Difference between revisions of "Hammer of the Gods (event)"

As progress towards discovering the Hammer continued, a meeting was organized with representatives from each city-state of Aetherius and some neutral elders, including Tomas, [[Mathardan]], and [[Cerise]]. The debate was heated and centered primarily around the question of whether it was right to use a weapon of such great power to cause a genocide of an entire species. Many also questioned that the legendary Horde empire even existed, and believed that Aetherius had grown to the point where they could easily repel any attack from the Horde's forces. The meeting was cut short when a strike force of Horde creatures arrived at the meeting and attacked everyone. In the battle, Mathardan and Tomas were both killed, but only Tomas returned from the [[Underworld]]. When confronted, [[Charon]] was adamant that Mathardan had reached the end of his life and his purpose, inexplicably, was to die a violent death to the Horde at that very point in history.

As progress towards discovering the Hammer continued, a meeting was organized with representatives from each city-state of Aetherius and some neutral elders, including Tomas, [[Mathardan]], and [[Cerise]]. The debate was heated and centered primarily around the question of whether it was right to use a weapon of such great power to cause a genocide of an entire species. Many also questioned that the legendary Horde empire even existed, and believed that Aetherius had grown to the point where they could easily repel any attack from the Horde's forces. The meeting was cut short when a strike force of Horde creatures arrived at the meeting and attacked everyone. In the battle, Mathardan and Tomas were both killed, but only Tomas returned from the [[Underworld]]. When confronted, [[Charon]] was adamant that Mathardan had reached the end of his life and his purpose, inexplicably, was to die a violent death to the Horde at that very point in history.

At last, the miners succeeded in breaking through to the inner chambers of the temple, ahead of the Khandavans. Inside the temple, explorers found a room of four walls covered with runes, a broken altar, and something called the [[Stele]]. Before the temple and its hidden artifacts could be examined any further, Juganothion revealed that he had been plotting with the Horde for months and he opened a portal, allowing the Horde General [[Onkassus]] and his army to enter the temple and engage the adventurers within.

At last, the miners succeeded in breaking through to the inner chambers of the temple, ahead of the Khandavans. Inside the temple, explorers found a room of four walls covered with runes, a broken altar, and something called the [[Stele]]. Before the temple and its hidden artifacts could be examined any further, Juganothion revealed that he had been plotting with the Horde for months and he opened a portal, allowing the Horde General [[Onkassus]] and his army to enter the temple and engage the adventurers within.