The Rallosian Wars
The campaigns of Rallos Zek's army of giants, ogres, and orcs against the other races.
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Seeds of Destruction: Unfolding the Lore - Part 5 Toskirakk, Korascian Warrens, Rathe Council Chambers Invasion of Earth
During the Elder Age of Norrath, the first Rallosian forces led by the great ogre Murdunk invaded the Plane of Earth - the realm ruled by The Rathe, Council of Thirteen. Under the command of Rallos Zek, the Warlord, Murdunk was instigated to invade this realm by Rallos Zek's son, Eriak. The goal was simple for Murdunk - he wanted to prove to Rallos Zek, the Warlord, that he was worthy to lead the forces of Zek throughout Norrath.
A great battle ensued and many guardians of earth perished along with numerous members of Murdunk's Rallosian army. To their dismay, the invasion was destined to fail because of the regenerating ability that The Rathe possessed. When a member of the Council of Thirteen was slain another would replace it. This gave them great advantage and although many of their guardians had been defeated, The Rathe emerged victorious. Those Rallosians not slain were thrown from the plane by the wards of The Council of Thirteen.
News of the defeat spread quickly across the Rallosian Empire. Such a dramatic failure angered Rallos Zek. He was not content to wait for the heavily scarred and injured Murdunk to recuperate and chose to enlist master tacticians and proven war heroes Tallon and Vallon. Although he was extremely disappointed with Murdunk's previous failure, Rallos Zek decided to allow him to accompany his horde in this second assault hoping to make use of the knowledge that Murdunk had acquired in his previous battles in the Plane of Earth.
With the power of the Warlord behind them, Tallon and Vallon rallied the legions of children of Zek and entered the Plane of Earth. This invasion was only partly successful – though the Rathelings' power source remained untaken, the members of the Rathe Council were captured and brought to Norrath, where one of them was executed. Where this Rathe member fell, the Rathe Mountains were raised, and Lake Rathetear formed. The Rathelings were incensed at these brazen attacks, and mourned the death of the thirteenth council member; for one of them to die in Norrath was permanent and irreversible.
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3rd Lieutenant Gerrog - Logbook Second Edition
This is the journal of a very important Lieutenant in the Second Rallosian Empire.
Entry 14:
We march through the Feerott. It is a good march. It is a quiet march. Nothing lives within the Feerrott since we have last passed through. The General personally leads us. The Arm of Vallon marches behind us. The Rathetear Mountains is our destination. We will stomp on the bones of the gods we once defeated.
This time they cannot stop us.
Entry 17:
We have changed course in the march. The forgotten temple of Cazic-Thule is within sight.
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3rd Lieutenant Gerrog – Logbook
3rd Lieutenant Gerrog – Logbook Second Edition This is the journal of a very important Lieutenant in the Second Rallosian Empire. Entry 14: We march through the Feerott. It is a good march. It is a quiet march. Nothing lives within the Feerrott since we have last passed through. The General personally leads us. The Arm of Vallon marches behind us.
Read the full source1st Lieutenant Danarg, 315 AS
1st Lieutenant Danarg, 315 AS Second Edition This is the journal of a very important Lieutenant in the Second Rallosian Empire. Day 130, 315: I have had to kill my advisor today. He was a traitor. He claimed that it was folly to attack our own city.
Read the full source1st Lieutenant Danarg, 313 AS
1st Lieutenant Danarg, 313 AS Second Edition This is the journal of a very important Lieutenant in the Second Rallosian Empire. Entry One: Day 105, 313: They do not know we are here. They believed we would not know of this place. We did. I did. When the final froglok lay dead at the feet of my twenty thousand troops, I will name these caves after myself.
Read the full source1st Lieutenant Mugreeza, 291 AS
1st Lieutenant Mugreeza, 291 AS Second Edition This is the journal of a very important Lieutenant in the Second Rallosian Empire. Day 307, 290: The General has joined us. The cheers of the soldiers are deafening. The General allows this slip in obedience to slide. I will not. Let them roar like beasts today. Tomorrow I will hang one hundred.
Read the full source1st Lieutenant Mugreeza, 289 AS
1st Lieutenant Mugreeza, 289 AS Second Edition This is the journal of a very important Lieutenant in the Second Rallosian Empire. Day 271, 289: The Rallosians will no longer take direction from a frightened old man. My General has chosen Dergud’s successor wisely – Me.
Read the full sourceThe Chronicle of Gromok Hergom
The Chronicle of Gromok Hergom I ink these words for fear that my once proud and mighty Ogres will forget the events I have seen in my long life. I am known at the time of this inking as Elder Gromok but I was once a soldier of little renown and status in the mighty Rallosian Legions under the command of Warlord Murdunk.
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1st Lieutenant Dergud, 263 AS
1st Lieutenant Dergud, 263 AS Second Edition This is the journal of a very important Lieutenant in the Second Rallosian Empire. Day 72, 263 AS: Urduuk has granted me great honor in making me his first Lieutenant. He has chosen well. I will not fail him. Today marks a glorious day. I will make the first true warriors of our people.
Read the full source1st Lieutenant Dergud, 289 AS
1st Lieutenant Dergud, 289 AS Second Edition This is the journal of a very important Lieutenant in the Second Rallosian Empire. Day 107, 289 AS: This world has not known the Rallosians for many centuries. It is time for the world to remember. We no longer suffer the curse of the Rathe. Now we will have our vengeance upon Norrath.
Read the full source1st Lieutenant Mugreeza, 290 AS
1st Lieutenant Mugreeza, 290 AS Second Edition This is the journal of a very important Lieutenant in the Second Rallosian Empire. Day 3, 290: We have met our first Frogs today. The battle did not last long. It has been too long since we last slaughtered any one. Praise Rallos that there are more where these ones came from.
Read the full sourceChronicle of Gromok
The Chronicle of Gromok Hergom, Volume I I ink these words for fear that my once proud and mighty Ogres will forget the events I have seen in my long life.
War for Earth: The Passing of an Empire
War for Earth: The Passing of an Empire Vol. I Diary of High Lorekeeper Baeldon --Preamble-- As time passes memory fades, and some things should never be lost to the ravages of time. So I have endeavored to record my personal impressions of the war that has ended the greatest empire in the history of Norrath.
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Freed of any obligations of duty, the soldiers that accompanied me and I set out in search of a fortress that had not yet fallen.
Read the full sourceRed Lake
In this book, we see the Rallosian Army’s advance through the eyes of Ilkalla, a Qeynosian Guard at an outpost on Lake Rathetear. For as long as she could, Ilkalla watched Gerren’s progress up the steep cliffs bordering Lake Rathetear.
Read the full sourceThe Lady of the Lake
Waiting for an inevitable war is never easy. In this book, we meet two Qeynosian Guards at an outpost on Lake Rathetear who find themselves on the edge of war and far from home. The drums echoed in the Rathe Mountains and reverberated through the deep waters of Lake Rathetear. They were victory drums, sounded by the ogres of the new Rallosian Army.
Read the full source1st Lieutenant Dergud, 279 AS
1st Lieutenant Dergud, 279 AS Second Edition This is the journal of a very important Lieutenant in the Second Rallosian Empire. Day 100, 279 AS: The people are soft. I spent too much time training soldiers. I did not see the rest of the people need to be made into Rallosians, too. We will not live like beasts as our forefathers had.
Read the full sourceThe Battle of Defiance
Tome_of_Destiny The pendant glowed like blue fire around his neck as the ranger called lightning down from the sky, striking the throngs of orcs and ogres. He fired arrow after arrow into their ranks, felling one after another of the cruel beasts. But he knew it wasn't enough. The army of Qeynos was vastly outnumbered. Though storms raged above them, the Rall…
Read the full source3rd Lieutenant Gerrog - Logbook (CollectionReward)
3rd Lieutenant Gerrog - Logbook Second Edition This is the journal of a very important Lieutenant in the Second Rallosian Empire. Entry 14: We march through the Feerott. It is a good march. It is a quiet march. Nothing lives within the Feerrott since we have last passed through. The General personally leads us. The Arm of Vallon marches behind us.
Read the full sourceThe Age of War
Ages of Norrath The Age of War (also referred to as the Age of Defiance) refers to a period of Norrathian history that encompassed and was defined by the Rallosian War. The Rallosian Army, also known as the Army of Rallos Zek, was an Ogre army that marched upon the peoples of the then-intact continent of Antonica with impunity.
Read the full sourceRed Lake (House Item)
aITEM -1825073370 636662798:Red Lake\/a was a previous version of this book; it showed as a stack of books, not just a single one In this book, we see the Rallosian Army's advance through the eyes of Ilkalla, a Qeynosian Guard at an outpost on Lake Rathetear. For as long as she could, Ilkalla watched Gerren's progress up the steep cliffs bordering Lake Rathet…
Read the full sourceRise of the Orcs - The Fall (CollectionReward)
Rise of the Orcs - The Fall" Second Edition This book details how the orcs would nearly succeed at toppling the two most powerful cities on Norrath. The following historical account details the orc's involvement during the short, yet devastating, War of Defiance. Simultaneously laying siege to the two largest cities on Norrath, the orcs would come close to ac…
Read the full sourceRise of the Orcs - The Ascension (CollectionReward)
Rise of the Orcs - The Ascension" Second Edition This book details how the orcs would organize into armies the likes of which had not been seen on Norrath for millennia. The following historical account details what stories would describe as the main turning point in the rise of the orcs. No longer primal savages, the orcs would organize into armies the like…
Read the full source1st Lieutenant Danarg, 315 AS (CollectionReward)
1st Lieutenant Danarg, 315 AS Second Edition This is the journal of a very important Lieutenant in the Second Rallosian Empire. Day 130, 315: I have had to kill my advisor today. He was a traitor. He claimed that it was folly to attack our own city. Did he not know whom he was speaking to? Does he know that he was speaking to the General? The General of the R…
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