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Massacre at the Tower, 2509

November 2010·pp. 86–87

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Chaos warlord Harrax Soultrader seizes the eccentric Gold Wizard Leopold Groeth’s remote tower, drawing an Ostland relief army under Groeth and Warrior Priest Toben Bell. Artillery kills the Chaos Giant and a catastrophic magical overreach helps Groeth recover his library. The final duel turns upon the haunted ruins themselves, whose spectres claim Soultrader as he prepares to strike the priest, giving the battlefield’s magical scenery a decisive narrative role.

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