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| Welcome || Lore: The Battle at Crescent Lake || _ ___ _o |
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ || After the last humans had escaped from Nightfall City the orcs started to loot || | | |.o.| |.| |
| Web Client || the buildings. While his soldiers kept plundering, king Veltins cut off the || '-' '---' '-' |
| Clients || heads of Sir Marvin, Tares, Ploi and many other brave men and stuck them on || \|
| Quickstart || lances. He ordered some orcs to march in the first row of the army carrying || |
| Wait, What? || those lances when they'd set out for Crescent Lake where general Romulus was || |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ || fighting against the elves. Veltins thought that it would lower the morale of || |
| Races || the elvish troops if they'd see that the orcs were able to kill some of the || |
| Guilds || greatest human knights and mages. || |
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| Lore || After a long day of plundering the conquerers of Nightfall-City started to || o|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ || celebrate their victory. Many barrels of best wine ran through the throats of || \|
| Who's online? || orcs who didn't know what kind of delicacies they were drinking, for orcs are || |
| Finger || unable to taste even the difference between best wine and insipid beer. When || |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ || the orcs were drunken quite a lot of them became very aggressive. They had no || |
| The Guide || captives which they could maul and it didn't take very long before many tussles || |
| Player Help || between them had started. In that night more orcs were killed than during the || |
| The Sky || conquer of Nightfall-City. || |
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| Imprint || King Veltins might have been able to keep his men away from killing each other, || |
| || but he was lying under a table with a mighty intoxication. When he woke up the || |
| || next morning his soldiers had already brought aside the dead bodies of their || |
| || comrades and he didn't notice that the rows of the warriors had cleared a || o|
| || bit. The only thing he noticed was that the wine of those damn humans wasn't as || |
| || harmless as he thought. His head was aching like never before. He was not in the || \|
| || condition to march down to Crescent Lake, but he was to haughty to show that to || |
| || his underlings. He ordered his captains to tell them that they would stay || |
| || another day to find the last of the treasures that might be hidden in || |
| || Nightfall-City. The soldiers searched for treasures with great eagerness while || |
| || His Majesty tried to cure his headache. || |
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| || When the next day broke and the red sun rose out of the waters of the Azur Ocean || |
| || the orcs' army set of to Crescent Lake. King Veltins marched in the middle of || |
| || his troups as usually. He was too important a person to march at the front or || |
| || the rear where one could easily be killed by the arrows of elves who might be || |
| || hidden in trees. It was of course His Majesty himself who thought that he was so || |
| || important. His soldiers would have liked it much more if he had marched in front || |
| || of the army. Some of them even hoped that an elven arrow would kill him, for || |
| || Veltins had no son and so the strongest of his generals would become king after || |o
| || his death. || |
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| || It was near midday when they saw the first smoke rising to the south-west. They || |
| || had passed the border to the elven kingdom and had left half of the way to || |
| || Crescent Lake behind them. When Veltins saw the smoke he ordered to send a scout || \|
| || to find out what was happening in front of them. Two hours later the scout || |
| || returned and reported that Romulus' army had burned down a village called || |
| || Glastonbury. He had found neither sign of orcs or of elves. || |
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| || Meanwhile General Romulus' army was fighting against the main force of the elves || |o
| || at the western shore of Crescent Lake where the Forbidden City was located. The || |
| || Forbidden City was the only huge city of the elves. It had been entirely built || |
| || of wood and the houses and streets were not on the ground as in common cities, || |
| || but high above the ground at the tops of the trees. || |
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| || That was the reason why the elves were winning the battle. The clumsy orcs had || \|
| || never climbed trees before and the elves could easily shoot hundreds of them || |
| || before a few managed to reach the city. Some orcs tried to burn the trees, but || o|
| || Romulus, just in time, prevented them from doing so. It wasn't such a good idea || \|
| || to burn down a forest while still being inside it. The battle continued for || |
| || hours and hours and while two thousand orcs died only five hundred elves got || |
| || killed. Romulus had lost half of his army when he decided to retreat and shoot || |/
| || burning arrows at the houses of the For- bidden City from a secure distance. || |
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| || Fear got a hold of the hearts of the elves when they realized that they had no || \|
| || choice but to leave the security of their city and face the orcs which still || |o
| || outnumbered them by several hundred. || |
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| || At this point the half-elves entered the fray. No one could ever tell where they || |
| || really came from. Some say they were the descendants of humans and el- ves who || |
| || had benn caught by the orcs in the great war two centuries ago and were forced || |
| || to carve endless tunnels into the rocks of the Northern Mountains in which the || |
| || orcs were building a big city. Rumor had it that there was an up- rising of || |
| || those slaves and lots of them escaped from the orcish caves. It was said that || |
| || they fled to an island. Humans and elves lived together in peace on that island || |
| || and married each other, but that is just a rumor. Nobody knows if it's true. It || |
| || is just known that the half-elves came by ships from the Sea of the Unfulfilled || |
| || Dreams. || |
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| || Among them was a wise seer who had advised them to arm themselves and sail to || |
| || the old continent, for the time had come again that the orcs had left their || o|
| || caves to bring war upon the world. He foresaw that the elves would be extirpated || |
| || if they didn't get help from the Pereldar (which is how the half-elves call || |
| || themself). Many Pereldar thought that these were nothing more than the words of || |
| || a mad man, but Joern, their king believed in prophecies and ordered to arm all || o|
| || men and set out to the old continent. || |
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| || The army of the Pereldar arrived at the Forbidden City just one hour before king || |
| || Veltins and his troups arrived there, too. And there, between the trees of the || \|
| || Elvenwood, the greatest battle in the history of Nightfall was fought. During || | o
| || that battle the Forbidden City was burned down and Randyandy the king of the || |/
| || elves and sovereign of the realm of the halflings was badly wounded. His First || o s|
| || Adviser Feanor took over the command and enabled some other wounded elves to || o / /x|
| || escape and bring their king to the halflings. The battle continued two days and || \/ __o/xs|
| || sometimes it seemed as if the combined forces of the elves and half-elves could || \/ \xx|
| || prevail against the still superior forces of the orcs, but in the end they had || \ \s|
| || to retreat. And they fled to the Isle of the Magi in the middle of the Crescent || \ /x|
| || Lake and broke down the bridge to the mainland behind them. The orcs had no || nmsxxsx|
| || boats to follow them so they were safe. But for how long? || xsxxxmxs| .
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