All recall the tale of Nemesis; the 11 strong Herald army who faced the Violate King and died in their service to TAERA and all of Enaeth. Made in collaboration with TAERA, Peacemaker Jareth Naraiya, friend of Herald Eeder, petitioned the creation of a fighting force to fight the King head on. Derided by many, Executor Regina, long may she lead, saw value in Jareth's plan;an opportunity to face the King on unequal terms, and potentially win the war will little casualties or further destruction. With Regina's voice, Jareth, the first, began recruiting Heralds to the cause;

Todd was the second, sensing the danger was not just to his simple cottage, bid his mother goodbye and left for Torrens;

The Master of Battle, Schoolteacher Morgoht, was the third, bringing with him two alien Heralds from Arath;

The Cruel and Beautiful Princess Sunnivah, was the fourth, who wished to inflict agony on her once-husband;

Ninsarah the Mistrider, the kindly nomad desiring the preservation of all life, was the fifth;

General Herald Lumen Bors, the undefeated grand warrior, and his general, proceeded south to join this alliance as well as the sixth.

Without prompt, the mysterious Emirit Ekya Nohma Volk'na of the Arath Disapora arrived and willingly joined Nemesis as the seventh.

Sensing the risks posed even to these 7 Heralds, Regina, ever crafty and shrewd, foresaw the need for Herald's, no matter their walk of life; the Violate King was an existential threat; lesser threats paled in comparison... and could be leveraged.

She convinced the infamous Transconceptionists cult leader Ankern, with the promise of unrestricted movement for his cult on his success, which he greedily agreed to as the eight.

She then met with greasy Ansuro, the grand thief of Enaeth, and offered him the greatest heist of his life; steal the Terraformer from the Violate King's own hand. Ansuro, led blindly by his kleptomania, felt compelled to agree as the ninth.

She was ambushed in her personal chambers by the vigilante Bartehn the Voidcaller. It is not known what arrangement they made, only that Bartehn's crimes were to be forgiven in exchange for service as the tenth.

And finally, Regina freed foul Ghislain the Bloodletter, on the condition that if he failed to follow the orders of others, his cult would be executed. So craven Ghislain became the eleventh.

While Regina's course of action was later dismissed with outrage by the rest of Nemesis, there was wisdom, perhaps even prescience in her choices, later proving that her choices in Nemesis were maybe the most important part of the war.

So a plan was hatched; the Violate King was stuck, assaulted by both the Pennant Archae and Voltaine forces from the south on the Eridinean border. A second force, led by a Devestator Kallax, one of the King's 'Pillar's of the Earth' had built siege weapons, and was moving north at an increasing pace towards Torrens. Nemesis would face this force, and prevent siege of the city. They would then take a smaller force, and plunge deeper south to seek out and destroy the King or his terraformer. Nohma left to organise the Pennant Archae, and to coordinate the final assault.

And so it was, on the 3rd Vishora of Nephe that the Siege of Torrens took place, where the King's forces were utterly defeated by Nemesis and TAERA. Separated from the group, Ankern and his cadre of worshipers were killed by Devastator Kallax, who in turn was slain by Morgoht and Ghislain. Morgoht was wounded by Ghislain in the attempt, and mandate for his death was dictated by Morgoht's judgement; but in losing blood, Morgoht had given Ghislain the taste of Herald Ichor and his fate was sealed by the foul beast.

Sparing no time, Nemesis headed south, and over two weeks pressed closer and closer to the boarder of Eridinea, fighting bands of the King's men, and slowly bleeding troops. Their force now only consisted of 100 handpicked troops, led by a Rhyern General as they approached evidence of the King's travel; a narrow straight path through two square formations that used to be a flat plain.

Their passage was detected, and so regretfully, and mindful of his mandate to save Enaeth at any cost, Jareth declared half of the Heralds must stay behind to buy time for rest to fight the King further in. Todd, Bartehn, Morgoht and Ghislain answered the call to die by his side, alongside the 100 men and their general.

The Profane Augur Lord Cylohn approached with his army, and issued a challenge. In turn, Morgoht the Schoolteacher silently came forward, and wordlessly unfolded the black case holding his greatest weapon; the profane Outsider spear, PAR1AH. With three strokes, Cylohn fell, and the onslaught began.

Morgoht slew hundreds, using every martial style he had ever learnt, even fighting upsidedown. but the cost of using PAR1AH drew its toll on the old man, and he collapsed. Pulled back from the battle, he was treated by Todd, only to have Ghislain turn and consume the life from him. In the confusion of battle, Ghislaine stole Morgoht's sword, Free Will, and fled south through the passage. The Rhyern general, in great rage or cowardous, followed after him. As his men went to join him, Todd let out a rallying cry, and they turned and charged into battle.

Sensing the end, Bartehn removed his cowl, and became a great black cloud, scouring the landscape. Thousands of the Violate's men died in the wake of this shadowed void, until the 3rd general, Grand Adversary Ezheresh appeared, and dispelled the cloud with a radiant light so blasphemous it blinded many men. He in turn was faced by Todd, and they killed each other with grievous wounds. It is said in his dying moments, Todd thought not of glory, but of his home, his mother and his garden.

With Todd the Brave dead, the men broke and fled south. Giving a prayer to SLMV, Jareth alone warded away the enemy with grand tranquility. But even his ideal of a world made peaceful could not last, and he too, was overwhelmed and died. But their last stand bore fruit; the others were able to press onward, following the distant heaving of the landscape as the King did his vile works.

It is unknown what happened to the beast Ghislain and the craven Rhyern General, only that the latter was found with his men alongside in the final charge. Nohma now led the attack, pressing the rear of the King's main force with the mass of Pennant Archae. With this charge, Nemesis found an opening; Ninsarah threw great bolts of lightning into the crowds, as Sunnivah led Ansuro, Lumen and their remaining forces to face the last general of the King's; the Ravisher. Forced to obey the wiles of his former queen, Sunnivah made him kneel as Ansuro stole the Ravisher's foul bloodblade, and ran him through as Ninsarah slew him with great thunder.

With the way clear, Nemsis proceeded onwards. The rain had returned, mixing with the blood on the ground. The mud ran red, as Nemesis strode into the clearing where the TAERA Attestation now stands; for there he was, waiting for them, Longitude across his monstrous legs. It is unknown what words crossed between them. Perhaps no one alive knows. Perhaps nothing was said; the time for words had long since past.

Few now live who can describe the battle in full; none alive saw its conclusion.

The King trapped Lumen, the combatant primed to face the King, in a mountain of stone. Sunnivah called upon her fell power, and commanded the King's own men to fight him. The King in turn shattered his fell queen, cursed into a monstrous effigy of stone for her powers. Her fragments blew on the wind, never to be seen again.

Sensing the time was right, Ansuro crept forward, and snatched the Terraformer from the King's hand. Alas, he was noticed by the King, but as his throat was crushed in the King's fist, Ansuro bravely destroyed the Terraformer so none may use it ever again, dying the hero he was not in life.

With now two opponents, Ninsarah harassed the King from above as Nohma faced the King in the hand. Nohma herself lasted over 100 passes with the King, and was the closest to outright defeating him. Hesitation killed her, as Nohma withdrew her blade like Vishineth long ago, and allowed her opponent to slay her and buy everlasting peace. So fell Nohma, the last Emerit Ekya of the Arath Diaspora.

With no option left, sweet Ninsarah clasped the King, and with tears in her eyes called down the Fulmination of the Gods themselves, and blew a hole in the earth. While Ninsarah the Mistrider, may she roam the clouds, free and unfettered, was unsuccessful in killing the King, her efforts loosened Lumen's prison, and he burst from the rock like a radiant sunbeam to face the King alone. They fought 30 passes before Lumen's grand onslaught became too much for the King, and he retreated. Lumen did not pursue however; as he turned to rescue a fellow soldier, he was accidently wounded by the man's sword. As the legend of his ability foretold, Lumen collapsed with relief on his face, slain by one he would not see as an enemy. His war was over.

And so ended Nemesis; but in their end, the pathway to victory. They had achieved their goal, at great cost. The King was forced north, and there, outside the newly constructed city of Palisades, doomed to his fate. The King was finally defeated in 2375 3G.c. the last year of the Third Gift Cycle. His armies scattered even as he fled like a coward; unworthy of Heraldom and any worship, may his deeds be forgotten and tread on by all future generations. While his foul bastards would rise to prominence after his escape, the Cowardly King was never seen again.