The War for Nosgoth

The rebel factions would not be frightened away from their dangerous ideas of reclaimed freedom and Kain's empire was forced to prepare for war. The Turelim forges became dedicated armor factories. The Silenced Cathedral, retaken from human hands, became a feeding ground for weary troops. The Melchahim's experiments to stem their own decay were diverted into necromantic creation of otherworldly beasts to aid in battle. Meanwhile, Sommerdamm became a fortified bastion against the vampire hordes and Valeholm was converted into a training ground for new soldiers. Even the city of Provance, once captured and then disdained by the vampires, became a valued supply station for traveling armies.

The Watchers became adept at leading their shots to bring down Razielim in flight. Alchemists happily burned through waves of their vampire enemies. The Vanguard's defensive walls kept Turelim at bay to be slaughtered by oncoming flurries of crossbow bolts. And a Prophet's cursed blood proved a great asset against the necromantic magic employed by the summoners of the Melchahim clan. Meanwhile, Razielim sentinels keenly picked away at Vanguard shield walls by snatching unaware soldiers into the skies. The Turelim shock troops reveled in the snapping of crossbows and the crushing of skulls. Dumahim reavers dealt out bloody maulings and vicious hand-to-hand combat while the cruelest Zephonim even spread infectious plagues amongst the enemy.

None were merciful. None were above cruel tactics. None were safe while the enemy still lived. And none gave any quarter. The buried vaults of the Razielim temple-city were desecrated by invading forces. The old prophets of Avernus even went so far as to poison their own dead so that the vampires might unknowingly feast upon tainted blood. Every former boundary was now a battle line and every advantage taken. And in time, after many years of brutal births, bloody lives and unforgiving deaths on both sides of the conflict, the war machine was at long last strained to its limit.