User:GoldenYak/Siege of Eden'ar

The forces of the Nightmare have launched a prolonged siege of the green dragon's fortress-city of Eden'ar. Legions of Unwaking, hordes of beasts and bound elementals, and swarms of corrupted green dragons are all united in slavery to the Nightmare, and periodically launch attacks upon the weakening walls of the city. Without the support of mighty champions, the last bastion of sanity in the Emerald Dream will crumble.

Dungeon Journal
The city of Eden'ar is the last great stronghold of sanity in the Emerald Dream, standing firm against the black tides of the Nightmare. Recently, an enormous army of the Unwaking have gathered for an all-out assault on the city. The defenders of the Dream must rally their forces and weather the tide of darkness that threatens to engulf them.

Storyline and Encounters
The forces of the Nightmare are laying siege to Eden'ar, the last bastion of freedom and purity in the Emerald Dream. At the head of the dark army of Unwaking is a familiar threat, a favored pawn of the Nightmare that has been dragged back from the restful slumber of death time and again to serve the dark designs of the Nightmare's master.


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Dream Slayer Bloodroot

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The Emerald Dream responded to the corruption of the Nightmare as a healthy body resisting infection, spawning new generations of treefolk warriors to defend itself and hold back the growing tides of N'Zoth's Nightmare. But even as mighty as the newly grown treefolk are, they are not wholly immune to corruption, and their fiery temperament has led more than one treefolk warrior into an unwinnable situation. Dream Saver Broadroot fought the Nightmare's forces with stubborn vigor, refusing to retreat even in the face of overwhelming odds. While many of the Unwaking fell to his blade, his refusal to fallback left him isolated and surrounded by the Nightmare. Now twisted into the monstrous Dream Slayer Bloodroot, the corrupted treefolk's martial prowess and warrior spirit are tools of the Nightmare.

Blackmold the Blighted

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An elder treant, once called Elder Blackwood, who was ancient ten thousand years ago when Azeroth bore witness to the first invasion of the Burning Legion. For long eons he has rested in the dream, bestowing guidance upon druids who sought him out. Alas, he was too slow to uproot himself and escape the crawling corruption of the Nightmare. Now dubbed Blackmold the Blighted, he spreads the taint of the Nightmare in the form of a creeping fungus that saps the will from flesh and spirit alike. His molds and spores pour forth from his body, taking form as nightmarish crawling aberrations that carry out his will.

Rotrik the Verminous, Lord of Locusts

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A twisted satyr swollen with the dark power of the Nightmare. Rotrik's body is infested with Nightmare-corrupted vermin, the most dangerous of which are the enormous Soulblight Locusts. Rotrik will unleash his verminous pets from his own putrid body to overwhelm his enemies.

Nightmare Weaver Doombough

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Always a somber being, the treefolk Gloombough was a Dream Weaver, protecting the lands of the Dream from the darkness in mortal minds that sought to infect it. Though taciturn, his devotion to his duty was second to none, and when a horrific tide of the Nightmare poured into his home-glade, he sacrificed himself and used all of his power to hold back the infection, granting his glade-mates time to withdraw safely. The corruption of the Nightmare infested Gloombough's entire being, twisting him into the Nightmare Weaver Doombough. Some spark of his former self remains buried deep beneath the corruption that rules him now, but it is not strong enough to stop Doombough from carrying out the Nightmare's will. The last flicker of his former self brings him only pain, as he is forced to watch himself spread decay and pollution through the Dream he once loved.

Eranikus, Wyrm of the Eternal Nightmare

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Formerly a green dragon champion of the Dream, Eranikus sacrificed his life to slay one of the dreaded Nightmare Dragons. Eranikus found no rest however, as his spirit was swallowed by the Nightmare and transformed into one of the very monsters he gave everything to destroy. In an act of extreme cruelty, the Nightmare chose to unleash him upon his own home. Now the Wyrm of the Eternal Nightmare, Eranikus unleashes his corrupted fury upon the city of Eden'ar, seeking to corrupt the Heart of the Dream and bring final lasting victory to the Nightmare.

The Darkness Fades

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With the destruction of Eranikus, the forces of the Unwaking fade like fog in the morning sun. But the Nightmare will not stop until corruption seethes in every last corner and holdout pocket of the Dream, and the heart of Eden'ar is its most tempting target. Inevitably, the Nightmare will gather its forces for another, greater assault...