[b]Summer of 2719[/b] The weak sunlight that makes it through the swirling black clouds gathering above Alria shines on a much changed landscape. The very ground itself has been tainted by the Darkness, the land made sick and the oceans turning inky black, whatever the outcome of this desperate war, Alria will never be the same. Facing the Darkness for the first time, [b]New Engelica[/b] fights alongside the metal defenders of Orngat, facing screaming harpies in the skies above them as the Storm Tempest is once more summoned to the aid of the powerful nation. Those that remained in New Engelica can hardly believe the horrors that their brothers and sisters are facing on a foreign shore. Desperately holding the line against the ever-pressing Darkness, [b]Tushienia[/b] takes a serious blow in it's battle. Perhaps the nation's greatest strength, it's mastery of undead magics, wanes in the face of the Shadow as immensely powerful magics strip them of their powers. The undead will no longer rise to Tushienia's call, and the Darkness, sensing a moment of weakness, push forwards in greater numbers than ever before. For the first time since the Darkness toppled the Great Alliance, a nation has taken the fight to the foul nightmares. The [b]Broken Empire[/b], hurling itself against the Shadow with a frenzy, pushes back the Darkness from a province in which it had settled just months before. They find the land twisted and nightmarish, but they claim the land, forges already being re-lit and defenses repaired in preparation for the inevitable retaliation. The [b]Kingdom of Zakol[/b] bursts into action, refusing to allow the waters to fall to the Darkness as they hurl almost their entire fleet in a desperate attempt to push the Shadow back from their vulnerable coasts. Armies march to the north, shoring up the defenses of their allies the Republic of Andinon while Zakol encounters the Darkness on land for the first time, easily driving them back. Now doubt grateful of their allies coming aid, the [b]Republic of Andinon[/b] continues to hold their lines against the Darkness, even as in shady workshops and libraries, the nation is gathering all information they can that will help them against their mortal foe. Perhaps some breakthrough will come from the studious Gnomes... [b]Pankra[/b] falls silent even as one of their islands are seized from them by the Darkness, their people slaughtered and villages razed to the ground. As another island falls to the shadows, and the shifting shapes beneath the waters draw loser to the [b]Republic of Outcasts[/b], there can be no doubt that it will be under the weak summer sun that the nation will be truly tested, facing the Darkness for the first time. As the nations around them fall silent, and allies are far in the distance, it will soon come down to a desperate fight for survival. [b]Orngat[/b] faces the Darkness for the first time, and, aided greatly by their elven allies, manage to drive off the first contact, although there can be no doubt that, as the Shadow continues to push through the waters, the fight will not always be so easy. However, bolstered as they are by their two new-found allies, there is hope that they will hold. [img]http://orig13.deviantart.net/0f6b/f/2016/045/3/c/map_by_romerorp-d9rpti8.png[/img] [b][u]MAP KEY[/u][/b] [hider] [u][b]Provinces 1-24[/b][/u] [hider]Province 1 - [color=red][b][i]Lost to the Darkness[/i][/b][/color] Province 2 - [color=red][b][i]Lost to the Darkness[/i][/b][/color] Province 3 - [color=red][b][i]Lost to the Darkness[/i][/b][/color] Province 4 - [color=red][b][i]Lost to the Darkness[/i][/b][/color] Province 5 - [color=red][b][i]Lost to the Darkness[/i][/b][/color] Province 6 - [b]Republic of Andinon[/b][i](Eklipse)[/i] Province 7 - [b]Tushienia[/b][i](Bright_Ops)[/i] Province 8 - [b]Duringis[/b][i](NPC)[/i] Province 9 - [b]Duringis[/b][i](NPC)[/i] Province 10 - [b]Tushienia[/b][i](Bright_Ops)[/i] Province 11 - [b]Tushienia[/b][i](Bright_Ops)[/i] Province 12 - [b]Tushienia[/b][i](Bright_Ops)[/i] Province 13 - [b]Republic of Andinon[/b][i](Eklipse)[/i] Province 14 - [b]Republic of Andinon[/b][i](Eklipse)[/i] Province 15 - [b]Republic of Andinon[/b][i](Eklipse)[/i] Province 16 - [b]Kingdom of Zakol[/b][i](BlackRose)[/i] Province 17 - [b]Tushienia[/b][i](Bright_Ops)[/i] Province 18 - [b]Kingdom of Zakol[/b][i](BlackRose)[/i] Province 19 - [b]Republic of Andinon[/b][i](Eklipse)[/i] Province 20 - [color=red][b][i]Lost to the Darkness[/i][/b][/color] Province 21 - [color=red][b][i]Lost to the Darkness[/i][/b][/color] Province 22 - [color=red][b][i]Lost to the Darkness[/i][/b][/color] Province 23 - [color=red][b][i]Lost to the Darkness[/i][/b][/color] Province 24 - [color=red][b][i]Lost to the Darkness[/i][/b][/color][/hider] [b][u]Provinces 25-61[/u][/b] [hider]Province 25 - [b]Kingdom of Zakol[/b][i](BlackRose)[/i] Province 26 - [b]Iparis[/b][i](NPC)[/i] Province 27 - [b]Kingdom of Zakol[/b][i](BlackRose)[/i] Province 28 - [b]Krognar Tribe[/b][i](NPC)[/i] Province 29 - [color=red][b][i]Lost to the Darkness[/i][/b][/color] Province 30 - [color=red][b][i]Lost to the Darkness[/i][/b][/color] Province 31 - [color=red][b][i]Lost to the Darkness[/i][/b][/color] Province 32 - [color=red][b][i]Lost to the Darkness[/i][/b][/color] Province 33 - [color=red][b][i]Lost to the Darkness[/i][/b][/color] Province 34 - [color=red][b][i]Lost to the Darkness[/i][/b][/color] Province 35 - [b]The Broken Empire[/b][i](ForKhorne)[/i] Province 36 - [color=red][b][i]Lost to the Darkness[/i][/b][/color] Province 37 - [color=red][b][i]Lost to the Darkness[/i][/b][/color] Province 38 - [b]Bripiak[/b][i](NPC)[/i] Province 39 - [b]Bripiak[/b][i](NPC)[/i] Province 40 - [b]Dolarti Tribe[/b][i](NPC)[/i] Province 41 - [b]The Broken Empire[/b][i](ForKhorne)[/i] Province 42 - [b]Bripiak[/b][i](NPC)[/i] Province 43 - [b]Bripiak[/b][i](NPC)[/i] Province 44 - [b]Bripiak[/b][i](NPC)[/i] Province 45 - [b]Bripiak[/b][i](NPC)[/i] Province 46 - [b]The Broken Empire[/b][i](ForKhorne)[/i] Province 47 - [b]The Broken Empire[/b][i](ForKhorne)[/i] Province 48 - [b]The Broken Empire[/b][i](ForKhorne)[/i] Province 49 - [b]The Broken Empire[/b][i](ForKhorne)[/i] Province 50 - [b]The Broken Empire[/b][i](ForKhorne)[/i] Province 51 - [b]The Broken Empire[/b][i](ForKhorne)[/i] Province 52 - [b]New Engelica[/b][i](Legion02)[/i] Province 53 - [b]New Engelica[/b][i](Legion02)[/i] Province 54 - [b]Orngat[/b][i](PlatinumSkink)[/i] Province 55 - [b]New Engelica[/b][i](Legion02)[/i] Province 56 - [b]Orngat[/b][i](PlatinumSkink)[/i] Province 57 - [b]Orngat[/b][i](PlatinumSkink)[/i] Province 58 - [b]New Engelica[/b][i](Legion02)[/i] Province 59 - [b]New Engelica[/b][i](Legion02)[/i] Province 60 - [b]New Engelica[/b][i](Legion02)[/i] Province 61 - [b]Broken Empire[/b][i](ForKhorne)[/i][/hider] [b][u]Provinces 62-70[/u][/b] [hider]Province 62 - [color=red][b][i]Lost to the Darkness[/i][/b][/color] Province 63 - [color=red][b][i]Lost to the Darkness[/i][/b][/color] Province 64 - [b]Pankra[/b][i](Mardox)[/i] Province 65 - [b]Pankra[/b][i](Mardox)[/i] Province 66 - [b]The Confederacy of Sawl[/b][i](NPC)[/i] Province 67 - [b]The Confederacy of Sawl[/b][i](NPC)[/i] Province 68 - [b]Republic of Outcasts[/b][i](Catchphrase)[/i] Province 69 - [b]Republic of Outcasts[/b][i](Catchphrase)[/i] Province 70 - [b]Republic of Outcasts[/b][i](Catchphrase)[/i][/hider][/hider]