Ward History

Chapter 9 - Fallen King

 

With the defeat of the empire at Evergreen, the human King turned to a power he did not fully understand. He began to speak with the necromancers about their study. He formulated plans with them the build a large undead army that could wipe out the Orcs, and finally take the City of Evergreen.

 

During the time, the King began to learn the dark arts of necromancy for himself. With this new found knowledge he launched attacks on Orcish war posts that were now erected outside of the forests. 

 

With every fallen Orc and human, the King raised them back to live as his servants. Eventually, he became far more proficient with the summoning of the dead than even the necromancers under his command. But with this power, madness soon followed.

 

The King saw how quickly he could amass an army to assault Evergreen again, but he needed more. He began to see that his undead soldiers were completely obedient to his orders, and more effective than the living.

 

The King began an assault of the Orc war compound of Dur’ Grob. The battle went on for hours, but the Orcs were still far too strong and bloodthirsty. For every one Orc that fell in battle, 20 undead and men would fall. The King rose as many soldiers back to life as he could, but the battle was lost, and he was forced to flee again.

 

After fleeing, the orcs moved away from the forests and began to attack human settlements, killing all that reside. The King could do nothing but watch as all he worked for began to crumble to the might of the Orc Legion.

 

After slaughtering many settlements, The Orc Legion began to assault the human capitol of Westgard. With the capitols armies emptied, the city would not hold, and the empire would fall in a single day.

 

The King went mad with anger over the idea of losing everything that The Old God had charged him with, and all the work he had done. He then went to his own human settlements, killing his own people in order to build his undead army.

 

The King’s own commanders refused his orders to kill their own people. Many were killed and turned undead themselves, while others took their platoons and abandoned the Empire.

 

Once the King had an army of 1000’s of undead humans, he marched toward Westgard. He attacked the Orcs from the rear flank. Many undead were destroyed, but the numbers were too many for the Orcs to stop. It only took one hour for the Kings undead to thwart the Orcs and save the capitol.

 

The King marched into the city with his army. Rather than cheers of a savior, the residence of the capitol watched in silence as hundreds of ghouls, zombies, and undead knights entered into the city. The King marched to his keep and locked himself away, alone with his madness.

 

It did not take long for the fear of the living to vacate the capitol. They renamed the King to the “Undead King”. The Old God abandoned the King as well, and never spoke through him again. This further aided the Undead Kings madness. As now he had no subjects, no society, and no God. He decided that he would be the new God of Ward and began plans to end all life to ever exist. The empire had fallen.