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Outskirts of Castle Artois
Forest of Arden

Four months after the brutal battle fought on the outskirts of Marienburg, Emperor Karl Franz continues his relentless campaign against the Necromancer Heinrich Kemmler and his undead Barrow Legion beyond the Gisoreux Gap, where several Bretonnian settlements have fallen beneath the corruption of dark necromancy.

Shortly after the liberation of Castle Artois from the grasp of the dead, uneasy reports emerge from the western reaches of the Arden Forest.

Tens of thousands of carrion crows, ravens, and forest hawks burst from the canopy in frantic, screaming swarms, fleeing eastward across the skies. Dangerous beasts such as Artois boars, dire wolves, and great stags erupt from the treeline in a massive stampede, no longer stopping to snarl or prey upon one another.

Then the skies begin to darken.

Dense fog rolls slowly from the western forest, swallowing the distant hills beneath an unnatural shadow.

A cold chill runs down Karl Franz’s spine as the scouts finish their report, for he knows such omens can mean only one thing:

Chaos is near.

Without hesitation, the Emperor orders his army to march west and confront the unknown darkness advancing through the forest.

But can Karl Franz and his men stand firm once more against a threat even more terrifying than necromancy itself?

Or is mankind merely fragile glass, waiting to be shattered in a world consumed by madness, ruin, and death?

This is a fictionalized historical scenario created in Total War: Warhammer III

Waset, Upper Egypt
1213 B.C.

As the forces of Amenmesse push deeper into Upper Egypt, more settlements fall into their hands. While Hefankhui struggles to hold the western bank of the Nile, Nubt fares no better in the east.

Desperate to turn the tide, the Chieftain of Nubt dispatches a seasoned, well-equipped army toward the settlement of Sma-Ua in the province of Waset—seeking to sever the supply line from Kush, recently captured by Amenmesse, yet left vulnerable as he marches onward.

The garrison left behind is made up of undertrained and inexperienced men—no match, on paper, for the hardened warriors of Nubt. When word arrives of the enemy’s approach, one truth becomes clear:

A conventional defense will not see them through the night.

Then, a voice cuts through the silent bazaar—

“I NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HOLD A CHOKEPOINT FOR TWO HOURS—EVEN IF IT MEANS YOU WILL DIE DOING SO!”

And yet… they step forward.

One by one, men answer the call—forming a single band of brothers, bound not by orders, but by sacrifice.

A plan is set.
The enemy appears on the horizon.
And the defense begins.

Will the garrison hold the line and protect their home?

Or will this desperate stand be remembered as nothing more than words spoken in vain?

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