War for Hirestel - The Rememberer

PRESENT

 "Lord Ordinator, you have gone too far!"

Chancellor Maigurk planted both hands firmly on the long table and stared down the much larger, metal-clad man across from him. Seated around the table were the other elders of Greywater Fastness, grumbling and murmuring their approval of their elected leader's words. The gray-haired Chancellor glared at the Stormcast emissary, not backing down even though he was half the size of the Sigmarite warrior.

"We appreciate everything you've done for us. We are only "Free People" because of Sigmar and his Eternals, and we recognize you personally as a hero. Lord Trueforge, you have overseen much of the construction of Greywater Fastness in recent years, making our walls nigh-impenetrable."

The elders nod and mumble their agreement. Anactos Trueforge, Chief Lord Ordinator of the Anvils of Heldenhammer, stood leaning against a wall, arms crossed and eyes cast to the ground. Chancellor Maigurk kept his gaze on him and he walked up him slowly.

"But your prophecies have become frightfully close to insanity. I know you have been reforged several times, Lord Trueforge; and I also know the madness that has followed your brethren after too many times at Sigmar's forge."

The Lord Ordinator raised his eyes, meeting those of the Chancellor.

"You say there is a realm that is unknown to everyone but you?!"

The elders around the massive table - built from the Syvlaneth forests that surround the Fastness - bang their hands on the wood in outrage.

"You say that everyone just FORGOT about an entire REALM?! And you have seen this to be true in your dreams?!"

"NO, NO! HERESY! FOOL!" the elders shouted at the unmoved Stormcast.

"The entire Eldritch Council knows nothing of this realm? But you insist it exists? I am fully aware of the strange and macabre portents throughout the Mortal Realms that are scaring peasants and livestock. But here at Greywater Fastness, we are made of sterner stuff."

The elders shout their agreement. Maigurk - now inches from the massive Lord Ordinator - has to stare straight up to meet the eyes of the target of his tirade.

"...and you want us to assemble the entirety of our forces here in the city to prepare for battle against something that is supposed to appear from out of nowhere, and you're unsure of the time."

"Yes."

The Chancellor took a step back, shook by the depth of Trueforge's voice. He stilled himself for a moment to regain his composure, looking to the elders for support.

"Well, we cannot do that. We cannot shut down the city and just wait. You have no idea what it truly takes to make Greywater Fastness thrive. You are a builder, and a madman!"

The Lord Ordinator started toward the small man, but the entire meeting was interrupted by a young man bursting through the tall keep doors.

"Chancellor Maigurk!" the page shouted, tears and panic in his eyes.

Sirens started to sound throughout the city, and the elders around the table stood and began to loose their grip.

"Ladies and gentlemen, calm yourselves," pleaded Maigurk to no avail. Soon everyone in the room - save Lord Trueforge - was herded to the windows of the Council Tower by the young page.

A Realmgate had opened in the middle of the sea bordering the city, a place no Realmgate had ever been. Eminating from the Realmgate was a slow-moving freezing blizzard, and the sea froze as the snowy tendrils reached out closer and closer to the city walls.

"Lord Ordinator.... Lord..." Maigurk stumbled over his words

The Chancellor turned his head back to the sea, which was now being traversed by a massive Beastclaw Raiders army fronted by thousands of Icefall Yhetees. The elders scrambled out of the room, while Maigurk's eyes began to glaze over as he stared out into the unimaginable.

"Who... what?" sputtered Maigurk as he reached behind him and found a seat. Lord Trueforge walked up behind him and placed a massive hand on the old man's shoulder.

"Nimron has arrived."

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 SPECIAL RULES 

The next special character that players can bring belongs to Order!

Lord Ordinator Anactos Trueforge is a unique hero that can be controlled in the War for Hirestel! Anyone using a Lord Ordinator can spend an extra 60 points to take him instead. He is just like a Lord Ordinator, but with an extra Wound and with the following special ability:

"The Rememberer": Lord Trueforge remembers Qhaysh the Forgotten Realm, and also finds himself remembering things that have yet to happen. Once a game, you may change any dice roll to a result of your choice (excluding rolls specific to Battleplans and turn rolls.)