[i]The dead littered the village. Orcs, Trolls, and Ogres alike fought with these new creatures, beastly creatures with the symbol of the western lands on them. Many of the creatures would aim at a distance with their long hollow sticks and even the few that came to fight head on would only fall down withering in great pain as an Orcs axe or a Trolls mace smashed into their chest only to get up once again. They were nearly as ruthless as the creatures they fought. Even with their advanced weaponry and their mysterious powers, one by one they would fall as multiple flying axes would embed themselves into the mysterious creatures till they fell down dead. This would be a victory but at a great cost. Many green skinned dead littered the dirt ground, their blood coloring it red. The village was also in ruins…[/i]

The room couldn’t be considered a room by many, even the small rural village it was in could only be considered a village by the green-skinned creatures that lived in it. The village itself was built from a collection of wooden and stone huts that looked extremely fragile as they could have been easily thrown together. The room was more of a mostly stone hut located near the western half of the village. It had no windows, a hole in the roof with black smoke curling out, the entrance was covered by a brown animal skin. A troll and an orc were standing by the entrance armed with double-sided halberds and armor covered in steam. Three green-skinned creatures were meeting inside this hut, it was the meeting of the tribes.

“You know as well as I do that many of our soldiers would love to charge into battle with their weapons ready and their hunger for fresh blood boiling. But you also know that we are greatly outnumbered not to mention we know next to nothing about our western neighbors.” says High Chieftain Kaijan as he addresses his two cousins in race and power. He had a giant battle axe slung over his back and dressed in traditional steel armor.

“What do you suggest we do? We can’t exactly let our western border get slaughtered by those beast.” says High Chieftain Xujian, it could easily be considered a grave insult to be called beast by a race that many would consider to be the beasts of the world. “We have to deal with them.”

“First, lets begin with classifying somethings. The Irodein Empire, our rude western neighbors are attacking and have captured a number of villages on our western border, enslaving or killing our people. The beast are a race called Sanfures, a muscular race that seems to have two lives unless you decapitate them. They have advanced weaponry, nothing that our armed forces can’t deal with but unfortunately, none of our soldiers were located on our western border. They also seem to have hard bones as survivors report weapons piercing their skin but they seem to bounce off. This suggest many hard bones.” Chieftain Xomath was always considered the brains of the three leaders as he always has way of getting information and controls much of the diplomatic issues in the tribes and with outside nations. “We would need to station troops there.”

“I will get my soldiers on the border immediately. They will be stationed in every village and even take back a few of the captured ones.” says Kaijan eagerly.

“No, station troops in the remaining villages but do not engage captured villages.” says Xomath to Kaijan. The authority in his voice caused the eager troll chief to sit down. “Chieftain Xujian, I need you to prepare all able bodied men and talk with Trogces to supply every single one of them with a rifle, battleaxe, and set of steel armor.” says Xomath as he directs the ogre chieftain. “I will start talks with nations for help.” The room remained silent for a moment before he spoke again, “Lets say the meeting is over, we need to prepare for the upcoming war.” As soon as everyone left the room, the orc chief left the room and walked over to a nearby house. Inside was a bored looking orc with a pile of scrolls. “I need you to contact the following nations, The confederation of clans, Orsini, and the Empire of Stellata. Tell them that we need their help against the Irodein Empire and Steam Coalition. Return with a list of whatever they need in exchange for help.”.