Magic was the last resort they had left; to ensure that their efforts to achieve victory were not in vain, they decided to draw on all the magical resources at their disposal. They had learned nothing.
A hundred years earlier, they had used powerful, dark and ancient magic against the fire wizards, magic that they paid a heavy price for and yet they persisted in their greatest mistake. They were using magic for evil and selfish purposes, and what they had been turned into, was visible and living proof of this. A few moments after the completion of the ritual, the fighting stopped.
Paladins and orcs were drawn to a sky, covered in black clouds within which swelled bolts of fire. Soft, grey ash fell slowly like snow onto the battlefield, covering the ground and resting on the heads of the
