The Arrack Afair-by Arew Silverwing.
A voice from the heaves cried out to us ?Prepare an army outside the Hydlaa gates!? Many of Hydlaa\'s greatest warriors arrived at gates. They were split up into groups based on their abilities, mages, healers, and fighters. I joined the fight only briefly, but decided to stay true to the reporter\'s ideal of getting the story without getting killed. Within a very short period of time Cadoras managed to organize the Hydlaan warriors into an acceptable army, with a little help from Laanx...(?Be quiet, my unruly children! Listen to your superiors!?).
Masoj seemed to be trying to help, but it almost seemed like he and Cadoras were working against each other to the same end. In the end Cadoras was the one most people listened to, including Masoj. Between them they managed to finish organizing the chaos that was the hydlaan army. My memory is a bit foggy of those who were there, and I cannot accuratly illustrate all events, but i will give it my best. The road to Akkaio was littered with Tefusangs and Trepors. Many brave warriors were lost before even reaching the city.
Many brave warriors entered Akkaio and fought long and hard to defeat the army of rogues that sought to drive order from the great city. In time, despite the enchanted fog hindering their sight (and apparently my memory of images preventing me from illustrating these events in any real detail...) the rogues were defeated, leaving only the self-styled Prince of Rogues, later (more correctly) dubbed Prince of Rats, Arrack, to fight alone. This supposedly mighty warrior hid from the army of Hydlaa and their jibes and demands of battle. Even in battle Cadoras managed to direct the troops, at least to some extent, by guiding them to the corps of healers. Many brave soldiers were lost in the chaos, but many more rogues were slain. I seem to recall Gomez looking for a healer an aweful lot, but I suppose in a war that\'s not so surprising. After the rogues were destroyed Arrack made his appearance... sort of. As I said he just kinda shouted like an idiot over the army of Hydlaa while cowering in fear.
Suddenly a shout went out across Akkaio, ?Arrack killed by Apis!,? ?Victory!,? and the like. The evil had been lifted from Akkaio, at least for the time being.
After much searching after a voice said something about treasure lying around the city, everyone retired to the Broken Door. Even Brado breathed a sigh of relief. With many thanks to Proglin and his corps of healers, and a general spirit of joy and wonder, the party at the Broken Door was truly something to see.
You can see in this illustration the beginnings a great gala. You can also see Cadoras standing on the balcony savoring the Hydlaan victory.
If any of you more talented artists out there could provide me with an image of Arrack I would appreciate your permission for me to add it to my memoirs, with all proper accredation of course.
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