The inner circle and the two merc groups stood by the battering ram, the soldiers had trade places with the Val-Kos qunari. With fourteen Qunari warriors manning the battering ram, and several mages they were ready for the horn.
When the horn came, Sata-Kas seated on top of the frame of the ram, raised her hands and began casting. Four other mages sat on top the frame with her casting in concert, in a few seconds the group was surrounded in a thick fog.
{Stay near the ram, leave steering to Val-Kos!} Simra yelled over the rattle of the ram.
As one, five mages lead by Simra began to weave a barrier of over the group and ram. The chargers watched impressed as they marched beside a group, that had more mages than most groups. The inner circle watched as rocks and other projectiles harmlessly bounced off the shield.
When they reached the gates, Shokrakar roared to be heard. {Right new record! On Three beats!} A chorus of cheers was her response.
With the first three, the large ram was swung back with frightening ease by the large warriors. The wheels of the ram's frame glowed as two mages from Simra's team warded them in place.
Instead of letting the ram go to crash, the warriors pushed it along even faster. With a deafening crash the doors buckled, but stayed standing barely. With another count of three the ram was raised, this time when it crashed into the doors they blow straight of the hinges. The defenders trying to hold the door were flattened under them.
{Right! Val-Kos Forwards, time to clear the northern ramparts!} Shokrakar yelled, with a series of war cries the group plunged into the mist.
"Chargers! Don't lose, to the south!" Krem roared over the sounds of battle, a resounding yell of "HORNS UP!" the chargers took off to the southern ramparts.
The inner circle gathered up and began working their way towards the rift, Silva and Taeris arrived with Spinner not far behind with her crew. Together the group moved forward even faster, with Taeris and Silva along with Loghain and Cassandra flanking Bull as he smashed any defensive line they cam across.
Several warden groups surrendered, out of the blue a group of wardens wearing scarlet arm bands crashed into a defensive line's flank. Silva and Taeris laughed as they saw their warden crew, lead by Sigrun laughing madly.
"I thought you went for your calling!" Silva yelled over the battle, Sigrun laughed. "I tried, then a bunch of whiner showed up saying that the wardens were gathering!"
"Will you two focus!" Velanna Snapped at them, both laughed yelling out 'yes ma'am'.
After they dealt with the defensive group, the wardens of the heroes joined them. Cassandra noticed that every member of the warden group armbands had a jolly roger on it with a griffion head instead of a skull, and staffs instead of bones. The group reached the rift just as the warden commander killed another warden.
"Stop this madness at once!" Taeris roared smashing his pommel against his shield, magic making it into a thunderous crash.
"Who dares try to stop this?" Carrel yelled, Taeris and Silva with their wardens stepped forward.
"That would by the warden commanders of ferelden! We have found a cure for the joining, there is no need for this foolishness!" Silva yelled, the wardens of the fort froze as they all looked at the twins and reached out with their sense.
"They are telling the truth!" many wardens whispered, the magister who had been tricking the wardens started backing away.
"I did not come here to this back-water country to fail!" the magister yelled, unleashing a spell the caused the rift to blow open. As the man turned to run the dragon of the elder one landed on the fort with a roar.
"You guys go get that prick, will take the demons!" Sigrun yelled as the wardens charged, the wardens of the fort not under the compulsion tackled those who were.
Sera ran behind Vines and Sparks, inside she was panicking as this was just like her dream. Every time they skidded around a corner Sera thought they would be killed, as they ran after the warden commander and the magister she panicked.
When the magister was cornered by the warden commander and killed, Sera thought maybe her dream was wrong. That hope was shattered when the dragon roared and struck the battlements, as sparks and Vines hurled bolts at it she watched in horror.
The ground gave out beneath the group in front and they fell, Sera screamed and tried to rush forward only to have Vivienne grab her from behind and drag her to safety. She could only watch as Vines, Sparks, Cassandra, the twins, Spinner and Loghain fell off the fort. Sera saw a bright green flare before the mountain of rubble fell on top of the front group.