The demons came in greater numbers than any in the valley could meet upon the open field. They had marched upon the Deathforge and reclaimed the infernal pits, and not a day later the bombardment upon the walls of Wildhammer Stronghold began.
For three days and nights, infernals hammered the defenders that sallied out beyond the walls, and on the fourth the demonic legionnaires prepared to storm the keep. Its walls were undermanned, the garrison undersupplied, and so the Mo'arg felguard climbed the walls, only to be met by the knights of the Order and the penitent convicts under their wing.
The walls held, at first. The Hand of Kharduum brought an abyssal to the field to turn the walls to molten rock, and yet by defending the cannoneers on the eastern wall the Order was able to buy themselves a few hours more. The resilience of the garrison had not gone unnoticed, though, and at last the commander of the demons' army arrived on the field.
A scaly beast of a thousand razor-sharp teeth, of dark wings and impenetrable fel plating tore open the gates, and with glaive in hand the annihilan commander sought to slaughter his way into Wildhammer Stronghold. With a single fel blast from his glaive, the pit lord Gorridon cast down Thane Khazgrim and turned his attention to the Order and their cohort of penal soldiers.
But they did not yield, and the momentum of the Hand of Kharduum was quenched. As the garrison's newly-repaired steam tanks opened fire, Lord Gorridon made a hasty retreat, and the siege of the stronghold was lifted.
Retribution awaits...
After a gruelling battle against the veteran survivors of the Legion, united beneath the dreadful pit commander, Lord Gorridon, the Order and the convicts serving under it in Shadowmoon Valley have turned the tide against the Hand of Kharduum. The fight is far from over, and there's still plenty of time for more petty criminals to find salvation in the Light under the guidance of the Order's knights!