The Shaper Attack on Rimvold was Zharrek's assault on the capital of Skarnheim to reclaim Zal’therak's shard from Silas. Rimvold survived through the combined defense of Sigurd, Svanhild, Jin and Silas, who carried Zharrek’s final asteroid attack into the void. Zharrek died, but the fighting devastated the surrounding land.
Cause and preparations
Zharrek had gathered an elite army of essence shapers in Shroudvale, seeking to break their confinement behind the human nations’ wall. Zal’therak was imprisoned in a crystal used by Zharrek and his scholars for experiments. Silas, then known as Malcairn, broke the prison and escaped with the god’s shard. Zharrek pursued him, regarding the lost relic as essential to the shapers’ survival.
Jin warned Garrik that the shapers were passing Kaldaryn. Garrik mobilized his forces to pursue them toward Skarnheim, while Jin flew ahead. Garrik also intended to march on Shroudvale afterward, promising that innocents would be spared.
When Silas learned the army was only days from Rimvold, he warned Sigurd without initially revealing that he was its target. He offered to serve Skarnheim in exchange for help defeating the shapers, and Sigurd accepted. Svanhild supported the agreement and began gathering reinforcements from Vintergard.
Silas took responsibility for confronting Zharrek, leaving Jin to attack the main force. Sigurd assembled his strongest fighters and prepared to shield the front line, while Svanhild led the vanguard. Mages maintained starfield barriers and runic shields over the city, and its fighters carried runic weapons. The defenders moved out to meet the army away from the walls to limit damage within Rimvold.
Course of the attack
The shapers approached from the northwest and spread south to flank the defenders. Both sides drew heavily on the surrounding essence. Jin drained the land before attacking the southern shapers with storms and tornadoes, killing many and leveling patches of forest. By the time Silas faced Zharrek, the battlefield’s essence had run dry and they depended on stored cores.
Jin then intercepted Virel southwest of the battle. Virel denied siding with the shapers, but his declaration that he would restore Skarnheim’s symmetry prompted Jin to attack. Virel redirected Jin’s own attacks against him and defeated him. Sigurd intervened, stopped an incoming meteor and drove Virel away, while Halgarr carried Jin to safety.
Silas fought Zharrek with cosmic magic, veils and illusions. He slipped into the void while two replicas closed around his opponent, then detonated the essence within them. The blast hurled Zharrek against Rimvold’s barriers, which held. Facing defeat, Zharrek overloaded and disintegrated, calling down an asteroid as his final attack.
Outcome
Jin was incapacitated, and Sigurd and Svanhild said they lacked the magic to stop the asteroid. Silas ordered them away, and the army withdrew from the exposed battlefield. Drawing on his remaining reserves and Zal’therak’s power, he enveloped the falling asteroid in shadows and carried it into the void before it could destroy Rimvold. Silas survived, but the passage left him adrift with the exit to Valrindor gone.
The Shaper Attack on Rimvold was Zharrek's assault on the capital of Skarnheim to reclaim Zal’therak's shard from Silas. Rimvold survived through the combined defense of Sigurd, Svanhild, Jin and Silas, who carried Zharrek’s final asteroid attack into the void. Zharrek died, but the fighting devastated the surrounding land.
Cause and preparations
Zharrek had gathered an elite army of essence shapers in Shroudvale, seeking to break their confinement behind the human nations’ wall. Zal’therak was imprisoned in a crystal used by Zharrek and his scholars for experiments. Silas, then known as Malcairn, broke the prison and escaped with the god’s shard. Zharrek pursued him, regarding the lost relic as essential to the shapers’ survival.
Jin warned Garrik that the shapers were passing Kaldaryn. Garrik mobilized his forces to pursue them toward Skarnheim, while Jin flew ahead. Garrik also intended to march on Shroudvale afterward, promising that innocents would be spared.
When Silas learned the army was only days from Rimvold, he warned Sigurd without initially revealing that he was its target. He offered to serve Skarnheim in exchange for help defeating the shapers, and Sigurd accepted. Svanhild supported the agreement and began gathering reinforcements from Vintergard.
Silas took responsibility for confronting Zharrek, leaving Jin to attack the main force. Sigurd assembled his strongest fighters and prepared to shield the front line, while Svanhild led the vanguard. Mages maintained starfield barriers and runic shields over the city, and its fighters carried runic weapons. The defenders moved out to meet the army away from the walls to limit damage within Rimvold.
Course of the attack
The shapers approached from the northwest and spread south to flank the defenders. Both sides drew heavily on the surrounding essence. Jin drained the land before attacking the southern shapers with storms and tornadoes, killing many and leveling patches of forest. By the time Silas faced Zharrek, the battlefield’s essence had run dry and they depended on stored cores.
Jin then intercepted Virel southwest of the battle. Virel denied siding with the shapers, but his declaration that he would restore Skarnheim’s symmetry prompted Jin to attack. Virel redirected Jin’s own attacks against him and defeated him. Sigurd intervened, stopped an incoming meteor and drove Virel away, while Halgarr carried Jin to safety. Jin later acknowledged that Virel’s party had come to help and that he had struck first.
Silas fought Zharrek with cosmic magic, veils and illusions. He slipped into the void while two replicas closed around his opponent, then detonated the essence within them. The blast hurled Zharrek against Rimvold’s barriers, which held. Facing defeat, Zharrek overloaded and disintegrated, calling down an asteroid as his final attack.
Outcome
Jin was incapacitated, and Sigurd and Svanhild said they lacked the magic to stop the asteroid. Silas ordered them away, and the army withdrew from the exposed battlefield. Drawing on his remaining reserves and Zal’therak’s power, he enveloped the falling asteroid in shadows and carried it into the void before it could destroy Rimvold. Silas survived, but the passage left him adrift with the exit to Valrindor gone. He and Zal’therak later opened the gate in Chronasis, reaching Thalassai.
Garrik and the forces pursuing the shapers arrived after the battle had ended, and Garrik healed Jin. Although essence returned to the air, a large area outside Rimvold had been stripped of life and broken by the fighting. Jin redirected two rivers to restore their flow and filled the crater left by his duel with Virel with water.
The Shaper Attack on Rimvold was Zharrek's assault on the capital of Skarnheim to reclaim Zal’therak's shard from Silas. Rimvold survived through the combined defense of Sigurd, Svanhild, Jin and Silas, who carried Zharrek’s final asteroid attack into the void. Zharrek died, but the fighting devastated the surrounding land.
Cause and preparations
Zharrek had gathered an elite army of essence shapers in Shroudvale, seeking to break their confinement behind the human nations’ wall. Zal’therak was imprisoned in a crystal used by Zharrek and his scholars for experiments. Silas, then known as Malcairn, broke the prison and escaped with the god’s shard. Zharrek pursued him, regarding the lost relic as essential to the shapers’ survival.
Jin warned Garrik that the shapers were passing Kaldaryn. Garrik mobilized his forces to pursue them toward Skarnheim, while Jin flew ahead. Garrik also intended to march on Shroudvale afterward, promising that innocents would be spared.
When Silas learned the army was only days from Rimvold, he warned Sigurd without initially revealing that he was its target. He offered to serve Skarnheim in exchange for help defeating the shapers, and Sigurd accepted. Svanhild supported the agreement and began gathering reinforcements from Vintergard.
Silas took responsibility for confronting Zharrek, leaving Jin to attack the main force. Sigurd assembled his strongest fighters and prepared to shield the front line, while Svanhild led the vanguard. Mages maintained starfield barriers and runic shields over the city, and its fighters carried runic weapons. The defenders moved out to meet the army away from the walls to limit damage within Rimvold.
Course of the attack
The shapers approached from the northwest and spread south to flank the defenders. Both sides drew heavily on the surrounding essence. Jin drained the land before attacking the southern shapers with storms and tornadoes, killing many and leveling patches of forest. By the time Silas faced Zharrek, the battlefield’s essence had run dry and they depended on stored cores.
Jin then intercepted Virel southwest of the battle. Virel denied siding with the shapers, but his declaration that he would restore Skarnheim’s symmetry prompted Jin to attack. Virel redirected Jin’s own attacks against him and defeated him. Sigurd intervened, stopped an incoming meteor and drove Virel away, while Halgarr carried Jin to safety. Jin later acknowledged that Virel’s party had come to help and that he had struck first.
Silas fought Zharrek with cosmic magic, veils and illusions. He slipped into the void while two replicas closed around his opponent, then detonated the essence within them. The blast hurled Zharrek against Rimvold’s barriers, which held. Facing defeat, Zharrek overloaded and disintegrated, calling down an asteroid as his final attack.
Outcome
Jin was incapacitated, and Sigurd and Svanhild said they lacked the magic to stop the asteroid. Silas ordered them away, and the army withdrew from the exposed battlefield. Drawing on his remaining reserves and Zal’therak’s power, he enveloped the falling asteroid in shadows and carried it into the void before it could destroy Rimvold. Silas survived, but the passage left him adrift with the exit to Valrindor gone. He and Zal’therak later opened the gate in Chronasis, reaching Thalassai.
Garrik and the forces pursuing the shapers arrived after the battle had ended, and Garrik healed Jin. Although essence returned to the air, a large area outside Rimvold had been stripped of life and broken by the fighting. Jin redirected two rivers to restore their flow and filled the crater left by his duel with Virel with water.
The defeat left surviving shapers in Shroudvale. Garrik subsequently organized an expedition against Maraveth to eliminate the remaining threat.
The Shaper Attack on Rimvold was Zharrek's assault on the capital of Skarnheim to reclaim Zal’therak's shard from Silas. Rimvold survived through the combined defense of Sigurd, Svanhild, Jin and Silas, who carried Zharrek’s final asteroid attack into the void. Zharrek died, but the fighting devastated the surrounding land.
Cause and preparations
Zharrek had gathered an elite army of essence shapers in Shroudvale, seeking to break their confinement behind the human nations’ wall. Zal’therak was imprisoned in a crystal used by Zharrek and his scholars for experiments. Silas, then known as Malcairn, broke the prison and escaped with the god’s shard. Zharrek pursued him, regarding the lost relic as essential to the shapers’ survival.
Jin warned Garrik that the shapers were passing Kaldaryn. Garrik mobilized his forces to pursue them toward Skarnheim, while Jin flew ahead. Garrik also intended to march on Shroudvale afterward, promising that innocents would be spared.
When Silas learned the army was only days from Rimvold, he warned Sigurd without initially revealing that he was its target. He offered to serve Skarnheim in exchange for help defeating the shapers, and Sigurd accepted. Svanhild supported the agreement and began gathering reinforcements from Vintergard.
Silas took responsibility for confronting Zharrek, leaving Jin to attack the main force. Sigurd assembled his strongest fighters and prepared to shield the front line, while Svanhild led the vanguard. Mages maintained starfield barriers and runic shields over the city, and its fighters carried runic weapons. The defenders moved out to meet the army away from the walls to limit damage within Rimvold.
Course of the attack
The shapers approached from the northwest and spread south to flank the defenders. Both sides drew heavily on the surrounding essence. Jin drained the land before attacking the southern shapers with storms and tornadoes, killing many and leveling patches of forest. By the time Silas faced Zharrek, the battlefield’s essence had run dry and they depended on stored cores.
Jin then intercepted Virel southwest of the battle. Virel denied siding with the shapers, but his declaration that he would restore Skarnheim’s symmetry prompted Jin to attack. Virel redirected Jin’s own attacks against him and defeated him. Sigurd intervened, stopped an incoming meteor and drove Virel away, while Halgarr carried Jin to safety. Jin later acknowledged that Virel’s party had come to help and that he had struck first.
Silas fought Zharrek with cosmic magic, veils and illusions. He slipped into the void while two replicas closed around his opponent, then detonated the essence within them. The blast hurled Zharrek against Rimvold’s barriers, which held. Facing defeat, Zharrek overloaded and disintegrated, calling down an asteroid as his final attack.
Outcome
Jin was incapacitated, and Sigurd and Svanhild said they lacked the magic to stop the asteroid. Silas ordered them away, and the army withdrew from the exposed battlefield. Drawing on his remaining reserves and Zal’therak’s power, he enveloped the falling asteroid in shadows and carried it into the void before it could destroy Rimvold. Silas survived, but the passage left him adrift with the exit to Valrindor gone. He and Zal’therak later opened the gate in Chronasis, reaching Thalassai.
Garrik and the forces pursuing the shapers arrived after the battle had ended, and Garrik healed Jin. Although essence returned to the air, a large area outside Rimvold had been stripped of life and broken by the fighting. Jin redirected two rivers to restore their flow and filled the crater left by his duel with Virel with water.
The defeat left surviving shapers in Shroudvale. Garrik subsequently organized an expedition against Maraveth to eliminate the remaining threat.