The surface of Lake Lordamere was covered with the floating corpses of red dragons...
Corpse after corpse had almost dyed the entire lake red with blood.
Some mages rowed boats across the water, retrieving the bodies... They were all low- or mid-ranking mages. Almost all the high-ranking mages had taken part in the fierce battle not long before; some were recovering their mental energy, while others were tending to their injuries.
Some Gryphon Riders from Aerie Peak were helping them, finishing off any dragons still struggling while they were at it.
The atmosphere within Dalaran was somewhat somber as well.
Despite all the preparations made beforehand, quite a few brown-robed or blue-robed wizards had still suffered injuries in the battle... Every priest at At Your Urgent Need Hospital had been dispatched to treat the wounded.
Archmage Antonidas had fallen ill. As a white-robed wizard, even with the help of the Eye of Dalaran, casting that spell, whose power approached the legendary level, had still taken an enormous toll on him.
The Tenth Ring School of Abjuration spell, Norgannon's Arcane Stasis, was the name of this Legendary Spell. It could cow every non-humanoid creature below the legendary level within a radius of dozens of miles, severely impairing their physical movements and ability to think; it could even cause an outright mental collapse in creatures with weak mental energy.
It came from an ancient book written in Old Thalassian, and there was no record of it ever having been used throughout Dalaran's history... That it could bear the name of a mighty Titan such as Norgannon the Dreamweaver was proof enough of the spell's power.
Fortunately, Antonidas's talent was in no way inferior to that of Dalaran's predecessors, and he had studied these matters thoroughly over the years. With the aid of