The Demonic Invasion
In the dark of a moonless night demons came forth from the pits of hell.
And they fell upon the peoples and brought terror and death upon them.
The trees of the Dryads they burned, even the Willow that Khoreg held sacred.
And Khoreg was wroth.
The terror that Khoreg visited upon the demons was great indeed. He slew them and those he slew not he bound with chains and cast them into the deepest dungeons of his fortress.
So the gods agreed that they should Close off the Great Gate of Hell.
But the labour involved was great and they argued about who should perform this task.
So Khoreg said, “I’ll make the demons do it.”
The Khoreg went to the demons locked in his dungeon, and spoke to Heiroth the greatest of the demons, and said, “if you block the gate of hell I will set you free.”
Heiroth replied, “Captivity is no problem to me.”
“You will regret it if you do not,” said Khoreg.
And Heiroth aid, “I Will not be your slave and should you slay me I am merely banished and so am freed.”
So Khoreg sad, “I may not slay you but I can pull your hooves up your scrawny throat, out of your mouth and fasten them there with a silver pin.”
And Heiroth laughted, saying, “I am a lord of Hell; no-one can do that to me!”
So Khoreg spoke to K’gath the second greatest demon and said, “If you block the Gate of Hell I will set you free.”
And K’gath looked at the fate of Heiroth where he was hung by his tail above the void, with his feet pinned out of his mouth and said” Where do I Start?”
So the great gate of hell was sealed.
But countless demons crept forth from all lesser gates of hell and they took abode between the planes and plotted revenge upon the gods.
Some gods chose to ally with the demons at this time and plotted the downfall of all but themselves.
The gods armed themselves and their peoples.
Some gods cried against those demons who labored to bury the Gate of Hell and said they should be slain.
Khoreg spoke against this saying, “if they are woking at my command then any who harm them will answer to me. I will do what needs to be done to close the gate. There’s nothing wrong with using demons to fight hell.”
Bu the gods struck down some of the demons and Khoreg was wroth but no god would admit the deed. Soe Khoreg took all of his armies and returned to his fortess and watched the battles from afar.
Thus he saw great heros dragged down, for they had none to watch their backs.
Thus he saw lesser warriors brought down for they fought alone though they sought side by side. And within his fortess he drilled his troops that the same would not happen to them.
At last the demons came to the gate of his fortress. They called him to surrender. “Nothing has withstood us and you, whose army is a mix of men, woman, elves, dwarves, orge, and trolls, how can you defy us”
And Khoreg replied, “I can defy you because they can all fight a damn sight better than you can.”
And the demons raged about the fortress.
In the weeks that followed the demons labored to build bridges across the Void.
And the nights were lit with fire and were loud with the flapping of the leathern wings of demons.
The demon called Voorg landed upon the battlements and challenged Khoreg to single combat. The fight was long and bloody but Voorg was slain.
Even as Khoreg threw Voorg’s corpse from the walls, a demon lord named Moliach attacked him.
Khoreg was already weary and this demon was greater than any he fought. It drove Khoreg back against the wall so that his head and shoulders were over the void. Moliach laughed and proclaimed his victory.
But the warriors of Khoreg had dragged a great ballista up to the battlements and they loaded it with a dart of magic.
From close behind Moliach they fired it and the bolt pierced his body and Khoreg overthrew him.
Moliach called this unfair but Khoreg replied, “You had issued me no challenge.”
And Moliach called this wrong, but Khoreg said, “There are only winners and corpses, an you are only whining because you not think of it first.”
So Khoreg cast Moliach into the void.
When the bridges reached the walls, ten thousand demons swarmed across.
Battle spread around all the walls and strife was all around.
Khoreg stood upon a great tower that he might view the battle.
There he saw the spirit of a warrior and said, “Why do you not fight?”
“I have already been slain.”
“Go back to the walls and fight,” Ordered Khoreg.
“I am dead,” the spirit whispered.
“That is no excuse!”
Whilst the attention of the demons was focused on the fortress of Khoreg, the other gods took council and they gathered their armies.
When all was ready they descended upon the hellish host.
That host fled yammering before them and many were cast into the Void.
And the host of Khoreg issued forth and the rout was complete.
Never again were demons gathered in such numbers and many defied their princes and hid from the light and would go no more to war.
And Khoreg turned to his fellows and said, “Such is the fate of those who don’t watch their backs, Bacchus did you mention a drink?”
“No, but I was about to mention several,” the god replied.
And they fell upon the peoples and brought terror and death upon them.
The trees of the Dryads they burned, even the Willow that Khoreg held sacred.
And Khoreg was wroth.
The terror that Khoreg visited upon the demons was great indeed. He slew them and those he slew not he bound with chains and cast them into the deepest dungeons of his fortress.
So the gods agreed that they should Close off the Great Gate of Hell.
But the labour involved was great and they argued about who should perform this task.
So Khoreg said, “I’ll make the demons do it.”
The Khoreg went to the demons locked in his dungeon, and spoke to Heiroth the greatest of the demons, and said, “if you block the gate of hell I will set you free.”
Heiroth replied, “Captivity is no problem to me.”
“You will regret it if you do not,” said Khoreg.
And Heiroth aid, “I Will not be your slave and should you slay me I am merely banished and so am freed.”
So Khoreg sad, “I may not slay you but I can pull your hooves up your scrawny throat, out of your mouth and fasten them there with a silver pin.”
And Heiroth laughted, saying, “I am a lord of Hell; no-one can do that to me!”
So Khoreg spoke to K’gath the second greatest demon and said, “If you block the Gate of Hell I will set you free.”
And K’gath looked at the fate of Heiroth where he was hung by his tail above the void, with his feet pinned out of his mouth and said” Where do I Start?”
So the great gate of hell was sealed.
But countless demons crept forth from all lesser gates of hell and they took abode between the planes and plotted revenge upon the gods.
Some gods chose to ally with the demons at this time and plotted the downfall of all but themselves.
The gods armed themselves and their peoples.
Some gods cried against those demons who labored to bury the Gate of Hell and said they should be slain.
Khoreg spoke against this saying, “if they are woking at my command then any who harm them will answer to me. I will do what needs to be done to close the gate. There’s nothing wrong with using demons to fight hell.”
Bu the gods struck down some of the demons and Khoreg was wroth but no god would admit the deed. Soe Khoreg took all of his armies and returned to his fortess and watched the battles from afar.
Thus he saw great heros dragged down, for they had none to watch their backs.
Thus he saw lesser warriors brought down for they fought alone though they sought side by side. And within his fortess he drilled his troops that the same would not happen to them.
At last the demons came to the gate of his fortress. They called him to surrender. “Nothing has withstood us and you, whose army is a mix of men, woman, elves, dwarves, orge, and trolls, how can you defy us”
And Khoreg replied, “I can defy you because they can all fight a damn sight better than you can.”
And the demons raged about the fortress.
In the weeks that followed the demons labored to build bridges across the Void.
And the nights were lit with fire and were loud with the flapping of the leathern wings of demons.
The demon called Voorg landed upon the battlements and challenged Khoreg to single combat. The fight was long and bloody but Voorg was slain.
Even as Khoreg threw Voorg’s corpse from the walls, a demon lord named Moliach attacked him.
Khoreg was already weary and this demon was greater than any he fought. It drove Khoreg back against the wall so that his head and shoulders were over the void. Moliach laughed and proclaimed his victory.
But the warriors of Khoreg had dragged a great ballista up to the battlements and they loaded it with a dart of magic.
From close behind Moliach they fired it and the bolt pierced his body and Khoreg overthrew him.
Moliach called this unfair but Khoreg replied, “You had issued me no challenge.”
And Moliach called this wrong, but Khoreg said, “There are only winners and corpses, an you are only whining because you not think of it first.”
So Khoreg cast Moliach into the void.
When the bridges reached the walls, ten thousand demons swarmed across.
Battle spread around all the walls and strife was all around.
Khoreg stood upon a great tower that he might view the battle.
There he saw the spirit of a warrior and said, “Why do you not fight?”
“I have already been slain.”
“Go back to the walls and fight,” Ordered Khoreg.
“I am dead,” the spirit whispered.
“That is no excuse!”
Whilst the attention of the demons was focused on the fortress of Khoreg, the other gods took council and they gathered their armies.
When all was ready they descended upon the hellish host.
That host fled yammering before them and many were cast into the Void.
And the host of Khoreg issued forth and the rout was complete.
Never again were demons gathered in such numbers and many defied their princes and hid from the light and would go no more to war.
And Khoreg turned to his fellows and said, “Such is the fate of those who don’t watch their backs, Bacchus did you mention a drink?”
“No, but I was about to mention several,” the god replied.
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The Old World
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