–¨avatara flavourstliavfl@ÿmth2Ò...though none of the original Nine remained, Alric reinstated the Avatara as mages and generals of his armies. Among them were Tyollan, lone survivor of the massacre at AvonÕs Grove...Ó Ò...from the heart of the Untamed Lands came a man of immense power, unschooled and as untamed as the lands from whence he came. Alric made him one of the Nine to lead his armies.Ó Ò...Baelladin, son of Baelden, went on to sit by AlricÕs side as one of the Nine, thus honoring his fatherÕs memory, and serving his city of Muirthemne as best he could.Ó Ò...their defenses had been breached in several places, the walls were crumbling around them and the enemy was closing in on the audience chamber where they sat. ÔEoren will holdÕ, was AlricÕs only statement.Ó Ò...at the first sign of weakness in the enemy lines Lymander would lead his men in a charge like a thousand thundering lightning bolts. This was of course preceded by a constant barrage of magery from Lymander himself...Ó Ò...Treordun was there at the Fall of Scales. He defied Shiver and her minions, battling her in a spectacular duel that lasted several hours before he was defeated and carried off by his colourguard...Ó Ò...leaving the Warlocks of Scholomance behind, Ba Croal turned his back on everything he knew, even the dark secrets he had learn, to sit by Emperor AlricÕs side in Muirthemne...Ó Ò...for six days they had staggered through the swamps of the sunken kingdom of Yer-Ks. Nine days without food saw the expedition in most dire straits. It was then that the mage Kamra first appeared...Ó