Banks City, the largest city in East Prussia, had undoubtedly become the eye of the storm beneath the eternal night. From nightfall yesterday until now, the fighting inside and outside the city had not stopped for a single second.
Though it was still protected by the radiant artifact housed within the city, whose brilliant light kept the malice of the darkness at bay, the number of civilians taking shelter there continued to climb, and chaos was erupting uncontrollably all across the city.
No matter how many times the soldiers under Marshal Loren cleared the city, inexplicable Chaos abominations would silently appear and unleash a massacre somewhere.
Loren and his commanders had been unable to make sense of it. They had prepared their defenses, after all. The answer finally came when the earth priests from Silverkeep arrived in Banks City through the ground.
"Skaven! The Skaven have dug countless tunnels beneath the city, connecting to all its districts. Those abominations are using them to get inside."
The earth priest from Silverkeep, his face covered in runes, spoke gravely to Loren and his commanders:
"We're doing everything we can to reinforce the ground and prevent the Skaven from repeating their tunneling assault from the Black Scourge. Gaia, the Mother Goddess, has also turned her merciful gaze upon East Prussia. The cities and towns still holding out can receive her protection, so there won't be any large-scale surface collapses that would destroy them.
"But this is only a stopgap!
"As long as the Skaven keep moving, we can't stop the abominations from entering the city. More importantly, after surveying the surrounding terrain, young Loren, I have to give you the worst possible news.
"At present, only seven cities in East Prussia, including Banks City, have populations exceeding one hundred thousand. All the rest