The war with the Fiends was not going well. Despite the effectiveness of the 6 elementals, the Fiends learned to overcome their weakness.
Widow and Mycea had become partners in full and their power was not trifling. They still could not infiltrate as they once had into the various powers but they became terrifying foes in war!
Bodies could be stacked like cordwood in the battles that followed and the Line moved deeper into the lands of the Alliance.
The Sanctuary Empire remained the primary foe, however. The Empresses of the Empire were all Immortals that seemed invincible but their children were the true Fiend terrors.
The children seemed born to stop the Fiends. Either they had direct combat ability or could craft items that defied all attempts to overcome them on the Fiend side!
Even so, a single empire was not enough to stop their advance, only slow it.
