This is happening, so now a journey to speak with the jailer of the damned has come, and though one of them doesn't approve of this idea, the guardian wants to see where this goes. But will he regret it? Only one way to find out, and we shall see what true capabilities do these people have when facing into the heart of someone who is damned forever more, so enjoy reading this new chapter everyone.
Spells and Louds.
Chapter 1,026: The Icecrown Glacier.
(Icecrown glacier, Northrend, Azeroth.)
Here we are, the home of the Lich King, Bolvar Fordragon and the Lich King is having a conversation with the Archlich Kel'Thuzad. "The Banshee Queen is becoming desperate and beyond dangerous. She was last seen the other day, staring at the walls and before we sent out forces to attack, she disappeared without a trace."
"Whatever it is that she is using, whatever artifact she has in her possession must be very powerful enough to allow her to fade away into the shadows and become untraceable. I do recommend a plan, to send some of our best scouts to track her down, and then we will find her base of operations and then..."
"That is too much to risk to chance. I will not risk our... Wait, we have company." Bolvar and Kel'Thuzad both look to the gates, and they open to reveal the guardian, Gyro and Anub'Arak, the Traitor King, and with company. Luna Frost, Lincoln Spellman, Jordan Rosato and Sam Livewire, and also with them are the team known as Vox Machine.
Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III, often known simply as Percival de Rolo or Percy, Keyleth, Pike Trickfoot, Grog Strongjaw, Scanlan Shorthalt, Vax'ildan and Vex'ahlia. Oh, and the armoured bear companion, Trinket.
The Lich King looks down upon them as he sits on the Frozen Throne, and the team of Vox Machine are kinda surprised, and less afraid of everything, since they have seen undead before, and yet this undead are different and they look around and see the undead forces emerging from the walls.
Ghouls, Shades, Acolytes, Abominations, Obsidian Statues, Obsidian Destroyers, Gargoyles, Crypt Fiends, Lich Lords, Crypt Lords, Skeleton warriors and archers, and skeletal mages, Necromancers and Zombies. All of them looking menacingly to the new folks who dare to walk into the domain of their undead master.
Bolvar Fordragon then asks. "Guardian, Frost. What is this that you dare bring into my domain and kingdom?" He has his hammer ready, and he doesn't seem pleased.
Gyro then speaks. "Lich King Fordragon. These band of idiots, are Vox Machine, but Keyleth is not an idiot." She feels complimented, and the others feel offended. "Apparently, they have come forth to visit this world, and now they seek to aid in taking down... The Banshee Queen, also now that I think about it, Keyleth is a part of this idiocy. She did bring them here." Now Keyleth feels bad.
Bolvar Fordragon doesn't seem keen on this idea, and some of the undead snicker and laugh, and then Luna Frost speaks. "These guys wanna show that they can do more than just help their own world with their dragon issues and it is obvious that these easy to deal with mercenaries seek to get paid and prove some weird point for some reason, my lord. But in my playbook, they don't seem worth anything, and they don't even know how to deal with the Banshee Queen."
"Or even find her" replied Sam.
"Hey!" Scanlan steps forward, and just before Percy can stop him. "First off. We can fight this Banshee Queen, and also find her and take down whatever plans she has for this undead... Wait, what the heck is this undead kingdom all about?"
Bolvar then answers. "The Scourge was made as an instrument of destruction by the demonic army known as the burning legion. Led by the first Lich King, Ner'Zhul. But he was killed by his own champion and was removed from power by that damned fallen human prince, Arthas and he remained on the throne and attempted to conquer the world and destroy the living."
"Many brave heroes and warriors tried their best to beat him and they all succeeded, but the laws have been bound that without a master, the Scourge will become mindless and run rampant across the world and destroy all life. There must always be a Lich King, and I have taken the throne to ensure it does, since the world of the Living can no longer comfort the way I am now. This fight, against Sylvanas Windrunner, decides the fate of all the living things within Azeroth and I will not let the Scourge be used as monsters again."
Vox Machine remains silent, and then Grog speaks. "Wow. That was a very quick story, and I didn't even bring anything to eat."
Scanlan then continues. "Well, secondly we can help make sure your kingdom and your undead and dead people are gonna be fine and alive, well sorta alive and well. Trust us, my lord or kingship, we are Vox Machina and we can handle what goes down!"
They all remain silent, and the Lich King is not pleased. "You are all not going to live, and the chances of all of you surviving, is not a possible one. I send those who I have called in to assist, which is why I haven't even bothered to call for reinforcements from the Alliance or the Horde, and yet their forces are on Northrend hunting her, since she is a war criminal."
"You are all incapable of destroying that damned Banshee Queen and her forces, I doubt that you would... Wait, something is wrong!" He then gets up from his throne, leaps over all of them and then he races to the main gates and they all follow him, and they are all at the walls and they see an army of the dead, undead but all of them are those Forsaken who are bound loyal to the foe they face, and they can see her. "Windrunner."
Gyro spins his staff. "Well, well. Looks like the time has come to lay waste, and this must be her final card. Should I call for reinforcements your majesty?"
"No. Sylvanas will likely send her forces through a portal and then attack your world. We must hold the line, defend the Frozen Throne, and destroy her forces!" The rest of the Scourge all roar and shriek and look to their enemies headed for their walls. Then Bolvar looks towards Vox Machine.
"It seems far too late to have you simple minded idiots to be sent off your damned way. So, you wish to prove yourselves? Then aid to defend these walls, do not let the Banshee Queen through!" This is what they were waiting for, but this made Keyleth concerned, she doesn't think they can take on this undead army, even though they did so back then in their world.
Luna Frost didn't like this, and neither did the Archlich, but these are the orders of the Lich King, and so the Lich King Bolvar Fordragon speaks. "For Icecrown! For the Frozen Throne, for Azeroth!" The gates open, and the Scourge is unleashed and they charge at the incoming enemies, and the Meatwagons send their barrage of disease clouds to try and slow down Windrunners forces.
The Forsaken also advance, and we now see two undead armies trying to kill each other, and they use whatever they have in their arsenal to tear the other one apart, and it looks like an unholy bloodshed of death and destruction. Luna Frost, Lincoln, Sam Livewire, Jordan, Kel'Thuzad and Anub'Arak attack and lead the charge of the armies, while gyro remains and he makes a powerful barrier to hold the line and the citadel.
Bolvar Fordragon remains at the wall, and he uses his almighty powers to make the stalagmites float and then hurls them at the enemy army. Vox Machine are already on the ground and fending off the incoming Forsaken soldiers, and Percy loves his new gun. "Now this... This is something!" He then shoots and he blasts the heads off of ten Forsaken soldiers. "Makes sense, they are undead after all."
Vax and Vex and Trinket tag team, as the bear charges and breaks the enemies lines, the elf twins are both busy throwing knives and shooting arrows, and also using whatever weapons these Forsaken drop, which they can use again.
Scanlan uses his lute and he chants. "Scanlan's hand!" A large purple hand made of magic appears and then another and they become fists and they start pounding away and also shielding the gnome and Pike, and Pike puts her new hammer to use and she sends a blast of pure light and it vaporizes the forsaken army. "Whoa. Now this is gonna be in handy next time!"
"Time for an ass kicking!" Grog leaps into the battle, and he swings his axe left and right. He grabs a Forsaken and throws it to the other, and then he dodges an axe attack and then head butts the undead soldier and then he splits it in half. "Is this the best they got?!"
They then see a large Flesh Golem and it stares down upon Grog and Vax. "You just had to say it, didn't you?" Vax never likes it when Grog says words that would jinx them.
But Grog, well he doesn't care. "Now this is a fight!" He then leaps onto the Flesh Golem and he gets some help when Sam Livewire makes his feet discharge electricity to help him climb, but instead he runs and he spins his axe. "Here comes Grog!" He then decapitates the flesh golem, and it collapses with the head landing on a siege weapon from the Forsaken. "So, anyone else wanna count the kills?"
Lincoln then throws some grenades and Luna shields her son with an ice barrier, and then she summons the dead Forsaken soldiers as her own troops. "Dude that Flesh Golem counts as one kill."
Grog realizes this. "Oh, no fair!" A forsaken assassin is about to attack, but then the undead is grabbed by vines, from Keyleth and then shocked by Sam and then thrown away, then Keyleth summons a large grass wave, and then she mixes it with some poison spores, and the forsaken army on the right are being attacked, and slowly dying... Well, dying again. Because they are undead, does that make sense now?
Keyleth makes a forked lightning strike, and then she sends a bolt of fire and this destroys a large portion of the opposing front. "Do not let them cross the line, don't let the Forsaken reach the Lich King! Defend the Frozen throne!" She then makes a wave of ice and she freezes a lot of forsaken, but she doesn't know that someone is locked onto her, and that someone is Sylvanas Windrunner.
The Banshee Queen does dodge the incoming stalagmite and she makes the shot, and in slow motion Vex sees this and she fires her own arrow, but it misses and instead the black arrow is making it's way for Keyleth and even pierces through several ghouls and a Crypt Fiend, Keyleth turns around and sees the arrow, but then Percy takes the shot, and it pierces through his right side.
"Percy!" Percy drops his guns, and then he goes down to his knees. Keyleth goes over, and she stops him from collapsing, this enrages her, and her eyes glow white. Sylvanas notices this.
'She must be far powerful than these little worms.'
Keyleth then makes a massive lightning storm, and then the sky glows with stars and Starfall is made, combined with Chain Lightning, Lightning Strike, and then she slams her staff to the ground and this causes an earthquake and a sundering strike onto the enemies front line, causing lava to spew out, and then a sharp impaling pillar of icy shards and spikes, and then she makes it rain ice from above.
The entire Forsaken army is now being eradicated, and there aren't much left, and Sylvanas blows the horn, and they all retreat. Bolvar then looks to the Archlich. "After her, but be careful, Kel'Thuzad!" The Archlich nods, and he rallies his Cult of the Damned army and they chase after Windrunner, he has a score to settle with her.
The undead army roar and screech at their victory, but then the others go over and check on Percy. They can see his has some black veins from his wound, and they didn't get the arrow out. Grog is about to, but then Vax stops him. "Stop, it might get worse. We don't know how dangerous it is!"
"A black arrow!" said Luna. "One of Sylvanas' dangerous weapons, they cause a slow and painful death, and if he does die... He might return, as an undead minion to her cause!"
Gyro speaks. "Also, pulling it out will cause massive damage inside of him. It's gonna get worse, and possibly rapidly increase the speed to his death."
They didn't like this, and then Pike tries her powers of the light, but then Bolvar stops her. "No. The light cannot save him, bring him to my citadel. I will ensure he survives." Grog then carefully carries Percy, and they follow the Lich King back into the citadel. "You have proven to me, but at what cost?"
Vox Machine now sees, that they shouldn't have done this. They should've just headed back home, but deep down, Keyleth feels like that this is her fault.
"To be continued in the next chapter everyone."
A/N: Vox Machine did it, they came and they helped save another kingdom, but now one of them has taken the hit and has to recover. They should never have been part of this, and yet they did. I hope you all enjoyed reading this new chapter everyone.
Date made: 6/3/22.