Native coalition¶
| Kind | Allied army of the plane's kingdoms 12 |
| Leader(s) |
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| Base | Limestone Realm 9 |
| First appearance | Ch451 |
The allied army of the Limestone Realm's surviving kingdoms, razed by wizards and gathered in a hidden valley camp under knights, shamans and priests.112 It hunts Noren apprentices with baited valleys, anti-magic arrows and spatial lockdown until Jie Ming's aerial bombardment annihilates it.3911 Survivors learn their revenge was a designed game and take the Sky God orb as their world's last hope.13
Overview¶
Its gods vanished in the first wave of the purge and the stars disappeared from the sky.2 Apprentices came once before, and its scouts judge the current intruders as cubs.1 It tracks every apprentice on a beast-hide map and marks geniuses as priority targets.7
Structure¶
- A council of knights, shamans and priests.18
- Forces: Nearly ten thousand elite warriors; tens of thousands of camouflaged archers with anti-magic arrows; enhanced warriors; armored knights resistant to fireballs; mid-level shamans.479
- Spatial lockdown by Oswald, which defeats escape rings and flight.34
Notable members¶
| Member | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ant | Priest, co-leader | Leads elites into the northwest region.8 |
| Ruerls | Knight commander, co-leader | 8 |
| Oswald | Priest with spatial power | Lays the lockdown.3 |
| A scarred knight commander | Planner | Drafts the bait plan.2 |
| A shaman leader | Council member | Carries a bone staff.1 |
| A young knight | Intelligence | 6 |
Relations¶
- Noren Academy: Enemy of its apprentices; later contacts the coalition through the orb and supports population recovery.14
- Jie Ming: Encirclement target, then its destroyer.1011
- Augusta and Horn: Marked as priority targets.7
History¶
- Ch45-46: Camp in a hidden valley; bait-and-lockdown plan to leave no apprentice alive.13
- Ch47-48: Ambushes and attrition in token-baited valleys.45
- Ch49-50: Scout, assassination and vanguard units lost in the northwest; full assault ordered; headquarters leaked as bait.78
- Ch51: Thousands of apprentices trapped by anti-magic arrows and charged by ten thousand warriors.9
- Ch55-57: Forces redirected to encircle Jie Ming; annihilated by aerial bombardment; survivors regroup.1011
- Ch58-59: The truth learned; the orb taken; Noren support promised.1314