[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/mT5SoOy.png[/img][/center][hr]While the Demon Aristocracy feasted and joy over a cursed night of wandering spirits and the Heavens persevered in their idyllic stasis, Hyperion lived on. The city of never-ending, never-sleeping night where all of this world's commodities are just the slice of a credit chip away, safeguarded by the eyes of of the all-knowing and benevolent High Queen of the Machina of Mankind, such it was and such it'll ever be, as long as Eos can help it.

One of the so ubiquitous holographic advertisement displays that dotted Hyperion, more exactly, one that was right in front of Bastion's window, changed from the streaming of [u][url=https://youtu.be/UFTfJnkYS8A]mysterious idol's performance[/url][/u] to a join the Machina broadcast network as the High Queen made an announcement.

[color=ec008c]"Unit-T and pilot Tina, Utada and Bonesword, you have been selected to lead the Machina's effort in the next main battle. All of you as well as any other units that desire to join the skirmish, report to the nearest dispatch bay. You'll be briefed on the objectives and conditions on route to the battlefield in order to preserve crucial intelligence,"[/color] Eos said with a commanding voice as Hyperion and the remainder of the Machina domains remained silent in awe. The gravity of the High Queens tone said it all: it was time for another decisive battle.[center][h3][b][color=7bcdc8][u]     The Battle of Lenuria     [/u][/color][/b][/h3][/center][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/RtXc4l2.png[/img][/center]Hidden within the deepest reaches of the eternally frozen Hyperborean Sea, Lenuria's Deep is said to hold both great riches and immensurable dangers.

Unlike the raw nature of Ruthria's resources, Lenuria's treasures are of a much more refined kind. Weapons, armor and many other artifacts of great power lay within the sunken halls of the capital of the eponymous kingdom that once flourished on these waters before disappearing from the face of the Nexus in the span of a tragic evening. If the legends are to be believed, the once golden city even holds the greatest bounty the seas have to offer, the Staff of Okeanos, capable of bending the oceans to its wielder's will.

The chasm in which Lenuria rests is not without its dangers, though. An ancient evil, dreaded and baleful, inhabits these waters, spreading its murky presence like a pitch-black oil to blind and suffocate all that dare disturb its rest. Legends tell that it was because of this being, a visitor from beyond the very stars, that Lenuria fell, in the first place; its luster tarnished and the many wonders wrought by its masters, fated to never be seen again.

Whether there's any grain of truth to this story, or it remains as a baseless legend is yet to be seen.
[center][h3][b][color=7bcdc8][u]     Objectives and Conditions     [/u][/color][/b][/h3][/center]The conditions to achieve victory in this battle are simple: Acquire the Staff of Okeanos, bring it to Lenuria's Throne Room and claim rulership over the ancient sunken city. The faction that achieves these objectives first, or is the last one standing —after all members of the others have been eradicated— wins.

That said if the Ancient Evil that sleeps within these waters raises up and defeats all of the combatants, this battle can end in a loss for everyone.
[center][h3][b][color=7bcdc8][u]     Extras     [/u][/color][/b][/h3][/center]Given that the battle will take place in an underwater environment, the participants will be provided with means to breathe underwater as well as resistance against environmental hazards such as the normal water temperature and pressure, through faction specific buffs, if needed.

Nothing else will be provided but, despite Lenuria's depth, there's enough pale ghostly illumination coming from exotic life form, like algae patches, anemones, and fish to make visibility conditions similar to those of a Waning Moon in a dense forest. Other natural occurring events such as underwater geysers —or thermal vents— and underwater currents, as well as the wildlife itself, like giant crabs, man-eater polyps, can be used for combat advantage as well.

As always, all members of a same faction will be starting in the same location, around Lenuria's ruins, a retreat portal will be available for those who give up. Other than this, there'll be no external help of any sort.

The whole battlefield has around 12 kilometers in diameter, divided between underwater ruins, at the northern half, and a series of natural features leading to a seemingly bottomless pitch-black trench, with very violent underwater currents, towards the southern.
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