Wednesday, 19 August 2020

The Great Oubliette of Shyish, part 2.

Adm'rul Kurgan had wandered the Great Oubliette of Shyish for longer than he could remember. A continent-sized underworld of dank cells and ice-cold dungeons, towering mausoleums and layer upon layer of crypts. In his entire time there, he never saw another soul.

So the Adm'rul was frustrated - he held Da Kutlass and Deeptoof ready for a fight that never came. He explored endlessly but could never map anywhere. Worst of all; there was nothing to drink.

+++

As battle had raged through the Prime Innerlands during the Dread Solstice, Nagash cast ever more enemies into his Great Oubliette. Warlords and warriors alike tumbled helplessly down hissing wells of grey sand, before plunging into the deeper darkness below. They staggered to their feet amidst endless stone corridors and whispering walls of shadow.

In his arrogance, distracted and set off balance by the sheer amount of foes hurling themselves at him from every side, Nagash had erred. More and more armed warriors mass in the corridors and halls of the oubliette until at last its guardians cannot hold them back. War raged through halls that had known only silence for thousands of years. Weapons of such arcane power were unleashed that the wardings of the oubliette could not withstand them.

+++

So Kaptain Mogrum and the Cleavermaws plotted a rescue. The guardians of the Oubliette could not watch every entrance since Nagash had opened so many new gateways and the defensive wardings were greatly reduced in power. The Cleavermaws planned to break into the Oubliette, find the Adm'rul and escape with him.

The first part of their plan was complete - they had gathered half-a-dozen Endless Spells and bound them into the Dead Man's Chest. They would use the power of the spells to break open a gateway to the underworld where the Adm'rul was held captive!



1 comment: