Nick's Warriors of Chaos - Part 1

East of the World's Edge Mountains lies the Dark Lands, a grim and desolate wasteland fought over by the foulest servants of Chaos. Mortal humans, Chaos dwarfs, bloodthirsty ogres and numerous other beasts and ghouls, all devoted to their dark masters, continually fight for supremacy and the favor of their gods. Within this benighted realm of ashy clouds, volcanic spires and parched earth emerged Zubaz Chukai, a mortal sorcerer of the Chaos gods. For most of his life a scholar safely perched within his ivory tower, Zubaz was suddenly struck by a vision that portended an auspicious future - a great and terrible sun rising in the West, beyond the stony gates of the World's Edge Mountains. This vision began to occupy all of Zubaz's thoughts and attention, and consumed by this omen he reached out to his old clan and told them the news. They responded by gathering a force of marauder cavalry and sending them west to investigate:

As the horsemen serried forth, Zubaz spread word of his prophecy throughout the Dark Lands, hoping to gather more allies. His call was heeded by a band of Chaos warriors- the Brotherhood of the Black Sun. A small, hardbitten group of veterans of a campaign deep into the Chaos Wastes, the Brotherhood was a collection of survivors that had been led by a champion that had been found wanting by the dark gods. Struck by the vision of a Western sun, they decided to follow the prophecy and marched into the mountains with the sorcerer.

The World's Edge Mountains are a great natural redoubt between the forces of Chaos and the lands of men. Climbing past the first jagged row of peaks, Zubaz Chukai had one last ally to call upon for his warband: Grogg, a mighty dragon ogre with a dim and ancient memory of fighting alongside Zubaz's tribe of marauders in years past. Lured by the promise of flesh to eat and towns to plunder, he marched alongside the small force.

As the band crossed through the mountain range, they found themselves on a flat and dusty plateau in the heart of the mountains. Facing them was a rival Chaos warband, led by a powerful sorcerer lord and composed of fearsome marauder veterans. The winds of magic stirred in anticipation of blood to be spilled, and Zubaz's marauder horsemen charged forth, crashing into the rival horsemen with their flails.

As the skirmish forces battled, the rival sorcerer unleashed a powerful spell, killing all of Zubaz's marauder horsemen instantly. This sorcerer was clearly much stronger than Zubaz Chukai, dispelling his attempts at casting spells of his own with contemptuous ease.

However, this overpursuit left the rival warband vulnerable. Grogg the dragon ogre waded into melee and was soon surrounded by marauders, luring them into a ripe position to be charged by the Brotherhood of the Black Sun

The hard earned veteran experience of the Brotherhood proved its worth, and they were able to drive back the marauders. After a long afternoon of steady advancing and numerous rounds of combat, the rival warband eventually broke and fled off the plateau. It seemed to all present that the grim visions of Zubaz Chukai, sorcerer of the Dark Lands, was guiding the servants of Chaos to glory.

Bloodied by their experience but clearly victorious, the warband of Zubaz Chukai forges westward towards the lands of men...