Awaking suddenly from a frightful nightmare, Empress Calgia looked around and curled herself up and began to weep. She knew the nightmare was a vision of her future, as well of that of the future of her Empire. Wiping the tears from her face she stood up and walked to the balcony and looked up at the Crimson Moon. “What does it mean? Why must the peace end now? I am no great leader, I just am” spoke the Empress to the moon. The night stood still, and then grew cold the Empress shuddered then returned to the inner chamber of her room. She scanned the room for anything out of place seeing nothing wrong she walked to the painting of the Creor, gentle beast similar to that of a horse. Calgia leaned against the mantle below the paint and sighed and wondered what to make of her nightmare. “The blood, the chaos, the death. All are my worst fear, bodies of thousands of Elves, humans, dwarves, and halflings. The sky… what happened to the sky why was it so dark. Enough of this Calgia, you must not concern yourself with such matters. It was just a dream… Yes a dream and nothing more.” Speaking this the beautiful elf Empress returned to her bed to sleep and prayed to the Guardians to forget the nightmare by morning.

Meeting in the Haven of souls the Four Guardians talk about the strange happenings in the world of Neva.
“The surrounding lands of Antioc and Antioc itself has been changing, and not for the better either. King Barx has ordered all Elves, Dwarves, and Halflings imprisoned for being spies to Ogroth. The humans are scared in the changes of their King but dare not say anything. The royal council has been disbanded by the King. The reason behind this is unknown since the King is somehow blocking my mind from reading his” spoke the corned Zugor, guardian of the Earth.
“Yes we have also noticed changes to the landscape and air above Antioc, it would seem the land is dying and withering, the air above Antioc has been filling with clouds…” said Gal, guardian of the Air who was interrupted by his sister Sheqa. “Also the clouds block all magics from peering into the Antioc, we lost all sight of the royal chamber. So we know not what goes on inside the Kingdom.”

“I say we storm the Kingdom and level it to the ground. Stop this before it grows out of control. Next thing we know they will invade Ogroth or Ialic. I say this to you brothers and sister, no good will come of this if we wait too long to act” these were the words from Romi’s mouth, guardian of Fire.
“I do not side our Brother often but I agree, Zugor and Gal I say we follow Romi’s plan and destroy the Kingdom before this spreads into Ialic and Ogroth.” Spoke coldly Sheqa.
“No, I wish to deal with this if we can without pain or death or another war, remember what happened the last time we tried to end something with violence quickly?” Zugor spoke quickly these words remembering the past when they were young.
“I end this meeting and council of the Guardians, return and find out what you can from your followers I must be alone with my thoughts.” The other three guardians bowed and returned to their temples on Neva.
“Why must this happen now, while father is away? Ialic will not move against Antioc until it is to late and Ogroth will fall before Ialic responds. The alliance is broken but perhaps it is time we introduced something new to Ogroth. Yes where was that gnome anyway, ah yes now I remember! Crenor, but its right inside Antioc…” thought Zugor as he stood looking down at the world he was entrusted with until his Father’s return. Zugor was ageless but his face aged as he stood and thought what do about Antioc and the broken Alliance that was forged to destroy the ‘gate’. Zugor never told his brothers or sister the truth of what the ‘gate’ was but he sense they knew. Zugor nor his brother or sister could destroy the ‘gate’. That is why they had the mortal destroy it. Sighing Zugor returned to his temple and plotted his next action.

good one. *bumps that story to the top*

muhahah my army grows in numbers as we speak