In the Winter of 135, some Nephilim merchants came to visit the fortress of Guardsteppes. The wagons and beasts approached the fortress from the north. The dwarves of Guardsteppes ordered the marksdwarves to take positions along the walls, to look for ambushers. The caravan circled around the western side of the fortress's outer walls, to the gate in the southern wall.
Shortly, the predicted ambushers were spotted: a squad of voidwalkers. Somehow their captain -- a reaver -- had become separated from the annihilators. The captain was very close to the fortress's gate, which put him within easy range of the first crossbow squad, who quickly crippled him. He would not last long after that; the Nephilim guards, and the axedwarves and hammerdwarves of Guardsteppes, converged upon him and pounded him without quarter, a Stonekin hammerdwarf finally bashing its brains in with his tungsten war hammer.
Around this time, the Nephilim ambassador, a magister named Inpello Rectusfinis, arrived on site and started toward the fortress from the southeast. Meanwhile, the voidwalker annihilators were slowly advancing south along the eastern wall of the fortress. The second marksdwarf squad was only partially in position, but were able to put a few bolts into a couple of the annihilators.
The dwarves were expecting the magister to enter the fortress and head toward the mayor's office to begin negotiations, but the magister's sheer vitriolic hatred of the voidwalkers came as a shock. A dwarf in a battle rage has been known to charge recklessly into danger, swinging her axe and raising her runic defender against harm; but seeing the slender unarmed magister unfurl her wings and fly straight into the squad of annihilators left the dwarves stunned.
The magister's fury knew no limits. With naught but tooth and claw, she set upon the first annihilator, first tearing off a finger, then fracturing a wing, then biting its foot so viciously that the foot became entirely unusable. As they struggled, the magister shifted her bloodstained jaws to its leg, and then to its arm, biting hard enough to open an artery.
The axedwarves were sent out to assist, but they would need time to reach the battle. The other annihilators began firing their energy weapons at the magister. One of them managed to land a hit on the magister's left leg from behind; the steel bound void energy sliced entirely through the leg, severing it completely. Another shot broke the magister's ribs and knocked her away, where she lay collapsed in pain.
The axedwarves, fortunately, were able to arrive on the scene before the annihilators could follow up; with support from two marksdwarves firing from the eastern wall, they were able to destroy the annihilators.
The magister's fury had finally cooled. She refused all assistance, and hobbled into the fortress on her single remaining leg, to meet with the mayor. Naturally, the thoughtless wench couldn't even be bothered to stop her dodging training until ordered to do so by the manager; at which point she decided to get a drink, and then head to her room for a nap, with the poor blood-soaked Nephilim magister all the while crawling after her begging for a few moments of her time.
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