320. Act of God
Year 286
Darkgard, the demon world connected to the Dwarven World of Delvegard
The world of Darkgard was home to a demon mother nursing a growing demon king within its planetary core, and in a decade or two, she would launch an attack on Delvegard.
“There are two things we can do.” Alka said. “One, we attack the demons directly, here on Darkgard and potentially trigger a demonic comet. The demonic comet is an extremely powerful countermeasure and it will require the entire Order to intervene. As it is, even with the full might of all of us dwarves here, it is unlikely that there will be a successful attack on the demon king at the current point, so that leads us to option two.”
The crowd listened.
“We wait for the demon king to attack Delvegard. There is a risk of some collateral damage in the second option. In the past, our preferred strategy was to rig the landing point with explosives and weaken the demon king so much that the high leveled Order operatives could crush the demon king. We can reclaim the demon world fairly safely after that.”
The dwarves of Darkgard had built, within a year, a large sprawling city filled with fortifications, and here, their gigantic war machines were used to combat the demons.
Save for the new dwarven city, which was now named Darkgard’s Stand, the demon world remained almost entirely demon-controlled. Hordes of demonic spawning pools throughout the wider region would release thousands of demons that charged towards their new city walls.
In response, Darkgard’s Stand had three layers of walls, made from the local region’s stone and minerals.