The Real Test Begins

The battle began with the blaring of horns and balls of flaming sorcery hurled by the Inquisitors of the Church. Torrents of arrows were unleashed from both sides and the invaders charged forward with ladders to scale the walls and a giant covered battering ram to assault the gates. 

It wasn't long before Ashlynn and Heila lost track of the battle. The first wounded to arrive had been badly burned by the flames of the Church and only a witch's purifying magic could extinguish the flames. The smell of singed hair and burned flesh filled the healer's tent as the two witches began their gruesome work. 

"I can't purge the flames without the help of the Ancient Oak," Heila said after her second failed attempt. "Drawing on the cedar trees, it's not enough to push back against this sorcery."