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Chapter 301 151. The Horned Rat and the Old Sage Are Best Friends
Speaking of Kafusha, we must mention the root of all this, Tylos (Tylos), he is the legendary father of the Tyrell people, and he was still a tribal chief at the time. , and built a great city for his tribe, Tyros, with the help of Mirmidia.

The city was not enough for Tylos, however, as he dreamed that the city named after him would surpass the slender white buildings to the south.So he ordered his people to build a tower high enough to humble the elves.

At that time, she was not the goddess of strategy and glory, but Mirmidia, who loved peace like her sister Thalia, was shocked by this meaningless labor. After repeated warnings and exhortations were ineffective, she abandoned the proposal. Loth, claiming that she will return when the people of Delos are once again honored.

This history is recorded in "Berona Mirmidia", which is a holy book of the Mirmidian sect. This holy book is the same as "War Strategy" and "Book of War". One of the three most popular holy books.

The city of Delos is said to have been founded sometime between -2500 and -2000 Imperial Calendar, but the Dwarven Chronicles contradict this and give a more accurate date.

According to the records of the dwarven chronicles, the first group of human tribes migrated to the southern lands of the Old World at the time of Imperial Calendar -2000. At that time, the number of human tribes was very small and primitive, and they used tools and weapons made of wood and stone. The places where the human tribe settled became the present Tyrell and Estalia.

In Imperial Calendar -1997, the War of Longbeard broke out, and the dwarves began to attack the colony of Asur.During the war, the armies of the Bottomless Steps, which is now Bloodhorn Peak, united with the armies of Karak Dragoncliff and Barak Hemen to fight Azul in the land that humans now call Tyrell. battle, destroying several towns and trading posts, including what is now Lucini and Tobaro.

In other words, these records confirm that the city of Delos was indeed established by Delos and the people of his tribe, not an abandoned elf city, nor should it be an earlier ancient city, so ancient that it can be traced back Before the arrival of the Old Ones.Like many fables and legends, the first parts of Tyrell's folklore "The Last Days of Kafshah" are somewhat exaggerated.

Moreover, "Kafsha's Last Day" is also called "The Curse of the Thirteen".

In Imperial Calendar -1950, in search of ore, the Kafsha clan of wandering dwarves from the Black Mountains settled in the city of Delos. Later, the city of Delos was also called Kafsha, depending on the origin of the respective races.

The humans lived on the surface, while the dwarves built their fortresses underground. Although living separately from each other, the dwarves would provide the necessary stone, metal, and crafts for the development of human cities, while humans worked in the fields to feed both the surface and the underground. s population.

Humans and dwarves work and live in perfect harmony, helping each other according to their respective cultural strengths.The prosperity of the land and mountains of the region and the cooperation between the two great races brought the city to incredible heights in every respect within a single generation.

With the help of the Kafsha clan, the humans there established a trade network between what is now the Irana Mountains and the Tyrell Sea, and with the help of the Kafsha clan, the city embarked on the express train of urbanization Taoism has developed rapidly, especially in architecture and engineering.Architectural techniques and engineering were arguably the greatest and most experienced on the surface of the Old World at the time, and it would be centuries before other human settlements came close to the wonder of the city's streets.

According to the dwarves, the fabled city of Tyros was surrounded by fertile fields of grain, and beneath the hills that sheltered the dwarves, rich veins of the most precious minerals stretched into the dark depths. place.The streets of Delos were paved with silver, the buildings were built of gold, and the magnificent temples dedicated to the gods were built of meteorite, jade and marble.

Imperial Calendar - 1880, the humans of Delos City began to build a huge tower on the foundation of the magnificent temple under the order of Delos, and the dwarves of the Kafsha clan also joined in this great cause. Provide human beings with technical guidance and ores needed for construction.

Weeks turned to months and months turned to years for the towers, but workers kept building.The men who worked in that great temple grew old and gray, and their sons continued to work in the sun in summer and the snow in winter.

Construction on the tower continued for the next 100 years.

Eventually, over many generations, the tower reached such incredible heights that the workers found it increasingly difficult to move the stones to the top.Despite their great construction skills, they were unable to place the last cornerstone to the top of the tower.Eventually, work stalled, and it seemed forever impossible to finish the tower.

At this moment, the stranger in the gray hood mentioned in "The Last Days of Kafsha" appeared. He expressed his willingness to help the great plan of Delos, but he asked the workers to give him a favor in return. And claimed that if the workers agreed to him, he would finish the final work of the tower overnight.

The gray-hooded stranger asked only for a favor to add his own devotion to the gods to the tower structure, and the workers agreed, and the deal was sealed.

At dusk, strangers entered the unfinished tower and ordered the workers to return by midnight.As the workers departed, clouds passed over the moon, casting the tower in darkness.

The whole city watched and waited for the time to pass, until at midnight they gathered again in twos and threes in the square below the tower.As the wind cleared, they looked up at the tower.

The tower rises into the sky like a complete spear, pure and white.But at the very top of the tower, hung a huge horn clock, shining coldly in the moonlight.

The Stranger's devotion to the gods was present, but there was no sign of the Stranger himself.

The people of Delos were delighted that their father's father's work was done, and they swarmed up to enter the tower.

At this moment, midnight had arrived, and the horn clock at the top of the tower began to strike automatically.

Once... twice... three times, a slow and heavy sound swept through the entire city of Delos.

Four...five...six times, the bell sounded like the dull pulse of a bronze giant.

Seven times...eight times...nine times, each time the bell rang, the sound became louder. People covered their ears and staggered back from the steps.

Ten times... eleven times... twelve times... thirteen times.

At the No.13 time, lightning pierced the sky, and thunder resounded through the night sky.

High in the sky, the evil moon Morslieb was illuminated by a bright flash, and all fell into an ominous silence.

People fled to their beds, terrified and confused by the omens they saw.

The next morning, it was discovered that darkness had fallen on the city of Delos.Dark clouds hung over the roofs, and the rain was heavier than ever.The rain, black as ash, fell on the streets, splashing puddles and smoothing the cobblestones into dark iridescence.

At first, people were not worried and they waited for the rain to stop before continuing to work.But the rain did not stop, the wind blew harder, and lightning shook the tower.

Days passed, weeks passed, and the rain still showed no sign of stopping.Every night at midnight, the horn clock strikes thirteen times on time, and darkness envelopes the entire city during the day.The people became afraid and prayed to their gods, the rain continued and dark clouds hung like a shroud over the crushed cornfields.

People go to the dwarves for help, but the dwarves don't care, what does it matter if there is a little rain on the ground?Everything is warm and dry in the embrace of the earth.People are huddled in their quarters, fear eating their hearts.They sent some people to distant places for help, but no one came back.Those who went to the Great Temple to pray and offer dwindling food to the gods found the gates of the Great Temple closed to them.

The rain intensified, and black hailstones fell from the sky, crushing the sodden crops.

The great bell sounded the final death knell for this terrible city.

Soon, huge rocks split the sky and rushed down like black meteors, smashing people's homes.Many began to fall ill and die for no apparent reason, and newborn babies were horribly deformed.People starved as lurking pests devoured what little food remained.

The people went to the dwarves again and asked the dwarves for help.They want to bring the surface people to a safe place underground, they want food.

The dwarves were angry and told the people that the lower mines were flooded and the food was eaten by rats.There was barely enough food and shelter for them and their relatives.They chased people out of the hall and closed the door again.

In the ruins of the city above, each day became more deadly than the previous.Desperate, the people turned to the dark gods for help, whispering the name of the forgotten demon prince, hoping to be saved.But the dark gods aren't doing them any favors either, and instead the vermin are back, bigger and bolder than ever.

Sneaky and hairy, they have become a scourge in this ruined city. They indulge in the remains of the dead, and the weak are also thrown to the ground by them. People retreat step by step while desperately resisting, but Facing this menacing swarm of rats, their weapons were useless at all.

Wave after wave of giant rats tore people to pieces, their yellow, chisel-like teeth piercing into their soft bodies, and their tragic screams were drowned out by the horrific tremors of the black swarm of rats.

Finally, the desperate people took up the weapons they had and knocked on the Dwarf's gate, threatening to drag the Dwarf out by the beard if he did not appear.But with no response from within, they took the beams and smashed the gates, revealing the dark and empty tunnel below.

In the ancient dwarf palace, dwarves were found, but all that remained of the dwarves were bones and pieces of cloth.There, in the last light of their torches, they saw countless eyes all around them...

These stories are not only mentioned in "Kafsha's Doom", but also related content is mentioned in "Tower Falls", an ancient Tyrell text written by the Altdorf nobleman Mirella von Wittmar One of the Lady's possessions was discovered in 1114 Imperial Calendar, and this book gives a slightly different version of the story told in "The Thirteen Curse".

The illustrated text on the pages is written in a narrow, spidery font, and the drawings are crude and eerie.A glance at the frontispiece is enough to make your stomach churn.This book was written before the Age of Sigmar, which refers to the birth and rule of the Old World by Medieval Sigmar, not the next epoch.

This book describes an ancient human city, the most powerful city in the world, a kingdom that shines like the sun.For all its power and magic, the city was destroyed by the Skaven, so utterly razed that even its name was lost to legend.

According to different versions, this book specifically describes how the ancient kingdom was destroyed.The Skaven did not send troops to attack the walls.Instead, they burrow beneath high walls, digging out people who can exploit their ambitions.People are docile and flattering, serving those who betray humanity for power.They sowed brotherhood by proxy, fragmenting society until it was filled with hostility and hatred.Then, when the kingdom was sufficiently weakened from within, they rose from hidden caves.

The city of Delos ceased to exist, and instead the Skaven was born.

There are also related records in the White Tower of Hoeth in Ulthuan, telling about Delos, a mysterious city that disappeared under the blighted swamp in the distant past.Tyros eventually became a legend among the people of the land and is considered the name of the father of the Tyreans.If these legends are true, it may mean that the present-day Tyreans are descended from the humans who lived in and around the city of Delos.

But today's Tyrells are unlikely to be direct descendants of the citizens of the city of Delos, who should have perished in the disaster that swept through the city. The tribesmen provided food and clothing for the inhabitants of the city of Delos.A legend records that the city of Delos collected a tenth of the slaves from the surrounding tribes, and these slaves had to be sent to the city of Delos every year to work for the great building projects there.

Moreover, there are no known elven cities near the Blighted Swamp. Perhaps this is because the elves at the time deliberately chose to avoid the city of Delos. The elven colonists believed that there lived savage and primitive humans, but strangely traded with them, perhaps It was at that time that the Tyrells awakened to their trade characteristics?
Of course, these are not important, including whether the Skaven rats turned into rats or humans, or mixed together.The important thing is that the Skaven did appear at this time. In the next era, it was mentioned in the dialogue between the white dwarf and the Skaven, which is considered a solid hammer.

"At first, I tried to wipe you out in Kafsha! I suggested that the human race touch their damned tower again! I warned them not to accept unsolicited aid from strangers. Even then, that city was doomed Destruction, I still implore the dwarves of the kafsha clan in the underground to do more. Alas, my ax alone cannot save this doomed city, but the end of the city is for its time. Fair."

The main question revolves around the mysterious man wearing the gray hood. Who is this mysterious man wearing the gray hood?This question remains unanswered to this day.

The very few times the Skaven speak of their own origins, they refer to this being as the "Shaper", said to be "an older race" than themselves.This, combined with the rain of warpstones summoned from the sky, leads to the most likely conclusion: The Shaper is one of the Old Ones!

And the terrifying power of the Horned Rat Bell hanging on the top of the tower is unbelievable, it is very likely to be a kind of interstellar technology!

You can pull the dimensional stone meteorite from space!The sound brought endless rain, fog and cold, wrapping the once great city in a prison of darkness and scarcity.The dimensional stone kept falling, forever distorting the surrounding landforms, turning the farmland into a swamp.Crops were poisoned, ores were corroded, and humans and dwarves were wiped out through disease, starvation, and murder.Even the great and glorious architecture of the city itself was twisted by the pure rain of Chaos, turning it back into a vast labyrinth, as ugly as it was beautiful.

All of this, combined with the murals that Dacius saw in front of him, gave him a very bad feeling. If the man wearing the gray hood is really the Old Sage, then what is Sotek? ?What is the purpose of this ancient sage?Who is this Old One?Did the Lizardmen understand the Old One?Are there other Old Ones in this world?

The important thing is, will it have an impact on Dacius' grand plan?

Dacius thought that Malekith was quite twisted and messed up... but now it was replaced by him. This is really an outsider talking casually, and an insider standing still.

　The old saint's conjecture is on pages 26, 27, 28 and 35 of the running group book Children of the Horned Rat (RPG).

　　The White Dwarf quote is from the October 2022 issue of White Dwarf Magazine Issue 10, page 480.

　　What the protagonist saw yesterday was the Lustria Running Group book from March this year, page 3.

　　
　
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