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The Red Wizards prevail as the Salamander hordes are dealt a crushing defeat at the hands of Fire Elementals apparently sent forth by Kossuth himself and a handful of demons apparently summoned by Zulkir Nevron and his conjurers!
As the Salamander horde moved to cut off Bezantur, Mari Agneh, backed by companies of Mykrul’s Legion, rode out of the city to stop the advance. There, they were spectacularly routed with many legionnaires dying and scattered and most undead in the host wiped out. The Salamanders, with their victory, then grew bold enough to attack the western gate of Bezantur – easily breaching it and overwhelming the few remaining legion and mercenary defenders.
Even the Lord Fyzzar, powerful leader of the Salamanders, appeared at the gate. In the chaos of the battle appeared those who had been hailed as the heroes of the Alaor, attacking the salamander hordes and trying to rally the beleaguered defenders. While their assistance aided somewhat, the defenders were still scattered by the powerful Salamander forces.
All seemed lost.
But then...something miraculous happened…
The Salamander nobles and flamemasters who had so summoned up Fire Elementals to aid them for a time did so, as usual. But this time, the elementals turned against those who summoned them, and somehow even more elementals appeared in their midst and began attacking! Now with powerful allies against the treacherous Salamanders, the defenders turned the tide of the battle and repelled wave upon wave of attackers. And in a ferocious attack by the remaining defenders and fire elemental allies, Lord Fyzzar himself was slain!
Demons, apparently summoned forth by the conjurers instead of unreliable salamanders or efreeti appeared sometime after this as well. And they, along with a growing number of Fire Elementals, moved out of the city and took the fight to the Salamander horde gathered on the plains. The horde, now in chaos with their fire elementals turning against them and apparently commanded by a heretofore little known Red Wizard called ‘Aznar Thrul’, and demons circling overhead tearing them apart, fell back west in disarray.
Bezantur had been saved!
How, exactly, the tables had been turned against the Salamanders is a matter of intense debate. Some say Nevron and his conjurers struck a deal with a powerful Tanar’ri lord, sacrificing Mari Agneh’s legion in the process. Others claim, even more outrageously, that the Red Wizard Aznar Thrul performed some ritual with the aid of the Flaming Brazier temple, gained an audience with Kossuth himself, then requested -and even more ridiculously claim he received- the Lord of Fire’s aid! But even now, as the Fire Elementals gather and the priests of the Flaming Brazier can be seen commanding them, more and more citizens of Bezantur have been hailing Kossuth, the Eternal Flame of the Flaming Brazier, and this unknown Red Wizard Thrul as the true saviors of Bezantur.
While it appears an important and pivotal victory has been achieved, the Salamander threat is far from over as hordes of the creatures still roam the Priador and Wizard’s Coast. Whether the ‘Saviors of Bezantur’ endeavor to be called the 'Victors of the Salamander War', or the 'Saviors of the Priador' remains to be seen...
As the Salamander horde moved to cut off Bezantur, Mari Agneh, backed by companies of Mykrul’s Legion, rode out of the city to stop the advance. There, they were spectacularly routed with many legionnaires dying and scattered and most undead in the host wiped out. The Salamanders, with their victory, then grew bold enough to attack the western gate of Bezantur – easily breaching it and overwhelming the few remaining legion and mercenary defenders.
Even the Lord Fyzzar, powerful leader of the Salamanders, appeared at the gate. In the chaos of the battle appeared those who had been hailed as the heroes of the Alaor, attacking the salamander hordes and trying to rally the beleaguered defenders. While their assistance aided somewhat, the defenders were still scattered by the powerful Salamander forces.
All seemed lost.
But then...something miraculous happened…
The Salamander nobles and flamemasters who had so summoned up Fire Elementals to aid them for a time did so, as usual. But this time, the elementals turned against those who summoned them, and somehow even more elementals appeared in their midst and began attacking! Now with powerful allies against the treacherous Salamanders, the defenders turned the tide of the battle and repelled wave upon wave of attackers. And in a ferocious attack by the remaining defenders and fire elemental allies, Lord Fyzzar himself was slain!
Demons, apparently summoned forth by the conjurers instead of unreliable salamanders or efreeti appeared sometime after this as well. And they, along with a growing number of Fire Elementals, moved out of the city and took the fight to the Salamander horde gathered on the plains. The horde, now in chaos with their fire elementals turning against them and apparently commanded by a heretofore little known Red Wizard called ‘Aznar Thrul’, and demons circling overhead tearing them apart, fell back west in disarray.
Bezantur had been saved!
How, exactly, the tables had been turned against the Salamanders is a matter of intense debate. Some say Nevron and his conjurers struck a deal with a powerful Tanar’ri lord, sacrificing Mari Agneh’s legion in the process. Others claim, even more outrageously, that the Red Wizard Aznar Thrul performed some ritual with the aid of the Flaming Brazier temple, gained an audience with Kossuth himself, then requested -and even more ridiculously claim he received- the Lord of Fire’s aid! But even now, as the Fire Elementals gather and the priests of the Flaming Brazier can be seen commanding them, more and more citizens of Bezantur have been hailing Kossuth, the Eternal Flame of the Flaming Brazier, and this unknown Red Wizard Thrul as the true saviors of Bezantur.
While it appears an important and pivotal victory has been achieved, the Salamander threat is far from over as hordes of the creatures still roam the Priador and Wizard’s Coast. Whether the ‘Saviors of Bezantur’ endeavor to be called the 'Victors of the Salamander War', or the 'Saviors of the Priador' remains to be seen...