Onltan Field Report (Artifact)

Field Report (date) Commander R. Hamperfort Update on Current Wartime Affairs Successful siege of Onltan occupied settlements on the outskirts of their border led to full retreat by Onltan army. Received direct commands from His Royal Majesty, The Blood Vine, King Stephen, to pursue fleeing forces into Onltan occupied nation. Settlements liberated: (enclosed list of previously occupied smaller cities in Conlta) Notable occurrences: -Severe erosion of earth in Conlta confirms suspicions that their god has long since abandoned them. -Capitol was ransacked and torn apart. Investigation leads to belief that they rebelled against their god and king.

(Part two follows)

Field Report on Surviving Onltan Citizens (Date 2) Commander R. Hamperfort I am beside myself. Forgive my lack of formality in this report, My Lord. We chased the heathens to the outskirts of their land, as far as we could. It was then that a large group broke off and staged a (what we assume to be) last stand of defiance. As the second group then ran into an unexplored foggy region beyond their border. As we dispatched with the meager resistance the heathens put up, we approached the foggy clearing... My Lord I am unable to clearly express what we say. This was not a hallucination cast upon the army, His Majesty, The Blood Vine, King Stephen, himself was there with us. Through the fog we were able to make out the silhouettes of the fleeing army, before we could pursue, King Stephen ordered a mass halt. We waited and what we saw could only be described as a True God's intervention. Blue lightning (assumed to be Arcane) lit up the fogged skyline as the silhouette of a -I swear to Nolumbo- a giant of profound size. It was a humanoid figure that towered even the mountains that surrounded it. It was a God! A True God! We gazed upon the majesty that is a TRUE GOD, MY LORD! We saw the lights, saw the God, then we heard the screams. From what the men witnessed the God destroyed what was left of the Conltan population. The slaughter happened in less than a minute, the figure seemed to gaze straight at us after that. It stared through each of our souls. Seconds felt like hours. It then disappeared into the fog. King Stephen ordered a retreat, instructed that no man was ever to return to this cursed land (Onlta) or The Divine Field that lay beyond it. End of report. Nelumbo save us from whatever powers lay beyond the accursed lands of this fallen kingdom..

^^ keep in mind this is through the eyes of the commander, what he says is not necessarily what actually resides there