(Same as above)
Then the admiral of the Mogar family mentioned that there is a very hidden Assur outpost and transit station at the bottom of the giant turtle archipelago near the west coast of Lustria.
When talking about immortal elves, the so-called history will always be mentioned from time to time, and this also has a history.
The first elves who came to the Giant Turtle Islands were a group of stray mages. They cannot be said to be Druchi or Asul, because their identities are very embarrassing. These mages from various kingdoms were loyal to Malekith during the Great Schism. As a result, Malekith caused a catastrophe, frightened them, and then broke away from Malekith's faction. Malekith Fengxue After Naggaroth, they became extremely embarrassed in Ulthuan society. They became the targets of purges, and finally had no choice but to seek refuge far away.
Ulthuan has always known about the existence of these gray lords, but turned a blind eye and ignored them. After the Twilight Fortress was built, Morville ordered to take over. It is now a naval port used to supply fleets patrolling and escorting the western reaches of the Far Sea. It was also an important transit supply station when Assur merchant ships crossed the Far Sea to or returned to the port of Tal Elitis in the Lost Islands of Elitis. At the same time, the rare and unusual animals and giant beasts in this archipelago have attracted many scholars and Hoth believers to come here.
"Why are they everywhere?" Darkus frowned and thought when he heard that Asur was also in the Giant Turtle Islands. His original plan was to ask Master Ma to help blow up a few pieces in the Giant Turtle Islands, which would relatively become a black ark. An island that has a hull and has no impact on the spiritual network.
The island should be bombed, but it might be leaked in advance, which would make Druch prepare for war at a faster pace. But Darkus didn't think much about it. Some things in this world cannot be hidden. No matter what the Asur slaves in Krakaronde do, they will see the black ark pulled back. After all, the black ark is not a three-hundred-meter aircraft carrier. The volume is there. Moreover, God is still watching from the sky. A dream or a foretelling is all in vain. He finally understands it now.
Fortunately, Ulthuan is now in a state of decline. The dragon ships, as the last force, rarely leave the range of Ulthuan, but nothing is absolute or rigid.
When it was Leschkiel's turn, she talked about the weather.
The violent energy of the Antarctic Chaotic Wasteland will create a swirling typhoon of dimensional stone dust. Darkus knows this. Master Ma once told him something about the Twilight Fortress from the perspective of the lizard people.
After the warpstone dust typhoon enters the vast ocean, the polar ocean currents will accelerate the typhoon and increase its energy. Without intervention, this typhoon would have wreaked havoc. Unchecked, the typhoon will evolve into a dimensional hurricane, and then sweep north to the Maelstrom of Ulthuan or the interior of Lustria Jungle.
The most intuitive thing is that when this type of typhoon enters the Kauchen Plain, it will cause the death of cattle and sheep in large numbers, and the crops will either wither or mutate. As for labor dispatch and Druch, there will be no good fruits to eat, and they may not be able to deal with the entire wave of Nurgle. Blessing or something.
After the establishment of the Twilight Fortress, the mages of Asul replaced the Slann Demon Priests and took on the task of dispersing typhoons, although the method of dispersal was very primitive. Asur mages will organize aerial operations, ride giant eagles or Skyslayer airships to approach these storms, use prayers, magic, and feathers made of special ore powder to mitigate the effects of typhoons, and cast them before reaching Lustria. Typhoon brings dirty rain.
Few Asur are aware that the Twilight Fortress is built on the spiritual node at the southern end of the Lustria continent, closest to the Antarctic Chaos Wasteland. This place is very, very important. The Slann Demon Priests once deployed a Shilan here. A blue-level creation, or a double helix-shaped building.
This creation is a powerful weather manipulator. Sometimes the Slann Demon Priest will remotely control this creation when he wakes up to disperse typhoons. It's just that Asur didn't know all this. They regarded this creation as a spiral staircase leading to the above-ground fortress. The Slann Demon Priests who saw their actions turned a blind eye and were happy to let them protect it. Creation shares this task. This is also an important reason why the Lizardmen sent troops to help relieve the siege when the Twilight Fortress was besieged by the Druch fleet.
It was already getting late when we talked about this, and Aijerese noticed that the Witch King's Hand was impatient and covering his mouth with his hand as he yawned. As the intelligence commander, he knew that the Witch King's Hand had the habit of going to bed early, so he began Pick some main content to talk about.
During the reign of Balshana, the second Phoenix King, elven explorers drew the first maps of the region. Aijerese didn't say it, and he didn't dare to say it, especially in front of Malekith. He just wanted to live well.
In fact, working under the ever-changing and moody Witch King is quite difficult, especially for Aijelese, who serves as the intelligence commander. He can overturn at the slightest carelessness.
Sitting in the position of Aigirethe, he not only needs to know the situation of Nagaroth, but also has an all-round understanding of Ulthuan, including the situation of each colony. If he did not send spies to find out the situation in Twilight Fortress, this would be a big problem for him. I don’t know where it is anymore, so it’s impossible to keep talking about it here. Fortunately, His Majesty the Witch King has not been idle during the two months he has been traveling in the Lustria continent. He has compiled the information about the Twilight Fortress just to deal with the current situation.
When talking about the Twilight Fortress, we still need to talk about the so-called history. The reign of the second Phoenix King "Explorer" Balshana from the Kingdom of Tyranlock. Let's not evaluate his political level when he was the Phoenix King. He himself He was a famous explorer and navigator, and "Barshana's Blessing", a heavenly magic trick used to navigate the sea, was named after him.
Loremasters widely believe that this was also the Golden Age of Ulthuan, when Malekith and the princes of various kingdoms continued to colonize, allowing the Phoenix Crown to rule an empire spanning the world. Then the elves ushered in the Great Schism...
Due to the failure of the Longbeard War and Malekith's renewed attack, Ulthuan became more stressed. The fifth Phoenix King Karadrell ordered the abandonment of the colony to consolidate resources. Used to defend Ulthuan.
The Twilight Fortress is not actually an accurate name. Whether it is Druch or Assur, they all call it the Anureel Peninsula. On a small island at the easternmost end of the Peninsula Islands, there is an island called "I The trading town of Thrall, Ithal in Elvish means Southwind Bay on the rocky island. Over the course of thousands of years, it is now called Spear Island.
Next is the Courtesy Island at the western end of Spear Island, then the Lost Soul Island, and then the Twilight Fortress. Three islands and a fortress on land are lined up in a long snake formation. The warships of the Twilight Fortress are sailing at full speed downwind. It takes half a day to reach Spear Cay.
I say Balshana because the colony of Spear Key was established during the Balshana period, thousands of years before Twilight Fortress, and slowly evolved from a supply outpost into a trading town.
When Egerethe told about the Spear Island, he first mentioned the harbor master there. This former sea guard sergeant who was injured in the battle with Druch, the harbor master had a strange Elion hound that he hated to the bone. The reason why it was strange It was because of the cultists who could sniff out evil and Druchi's spy assassins that the spies he sent to the past suffered heavy losses. In the end, he changed his approach and sent Asur, who was instigated to rebel in Ulthuan, as a spy to Ulthuan. Nurel peninsula spy intelligence.
Soon, the Assur spy, who was sent to guard the Anurel Peninsula as a sea guard, had a clear picture of the situation there inside and out.
The commercial port and military port on Spear Island are separated. The military port has a warship reserve base and repair location. Two eagle ships cruise quickly around the island all year round, constantly searching for signs of Druchi infiltrators. Although Spear Key has some defensive capabilities, it is still a more vulnerable target than Twilight Keep in the eyes of Cousin Druch.
The warships departing from here will escort merchant ships through the volcanic archipelago area where the white-haired Harken was previously occupied, or patrol along the eastern coastline of the Lustria continent.
The commercial port is surrounded by a sea wall and a dozen guard towers equipped with Eagle Claw ballistae. All visiting ships except Druch's ships are allowed to enter the port, but their cargo must pass the inspection of the harbor master. Ships visiting from Ulthuan or other Assur colonies will usually anchor here if they have no special business that requires them to go to Twilight Fortress.
The permanent residents of Spear Key Island are mainly retired standing soldiers. After completing their military service, they will engage in farming or fishing. Most of the landowners here are second-rate nobles who have basically no hope of inheriting inheritance and fiefdom in Ulthuan. There are also some Some asur are granted estates for their service to the Twilight Keep.
The fishermen are mainly Assur in the Kingdom of Cosqui. They usually live in cave dwellings on the cliffside and are good at navigating dangerous rocks.
The civilian market in the commercial port is where farmers and fishermen on the island sell their products. Rows of orderly warehouses are lined up on the avenue named after Balsana overlooking the market. When merchant ships from afar dock, the port is equipped with There are cranes and cargo scales that bring bulk commodities ashore, and carts and animal cages line the noisy, limestone-tiled plazas.
Likewise, there was no need for Aegirath to mention Balshanar's name in Malekith's presence.
Spear Island is the only island in the Anurell Peninsula that allows foreigners to move around. The arrogance of the Assur colonists and the isolation policy they have pursued for thousands of years have made them exclude foreigners, but they also allow foreigners to own their own properties in the town. Without him, it’s just mercenary! However, dwarves are not included in this rule. Dwarves can be granted temporary entry rights, but are not allowed to purchase real estate! This is just Assur's wishful thinking. Dwarves will never come here at all, let alone buy real estate...
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merchants will often come to Spear Island from distant lands to obtain the exotic lands of the Lustria continent. Creatures and magical materials are used to sell their own goods, and representatives from Ulthuan often use Spear Key as a meeting place to trade and negotiate with compatriots or foreign merchants from distant Assur colonies.
Magic items forged by Ulthuanvar's blacksmiths will be exported to other elven colonies, while spices, gems, and ivory from alien merchants will be imported into Ulthuan. Rare Lustki plants are sold in Ulthuan as medicines, poisons, or ingredients for spells, and exotic birds are captured to serve as pets or familiars for mages.
The gold dragon is Assur's standard currency when trading with foreign merchants. When trading with their fellow citizens, the Assur tend to barter or exchange services and political commitments with each other.
The prestige of the Eternal Queen is not so effective on the Anureel Peninsula. Although the Eternal Queen has repeatedly warned her subjects not to enter the Lustria continent to obtain wild animals and plants, the Assur colonists have turned a deaf ear to this decree.
"You shall not change the fate of sentient species untainted by Chaos."
After Ulthuan lost a large number of colonies to the victorious dwarves, the then Everqueen and the fifth Phoenix King Karadrell jointly issued an order This decree heralds the arrival of a new era of isolationism, and the Eternal Queen strictly prohibits Assur of the Anureil Peninsula from acting in "God Mode".
While the asur are unaware of the lizardfolk's decline, most asur consider the decree to be obsolete, a relic of an era that sought to restore dignity from failure.
God mode refers to pretending to be gods and ghosts to fool uncivilized indigenous worshipers. One of the earliest things that humans worshiped in uncivilized times was the Elf Guiding Stone.
As the saying goes, the ignorant are fearless, but the eternal queens of all ages knew about the existence of lizard people in the Lustria continent. The eternal queen was worried that Asul would offend the lizard people in the process of pursuing and obtaining the secrets of the ancient saints.
Asur had different opinions on the interpretation and implementation of this law in the face of interests, and Isha believers would leave nothing but footprints on the soil wherever they passed, which led to Asur's intensification. Li Zi Currently some Asur completely ignore this decree.
Due to typhoons and straits, the weather on the Anureel Peninsula is very bad. In addition, Assur likes to belittle aliens in a subtle way. They like to call aliens "Ilvas". For these reasons, only a few outsiders choose to live here. The small human population in the town of Spear Key is a mixed group composed of traders, explorers and outlaws.
The derogatory term Ilvas gradually spread during the isolation era of Ulthuan after the Longbeard War. It means "flawed young people" in the Elvish language, and refers to young species such as humans, lizards and Ah. Sly is not in this category. As for druchi and dwarves, Assur has more vicious names...
A magnificent two-color villa built of marble and basalt overlooks Spear Cay Island from a stepped hillside. It is the residence of the ruler appointed by the Phoenix King. It is responsible for managing the island, receiving important representatives, and occasionally requiring the signal from the lighthouse at the port to coordinate communication with the Twilight Fortress.
Since the founding of Twilight Keep, the appointed rulers of Spear Key have been nobles from the Kingdom of Yrys. But recently, the Tyranlok Kingdom found an ancient document signed by Balshana from nowhere. The nobles of the Tyranlok Kingdom claimed that the Tyranlok Kingdom had the right to take charge of the Spear Island.
Phoenix King Bel-Sohar did not officially recognize the land claim of the Tyranlok Kingdom, but he made a trick. In order to appease the dissatisfaction of the Tyranlok Kingdom, he did not appoint any more nobles from the Yris Kingdom, but appointed A princess from the Kingdom of Itain. This move was criticized by the nobles of the Kingdom of Yrys, who believed that their kingdom had paid a huge price in protecting the Anureil Peninsula.
The husband of this princess from the Kingdom of Itain was an animal trader. The strange thing is that the princess's husband died not long after arriving at Spear Island. Then rumors spread, and the nobles of Ulthuan generally believed that the nobles of the Kingdom of Yris were dissatisfied and had committed such unfair behavior.
"But the truth is not that simple. There is something wrong with the maid next to Princess Elsa! I suspect her husband was poisoned. If this maid is not..., she is probably from the old world!" "Old world? What do
you have? Evidence?" Darkus, who was memorizing some key information, raised his head and looked at Aigirese and asked seriously after hearing Aijirese's words.
"The instinct of being a spy!" The eyes behind the mask of Aijerese looked at Darkus with the same seriousness.
Darkus nodded. He agreed with Aigirethe's statement. He drew a symbol on the notebook to represent the key points. He knew that the Eternal Queen sometimes sent maids to the nobles of Ulthuan. The role of surveillance, but this dispatch is all above board, not like a spy. If Egerethe omitted it, he would think it was the Assati sect or a believer in Slaanesh, but Egerethe was sure that the maid came from the old world, so that would be interesting. Athel Loren? Lauso Loren? It is not impossible that Asrai came to the continent of Lustria by chance.
Although Aslay is a homebody and isolated, it does not mean that he does not understand the trends of the outside world. As far as Darkus knows, there are many things. For example, Trancas Kundamanliye, as an Aslay, runs a tavern in Marienburg that can perform cabaret performances and gamble. You must know that this kind of place is One of the best channels for collecting information, a lot of effective information is obtained from drunken gibberish, but what he didn't know was that Trancas actually came from Lauren Loren in the Nordic Territory of the Empire...
for example Skalok Archers, this is considered the best archer in the old world that can be hired with gold coins. However, none of their employers realize that the true reward for a Skalok archer is the opportunity to observe the fighting style of his employer's army and bring that information back to Athel Loren.
There is also the most famous Kerilian, as a wanderer, she is officially worshiped by the Dread Lord Druch, the maid of Queen Assur, and the Thorn Sisters of Aslay...
At the same time, Darkus feels that the politics of Ulthuan are also very noisy. The Kingdom of Tyranlok has stated that it has a claim here, but what does it mean to send a princess from the Kingdom of Etain? The husband of this princess is not a prince of the Tyran Lok Kingdom...
In fact, Darkus has full confidence in Druchi coming to Ulthuan. It has been five thousand years since the Great Schism, and the power of the elves has declined enough. We can no longer fight the tug-of-war of attrition that lasts for hundreds of years. He felt that the most difficult issue was Druchi's subsequent rule in Ulthuan. This was an extremely troublesome issue for him. He couldn't have Khorne possessing him and nail all the Assur to the flagpole, right?
If that's the case, then why not just draw the Sword of Kane? Then Druchi will fill in and build Ulthuan into Druchi's paradise. Although Asur is unreliable, he is also guarding the world and maintaining the spiritual nodes such as the guide stones. The Kainized Druchi can take over. ? Besides, is the Cainized Druchi what Darkus and now Malekith want to see?
Although Darkus is a Druchi, he is not a Druchi from beginning to end. He always believes that the people are the foundation of the country! He needs wealth and manpower to share the pressure of the spiritual network. For example, stationing a large standing army on Obion Island to deal with the pressure of the Arctic Chaotic Wasteland, and also having a large number of standing and reserve armies to deal with various possible emergencies. Condition.
The essence of this world is a colosseum. Just like playing chess, both sides make their own moves. You come and I go, you pick up and I block. Darkus does not have the kind of modifier that can be turned on to prevent other factions from acting. Let him do whatever he wants, and the other party will be as indifferent as Jiang Zhi.
Only purge the aristocracy? This has the advantage of giving the vacant position to the loyal Druchi nobles, which can highly centralize politics, and can also avoid the uprising in history like the Qin Dynasty, where the nobles of the six countries were the main body. But once this decision is clicked, it means that it must be carried out thoroughly, and it will also cause all-round problems. Elves are immortals, and nobles are related to each other. Just like playing horseback and slashing, once a noble is executed, all noble relationships will be irreversibly reduced.
Moreover, there are gods in this world. Although those gods say nothing, they are watching the world and occasionally do things. There are also gods who act in this world in a demigod manner. Although they are unreliable, they are The decline of their power is not a good thing for this world. For example, the decline of Asuryandu at the end of time is so bad that Malekith cannot be completely reborn.
"It's difficult."
Aijerese went on to talk about the courtesy island to the left of Spear Island. This is a holy place prepared for people with troubled souls.
To be clear, this so-called holy place is a prison. This mountainous island with few trees is considered a holy place and is strictly prohibited for outsiders to set foot on. Originally a penal colony for political exiles and criminals from the Great Schism, the old prison is now abandoned.
Dacus thought this place was very good... It was like a monastery on the Aegean Sea, a place where only the lucky Eastern Roman nobles could go.
Today, prisoners are housed in the island's relatively new sanatorium buildings, mainly those Assur colonists who have become insane due to long-term exposure to the chaotic wasteland of Antarctica. There are also luxurious manors by the sea, belonging to Assur nobles who were prisoners of the Sanctuary but were later pardoned or cured.
As for other information, there is very little. The spy who is a sea guard is not qualified to set foot on Courteous Island, unless he is also crazy...
But the spy, who is a sea guard, knows that there is a sea dragon that often haunts the waters near this island. Hunt sharks, runaways and fishing boats along the coast.
The Stormweavers of Twilight Keep believe this sea dragon to be the daughter of Marcelan, and occasionally summon her to join Asur's fleet in battle.
Perhaps because of the frequent losses of fishing boats, the wild Cosqui fishermen from Spear Cay once tried to kill this sea dragon in the name of Anes Lema, the goddess of wild hunting, but the sea dragon is still alive and well.
To the left of Courtesy Island is the Lost Soul Island. This island is extremely huge. It is also a sacred place. Most Asur will be afraid of and avoid this place. Only mages cultivate various dangerous dew in a huge strange garden. Silcia, and occasionally, a ship from the Turtle Islands docks there.
As a sea guard, the spy has not had the opportunity to land on the island so far. While patrolling on the ship, he saw several buildings on the west coast of the island, including a temple dedicated to Hoth.
On the north coast is a rocky island revered as a holy place to Matheran, with three giant eagles nesting on the cliffs. These eagles are loyal to the Stormweavers of the Twilight Hold, answering their summons when needed, or pulling the Skyslayer airship.
Next is another core of the Anureil Peninsula, the Twilight Fortress.
Twilight Fortress is located on an island with a width of no more than five thousand meters, but this island cannot be regarded as a real island because this island is only separated from the Lustria mainland by a swamp.
Sparse foliage is dotted on the steep island. Apart from the fortress, the most conspicuous place on the island is a stone slope near the fortress, which is the launch platform for the Sky-Slasher airship. The island is covered with well-camouflaged defenses and underground passages connecting Twilight Fortress to the naval port. Supplies and ammunition are stored in caves beneath the fortress's land.
Directly below the fortress, bounded by the foundations of the walls, a domed seaside cave houses Assur's navy. There is room for about a hundred boats. The small eagle ship is docked in the hidden dock in the outer ring, and the larger falcon ship is docked in the inner dock further inside. As for the dragon ship, there is no...
This naval port located under the fortress has five entrance and exit sea gates. Hidden in a small bay facing Lustria, these five extremely hidden sea gates cannot be discovered by normal sailing ships, and these five sea gates allow the navy entrenched in the cave to complete the deployment of the formation in just an hour.
"Let's talk about the person in charge here first."
As the manager of the Twilight Fortress, Admiral Siegelin Sealight is responsible for the defense of the fortress and the command of the fleet. She is a highly respected naval admiral in Ulthuan and comes from Yris. A nobleman of the kingdom whose family is married to the Emerald Sea family of the Kingdom of Etain.
Belloda Whitecap, the high priest of the Stormweaver Order, comes from the Kingdom of Cosquei, and plays an honorary role close to that of a magic swordsman in the Twilight Fortress. It is rumored among the Tritons that she is favored by Marcelan, and is therefore highly respected by the Tritons.
As Aijelese's words fell, the only member of the Stormweaver Order in the tent looked at Darkus. His heart skipped a beat. His intuition was very keen. Now his intuition told him that there was something very special. Bad feeling!
The other admirals and trainee admirals present also looked at Darkus.
"Interestingly, the admiral of the Twilight Fortress and the captain of the Trident Bearer are from the Kingdom of Yris, the high priest of the Stormweaver Order who serves as the secret police is from the Kingdom of Cosqui, and the leader of the Spear Island is from Itai In the Kingdom of En, there is also a maid with a questionable identity." The
protagonist's territory ranges from the Volcanic Islands to the Anurell Peninsula...