Chapter 58 - Iron Door

In the 500-year history of the Obsidian Empire's assaults on Frosthold, there had only been one occasion when the Empire breached their lands. That assault was led by Prince Sylvan the Blackthorn, brother to then Emperor Verlyn and the high commander of the Empire's forces in 332. Sylvan commanded an army of elementalists and adepts, 10,000 men strong, and forced his way over the wall and through the Verdant Hollows. Only one man survived, a new low ranking adept. These were his words, as recorded by K.O.T. Nahreen: