Chapter 7: The Flames of the First Campaign
Chapter 7: The Flames of the First Campaign Years before the banners of Virellia marched across the golden plains, before they were queens, Sarah and Michelle were commanders —young, fierce, and blood-soaked. The enemy then was not Orcs, nor Goblins, but something far darker . Whispers from the east had spoken of the Chios —demons of shadow and fire, summoned through broken runes and blood ritual. Few had seen them and lived. Those who had spoke in tongues or tore out their eyes. It was during the Siege of Black Hollow , deep in the Forest of Ashen Bone, that Sarah and Michelle first laid eyes on the man who would forever haunt their dreams— Sir Salty . The army of the Chios had torn through villages, their magic burning crops to ash and twisting men into slavering beasts. The defenders of Virellia had held a final line outside Black Hollow, their backs against a river of black tar, their hope fading with every scream carried on the wind. Sarah, still a princess then, clad ...