Editing The Alrennean War (section)

== The Southward Resistance ==
By the beginning of 4061 VR, Kavonne was nearly conquered and the Second Horde was approaching Diomed. Meanwhile, the Third Horde broke into the [[Urthagur|Orc Camps]], where a significant number of undead were killed before they eventually pushed through, taking [[Lilingbroke]]. The [[Axebreaker Clan|Axebreaker]] dwarves set up a garrison on the surface, but were surprised themselves when a large section of the Third Horde broke away, descending into the Underdark to siege the city of [[Aster]] itself, killing most of the dwarven citizens there. The Axebreaker dwarves made the difficult decision to scuttle the entrance to the city, crushing the undead and/or leaving them trapped in the Underdark with their now ruined dwarven city. This was the only time the undead descended into the Underdark during the war.

Meanwhile, the Diomedean elves used strong obfuscation magic to confuse the Second Horde, sending them into circles through Diomedes trying to find the elven capital. The Second Horde never actually made it to Diomed proper, eventually continuing west-southwest and exiting Diomedes a few hundred miles north of [[Stonnet]].

Alrenn, who had made his headquarters in Kavonne, now realized that splitting the hordes was not a great idea. So he traveled with the First Horde south along the coast, reuniting with the Second Horde just north of Stonnet in the winter of 4061 VR. The two hordes then pressed south.

It was around this time that the crystal in Wodesville cracked for the first time, sending the inhabitants of the city into a frenzy as they were terrified that the protective magic there was ending due to Alrenn's arrival. Many of those inhabitants fled westward, toward Stonnet, where they quite literally ran into Alrenn's hordes, marking one of the most gruesome scenes of the war, the Massacre at Stonnet Fields.