The Awakening, Act II: A Brief History II
Title: A Brief History II
Author: Chamberlain Kasha
A Brief History of the
Lore Council and the
Matriarchs - The
Cataclysm at Anjur
As the Matriarch's
forces approached the
city of Anjur they came
across an improvised
magical barrier that had
obviously been put up to
keep them out. With the
power that Tarathas had
absorbed by this point, he
had erected a barrier
that was more powerful
than the Matriarchs could
have predicted, and it
took all of their combined
might to pierce through
it and allow the scouts
and hunters to enter the
abandoned city. Despite
the hardwon knowledge of
the location of the nexus,
there was no specific
information as to where
in the city it was
located, so the infiltration
force had to be split.
Tarathas had managed to
pierce the void and
summon True Gazers to
combat the Hunters and
Scouts of the
Matriarch's force, and
their horrific might
proved too much for
many of the infiltrating
force who laid down their
lives that day. As the
Matriarchs continued to
be forced to hold the
barrier open they were
unable to join the battle,
and due to the splitting
of forces it came to be
that only a handful of
scouts and hunters were
able to pierce into the
city and find the nexus
point. It is through the
testimony of the three
survivors of the battle
against Tarathas that we
know what occurred in
the Nexus Chamber, and
their stories are told
here.
Huntress Jutha's Account
The True Gazers sent
after us were formidable
enemies, and during the
fight against the three
that we encountered on
the way my companion, a
scout named Reth, was
disabled by a magical
explosion that removed
the lower half of his
right leg. After the
wound was tended I
managed to hide him in
an alcove and continue my
descent into the city. As
I neared further my
Stinger grew anxious, the
living weapon resonating
and trembling in
anticipation of the fight
to come. As I descended
a dark staircase I could
feel my fur stand on end
at the nape of my neck
and a thrumming sound
could only be the
channeling of great magic
ahead of me. As I snuck
into the room I came
upon the sight of a vast
audience chamber, at the
center of which was
Chamberlain Tarathas of
Ishpur. Using the dimly lit
rooms shadows for
concealment, I managed to
sneak to within a few
paces of Tarathas before
readying myself to attack
him. As are all Hunters
and Huntresses, I am
trained in a variety of
ways to fight against
mages, and I readied my
silencing powder as my
other hand held my
Stinger ready. With a
final bracing for the
battle, I hurled myself at
Tarathas and threw the
silencing powder only for
him to turn and blast it
away with a gust of
wind. I fired my Stinger
at him, the poisoned
barbs launching from its
body and impacting into
his arm as he raised it
to block. I did my best
to engage him at close
range and managed to pull
him away from the nexus,
but as we fought I could
hear the sounds of
Gazers fighting nearby,
and knew I likely had
little time. I flung my
body at him and managed
to knock him to the
ground and fire another
round of barbs from my
Stinger that embedded
heavily into his gut. This
attack left me wide open
and much to my horror
did not manage to finish
him off, and with a burst
of power he flung me
across the chamber and
into a support beam. The
crumbling ruins of the
support beam broke under
the impact, and I was
swallowed up by the
resulting cave in, and
though I could hear the
battle continuing, I was
trapped under the rubble
until rescue arrived. By
then, Tarathas had been
slain.
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