As exclusively reported to the Mythtropolis Gazette by Eregorian of LeRochesse
4th Day of the 9th Month 1101 YAC
After days of buildup caused by the reluctance of the Commanders of the Free Realms, the brave marines of Harnlarche struck at the southern beach of Terysaur Isle. They held the position for a single day before being wiped out to a man.
5th Day of the 9th Month 1101 YAC
The beach became a slaughter with thousands of zombies destroying anyone who tried to land there. In the north at the same time the sky ships of the Free Realms and the surviving surface vessels from Haranlarche and Ienos gathered and bombarded the island until its forests were ablaze. This sucked air from across the island and caused a bigger fire to spread down to the beaches.
Undersea ship resembling turtles had been sent from Haranlarche and they received their first bit of good luck when Captain Rock of the Silver Knot was sent to command the surviving submarines. The submariners were scandalous. They were sent out to die, as distractions. However Captain Rock forged them into a useful force and then they landed on that same southern beach.
Captain Rock led his submariners up the beach, losing a quarter of his soldiers in the process. With survivors from the army that landed at the same time in the flaming north of the island, he gathered everyone at the burnt out marine base. Then Captain Rock used his special ability to magically weave worked stone to create defences and siege weapons as a black acid rain fell and skeleton dragons swooped on the sky vessels.
Admiral Shinvari panicked and fled, deserting his post in command of the sky navy. The surface ships took huge casualties as zombies swarmed them, sinking them in some cases by sheer weight of numbers.
Meanwhile Captain Rock fought on and prevailed in fighting retreat to the sky galleons that landed near the marine's castle after he burned the remaining trees to make room for the ships to land. Entering the Landing Zone he was heartened by his Bard reciting an old poem. With that to inspire him he fought on against 6 to 1 odds and won, losing only 63 of his own men for the total destruction of the undead enemy.
Then when he had won a shadow monster sent by the real enemy, Mogador, swooped on Captain Rock. In hand to hand combat Captain Rock killed the creature, but lost amounts of strength that would have killed a normal man. The day was won, but at great personal cost to Captain Rock. Now he is recuperating in Mythtropolis.
Captain Rock has been given rulership of the island on which he fought. Magic will send a castle there for him, and the 5,000 surviving soldiers will accompany him and his new wife Lyddia to the Grand Duchy of LeRochesse, the new name of his island realm. I will go with him as his Bard, and his friend.
Eregorian of LeRochesse
Captain Rock was reported to have said the following about the battle:
"God fought with us. While we may, in our mortal folly, forget the Gods, we should remember that they will not forget us."
