Ward History
Chapter 8 - The Empire of Man
For a generation, man spread his influence across Ward. Through diplomacy or force, the human empire was unstoppable. Many humans began to specialize in different aspects of life. Some became priests of worship to the Old God, some became devout Knight’s of justice, others studied the arcane arts, and some began experimenting with necromancy.
The humans began to send armies into the forests to force the Elves to bow to the King. The Elves resisted and war began. The Kings army pushed the Elves deep into the woods, and eventually launched a siege on the elvan city of Evergreen.
The siege lasted for 7 days. The necromancers of the human army began to raise the dead of the humans and elves who fell during battle. These undead ghouls were used to assault the gates of Evergreen, while the living militants stayed back. Although effective, the generals of men could not help but feel uneasy about this necromantic work.
During the siege, a Dark Elf managed to sneak his way into the elvan city. A reluctant deal was made between the Elves and Dark Elves. The threat of the human empire was too great. And the military invasion of their forest seemed hopeless.
During the night following the elvan alliance, a loud intimidating war horn was heard in the blackness of night. Suddenly, the human lines were being bombarded by catapult fire and then they came. A massive, bloodthirsty, savage horde of a new green skinned creatures called Orcs, flooded out of the night. Crude axes, and large teeth. These things seemed to be bred for battle.
The Dark Elves had been experimenting with the dark arcane arts to form a creature that knew only war. They created the Orc to finally wipe out the Elves. But history had different plans.
The savage Orc legion engaged the human army. The sound of metal and screams could be heard from the darkness. The necromancers fled from the battle, and with them, their ghouls returned to death.
The human commanders retreated from the battle, and out of the woods. The Orcs took chase and killed 100’s more fleeing soldiers. The battle was over, and the empire was finally stopped.