The combined armies of elves and dwarves along with the Golden Armada and the Terran Dominion were about to assault the evil fortress of Dol Guldur. The final battle of the war in the north is about to begin.

"Elves of the Golden Wood, hear me. We must cast out the shadow in the forest. Our allies from Mirkwood and Erebor along with Jim Raynor's allies will heed our signal. Galadrim, to battle!" Lord Elrond of Rivendell led the elves of Lorien and Rivendell along with a few battalions of dwarven axe throwers to capture the signal fires in the north and east so that reinforcements could come. Elrond and the battalions wiped out a Mordor garrison made up of orcs and trolls in the north then captured the first signal fire. As a result, the reinforcements from Mirkwood were on their way.

"King Thranduil has arrived with reinforcements!" said an elf.

"The elves of the Northern Wood will not cower from the darkness. Elves, follow my lead," said Thranduil as the elves from Mithlond and Mirkwood arrived. The elves fought their way through another garrison in the south and captured the second signal fire. Therefore, the reinforcements from Erebor were coming.

"It's King Fili! He's come to help us!" said an elf.

"Dwarves of the mountain will stand with you this day. Dwarf and elf, let us stand united against the shadow!" said Fili as the dwarves, men of Dale, the Golden Armada, and the Terran Dominion arrived. The Protoss and Terran forces established encampments near the mineral fields and vespene geysers. This time, the Golden Armada and the Dominion used air force. Selendis used a combination of scout fighters, carriers, tempests, and mothership that was the most powerful capital ship. Johnny under Horner's advice used a combination of vikings, banshees, wraiths, ravens, and battlecruisers. The tempests and battlecruisers' yamato cannons outranged the arrow towers and stationary catapults. The dwarves brought in demolishers so that the gates can be brought down for the combined forces to gain entry.

"We have word from our scouts. A great host of Mordor returns to defend the fortress. The Eye of the Dark Lord wonders wide. Even in Mordor, our kind cannot escape his thought," an elf reported.

The Protoss and Terran's powerful ships returned to prepare to eliminate the Mordor reinforcements.

"What?! An army of Mordor has emerged from the forest," said an elf.

"We must now stand firm. It is feared that our enemy seeks to divide us. Dwarves, elves, men, and Protoss, slay the enemy to the last," said Elrond.

"Welcome to your demise," hybrids appeared to be leading those Mordor reinforcements. A hybrid behemoth and the zerg-based hybrids attacked from the north leading more orcs. A hybrid dominator and the hybrid destroyers attacked from the south leading the Easterlings along with the Haradrim as infantry and on the backs of elephant-like creatures called Mumakils.

The Terran-made powerful warships fired their powerful plasma cannons inflicting huge amount of damages on those monsters while the Protoss carriers swarmed them using robotic interceptors. A single blast from the battlecruiser's yamato cannon could kill a Mumakil instantly. The combination of siege tanks, marine-filled bunkers, photon cannons, and high templars held off the Mordor reinforcements successfully. The artillery blasts from the siege tanks could kill multiple orcs and Mordor human soldiers as well as inflicting a great deal of damage on the Mumakil. The high Templars unleashed psionic storm killing the orcs and Mordor humans as well as casting feedback on the hybrid behemoths and hybrid dominators damaging them. Eventually the attackers were eliminated.

The elves and dwarves along with the Protoss and Terran air force pressed their attack on Dol Guldur. Besides orcs and trolls, there were hybrids especially the flying hybrid nemesis defending Dol Guldur. The elves and dwarves handled the orcs and trolls while the scouts, tempests, Vikings, wraiths, and banshees handled the hybrids. The dwarven and elven pikemen skewered the trolls. The orcs were being trampled by the cavalry, shot by elven archers, and picked off by dwarven axe throwers. The hybrids were shot and blown up by the air strikes from the Golden Armada and the Dominion. The banshees also helped out taking the trolls and movable long-range catapults. Cloaking enabled the banshees to bombard the arrow towers and stationary catapults without taking fire. The carriers swarmed the orcs with the interceptors and the battlecruisers' air-to-surface lasers caught the orcs on fire causing them to run around before collapsing into the ground motionlessly. They destroyed the castle, a prison, and all the other Mordor structures. The other signal fires were also captured by the dwarves and elves.

"The heart of Dol Guldur has been destroyed," said an elf.

"It is done, the darkness has been purged of these woods. May the Valar endure in the days that are to come," said Elrond.

At the time the elves began their journey; King Fili said to Selendis, Horner, and Johnny, "My people will have to rest after this battle. You guys go south to Gondor. Say hello to Jim for us."

"We will," said Horner.

The dwarves and men of Dale returned to the Lonely Mountain where they celebrated their victory. The Golden Armada and the Terran Dominion began heading to Gondor.

Author's Note

When I was writing this chapter and the previous chapter, I listened to the soundtracks from StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void: "Blades of Justice" and "Holding Up the Sky." I thought they would be suitable as background music. Anyway, the next chapter will be on Gondor.