







Listen to me Silver of Stances, for I speak the will of the goddess!260 years of perpetual war against the Spry Beards (Ha! Beards they say! Those pointy-eared freaks crack me up.) and the Ivy Of Kisses have diminished our numbers to less then a hundred.Great beasts have destroyed our hillocks and the forestfolk have finished the job.All our fortresses have fallen to the pointy-eared foe, this mountainhome is the only place remaining to us.The other Children Of The Mountains have succumbed to betrayal and heresy, inviting goblins and even elves into their swelling ranks while we remain pure.Our copper mines have nearly run out after centuries of conflict.Our bronze-clad war-preachers can barely hold their ground against the onslaught of giant grizzlies, enormous eagles and colossal cougars with their ancient armor and weapons degrading with every skull we split.Yet we stand strong. Nikot Greatclashes looks down upon us, the goddess is with us. Fortresses, war and valor are her domain and we are her chosen people. She has shown me a place not far from our mountains yet deep within the forests of our enemy. A place where the roots of dark, dense, coniferous woods grap rocks full of precious iron, proud marble and glorious gold.The enemy does not yet know we have found this place, this is our chance to surprise them. There we will erect our fortress, our temple of war and their forests will fuel our fires, their rivers quell the thirst of our industry and from the deep rocks we will melt the iron and steel to feed our forges.We will not break. We will not die. For the glory of Nikot we will build the greatest fort the Planets of Omen have ever seen. And on our walls they shall break, their blood will fertilize the land and our hammers and axes will bear witness to the favour of the goddess and WE. WILL. KILL. THEM.Now I turn to you my beloved brother, most exalted King, give the word and send out a party to prepare the arrival of our forces. Let them pierce the Aquifer and begin building our new home. Send them to strike the earth!