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Defense and Fall of Anthatiel

Siege ยท Book 5 ยท High Mage ยท Defeat

The great Alka Alon citadel of Lord Aeratas falls to Sheruel and Korbal's gurvani horde โ€” remade as the Nemovort necropolis of Olum Seheri.

The Fall of Anthatiel was the central Alka Alon tragedy of High Mage. Lord Aeratas's ancient citadel, cloaked by songspell-woven rainbows and sealed by a great gate above the Land of Scars, was stormed when Sheruel and Korbal marched a gurvani army across the frozen Poros to assault it. The defense was fierce; the Tower of Vision was cast down; thousands were slain.

After the fall, the ruin was remade as Olum Seheri โ€” Korbal's fortress-laboratory, the drowned necropolis that anchored Nemovort resurrection for the rest of the series. The disaster radicalised the Alka Alon Council into creating the Tera Alon warrior forms and drew Aeratas into open partnership with the humani magi.

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Characters Involved
Aeratas
Lord of Anthatiel; dueled the dragon, ordered the final collapse
Minalan
Overall commander of the humani relief force
Cei
Hammer-wielding champion; slew trolls and siege-worms
Tyndal
Front-line fighter
Rondal
Apprentice; wounded when a troll clubbed him flying
Terleman
Field commander
Azar
Warmage; arrived in the green-and-gold barge
Astyral
Brought magi out of Tudry via waypoint
Wenek
Pearwoods warmage with berserker spells
Taren
Thaumaturge; hazed the dragon to keep it from the Tower
Carmella
Chief engineer
Lorcus
Sashtali shadowmage; cut down trolls with his signature spell
Thinradel
Former Alshari court wizard; on the stranded barge
Sandoval
Warmage; right arm wounded
Landrik
Warmage
Bendonal
Warmage; fought in the final plaza skirmish
Forondal
Warmage; scalp wounded
Asalon the Fair
Warmage; impaled a hobgoblin
Rustallo
Warmage
Sarakeem
Mage-archer with Alkan bow; covered the retreat
Festaran
Mage-knight; counted the dragon's arrival hours
Arborn
Kasari ranger captain; ran the field hospital
Dara
Skyrider commander; used the Thoughtful Knife
Fallawen
Heir of Anthatiel; Aeratas's daughter
Pentandra
Directed the counter-spell that melted the ice from afar
Sheruel
Distant foe directing the assault
Korbal
Dark architect of the assault
Places
Anthatiel
The Lake City
Mindens
Region
Olum Seheri
Same site, post-fall