Flames and planes and surprise allies

Tommy and Naomi brace for a ground attack at their coastal fort, only to face a massive aerial bombardment from approaching German planes.

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Tommy didn't mean to blow a crater into the front lines of the German negation mages, but unleashing the power of Zahhak's staff did exactly that. While the magical defense held off the opening salvo, the enigmatic Iggy drops a terrifying truth: those weren't real attacks, but a test of their perim…

Zahhak's Gift

Naomi struggles against the Brotherhood of Saturn as their negative magic effortlessly neutralizes her spells and dismantles her illusions. Desperate for a solution, Iggy provides a way: Use the Staff of Light.

They Have the Eye

A quiet pre-dawn warning from Iggy shatters the team’s brief respite at Festung Friedrichsort. Standing on the battlements, Tommy and Naomi watch an advancing German squad that isn't launching a standard military assault. Instead, a terrifying contingent of robed figures begins unweaving Naomi’s le…

The Germans are Coming

A colossal, skyscraper-sized water tornado erupts from the fjord, confirming an uneasy alliance with the ancient Nexxen. But the elemental breakthrough leaves Tommy physically reeling from an agonizing psychic toll. As the waters settle, Iggy drops a chilling tactical bomb: the German army isn't ju…

Darkness in the Sea

Tommy and Naomi consider the confusing infantry strike on their stronghold, realizing the Germans were merely testing their magical defenses. As Naomi fortifies the keep with ominous new spells and hidden illusions, the agonizing wait for the true assault begins. The wait is interrupted by a darkne…

The First Assault

Perched on a fortified parapet overlooking a dark fjord, Naomi unleashes a terrifyingly creative array of ancient magic to decimate a Nazi vanguard. The enemy is driven into a full retreat, but a sudden chorus of screams from the waterline interrupts the victory. When Naomi confesses she didn't lay…

The Fear of the Ordinary

When a mechanized convoy of heavily armed soldiers arrives at the gates, Naomi and Tommy don't understand what it can mean. There are no magicians, not cup, and no heavy weapons... just soldiers.

The Mechanics of Sound

High atop a lonely parapet overlooking a vast, omnipresent sea, the air hangs heavy with the dread of a new kind of magical warfare. A terrifying technological voice illusion threatens to pierce through stone and flesh alike, turning humans into puppets. As Tommy and Naomi look out into the dark ho…

The Fjord's Embrace

Tommy and Naomi barricade themselves in an abandoned keep overlooking a fjord as they prepare for an inevitable enemy assault. With dwindling rations and the looming threat of the Cupbearer's voice illusions, their survival hinges on Iggy's uncertain return with reinforcements.