Attack on Castle Valkurath

Military action

Having gathered allies and enacted various military actions, Crown Prince Harbryn Thonwyr, Commander Karatacus Brightshield, and the Fire Wasps put their plan into motion to take out the Fire Giant King Jorgensturm the Cruel and free Sudwaine from Orcish occupation.

After a period of gathering allies, uncovering various plots, and making in-roads onto Sudwaine by military force, Crown Prince Harbryn Thonwyr, Commander Karatacus Brightshield, and the Fire Wasps put their plan into motion to take out the Fire Giant King Jorgensturm the Cruel and free Sudwaine from Orcish occupation.   The assault began with the Frost Dwarf Druid Rubicus Chillbrow using druidic magic to call up massive waves to swamp and sink the orcish fleet, putting the orcs at an immediate disadvantage. While the Storm Giant Prince Aureon Aelia and the Eladrin Prince Belerion ap Kadishai used Aureon's ship the Aurora Australis and Belerion's gryphon riders to make an aerial assault on the city, the combined ships of the Tavanion and Summerlund forces attacked from the sea. Troops attacked the city on foot, led by Commander Brightshield. Meanwhile, the Fire Wasps and Prince Harbryn attacked Castle Valkurath, where Jorgunsturm had ensconced himself.   After fighting their way into the gates, the group eventually confronted and slew the Fire Giant and his massive Hellhounds. This led to them locating and freeing Rubicus' father, Roxlan, and his sister Selvie. It ultimately led to them discovering a lone cell in even deeper dungeons, where an old woman was imprisoned. They freed her and discovered that she was none other than Adala Tarmoore, the immortal Witch-Queen. She, in turn, revealed a shocking truth - Tristan Holdfast was, in fact, the long sought hidden heir of House Tarmoore, the very family she had vowed to destroyed. Since she had also vowed not to harm the group or their families for 13 generations, however, she left without further incident.