#RPGaDay2024 Day 20 – Battle

Day 20 of #RPGaDay2024. I continue posting about the alternative prompt challenge list by Skala Wyzwania. For more information on RPG a Day, see David Chapman’s Autocratik blog post for 2024.

The RPG challenge theme for today is Battle. Rolling a 1d10 for the quest. The result is 5: Write a Legend or Rumor.

The Great Battle of Rixes River

From the mountains of Ancient Ravall came the thunderous marching of an army of automatons set on conquering the kingdoms along the once mighty Rixes River. Their shapeshifting leaders, the former Cabal of the Masters of Sakai, claimed that they would liberate the world of the taint of Darkness upon the world and pull the Nocturnal Potentates themselves from the skies. Despite their claim of being liberators, the armies of Ravall crushed those who faced them and advanced unopposed down the Rixes Valley.

Gavinia the Wise, a former apprentice of the Masters of Sakai, melted the heart of King Tarrester, who opened the great dam and allowed the river Rixes to flow free for the first time in three generations. With the King’s show of goodwill and his army behind her, Gavinia traveled the river kingdoms, uniting the mortals against the advancing army. With their great host ready, the united river kings prepared to face the marching machines of menace.

And then, at dusk, the roar of the savage hoards reverberated across the Rixes Valley. The hoards of the creatures of the night, those tainted, warped, and changed by the Darkness, descended against the armies of Ravall.

The two armies fought from dusk until dawn for three days. The armies of Darkness gained the upper hand under the constellations of the Nocturnal Potentates, with the automatons rallying at day, great flying demons protecting the hordes against the mechanical dragons that pressed the attack.

On the dusk of the third day, the giant commander of savage hoard faced the gigantic automaton vanguard of the army of Ravall. When the giant ripped the colossal automaton to pieces, the armies of Ravall were routed, and the savage hoard seemed victorious until the army of men descended upon them. The Battle of the Rixes River was the first great victory of mortals against the gathered power of Darkness.

This post felt like an appropriate epic theme and challenge to tell this story and move along the tale I’ve been crafting this month. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. See you tomorrow.

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