Huge spiked armorments covered each massive leg of the Oliphants, their tusks wearing wooden horns and spikes. All who gazed upon the giant creatures either fled or hid themselves, the Harad could be seen and heard for miles around, nothing, it seemed, would attack these trespassers. They had traveled way into the north, on their way to join the great army massing at Mordor, Sauron himself had called upon them.
But there were some who didn't fear them, infact they even grew hungry at their sight, their long forked tongues tasting the air, feeling the presence of the great beasts and the men who had mastered them. A large lizardman crouched low, his scales green, golden feathers decorated his back, he held a short battle axe in one hand, a buckler in the other, his tongue flicking in and out of his muzzle.
His crimson eyes darted left and right, looking for an opening in the Harad's parade. He spotted his target, a huge Oliphant with many men on its back, he could almost taste their blood, his jaw gaped open, lines of razor sharp teeth filled his mouth, saliva dripped to the ground, his tongue reaching far. He swept his head back and let out a roar, all around more roars answered, as hundreds of lizardmen lay hidden around the Oliphant brigade, began their assault.
The Harad jumped to their feet, the Oliphants hearing the roars, instinctively became agitated, their riders rushing to grab their weapons, they searched for the source of the roars. Suddenly one of the Oliphants reared up onto its hind legs, as a whole group of lizardmen had started to claw their way up its side, the Oliphant let out a bellow and began trying to dislodge the attacking lizardmen, its giant trunk swinging, crushing many of the lizardmen.
The large lizardman that had sounded the attack, screamed at the humans sitting in the tower, they turned and instantly attacked with spears and javelins, the lizard blocked them and charged over the railing, he shield bashed the first human, his face flattened, he fell back, screaming. The lizardman turned again as another human came charging forward, in his hands a great spear, the lizard sidestepped it, using his shield he rushed toward the human, then cleaved his head down the middle. The humans yelled and attacked, but they were suppressed when the other lizardmen finally made their way into the tower, the lizard horde began to fight furiously with the humans.
The large Lizardman looked up and saw the "driver" of the Oliphant standing on its head, trying to keep it calm. The Lizardman roared and jumped to the Oliphant's neck, the driver turned around, he was a huge human, at least seven feet tall, his eyes wide, gold and brown warpaint covered his body, a large wooden flag was attached to his back, the lizardman bared his teeth, his red eyes full of rage, the lizard charged.
The man released the reigns and drew a huge iron club from his belt, he readied himself for the lizard, he blocked the blow from the lizardman's axe, then countered with a massive swing from his club, the lizard blocked with his shield but the blow was so powerful it nearly knocked him off the side. The lizard growled again, swinging relentlessly with his axe, the man blocked each hit, then with a stabbing motion, tore the battle axe from the lizardman's grasp, but the club had been stuck in the crevasse under the axe's blade and both weapons fell from the Oliphant's head.
The lizardman roared in anger, he covered his shoulder with his buckler, then rammed into the man, knocking him off his feet, they both fell, almost rolling off the front of the Oliphant's head. The man reached up, grabbing the lizardman's head with his right hand, he crushed the lizard's skull in his powerful fist. The lizardman gave out a muffled scream then lay dead, the man threw his body overboard, blood covering his hand, he let out a victory cry, when a huge shadow passed over him, he barely turned when a skytyrant crashed into the Oliphant's head, crushing the man under its giant claws. The Oliphant reared up again, as the skytyrant tore the front of its face off, white flesh at first then turning red with blood, the Oliphant screamed and fell to its side, the ground quaked as its weight slammed to the ground.
More and more skytyrants filled the sky, some crashed to the ground, their bodies full of arrows shot from the backs of the Oliphants, others tore into the towers, sending wooden debris into the air, one dived down, then collided with the head of a rampaging Oliphant, it held onto its skull with its powerful talons, its head tearing chunks of flesh from the Oliphants skull, the Oliphant tore the skytyrant from its head with its trunk, throwing it to the ground then trampling it with its massive feet.
Hundreds of lizardmen streamed from the trees, climbing the flanks of the Oliphants, they killed the crews then began to hack at the back of the head of the Oliphants, many now began to crumple to the ground, the backs of their heads shredded by the lizardmen. Some escaped but without their numbers they were meaningless alone. The lizardmen began to devour the great corpses of the massive Oliphants, the skytyrants glided over the field like great kites, many landing atop the bodies and they too consumed the fallen.
Aeon Calcos watched from a rise, his attack went as planned, his lizard brothers his warriors, they served no one but Aeon himself. He held his axe to his mouth, licking the fresh blood from its blade, nothing would stand in their way, a new race was rising, not even Sauron himself could stop this horde, the rise of the Lizardman had begun...
