Yes, you did, Kalanyr.
Although you cannot use it this Turn, you may begin freely using 10th level magic next Turn - Turn 4.
I do not know if Forrester discovered the secrets of 10th level magic this Turn.
I must do the math, and find out.
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The horrendous list of casualties comes in.
It is not pleasant hearing.
The allied forces lost 303 PL in armies, and thus permanently lost 303 PL, divided amongst their Powers.
Vecna and his Legions are gone, and Melkor lost 20 PL.
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Alyx lost 35 PL.
Celene fought to the end, and her people died with her.
A great part of the forces from Varnaith, the Lendores, and the Celestial Imperium lay dead on the soil of Celene, and on the battlefield in general.
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Anabstercorian lost no PL, but Anabstercorian himself is severely wounded (and will require a Restoration spell to heal his mind.)
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Black Omega lost 5 PL in Planars.
His Faerie arrived to aid on the battlefield, and suffered great loss.
The rest of his forces could not arrive in time to help.
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Creamsteak lost 4 PL.
The forces he had in training in the Lortmils were wiped out.
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Dagger lost 20 PL
Dagger and the Kingdom of Keoland suffered staggering losses, up to one-third of their entire force, defending their allies.
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Darkness lost 18 PL.
Darkness had brought a great army into eastern Keoland to protect it against the threat from the drow to the west.
This army deployed against Vecna, and over a third of it lays dead on the battlefield.
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Forsaken One lost no PL, but Vaeregoth is critically injured, and will need a Restoration spell to restore her.
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Forrester lost 47 PL
Forrester's great reserve army from Toril came to the timely aid of the forces of good.
Only 3 PL of men and women from that force, out of 50, survived the battle. (The United Commonwealth just lost 94 PL.)
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GnomeWorks lost 28 PL
The Hosts of the Lortmil Technomancy, instead of staying safe in their mountain homes, went bravely out to aid their friends.
Over one third of all their forces lay dead, and they suffered staggering losses of equipment.
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John Brown lost 35 PL
Iuz and his forces stood with the forces of good in the great battle, attacking Shadow Throne from both east and west.
Their help, along with that of Uvenelei, Darkness, and Forrester, made the difference and saved the Lortmils, but a heavy price was exacted.
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Kaboom lost 21 PL
Kaboom's sky ships and Flying Citadels proved invaluable in the great battle, as they brought vast numbers of troops to vital places in the battle.
Desperate fights often turned in the allies favor because of Kaboom.
But the loss of sky ships and Flying Citadels was severe, and hundreds of them now litter the battlefield.
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Maudlin lost no PL.
Acererak came to the battlefield, and gorged himself on the living, killing tens of thousands of people, mostly on the allies side.
Maudlin is counted as having fought on Vecna's side.
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Lord Meklor (Talos) lost 20 PL.
The Legions of Vecna protected the Shade by their very insanity.
The Shade came up behind the Legions of Vecna, letting them die first, then whelming the weakened defenders.
Nevertheless, the charge of Iuz from the east was costly, and the Shade had to fight aerial opponents, and in their retreat to Shadow Throne, the enemy harassed them where they could.
Melkor, alone, fought at Vecna's side with a great army.
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Rhialto the Marvellous lost 1 PL.
Many agents of the Black Brotherhood died, killing key defenders, wreaking havoc among the defending lines, spreading miscommunication, enabling the Legions of Vecna to reap far more bloodshed than they should have.
Others agents died in the battle of the Doomgrinder.
Historians will always note that the Black Brotherhood stood with Vecna in the great battle.
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Turrosh Mak lost 30 PL
The humanoids of the Pomarj fought magnificently against the Legions of Vecna.
They held their line of fortresses across the northern Pomarj, but were driven out of the Wild Coast.
The reserve force that was in the Lortmil Technomancy had to be taken out and thrown against the enemy - nothing could be held back.
All of Turrosh Mak's front line fighters were killed; all his front line defenses, fortifications, and equipment were destroyed, and Turrosh Mak suffered vast numbers of casualties.
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Uvenelei lost 40 PL.
The intervention of Uvenelei's forces from Lyrn, Ishtarland, and Aaqa, made possible by Kaboom, made a crucial difference in the great battle.
However, they too paid in blood for the victory, and hundreds of thousands of them lay dead on the battlefield.
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William Ronald lost 30 PL.
The Kevellond League fought magnificently against Vecna, and although they lost Dyvvers they held Verbonbonc and other places Vecna was never able to reach.
Working with the forces of Iuz in southern Furyondy, and with ingenious tactics, they destroyed Vecna's northern army.
However, like everyone else, they paid the price, and hundreds of thousands of them litter all the land from the Kron Hills east to Shadow Throne.
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Zelda lost 10 PL.
Arriving late from the Dark Swamp, the Swanmay Army suffered moderate losses in the great battle, and remains an intact fighting force.
It's storm-riders on their miniature tornados are an awe and a wonder to those seeing them for the first time.
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