The Goblin Invasion
The brute folk's assault on Meliora, launched from within through a portal in the Healand Mines, and turned back by the stranger.
- The Goblin Invasion
Description
The goblin invasion was the brute folk's attack on Meliora in the present history. It came not across the guarded borders but from within, through a portal in the abandoned Healand Mines, and its first target was Pinewood and its enchanted weapons. Had it succeeded, Aurelius warned, the invaders would easily have overpowered the realm and its guardians.
Historical context
Guided by Aurelius and travelling through time from the Sanctum, the stranger broke the siege of Pinewood, closed the portal in Healand by slaying the orc shamans who held it, and pursued the remnants to Shrike's Lookout. There the mind behind it all stood revealed as the other Aurelius, who was defeated together with his dragon.
Related entries
FactionThe Goblin Horde
The invading army of the brute folk, with gremlins, ogres, orcs and crystal-powered airships, that struck Meliora from within.The Invasion
CreatureGoblins
Cunning, greedy and violent, the goblins and their kin, properly called the brute folk, invaded Meliora to seize its enchanted weapons. They cannot use magic at all.The Invasion
LocationPinewood
A small town of blacksmiths and enchanters at the edge of ancient ruins, forging the finest enchanted weapons in Meliora.The Invasion
LocationHealand Mines
Once Meliora's chief source of silver, abandoned after a Rift collapsed its tunnels, and the hidden gateway of the goblin invasion.Ancient days · The Invasion
LocationShrike's Lookout
The shattered stronghold of the Shrike in the Shrike Desert: haunted, soaked in ether, and drifting in pieces above the sands.Ancient days · The Invasion
CharacterThe Other Aurelius
Aurelius's doppelgänger from the future: the sorcerer behind the goblin invasion, bent on revenge against the realm that rejected his invention.The Invasion
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