advisors order the blockade of the southern half of Great Forest until it can be decided what to do.</p><p></p><p>Then on the 7th of Euphoria, a hundred or so forest elves are discovered lying in the Sacred Plains severely wounded or crippled. There aren’t any older elves in the group, which is made up of mostly children. They are all unconscious and most of the warriors are near death. The priest of the Sacred Plain does what he can but dozens die before the day is over. A week later, few of the stronger forest elf males finally recover enough to explain what happened in the Knotwood.</p><p></p><p>After the Therani Clan Elders cut off the Knotwood from the rest of Harqual, they started using High Magic to place powerful wards near the edge of the forest to warn of human encroachment into the woods. However, some of the more radical members of the clan took matters into their own hands and placed wards of their own using the Forbidden Art. This was against everything that elven-kind stand for and was kept secret. Then a truly insane elven wizard, named Weikir, summoned a powerful vrock demon directly to his home. The wards placed over a thousand years ago to prevent this sort of thing fizzled due to the powerful dark magic he used.</p><p></p><p>He then bound the demon to his service and started using his new ally to destroy his rivals. When word of this came to the attention of the Clan Council they were shocked. Even more so when they realized how far the corruption had spread. They immediately sent several sorcerers to destroy the defilers. Most of the evil elves were wiped out but Weikir wouldn’t be taken alive or dead. He cast two powerful necromantic spells to ensure his survival. The first one caused a dark fog of corruption to spread out amongst the tree homes of the surrounding clans and reshape anything it touched. This allowed him to exert his will on the other clans and he set them loose on the council. By day’s end, most of the council members had either been slain or transformed into what would become known as Blood Elves.</p><p></p><p>Then he used the most powerful Forbidden Art spell he knew, dark wish, to merge with the summoned demon. The two minds struggled for control and eventually merged into one mind. This being named itself Wyrknari Vok. It then started summoning other powerful demons into its service and started conquering The Knotwood. It slaughtered or devoured all that opposed it and corrupted half the clans in less than a month.</p><p></p><p>Those that survived the first wave decided on two courses of action. The youngest elves of all the remaining clans were taken north towards Kingdom of the Silver Leaves with a contingent of the best warriors and priests remaining. The very old were allowed an honorable death to keep them from the demons (luckily there weren’t many left) and the rest of the clan members would stay behind and protect the rear. A contingency spell was placed on the rearguard that would disintegrate a 5-ft radius when a member was killed. This way the rearguard could hopefully destroy those that killed them after their death.</p><p></p><p>The elves that fled towards Silverleaf were fifteen hundred strong when they started out, but they were decimated by demons, blood elves, and summoned undead. Those that survived past the shores of Lake Loch were the lucky ones. The wards protecting The Kingdom of the Silver Leaves saved them. The survivors warn the silver elves that the current wards protecting the kingdom may not be strong enough to hold back the darkness.</p><p></p><p>The High Wizards of the kingdom immediately strengthen the wards in the southern part of the forest. These layers of additional wards are placed every 5 miles for 30 miles towards the Knotwood. The High One then orders the High Wizards to place wards on the fringes of the forest near the human lands surrounding The Knotwood. Heward Tallinson, the man known as The Sorcerer, aids them with the casting of several powerful epic spells. The powerful spells keep the demons at bay for the most part but many of the communities along the isolated western edge of the Great Forest find themselves constantly under attack by blood elves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 5206088, member: 2012"] [I][U]The Fall of the Knotwood[/U][/I] On the 9th of Hansa, the High One of Silver Leaves notes during the crisis with Ahamudia that there isn’t word from the forest elves of the Knotwood. He has this feeling that something is wrong by the wind in the air and the smell of the forest. He can feel darkness passing through the branches of the trees weighing down on upon his soul. He sends a small patrol of silver elves to check on the forest elves of the Knotwood. On the 20th of Hansa, a few surviving member of the patrol return to Silverleaf battered and bruised. They couldn’t find any forest elves but what they did find chilled their bones. The Knotwood had become deformed and twisted. The local denizens have become a mockery of nature; flesh-eating bears, poisonous lions, undead treants, and worst of all, demons. The High One falls into a state of shock at the news. His advisors order the blockade of the southern half of Great Forest until it can be decided what to do. Then on the 7th of Euphoria, a hundred or so forest elves are discovered lying in the Sacred Plains severely wounded or crippled. There aren’t any older elves in the group, which is made up of mostly children. They are all unconscious and most of the warriors are near death. The priest of the Sacred Plain does what he can but dozens die before the day is over. A week later, few of the stronger forest elf males finally recover enough to explain what happened in the Knotwood. After the Therani Clan Elders cut off the Knotwood from the rest of Harqual, they started using High Magic to place powerful wards near the edge of the forest to warn of human encroachment into the woods. However, some of the more radical members of the clan took matters into their own hands and placed wards of their own using the Forbidden Art. This was against everything that elven-kind stand for and was kept secret. Then a truly insane elven wizard, named Weikir, summoned a powerful vrock demon directly to his home. The wards placed over a thousand years ago to prevent this sort of thing fizzled due to the powerful dark magic he used. He then bound the demon to his service and started using his new ally to destroy his rivals. When word of this came to the attention of the Clan Council they were shocked. Even more so when they realized how far the corruption had spread. They immediately sent several sorcerers to destroy the defilers. Most of the evil elves were wiped out but Weikir wouldn’t be taken alive or dead. He cast two powerful necromantic spells to ensure his survival. The first one caused a dark fog of corruption to spread out amongst the tree homes of the surrounding clans and reshape anything it touched. This allowed him to exert his will on the other clans and he set them loose on the council. By day’s end, most of the council members had either been slain or transformed into what would become known as Blood Elves. Then he used the most powerful Forbidden Art spell he knew, dark wish, to merge with the summoned demon. The two minds struggled for control and eventually merged into one mind. This being named itself Wyrknari Vok. It then started summoning other powerful demons into its service and started conquering The Knotwood. It slaughtered or devoured all that opposed it and corrupted half the clans in less than a month. Those that survived the first wave decided on two courses of action. The youngest elves of all the remaining clans were taken north towards Kingdom of the Silver Leaves with a contingent of the best warriors and priests remaining. The very old were allowed an honorable death to keep them from the demons (luckily there weren’t many left) and the rest of the clan members would stay behind and protect the rear. A contingency spell was placed on the rearguard that would disintegrate a 5-ft radius when a member was killed. This way the rearguard could hopefully destroy those that killed them after their death. The elves that fled towards Silverleaf were fifteen hundred strong when they started out, but they were decimated by demons, blood elves, and summoned undead. Those that survived past the shores of Lake Loch were the lucky ones. The wards protecting The Kingdom of the Silver Leaves saved them. The survivors warn the silver elves that the current wards protecting the kingdom may not be strong enough to hold back the darkness. The High Wizards of the kingdom immediately strengthen the wards in the southern part of the forest. These layers of additional wards are placed every 5 miles for 30 miles towards the Knotwood. The High One then orders the High Wizards to place wards on the fringes of the forest near the human lands surrounding The Knotwood. Heward Tallinson, the man known as The Sorcerer, aids them with the casting of several powerful epic spells. The powerful spells keep the demons at bay for the most part but many of the communities along the isolated western edge of the Great Forest find themselves constantly under attack by blood elves. [/QUOTE]
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