In the 5th year since the Sky Port of Barak Haraz sent its expedition to the Corexis isles, the Admiral of the Fleet, Gromrik Aetherson faced his most difficult challenge to date. Work on the kingdom of New Quemara (or Nouveau Quemara in the tongue of the free peoples) had been proceeding as planned, with work on the new coastal city of Côte d'Albret nearing completion thanks to the imported technology from the Duardin. Then, the forces of death began increasing activity in the valley of Lointaine to the north of the Collines du Nord. This was an area the Quemarans were keen to expand their influence into, and the free peoples had already sent an army to defend the settlers of the region from the undead, but the army had returned battered and leaderless from beyond the hills.
Admiral Aetherson decided to send a scouting force across the highlands to see for himself the extent of the problem. In the badlands to the immediate north of the Collines the Kharadrons encountered a force known as the Sanguine Whirlwind. The malign vampires appeared at the head of a host of shambling corpses, some on skeletal steeds.
The Kharadrons showed no fear, using their frigate and gunhauler to drop a force behind the enemy lines, and sniping one of the vampires in the throng of his force of horrific infantry. The battle swirled back and forth in the barren lands, but neither side seemed to be close to victory. Suddenly a rockfall interrupted the battle, as if the gods themselves were interfering in the clash. Both sides withdrew, and the forces of death remained unbowed. However the Kharadrons had held their own and proved their loyalty to the cause in defending the men over the hills.
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