



He engaged Alric in combat and Alric drew his secret weapon: one of the Five Eblis Stones. Alric and his men fought their way through Balor's bodyguards until Balor decided to end this battle once and for all. Alric called it "a lesson in humility." Balor then promptly destroyed the standard and moved back towards the fortress. Knowing that Balor used to be the great hero Connacht, he still had great hatred against the Myrkridia and Alric was hoping that this would cause the Leveler to reveal himself.Īlric using one of the five Eblis Stones.īalor indeed showed up at the head of his personal guard and demanded where the standard was found and what madness did Alric had to raise it. Alric had raised a Myrkridian battle standard, retrieved from the Tain after Soulblighter unsuccessfully imprisoned them. When Alric and a small force approached Balor's fortress, the rest of the Legion distracted the Dark army in a suicidal feint. Using arrows tipped with bone fragments from his own lost arm, the feint is a success and the Watcher is slain, turned to stone by the arrows and then shattered, scattering his army and clearing the way ahead. The Legion's rearguarded engagements from Soulblighter's army, holding him at the Gjol River while the rest of the Legion lead by Alric attacked The Watcher. He met up with the Legion again after Soulblighter's attack on Forest Heart. He was rescued by the Five Champions and, after dueling and killing the Shade Sinis, Alric teleported himself and the remaining Champions back to the west. This meant that if Balor was killed, all of the Fallen would be powerless. He had also learned of Balor's weakness, in which he bound all of the Fallen to himself to ensure their obedience. On NovemAE of the Great War, Alric was captured by the Deceiver in the east of the Barrier, and was interrogated by Balor himself. He led the west to the best of his ability, often leading from the front in some cases.Īlric being interrogated by the Deceiver. He had also gone through the initiation rites of the Avatara Archmages and joined their ranks, becoming a fighter of great power. This passage that would be used again by the Legion many years after.Īlric assumed leadership of the west when he came of age, or when his father (the king) died. During the early years of the war in his adolescence, he and the royal family narrowly escaped the razing of Covenant via a secret passage. Alric is one of the nine Avatara and the King of the Southern Province before his ascension to Emperor of the Cath Bruig Empire.Īlric was the leader of the west and the Nine during the Great War against Balor and the Fallen Lords.
