“This armor does not fit properly,”
Fhaliona complained to the Dwarf beside her, tugging at the neck with
a gloved hand and making an exasperated face. “How am I supposed to
fight when I don't have range of motion?”
The Dark Iron
peered up at her with a chuckle. “Yer not goin' tae be fightin'.
We're jus' goin' tae talk tae 'im, ye ken?” Moraghlioda turned her
eyes down to the Lightforged's leg. “Yer not s'posed tae strain
that anywho, jus' walkin' an' exercisin' it. And yer proper armor needs repairin'.”
“Yeah, yeah, more 'stay out of trouble',” the warrior sighed. “I swear everyone thinks I actually have a death wish.” She picked at the armor again and spoke more softly. “Do you really think this is going...
The unknown paladin swiftly but carefully took the warrior back to the medic camp outside the city walls. Fhaliona would have complained had she not blacked out from blood loss. Her colleagues who were assisting the wounded took in the new casualty with shock. The large Lightforged from the war camp rushed over. “What happened?!”
The Human paladin set Fhaliona down
gently and scoffed, “This idiot tried to take on Saurfang alone.
She's lucky she made it out with only a leg wound.”
“Dear
Light,” the Draenei muttered just barely under his breath, scooping
Fhaliona up and taking her to the nearest medic while the Human
returned to the battle. He would scold her later when she'd regained
consciousness. A Dwarven medic...
The Lightforged woke well before dawn. She had not slept much the eve before their march, but this was normal for one haunted by the things she'd seen and done. At least today, the spirits and voices of the past would be kept silent. She began pulling on her clothing, first linen and then layers of leather that protected her skin from the heavy plate. She drew back the tent flap and took one last deep breath of fresh air. There was a very large chance she would not make it out of this battle alive; a deep sense of foreboding told Fhaliona that the Warchief once again had something up her sleeve.
“Endal no Talah,” a Kaldorei addressed her with some reverence as she exited the tent. Fhaliona regarded the Elf with a nod and made her...
The Azarite War Machine swept across
the field, destroying the siege towers as Anduin Wrynn, boy-king of
the Alliance, in his glistening armor lead the march from atop his
grand warhorse with that wolf
ever at his side.
“Prepare the blight! Let it rain down upon
their armies!” Sylvanas Windrunner ordered from her place on the
wall.
“There must be another way, Warchief,” Saurfang
objected.
The Dark Lady turned away. “This is no time for sentiment, High Overlord. War demands that we take a more direct approach.”
Bess could not believe her ears. Their own forces were down there! This was madness! She looked to Saurfang with questioning eyes, and the old orc turned to the druid. “I don't care what you have to do, get as...
Tapping his foot on the decimated
ground beneath him, the Ren'dorei shifted his grip on the dagger at
his side as he stood just to the left of the opening to his charge's
tent. The middle aged man, named Garrett, rustling around inside
caused Dizarak's ears to flick as he gauged the human's whereabouts
within.
Finally the dark haired human emerged from the canvas
flaps of the tent and scowled openly at his “babysitter” his
gloves clutched in his hand.
“You don't have to stay so
close to me, I can take any of these savage Horde with ease!”
Garrett spewed , slipping his glove onto the wrong hand and
immediately ripping it back off to correct his mistake. He finished
the process and unsheathed his sword, swinging it around and...
Gloved hands pushed the canvas tent flaps aside as the Kaldorei slipped into the faint morning light, the war trodden dirt beneath her feet crunching softly. The embers of the nights campfires lay in their own ashes, scattered in piles throughout the Alliances camp ground. The siege towers loomed over head, their monstrous size acting as a threatening vision of war to the opposing side.
Resting with her back up against one of the few tress not wildly ablaze, the Illidari, slipped her gloves from her hands and draped them across her raised knee. Weeks of constant battle, order after order and gruesome vision after grueling death, even the stoic Demon Hunter was beginning to show signs of uneasiness.
Plucking her water-skin from her hip, she gingerly popped the cork and lifting it to the open maw of her mask, skillfully pouring it within, she lapped up the water until the dry scratching at the back of her throat eased.
Footfalls near by had her to her feet and glaives at the ready once more, the source of water tossed by the wayside in her haste. Before her stood a slightly startled mage an oddly pristine envelope...