The tunnels have been dug – the cobbled machinery hooked into place – and for a moment, the whips stop cracking. All those present turn as bestial laughter echoes throughout the dank cavern. The sickly-green glow of Warpstone illuminates the face of the great Grey Seer, Thanquol, as he steps forward, arms raised.
“Now, is the Day! Now, is the Hour! Let the lands of Man forever be changed!”
And at his command, the great machinery, they’ve spent so long constructing, is activated, and begins extending through the dirt and rock above. As the cavern walls shake, and debris falls, Thanquol laughs with murderous glee.
Far above, as swords clash and arrows fly, a deep rumbling from within the very earth makes the combatants give pause. With shouts of shock, bodies leap away as the ground beneath their feet suddenly begins to break apart. A strange contraption, pushing up through the ground, begins to rumble as it billows out plumes of brackish green smoke. With a start, those recently in battle are made suddenly aware that the resources at this location are being siphoned away! As one side begins to blame the other, and curses are sworn by the blood still dripping from swords, another rumble, and break in the ground, gives way to a gateway... a patchwork construction crackling with Warp-Energy. And through this gateway, a figure stands in partial shadow, laughing with murderous glee.
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