The war between the sea and the forest seemed to have no end. The froces of the sea were led by Aboshan while the forces of the forest were led by Seton. It had been 20 years since the war had originally started.
"Sire" the cephalid said "it seems that the forst armies are retreating."
"Excellent" said Aboshan "send all of the cephalid in the 3 through 6 battallions to crush the elves and all of their centaur friends"
"Yes" replied the cephalid.
Finally the war will be over Aboshan thought
Once the forces were assembled the cephalid army counted around 4,000 strong. they were led by one of the cephalid's best generals, named Ioda.
"The age of elves & centaurs is over. Now rise the cephalid." exclaimed Ioda. Motivated by this speech the cepahalid army proudly marched to the WireWood Forest where they expected and easy win. Upon entering the forest, the cephalid encountered nothing all they saw was trees. They heard no sound and kept marching. Once the army was completely in, a loud, echoing command pierced the forest "Fire"
The cephalid had fallen into a trap. The elves and centaurs were hidden everywhere. They burst out and attacked. The archers alone destroyed almost the entire army while the elven and centaur infantry went and crushed the remaining. The battle had begun. The cephlaid warriors and the elven warriors were involved in fierce battles while the cephalid wizards were busy with the archers. With the cephalid dropping like flies and blood gushing out of all the fallen warriors Ioda screamed "retreat". Unfortunately right after Ioda said it he fell due to an arrow to the heart. That day only 20 of the 4,000 were left. They went back to report the news
"So did we crush them" asked Aboshan excitedly
"Sire.... it pains me to say but the entire army was wiped out. We, 20 ,are the only ones left"
The facial expression Aboshan wore went from excited to devastated in a matter of nanoseconds
Aboshan immediately held a cephalid council. The council consisted of 2 represtantives from each of the 40 provinces, Orias, Liquarius, Ryian, and Aboshan (aka the 4 Grand leaders of the council)
"We sent 4,000 troops, one of the largest deployments we had and we were crushed like flies." exclaimed Aboshan
"Not to mention we lost one of our best generals there too." added Orias
"Aboshan, if we do not act fast the elves will overwhelm us at our home. In 3 days the tides will recede and our capital Ioneck will be revealed. Our armies can not move to Ioneck in time and even if they did it doesn't mean we can win. Also when the tides recede our last barrier shall be gone so we shall no longer be safe."
"DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW THAT" yelled Aboshan. After calming down a bit he asked "What choices do we have.
"Well there are 3 choices that i can think of" said Ryain. "we can evacuate Ioneck, gather the remaining forces and try to fight off the elves, or the third which is also the biggest gamble would be to gather the cephalid wizards and make them cast a spell to keep the tides up. It has never been done but if it works it will save our kingdom . Aboshan, you must make a decision. Your decision can save the empire .....or destroy it."