Aegis of Azeroth – Chapter 1
"Get that book into Modera's hands in Dalaran. I'll join you soon. And ... thank you." Khadgar said.
Siiyan looked back at his friend, knowing he would be alright, but worrying nonetheless. He said nothing, only nodding at him before jumping through the portal provided for him. In an instant he was back in the Violet Citadel, where he was not that long ago when the Council chose to let the Horde mages back into the Kirin Tor. The first thing he heard was the clash of blades and the sounds of arcane energy exploding in the streets outside. He whirled around and looked out, spying multiple demons in battle with the mages of the city. Archmage Modera was standing not too far from him in conversation with some other mages.
"We can't let them get into the Citadel or the Hold, send more people to reinforce those areas, everyone else needs to do whatever it takes to drive them back." she said. The other mages nodded and hurried off to carry out her orders. Siiyan ran over to her, the book from Karazhan still in his hands.
"Not long after you left, the first wave of demons struck. We're holding them at bay ... for now. I'll keep this tome safe until we have a chance to study it. Good work in there, I should like to delve into the libraries of Karazhan myself one day. At least ... I think I would." She took the book from his hands and placed it into a lockbox beside her, placing a magical seal on the lock. "We could really use a hand out there. You've seen more combat than most of these people combined, you could really turn the tables here."
"Say no more, we'll push them back." He replied, nocking an arrow inot his bow, already on his way out of the building. He stood at the top of the steps, scouting out the demons that were rampaging through the streets. He spotted a tall Doomguard towards the fountain area, it seemed to be the leader of the small force here, take that one out and the others should go down easy.
A felstalker charged up the steps, leaping towards him with his jaws wide open, saliva spurting out in all directions as it was ready to close them around his throat. With quick reflexes, he drew back the string and let the arrow fly, the tip connecting with the creatures skull. At such close range the hound dropped, dead before it hit the floor. He retracted the arrow from the demons head, green blood dripping off the end, and oozing out of the hole it made in the creature. 'Just be sure not to drink it.' he thought to himself. He ran down the steps ducking under the swipe of a felguards axe. He turned, just in time to see the axe coming down towards him. He raised his bow horizontally, blocking the blow from cleaving him in half. But the felguard was strong, and was pushing down on him, the axe inching ever closer to Siiyan's face. He drew a shortsword from its sheath and arced it upwards, biting into the felguards forearm. It reeled back in pain when suddenly multiple blasts of arcane power collided with the demon, completely destroying it. He looked around and a small group of mages ran over to him.
"Commander, Archmage Modera sent us to aid you, what do you require of us?" one of them asked.
"The leader of the demons is over in the centre of the city, I need you to pave me a way to get there. Concentrate your spells on one demon at a time, take them out as quickly as possible." He instructed. The mages all nodded and set off down the street. Torrents of arcane energy blasted from the palms and staves of the mages, demons dropping all around as they were overwhelmed by the combined power of the group. Siiyan made use of his bow to take down more of the further away demons, firing with the precision and power of even the most senior elven archers, a pretty impressive feat for a human. The way was clear and all that stood before them was the doomguard towering above all of them.
"You can't win. In the end, all will bow before the Legion!" the demon yelled, felfire burning in his hands. It splayed its hands and the felfire hurtled towards them. One of the mages stepped in front of the group, raising a magical barrier to protect them, but he had underestimated the power of the blast. The demons magic smashed into the barrier, shattering it and hitting the mage in the chest at full force, killing him. Siiyan took an arrow with a black tip from his quiver and set it in the bow.
"As long as I'm still breathing, Azeroth will never bow to the likes of you." he spat, firing into the demons chest, piercing its dark heart. The demon laughed.
"Did you really think that would be effective against me?" the demon growled, reaching up and pulling the bolt out of it's chest.
"Not the arrow, no. But the poison that is now making its way around your body is doing a pretty good job."
The demons expression hardened beginning to charge towards the group, but it faltered and dropped to one knee as the poison from the black arrow began to take effect. Without instruction, the remaining mages in the group fired barrages of spells, ripping into the demons flesh. Siiyan fired some more arrows, each arrow tip infused with arcane energy, finding their mark on the demons body. He held up his hand, and the mages stopped attacking. They all looked curiously at the demon, waiting to see what would happen. The doomguard collapsed and with it's last breath, it spoke.
"This ... isn't ... over ..."
Siiyan cautiously made his way over to the demon, looking for any sign that the demon might still be alive. The demon's blood was leaking out onto the stones, it's wounds much to severe for it to survive. He turned to the group of mages.
"Secure the rest of the city then make your way back to Archmage Modera, the rest of them should be easy to deal with now." The group nodded and ran off down the street. Siiyan made his way back to the Violet Citadel, where he was greeted by Modera and Khadgar.
"This could have been a disaster if it wasn't for Siiyan." Modera said.
"Thank you, my friend" Khadgar said to him, "But I'm going to have to ask more of you I'm afraid. You're going to have to trust me on this."
"I've always trusted you Khadgar, I don't see any reason to stop now." Siiyan said to him.
Khadgar smiled, "That's comforting to hear. Myself and the Council will study the tome we retrieved from Karazhan, but you need to go on a recruiting mission."
"Recruiting? Who am I going to get?" he asked.
"That's up to you. You need a group of like minded people. People who would take this fight to the Legion at the source. Bear in mind, the people you need will come from all over Azeroth, from the Alliance and Horde alike. There is no one I trust more to get this done. I'm counting on you Siiyan."
Siiyan nodded at his friend and smiled. "I know a few people, and if they can't help, I'm sure they can point me at people who will."
"When you find them, send them here. We'll be moving Dalaran over the Broken Isles soon, we need to take the fight there before we get overrun."
Siiyan nodded once again and turned to leave.
"Siiyan... good luck." Khadgar said, and Siiyan departed.
Modera stayed silent for a moment. "Do you really think he can do it?" she questioned.
Khadgar sighed. "He knows the importance of working together to face this enemy. He did it on Draenor, I know he can do it again. If anyone is able to succeed it's him." He sighed again. "Now, let's get on with this tome, the sooner we know what we're doing, the better."
"Agreed."