PS: I have something to go out today, so I will update early.
Many people have an inherent impression of the Badland, that is, the Badland is composed of greenskins + a small number of dwarves. People who are well-informed also know that Tomb Kings and Undead occasionally appear here, but for those who once appeared in the Badland
Little is known about the great empires that once existed.
This matter begins with Nagash, the Lord of the Undead. More than a thousand years before Charlemagne rose to power in the old world, Nagash led his army of the undead and the last Tomb King Alkadiza.
After the final battle, Nagash was defeated and escaped, but the undead
The Lord quickly used the plague to finally wipe out all the living people in the Nicohara civilization (the dead were not affected by the plague), and finally captured Alkadiza alive. Nagash did not kill or transform Alkadiza, but wanted to
Let him witness the destruction of the entire human world.
Nagash planned to conduct a huge awakening ceremony. It wanted to awaken all the dead in the entire mortal world and become the king of the dead in the world. After learning the news, the Skaven decided to stop Nagash in order to prevent themselves from being destroyed.
Gash, rat man
They rescued Alkadiza and gave him a warpstone dagger. Alkadiza used his last strength to stab Nagash in the back. Nagash was cut into pieces, and then Akadiza
Diza took off the crown of witchcraft, fled to a bad place, and died of exhaustion.
By the way, although the Skaven released and helped Alcadizza for themselves, they did save the world to some extent (the Skaven salvation theory is true!).
So where did Strig's Undead Empire come from?
Almost 1,200 years before Charlemagne established his empire, and more than 3,000 years ago, a human shaman named Candon, the chief of an ancient human primitive tribe, discovered a human shaman in the center of the Badlands, near the Blind River.
The young shaman was immediately fascinated by the corpse of Alkadiza and the witchcraft crown in his hand and wore it on his head.
On the bag, Nagash's mind eroded and controlled his soul. At the location of Alkadiza's body, Candon built a city and named it Mulcaine. Under the power of the Sorcery Crown
, almost all the shamans of the tribe became necromancers. This primitive tribe quickly became very powerful and began to expand and conquer other tribes.
It took more than a hundred years for the city under Canton's rule to gradually become a powerful city-state empire after years of development.
Usoran, the head of the Strigg family, one of the five major vampire families, was attracted by the power of the Crown of Witchcraft. This powerful blood ancestor killed Candon and led a group of vampires and necromancers to seize the rule of Mulcairn.
They gained the right to establish the famous Strigni Empire of the Undead, and these people were called Strigni.
To be fair, it was an extremely glorious and prosperous empire. Usuoran had great achievements in civil and martial arts. The blood ancestor of the Strige family was not only outstanding in personal martial arts and proficient in necromancy, but also had excellent experience in governing the country.
Suoran promotes the power of blood nobles and the power of blood
The ceremony allows the common people to worship the Midnight Nobles headed by Usoran as gods. All the Strigni will accept the "Blood Ritual" and become the blood nobles as their highest reward. The empire will prosper and people will surrender.
Ruled by Usoran, and proud to be a Strygni.
In its heyday, the Strigg Undead Empire was bordered by the Border Princes to the north, Hellswamp to the south, the Roof of the World Mountains to the east, and Blackwater Bay to the west. It was extremely powerful, and Uthoran and his Strigg family dominated the entire Badlands.
For hundreds of years.
In addition to his martial arts skills, this blood ancestor was also proficient in diplomacy and maneuvering. After investigating, Wu Suoran chose to form an alliance with the dwarf kingdoms in the Roof Mountains of the World because the dwarves kept their promises and were not affected by undead magic. At the same time, he faced
For the increasingly large group of midnight nobles, Usuoran ordered that vampires be prohibited from attacking his own people.
Choosing to obtain blood and food from captives, slaves and criminals, the Strigni have never felt that the Midnight Nobles are scary. On the contrary, they have always been happy to accept the rule of Usoran. The Midnight Nobles and Necromancers have always been frivolous and have little talent.
(Money and food are just decorations for vampires, they also have countless undead servants to provide free manpower).
"In this way, the entire Strig's Undead Empire has formed a very stable ruling structure." Belega took a sip of dwarf beer: "And according to the Book of Hatred, this guy Usoran is quite trustworthy."
After listening to Belega's story, Ryan was okay. Kalad, Fedmund, Juan Carlos, Sungazer and others who were standing aside were all ashamed. Many knights and nobles couldn't help but ask themselves, these group of undead.
The nobles actually do better than us?
What's the point?
Are the undead the race destined to rule the world?
"Then why did this undead empire finally perish?" Kalad asked with great interest: "According to your description, King Belegar, it is obviously so powerful and popular..."
"Because of blood." Ryan frowned, and the King of Knights said lightly: "Vampires need to drink blood after all, but they cannot take blood from the residents of the Undead Empire, so they must continue to launch wars and expansion to satisfy the needs of Vietnam.
More and more midnight nobles are hungry, and there is ultimately a limit to the expansion and conquest of an empire."
"Brother Ryan is right." Belegar nodded repeatedly, and the King of the Eight Peaks Mountain slowly explained what happened next: "Because blood is needed and cannot be obtained from the citizens, Usoran and the Midnight Nobles under his leadership have to maintain their
Expansion and conquest, the territory of the empire is getting bigger and bigger, and the border lines are getting bigger and bigger.
For a long time, this caused the entire army of the Stryg Undead Empire to be severely scattered. As time went by, expansion and conquest became more and more difficult. The greenskin tribes and some human tribes around the long frontier continued to fight with Stryg.
At war with the Georgian Empire, the entire empire’s armies were exhausted and their numbers gradually decreased.”
"When Usoran led an army to the current location of the Border Princely Territory and fought with armies led by many human wizards, disaster struck. A green-skinned warlord named Doc-Red Eyes launched a very huge giant waaagh!
The greenskin frenzy quickly defeated the sparse border guards and broke into the heart of the Strigg Empire, and firmly surrounded the capital Mulkain."
"When news of the attack reached the ears of Usoran, who was leading his army to fight in the north, he immediately transferred his army to defend the capital. After continuous battles and long marches, Strig's army was exhausted, but
The greenskins had no intention of giving the Striggs any chance, and the two sides fought an epic decisive battle that lasted for several days on the Dust Plains."
"Ultimately, Uthoran and his army were unable to fight against the endless greenskins. They failed, and the remaining remnants were forced to retreat towards the gates of Mulkain, and the greenskin warlords soon discovered that the gates were for
Opened in response to Usuoran and his defeated army, the cunning Doc-Red Eyes immediately ordered a general attack. Usuoran decided to make the final resistance. He guarded the gate alone and fought against ten people at the same time.
Several greenskin warlords and shamans, this duel was like an epic. Usoran failed after persisting for a long time. Mulkaine fell. The greenskin army destroyed and slaughtered everything except the greenskins.
, the Strig's Undead Empire was destroyed, and the ruins of the once glorious Strig's Undead Empire were filled with the echoes of green-skinned ridicule and vampires' unwilling screams."
"At this time, there are still two hundred years before Charlemagne established the empire." Belegar finished talking about a long period of history, and the King of the Eight Peaks sighed: "A few humans escaped, namely the Strigni.
They became nomadic and traveled with their caravans
Wandering from place to place, their myths and legends still record the golden age of wealth and power when their empire was ruled by the "Immortal King", as well as prophecies that one day Usoran will return and lead his people to reclaim their ancient land.
and restore it to its glory."
"I know, the Strigni." Antelm said with a smile: "There once was a group of Strigni who came to Winford. The Strigni headed by them claimed to be the mysterious demons and wanted to attack them.
The cousin showed his magical power, and the cousin's answer was simple and quick. He ordered the arrest of these Strigni people, and those who could be confirmed to have magical abilities would be executed, and the rest would be deported."
"Normally, no one wants a group of vagrants who sing the praises of the Vampire King and spread vampire myths and legends all day long to wander around in their own territory and spread all kinds of remarks that are not conducive to social stability and harmony." Ryan nodded helplessly: "They are always unwilling.
By settling down, you also hope to see their vampire king again one day, right?"
"I heard that there are now a large group of completely beast-turned Strig vampires gathered in Mulkain." Belega nodded: "These beast-turned and crazy vampires gathered in the ruins of Mulkaine.
, they are always addicted to the glory and fantasy of the past. They still feel that they are living in that glorious history, imitating the scenes of the ancient palace of Strig, as if they call themselves the Carnivorous Royal Court, and no one dares to approach it anyway.
There."
The Carnivorous Court, Strig, Mulcain, Lane lowered his head and thought for a while.
He has actually obtained part of the wealth of the Strigg Undead Empire. A large part of the wealth given to him by the Blood Dragon Ancestor Amber Wallace came from the former Strigg Empire. The Blood Dragon Ancestor once joined the Uzbekistan.
Suoran's empire worked for him, and Amber Wallace was not there when Mulcaine was destroyed. After that, the blood ancestor was forced to start wandering.
"Perhaps we are a group of evil and twisted monsters in the eyes of those Strigni and undead, but in the eyes of these evil creatures, they themselves are handsome knights and nobles, well-dressed, elegant and decent." Vero
Nika said with a smile beside her: "Their cognition has been distorted."
"An empire has a whole historical cycle from its birth, development, prosperity, peak to decline and destruction." Ryan pulled the reins of his mount Grape and said warmly: "If we don't want to go through this cycle, we don't want to see it.
Protecting one's country at home and abroad
If you want to perish in trouble, then you must reform and you must innovate yourself. This is what I have always tried my best to do. Everyone, if you don’t want Britannia to face the same fate as Strig’s Undead Empire, we must
Self-improvement! Reform must continue.”
The Holy Grail knights surrounding the king nodded one after another, and many of them showed thoughtful expressions.
"We have all witnessed your contribution to the kingdom, my king." Kalad wanted to express his admiration for Ryan seriously, but when he said this, Belega couldn't help laughing.
Wang laughed loudly, and shouted towards Ryan: "Brother Ryan, fellow knight brothers, there is a rumor over there at Haimen Pass recently, have you heard it? Haha, it's so interesting, Valaya's braid, my second
This is such a funny joke for the first time!”
"..." After hearing Belegar say that, many knights' faces turned dark.
Most of the knights had heard the rumor.
"The Brittanian knights can only win the battle under the leadership of a dwarf (referring to Belegar), a woman (referring to Morgiana), and a foreigner (referring to Ryan)."
——Imperial Court Joke
"Okay." Ryan let out a long breath, and the king shook his head: "Don't pay attention to those rumors. You know very well how many people in the entire old world are waiting to hear the news of the defeat of our expeditionary force. Now, win this
A war is more useful than anything else."
"yes!"
…………I am the dividing line that can only be spoken if I win…………
The expeditionary force continued to march along the Badwater River, heading towards the Iron Rock located in the Roof Mountains of the World.
Steel Rock is actually not on the only way to Bafeng Mountain. On the contrary, if you look at the map, Steel Rock, Junku Castle and Haimen Pass are almost in a straight line, but Bafeng Mountain is located to the southeast of Steel Rock.
Bypassing Black Rock Castle, judging from the route, the expeditionary force indeed took a long detour.
As the march into the badlands progressed, the environment the army faced gradually became more difficult. There were not so many greenskin fortresses to plunder, and the supply lines began to be harassed by goblin wolf cavalry and some scattered greenskin tribes.
The supply of food began to become standardized. The merchants and vendors who accompanied the army felt the danger and left one after another. Some soldiers could not stand the harsh environment of the bad land, or fell ill due to acclimatization, or deserted the army.
.
After the army of more than 40,000 was divided and garrisoned and lost during the expedition, now only about 35,000 were left. Seeing that there was no benefit, some knights began to say strange things. They hoped that Ryan would march directly towards the Eight Peaks Mountain.
, instead of going around to attack the steel rock, some comments began to be made within the expeditionary army, such as "His Majesty Lane only walks with the back of the bow and not the string of the bow" and "If this continues, the troops will be worn down."
Ryan sternly refuted the opinions in the expeditionary force. The king said that before attacking the Eight Peaks Mountain, we must conquer Steel Rock. Otherwise, if the greenskin tribe of Steel Rock flanks the expeditionary army from behind at a critical moment or takes the opportunity to cut off the supply line, then the expeditionary force will
It is unsustainable, and the only outcome is the complete annihilation of the entire army. This is a bad land, not a human country!
Moreover, there is nothing wrong with the harsh environment of the badlands, but along the foothills of the Rooftop Mountains of the World, there are vast stretches of broad-leaved forests, which are the best campsites for humans.
Of course, Ryan also encouraged the expeditionary force, saying that there is a lot of wealth within the steel rock that can be plundered. There is also a huge magma lake under the green skin city, which is rich in obsidian. This precious stone is worth a lot of money, and everything is waiting for it.
Expeditionary Force.
Encouraged by Lane, as winter passed, in April, the expedition army arrived at the broadleaf forest less than 20 kilometers away from Steel Rock. After a small encounter, the army successfully expelled the people inside the forest.
A small number of goblins and greenskins camped in the forest.
The opponent of the expeditionary force, the master of Iron Rock, was the tribe once led by one of the greatest green-skinned warlords, Gorbad Ironclaw, the Ironclaw tribe.
Thousands of green boys, big green guys, green skinned pigs, are waiting for these bearded enemies and canned shrimps to come and die!