Chapter Summaries

Dolo led the Embers of the Burned Kingdom in a cannon-backed assault that captured Kenyaza City in one hour. The Red Dragon announced that Norton Duchy had fallen and the city now belonged to the Embers of the Burned Kingdom.

• Dolo marched with Hobgoblins and Bugbears toward Kenyaza City, carrying cannons forged by Storm Armory.
• Dolo's forces fired on the city walls, killing defenders and blasting open a breach.
• Dolo led the charge through the breach, and the Hobgoblin soldiers routed and killed the city's defenders.
• The Red Dragon appeared over Kenyaza City and told its residents that Norton Duchy no longer existed and that they now belonged to the Embers of the Burned Kingdom.

Grand Duke Oliver faced the fall of Kenyaza City and killed his steward Gader rather than surrender to Embers of the Burned Kingdom. He followed an old Norton family record to open a hidden passage beneath the family mausoleum and rushed inside, hoping it held a way to survive.

• Grand Duke Oliver panicked as Dolo's forces captured Kenyaza City and rejected Gader's suggestion that he surrender.
• Oliver beheaded Gader for urging surrender, then warned the guards that anyone who tried to give up would meet the same fate.
• As fighting spread through the city, Oliver recalled an ancient Norton family story and ordered his guards to accompany him to the mausoleum.
• Oliver sent the guards to wait at the tomb entrance, then used blood and instructions from the Secret Codex to open a concealed passage behind Kavaha Norton's Stone Coffin.
• Oliver entered the passage, convinced the family records were true.

Grand Duke Oliver discovered the Everfrost Horn, a Frost Giant relic that could summon a Frost Scourge, and accidentally activated it with his bleeding hand. The horn transformed him into a powerful frost wielder, and he declared his ambition to rule Anzeta before freezing his own guards.

• Grand Duke Oliver followed the passage murals to a burial chamber and found the Everfrost Horn.
• Oliver recalled how his ancestor Gahe Everfrost stole the horn and escaped south, and realized it could summon the Frost Giants and unleash a Frost Scourge.
• Oliver decided to take the horn, but his bleeding hand touched it and caused it to sound.
• The horn's inscriptions filled Oliver with frost power, transformed him into a towering Frost Giant-like figure, and gave him control over ice and blizzards.
• Oliver proclaimed that he would rule the North and Anzeta, then froze his personal guards in the storm around him.

Dolo's Hobgoblin army overwhelmed the Duke's Mansion guards until Grand Duke Oliver unleashed the Everfrost Horn and trapped the city in a deadly blizzard. Dolo was frozen while trying to escape and called on the Red Dragon for help, leaving his survival uncertain.

• Dolo led his Hobgoblin skirmishers through the Duke's Mansion guards with their Dragonfire Spears and ordered them to seize the duke.
• A strange horn blast sounded, and snow and hail swept into the city as Dolo warned his troops that the storm was magic.
• Grand Duke Oliver appeared at the storm's center and used the Everfrost Horn to freeze Hobgoblins and city residents in his widening icy domain.
• Dolo fled the blizzard, discarded his battle axe, and crushed a Flame Dragon Crystal to call the Red Dragon for help.
• Dolo charged toward Oliver but was gradually frozen by the blizzard, struggling to stay alive as his thoughts slowed.

Keosius arrived in the White Domain and fought Grand Duke Oliver, who used a horn to draw on legendary-level Everfrost Power. After Keosius killed him, the power overwhelmed Oliver and turned his body into an ice crystal, while the horn fell silent.

• Keosius emerged from a Flame Teleportation Gate, changed into a Red Dragon, and healed the mortally frozen Dolo with Dragon's Breath.
• Grand Duke Oliver attacked Keosius with a blizzard, but Keosius evaded it and taunted him about his crude control of the frost power.
• Oliver blew the horn and drew on its Everfrost Power, unleashing a snowstorm potent enough to threaten Keosius.
• Keosius baited Oliver into pouring still more power into the horn, then evaded his attack with an Incarnation of Flame and appeared behind him.
• Keosius killed Oliver with a Scratch Spell, and the uncontrolled Everfrost Power erupted, turning Oliver into an ice crystal as the horn's runes dimmed.

After the Norton Duchy fell, Keosius examined the Everfrost Horn and learned from Darena that its stolen relic could bring a Frost Scourge of hundreds of Frost Giants. He ordered Embers of the Burned Kingdom to prepare for battle so he could claim their blood.

• Kenyaza City fell to Embers of the Burned Kingdom, and the captured Norton Family was sent to North Wind Fortress.
• Dolo left the military to study in the Dragon Oath Hall and pursue becoming a Dragonkin Paladin.
• Keosius inspected the Everfrost Horn and judged that his Red Dragon body could not use its full power.
• Darena read records identifying the horn as a sacred relic stolen from the Everfrost Frost Giant clan.
• Darena warned Keosius that more than three hundred Frost Giants could invade in a Frost Scourge.
• Keosius ordered Darena to notify the Group Retainers and prepare for battle, intending to collect Frost Giant blood.

Kasa Bone Breaker Everfrost learned that the Everfrost Horn had sounded and that it was guiding the tribe toward its lost sacred relic. Despite Elder Nuer’s warning of a coming calamity, Kasa rallied the Frost Giants to begin a new invasion of the southern humans.

• Kasa heard the Everfrost Horn and consulted Elder Nuer about its call.
• Nuer confirmed that the horn was guiding them to reclaim the sacred relic, but warned Kasa of a fated calamity.
• Kasa dismissed the warning and decided to lead the tribe south to recover the Everfrost Horn.
• Kasa rallied the Frost Giants, who roared in anticipation of killing and plundering the southern humans.

Duke Leo Bosk learned that the Frost Giants were marching toward the Embers of the Burned Kingdom and planned to wait for the conflict to weaken one side before acting. In North Wind Fortress, Steamed Bun’s patrol was interrupted when Lang Li Bai Tiao flaunted his rank in Nocturne.

• Duke Leo Bosk received reports of Frost Giants marching south from the Storm Highlands toward Trill Valley and the North.
• Duke Leo Bosk concluded that the Frost Giants had a specific target: the Embers of the Burned Kingdom.
• Duke Leo Bosk decided to wait and either aid the Embers against the Frost Giants or attack the Embers if they prevailed and lowered their guard.
• Steamed Bun patrolled the Southwest District, where he had wiped out the Black Beer gang and now found few cases to handle.
• Lang Li Bai Tiao confronted Steamed Bun, boasting that his Nocturne rank outranked Steamed Bun’s and that he could contact the Dragon Boss.

Steamed Bun and Lang Li Bai Tiao went to the Red Scale Garrison, where Singo revealed a new main quest: stop the Frost Giants advancing from Vahalla Glacier. The group learned the giants were stronger than Hill Giants and likely wielded frost abilities, leaving them to prepare for the coming assault.

• Steamed Bun mocked Lang Li Bai Tiao and agreed to go with him to the Red Scale Garrison after learning Singo had an important message.
• Steamed Bun and Lang Li Bai Tiao met Singo at the garrison, where Singo urged Steamed Bun to return to the Red Scale Patrol and revealed he had triggered a main quest.
• Xia Ye Qiuyu and Born Battle Maniac arrived and read the Frost Scourge quest, which warned that Frost Giants were targeting the Embers of the Burned Kingdom.
• Singo explained that Frost Giants were stronger than Hill Giants and likely had frost-related abilities, so the group needed to prepare for the mission.

Gold Tooth’s Kobold transport team was attacked by Frost Giants from the Everfrost Tribe, who had come south to scout the Storm Highlands. Baya mistook Gold Tooth for a dragon whelp and dragged him from the sky, intending to claim him as a trophy.

• Gold Tooth drove the Kobolds onward as they hauled gold ore, while Blacktooth fell behind and was crushed by the Frost Giant Tema.
• Tema and Baya Everfrost led forty Frost Giants to attack the transport team, overrunning the Kobolds and killing many.
• Gold Tooth took to the air and urged the Kobolds to hold out for reinforcements.
• Baya mistook Gold Tooth for a dragon whelp, leaped into the air, and seized his wing with a bone pick.

Gold Tooth fought off Baya and escaped the Frost Giants, realizing the Kobolds could not stop their invasion and that he needed to warn his master. The Frost Giants continued ravaging the Storm Highlands, while the kingdom’s elite forces gathered before Stone Fortress.

• Gold Tooth burned Baya with Fireball and Burning Hands, then evaded the Frost Giant’s attacks from the air.
• Seeing the Kobolds overwhelmed and captured, Gold Tooth abandoned them and flew away to warn his master that the Frost Giants were heading south.
• Baya vowed to kill Gold Tooth and the Red Dragon behind him, then crushed a fleeing Kobold underfoot.
• Frost Giant squads destroyed Goblin strongholds, Kobold mines, and Half-Orc hunting grounds across the Storm Highlands.
• The kingdom’s elite Wyverns and Chimeras assembled in formation before Stone Fortress after receiving warning of the threat.

Dror led Dragon Valley's forces against Baya and the invading Frost Giants, using traps, artillery, Wyverns, and Hobgoblin rifles to inflict heavy casualties. The battle continued as Baya faced the threat posed by the volley fire.

• Dror spotted the approaching Frost Giants and rallied Dragon Valley's defenders to fight for the Embers of the Burned Kingdom and the Great Red Dragon.
• Kobold traps and Stone Fortress artillery killed or injured several Frost Giants as Baya urged his warriors to keep charging.
• Hundreds of Wyverns attacked, and the Frost Giants fought back by bringing the flying creatures down and tearing them apart.
• Dror ordered the Hobgoblin Line Infantry to advance and fire at close range, and their rifles felled several Frost Giants.
• Baya was stunned by the rifle volley and worried that the Everfrost Tribe could not afford to lose so many warriors.

Baya led the Frost Giants against the Hobgoblin Line Infantry but struggled to break through their volleys and flames. After he fought the Chimera and nearly killed it, the Everfrost Tribe's war horn sounded, and Baya ordered a retreat.

• Baya charged the Hobgoblin formation, where volley fire and Chimera flames killed many Frost Giants.
• Baya broke through the battle line and killed Dror's Land Dragon Beast before the Chimera attacked him.
• Baya grappled with the Chimera and nearly choked it to death, but Dror shot him, allowing the Chimera to escape.
• Baya returned to the Frost Giants' formation as the Everfrost Tribe's war horn called the divisions back.
• Tema reminded Baya that Kasa had ordered them to assemble and that their kin had already suffered heavy losses, so Baya ordered a retreat.

Kasa replaced Baya with Tema after Baya lost twenty-six warriors, then learned the Everfrost Horn was likely in North Wind Fortress and planned to conquer the North. At North Wind Fortress, Keosius prepared to stop the Frost Giants at Trill's Gullet and agreed to meet an envoy from the Bosque Duchy.

• Kasa scolded Baya for losing twenty-six warriors and gave his command to Tema.
• Weier estimated that the Everfrost Horn was in the area of North Wind Fortress, and Kasa vowed to reclaim it and rule the North.
• Darena told Keosius that Frost Giants had attacked settlements and were gathering to advance south toward the Everfrost Horn.
• Keosius ordered the kingdom's forces to stop the Frost Giants at Trill's Gullet.
• Darena reported that the Bosque Duchy had sent an envoy offering help, and Keosius invited the envoy in.

Count Trischka led a Bosque delegation to meet Keosius, who accused their duke of plotting against him and assigned them to observe the coming battle. Afterward, Trischka concluded that Keosius was more cunning and dangerous than a typical Red Dragon and might overturn the North's rule.

• Count Trischka greeted Keosius on behalf of Duke Leo while the delegation struggled with fear in the Red Dragon’s presence.
• Keosius challenged the delegation over the assassination attempt, but Trischka blamed the Norton Duchy and the expelled Lionheart Knights.
• Keosius said he knew what Duke Leo was plotting and welcomed the delegation as observers so they would witness the difference in strength.
• Trischka described the wealth and power of lands to the south, but Keosius recognized his attempt to redirect him and dismissed the delegation with orders to report on the battle at Trill's Gullet.
• Outside the hall, Trischka told Morr and Yelina that Keosius was not a typical savage Red Dragon and might shake the rule of the North.

The Everfrost Tribe marched south toward Trill's Gullet under a blizzard conjured by its priests to reclaim its holy relic. Keosius countered the storm with the Storm King's Eye, halting the Frost Giants' advance as both armies prepared for a clash of powerful magic.

• The Frost Giant Priests invoked Everfrost Power, and Kasa Everfrost led the tribe's army south to reclaim its holy relic.
• Outside Trill's Gullet, Lang Pu and Dolo watched the blizzard approach and relied on Keosius as the army's greatest support.
• Keosius used Control Weather through the Storm King's Eye to create hot winds that met and blocked the advancing blizzard.
• The Frost Giant Priests realized their Everfrost Power had been checked, while Trischka watched the two forces contest the weather.

Kasa Everfrost led the Everfrost Tribe’s Frost Giants against the Embers of the Burned Kingdom, shrugging off artillery and tearing through the Hobgoblin infantry with Winter’s Roar. Dolo watched his forces suffer devastating losses and concluded that Kasa had to be eliminated.

• Kasa charged through cannon fire and wyvern flames, using Winter’s Roar to split incoming cannonballs and rally the Frost Giants.
• Dolo ordered the Hobgoblin Line Infantry to advance and fire their rifles, killing more than a dozen Frost Giants.
• Kasa leaped nearly a hundred meters into the Hobgoblin formation, breaking it with an axe strike that raised deadly ice spikes.
• Kasa slaughtered more than a hundred Hobgoblins and restored the Frost Giants’ morale.
• Dolo resolved to find a way to kill Kasa so the war could continue.

Dolo fought Kasa, but Lang Pu strengthened him with spells so he could stand against the Frost Giant chieftain. Their duel and the armies’ battle raged across the wilderness, with both sides suffering heavy losses.

• Dolo attacked Kasa, but Kasa blocked his blow and sent him flying before nearly killing him with another axe strike.
• Lang Pu saved Dolo with Wall of Force, then cast a series of spells that enlarged and empowered him.
• Dolo charged Kasa again while Lang Pu attacked with fireballs and Slow Spell, allowing Dolo to cut Kasa’s cheek.
• Kasa welcomed the wound and vowed to kill his opponents as the armies of the Embers of the Burned Kingdom and Everfrost clashed.
• Hobgoblins, Ogres, Frost Giants, flying beasts, and cavalry fought across the battlefield, while Baya killed a Chimera by snapping its vertebrae.
• The battle left the wilderness strewn with corpses as both sides fought on.

The players joined the Embers of the Burned Kingdom’s battle against the Frost Scourge, where most were overwhelmed by the Frost Giants. Singo and Steamed Bun avoided the strongest enemies and prepared to attack an isolated giant.

• Noob players entered the battlefield and were quickly killed by Frost Giants.
• Steel Frenzy used his armor to attack Big Head-Keba, but Keba smashed him and his suit with one blow.
• Singo and Steamed Bun rode Wyverns above the battle and agreed to target weaker Frost Giants.
• Kasa hurled a rock into the sky, killing Da Dao and bringing down his Wyvern.
• Singo spotted an isolated Frost Giant and dove toward it with Steamed Bun.

Keosius transformed into a heavily empowered Red Dragon and tore through the Frost Giant army while the Embers of the Burned Kingdom fought them below. As the battle continued, Kasa revealed Winter's Roar's divine power and rose into the sky to challenge Keosius.

• Keosius transformed into his twenty-meter Red Dragon form and unleashed a host of prepared spells.
• Keosius charged into the Frost Giant ranks, killing warriors as their weapons and attacks failed to break through his defenses.
• Kasa's Bloodfire Battle Axe shattered under Kasa's blows, and Dolo taunted him that the Frost Giants would be wiped out regardless.
• Kasa revealed his nickname, Child of Winter, and uncovered Winter's Roar as a weapon holding Solem's Everfrost Power.
• Kasa invoked Solem, received blessings from the Frost Giant Priests, and rode a blizzard toward Keosius.