The Winds of Magic Unleashed

The tranquil setting provided a setting for the rest point of Lord Rib Tec and his marching troops. Realising for them that the constant war machines that were the Saurus would never stop until told (even if they were exhausted), the Slann telepathically instructed his Skink servant to hold the march. Obeying his master, the white skinned Skink Priest hissed to the mighty warriors to hold their ground and bask in the much warmer heat of the low sun. The mighty soldiers halted and like statues, did not move from the spot they were instructed to.

The army enjoyed a moment of peace after so much bloodshed in their last battle against the evil Ratmen and their defiled corpses. Zaki was still shaken from the transformation of his cousins into his hated enemy before his eyes and wondered what menace they had to play on the world yet to come. Since their last fight, Lord Rib Tec had lead with his wisdom and had replenished their dwindling numbers. The addition of a mighty living fortress carrying a solar engine to provide more energy to the troops around him, the Bastiladon was a welcomed sight to the scaled warriors. Also the Temple City’s Recorder of the Plan had come along through with the Bastiladon to ensure its safety. Trix was not like Zaki, in he had grown more arrogant with age. Being the eldest Priest of the City had made him Zaki’s superior, but that did not mean that Zaki and Trix were the closest of brethren. Trix had always been one to sit at the back of the board where Zaki had been the trail blazer of his kind, leading from the front. A final member of the army was the Scar Veteran Har Baq, a warrior blessed with the markings of the Old Ones and that possessed blistering pace. Like his kin, he was loyal to his Lord and marched alongside the Temple Guard surrounding him. The great warrior wielded a golden weapon that was said to be blessed with speed from the temple of Itzi and an enchanted shield made from the shell of a long extinct creature known as a Diamond Fang, a swamp dwelling turtle like creature that could survive the searing heat of the pools it inhabited.

Suddenly looking to the sky, Zaki noticed something sweep over head with unholy speed with a mighty screech! Zaki paniced as he sensed the winds of magic shift to the South West (as was his atunment to the winds). He had sensed this before when facing the foul humanoids from the South Coast of Lustria. The clouds began to gather over the small force and darken the sun. The shriek came once again and the large object landed behind the tree line just out of his sight, yet some sort of gargantuan wings had landed it there. Looking at his Lord upon his magical pool, he noticed that he was staring straight to the monument straight ahead.

What emerged sent the frill on Zaki’s head to quiver, but he held his ground. The Skink Priest readied his staff and prepared to invoke the power of the Old Ones, but he felt Trix, pull him back and take position for battle. Opposite them was a horde of zombies with a caster of the evil magic that was animating the tortured souls. On the opposite side of the monument was a unit of skeletons that held their shields and swords up in a silent battle cry to walk forward. Too the horde of zombies right was a unit of cavalry decorated in glorious death rags with skeletal warriors a top them and lead by what Zaki could see, 2 Vampires.

“No. I will lead my kin. Long have I waited this moment to serve my Lord and you have made it clear there is nothing to it.” Zaki stood down obeying his superior’s wishes. Rib Tec telepathically instructed the troops to form. His unit of Temple Guard, Har Baq and Rib Tec himself took the monument opposite the undead horde. On his left positioned the great Bastilidon and 20 of the finest Saurus warriors to its left. To Rib Tec’s right was 10 of his best hunters with their javelins tipped in poison ready to bring down their foes. Finally the crazed Ripperdactyls deployed on the far side.

Zaki looked at the Mage Priest as he saw the Winged Frenzys lined up and took flight for the first time. He understood how these creatures worked best and the army must have deployed a Bloat Toad somewhere for them to hunt. The Slann just gazed straight to the monument where he saw a humanoid with a staff. Around him the horde of zombies groaned in agony at their masters will to deny them their eternal rest. Nothing diverted Rib Tec’s attention from the Necromancer, nothing threw his concentration as a battle on the battlefield commenced.

The Skeletons moved up and so did the Black Knights while the Zombies moved forward to compensate the units all around them. Zaki then looked to the forest as a large winged figure flew over the top of the tree line and screeched at the skinks in front of it killing 4. The winged bat- like creature was followed by green foul looking Ghouls thirsting for flesh. The hooded figure then pointed to a spot behind his unit and emerged more poor souls to torcher. The Skink priest felt their pain but Rib Tec was unflinched. The winged beast was so threating to Trix that he retretated to the safety of the Bastiladon’s protective presence.

Rib Tec then blinked and the sky’s above the Bastiladon began to clear, allowing the sweet rays of Chotec to be absorbed by the Solar Engine. Inhaling the solar beams and the winds of magic Rib Tec’s eyes began to glow with the colours of all 8. With a glance to the Bat creature, a set of clouds gathered above it. Snow began to fall on the creature and what was once a pleasant summer’s breeze suddenly turned to ice cold gusts. As it roared in anger a lightning bolt struck it but seemed to do nothing. I was here that was the fall of Trix. In an attempt to cast an even stronger bolt, the priest struck twice and failed to notice the ground opening up beneath him. The bolts did nothing to the creature and Trix was absorbed into the Earth and disappeared. Sensing the loss on one of his servants, the Slann temporarily lost focus but for a second, but shook off the pain. Angered, the Slann glanced into the large creature’s soul. Taking an ethereal form, the Slann flew over to grab hold of the creature’s mystical energies and tore his hand from its chest. The beast slumped but was still moving as it regenerated some of the soul that the Slann had ripped out. Returning to his body, Rib- Tec clenched his webbed hand to form a fire ball. With a breath, the Ancient Wizard created an even greater ball of flame and threw it at the unholy creature. With a last cry, the Terrorgheist burst into flames eradicated. Turning his attention to the large unit of knights, Rib Tec then levelled himself to the Golden plane. Sensing the armour worn by the undead warriors, his eyes began to glow brighter and brighter and Zaki witnessed two of the knights seer and fall off their horses, the others were un concerned. Upon finishing unleashing his full magic potential, the Slann diverted his gaze back to the evil sorcerer that stood before him. The face of the wicked wizard more focused and annoyed than he had before the battle.

Shouting to his band of skeletal knights, the Necromancer ordered them to hit the Temple guard hard and fast and calling a mighty charge the nightmarish legions galloped forward. One of the Vampires raised his sword to the gap in the clouds created by the Slann. The sun turned a dark shade of purple and came down to touch the ground. With a blood crazed scream, the Vampire set a beam of light back at the Lizardmen line and took down 15 Saurus. Absorbing their souls, the Necromancer shivered with power and began to raise more dead to halt the Lizardmen advance.

Rib Tec spared a second to look over to his right and then with a blink turned to face the Necromancer once again. Noticing the Skeletons were coming up fast the Saurus warriors marched to meet them head on. To provide extra protection, the Slann targeted them to experience the Colds of winter, their bones creaking under the frost bite. The Slann then turned his gaze to the large unit of knights and once again his eyes began to glow with a white light. Using the exorcism magic that he had been using for millennia against the Daemons that tried to invade his City, the Slann again banished 4 knights to the grave from which they came. He followed this up with melting the units armour once again until only 2 Black Knights and the 2 Vampires were left. The Slann then turned to the Necromancer and attempted to enter his sould to take it and end this battle before any more precious lives were lost. The Necromancer however managed to keep the Mage Priest at bay. Thanking that the worst was over the Vampires lined up to finally get to their goal. However the Bastiladon was manoeuvred to face the unit and was hit with a fraction of Chotec’s power as the engine felled the rest of the unit. As the magical battle was going on, the Ripperdactyls had found their target and sniffed out the Lustrian Bloat Toad planted by some of Zaki’s brethren. Crashing into the flank of the Zombies, one of the aerial predators began to consume corpses. In a frenzied state black blood spilled all over the temple, but the Undead horde just continued to face forward without caring any for their fallen. To the right of the battlefield Zaki noticed the Ghouls who remained untouched. However he also saw his kin move into a better vantage point to throw their javelins reducing the unit slowly but surely.

In an attempt the Necromancer attempted to move his unit away from the Ripperdactyls that threatened his unit but having the sent of the Bloat Toad is not an easy sent to erase…

The 5 remaining Saurus in the meantime met the skeletons in the middle of the field and began to fight it out only managing to knock down 2 of the undead warriors. Outnumbered, the Saurus fought hard with every bit of strength they could muster. Zaki watched their battle unravel and eventually he saw their primeval fury win as all 5 Saurus turned away from the pile of bones they left to target the Necromancer.

Ordering his Unit forward the Slann moved forward to try and get closer to the Evil Sorcerer. Sensing that their master was in trouble, the Ghouls charged towards the Slann just to be cut down by Har Baq and the Temple Guard before they had a chance to attack. One Ghoul thought to be dead leapt at one of the Slann’s prized bodyguards and killed him out right. The remaining creature was taken care of swiftly.

Looking at the Ripperdactyls from a far Zaki observed the unit of zombies get fewer and fewer, the Necromancer finally fell. With his demise the clouds cleared. The battle was over and the Lizardmen could continue their march.

Lizardmen Points:

Crushing Victory: 5pts

Fully Painted Army: 3pts

Battle Report: 1pts

Total: 9pts

Lord Rib Tec Arrives

Zaki bowed his head as Lar-ax dismounted from his Horned- One, the beast staring into the bubble with the same confusion that met most of his kind. Lord Rib-Tec emerged onto the battle field with his entourage of ancient bodyguards. Their weapons dared not to gleam under the clouds that gathered over head as the winds of magic began to succumb to Rib-Tec’s will. Zaki gazed to the heavens as all the colours of the winds seemed to spiral around his Lord’s presence.

Zaki had always strived to serve his Lord best he could and with the latest battles he lead his scaled brethren well. Now the Mage Priest himself was ready to set up a battle to break the End Times that soon loomed near. The battle field before him and his elite Saurus guard was that of metal and monsters. The metal clad ratmen were the staring directly at Lord Rib Tec and were defiling the air by just breathing it. To the East the monstrosities awaited. A heavy unit of massive Rat Ogres stood on the flank with one standing atop the largest as a mount. Their puss filled living corpses were over shadowed by the vile creation that towered over them, it’s skin stitched together with rope as it folded over and over again on itself. Bones perturbed out of its many limbs along with blades that shone a deathly green.

Looking to his own troops Lord Rib-Tec choose 26 of the finest Saurus warriors available to hold off the Rat Ogre horde along with a young vicious Stegadon to try withstand the inevitable onslaught of Skaven creatures. For the other side of the battle, 3 ripperdactyls to vanguard the attack.

The Ratmen chattered their battle cry and it insulted the amphibious lord. With a blink, he sent the winged beasts to fly behind the Storm Vermin to harass their flanks, the Saurus trenched forwards making a block of spears for the large Rat Ogres and the monstrous Hellpit along with the Stegadon to manouver into position for a devastating charge. Finally the Slann and his Temple Guard moved forward to meet the Skaven head on. With a gulp of the magical air around him he gave a slight glance at his foe and cursed them and all their defiled possessions.

The Ratmen returned the intimidation and stepped forward, the Monsters attempting to charge but slipping and sliding in the process. The Storm Vermin ran from the winged predators trying to take down the Slann and his devoted and make the most of their numbers which clearly outnumbered their enemy.

It was at this point the Ripperdactyls dived into the Storm Vermin’s rear and began to go into a fitted state of rage. Before the battle Ziki, Zaki’s Chieftain Brother had taken a unit of chameleon skinks and placed a series of lustrian bloat toads in the units nests to engross them with the sent of the Ripperdactyl’s most hated enemy. With a bellowing roar the Saurus and the Stegadon both charged head long into the Rat Ogre unit. The Skaven General moved with a grin on his face to face the young brash Stegadon head on. His weapon glowed almost as if it was ethereal, his eyes glowed with sneaky pride at the opportunity he had before him to add a new name to his. However today was not to be his day…

The horned beast charged into the Rat Ogre and threw the armed Ratman off his balance causing him to miss his blow. The Ogres returned the favour at the Saurus warriors and took down a score of the Lizardmen, but once again the resilient Saurus powered through with military persision and primeval fury. The Rat Ogres were cut down and run down by the scaled foot soldiers but they then faced the terror of the Hellpit that awaited them. It charged into the Saurus making short work of their numbers and then turned it’s attention to the stubborn Stegadon. Holfing it’s ground, the Stegadon fell under the crushing power of the unholy beast and it’s warpstone flails. Giving a bellowing raor it turned it’s attention to the magical energy that filled the air. Lord Rib-Tec was directly in its line of sight, and it was feeding time.

On the other flank the battle was far more one sided. The Skaven swung their halberds for the flying beasts but only managed to hit a few times, the unit being confused by the rear attack and trying to concentrate on the other unit in front of them. Just as the Ripperdactyls were cut down they were interrupted by the charge of the Slann’s temple guard. The combination of the Saurus mastery of their weapons and the Slann’s magic proved too much and the iron coated ratmen were cut down.

As the final rat was run down the Hell Pit made its move and moved towards Lord Rib Tec. Predicting the inevitable, the Slann gave life back to his ancient warriors who had fallen in the battle to protect him, his devoted slaves complying without question as death did not stop their sacred duty. The Saurus were also blessed with great speed and skills from their ancestors, they took the charge of the monstrosity and returned the blows with the golden weapons.

 The creature fell… but as like the Saurus, death did not keep the creature down. Raising its head, it gave a mighty cry and began to try hit the Temple Guard back. The Revered Guardian of the unit stepped forward and struck his halberd down upon the neck of the Hellpit. The ground opened beneath the beast as a small swarm of rats came to try and fend off the Lizardmen and it was only as the last of the swarms were killed off, did they notice that the unholy body of the Hellpit had been taken. The Skaven had managed to take their beast back… Their experiment to perfect… Zaki looked on from his hill top and all he could think of was not how his Lord had performed in the battle, not of relief for his brother being safe… but of questions that floated around his mind… how many of those things were there? And how many would he need to kill himself?

Lizardmen victory: 3pts

Fully Painted army: 3pts

New Lord/ Heros/ units: 3pts

Battle Report: 1pts

Lizardmen Total: 10pts