At three in the afternoon, the Eastern Army organized by the Zhentarim began its total rout.
Once Tyr declared that justice stood with the Western Army, the Eastern Army collapsed like a landslide. The mercenaries had no reason to keep fighting either, and fled in every direction.
Shade Enclave's sudden decision to join the Western Army dealt the Eastern Army another devastating blow. To demonstrate its hatred of the Phaerimm, Shade Enclave held nothing back. The entire city slammed into the Orks, crushing thousands of them in one blow, and flung away a thousand years' worth of accumulated resources as though they cost nothing.
The Orks could not withstand Shade Enclave's reckless assault. Gorgutz soon reached his breaking point.
On the Eastern Army's left flank, in the Drow camp of House Baenre.
"Honored Matron! In Lolth's name!" A Drow ranger rushed into camp and knelt before Quenthel, Matron of House Baenre. "Manshoon, master of the Zhentarim, has fled! Selura, supreme commander of the Zhentarim, has fled! The Orks have routed, and so have the mercenaries!"
Quenthel's face twisted. "What about Thay's army?"
"Thay's army told the Cormyrians they were willing to negotiate too, and that they could acknowledge Salian as their ruler!"
"We must break out immediately!" Gromph Baenre urged. "Spider Matron!"
"Too late. Lolth above, the spider knows all." Quenthel, Matron of House Baenre, grinned savagely. "We shall carry out Lolth's teachings: betrayal!"
With that, Quenthel immediately ordered every Drow unit to turn around and attack the Moonsea city-state troops behind them!
That was the only retreat route that had not yet been blocked!
The Drow raised their blades against their allies without hesitation. Their elite soldiers and bloodthirsty servants plunged straight into the Moonsea city-states' formations behind them, drinking deep of their former allies' blood.
Lolth approved of