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The
Turning Tide
Progression:
* Mission: Nundu Bay
Wyrm - 02 Jul 2007 When
we arrive at the village of Ronjok, Nightfall has already spread and beaten us
back; the countryside has been desecrated by eruptions from the torment. The Harbinger
of Nightfall bellows from the Kournan fortress nearby, now more ruins than anything
else. He says we're all going to die and that Abaddon will feast on our eyes.
Right, not today buddy, sorry. Let the waves of attacks begin. Elder
Jonah tells us that according to legend, the Harbingers are invincible and cannot
be hurt. To get around this, he gives us vials of holy water and tells us that
if we smash them in the Harbinger's faces, then we'll be able to hurt them. Well,
ok; Ginger and I grab a bunch of the vials and get ready to use them. The
Margonites start attacking. They're not much of a threat to us anymore since we've
gotten used to fighting them and, the more I think about it, the more they look
like weird, demented mermaids than actual demons. Wirr and Ginger agree. After
a few waves of them, the Harbinger of Nightfall announces he's sending a Harbinger
of Twilight at us. Apparently, he doesn't believe in surprise tactics, which is
unfortunate. By the time the Harbinger of Twilight arrives, we've cleared all
the Margonites away from the village and are standing ready with the holy water.
Which works like a charm. The Harbinger dies very quickly. More
waves of Margonites charge at us and more waves of Margonites get stamped down.
The groups are becoming more frequent now, but they're still hardly anything for
us to worry about. After another few waves, the head Harbinger announces another
mini-Harbinger on the way. Does this guy learn nothing? We repeat the same process
as before with one minor hitch. This Harbinger somehow manages to dodge one of
my vials so Ginger has to use one of hers on him. No biggie, and he dies just
as easily. After this, there's one more wave of Margonites for us to destroy and
then the big Harbinger announces that it's waiting for us to come to him at the
Kournan fortress. I guess he's going to Plan B. We
work our way to the fort, taking out Margonites along the way. When we get there,
we notice that there are still more Harbingers of Twilight in a section of the
fortress away from where the Harbinger of Nightfall is. Worried that his taunts
might be a distraction, we decide to go attack them before him. Really, he probably
didn't have the brain capacity for something that devious, but it's better to
be safe than sorry. These
prove to be a bit trickier than the others as we have to fight them at the same
time as a rather large group of Margonites. We have to do a series of strategic
retreats so we can thin the Margonite numbers out without taking too many hits.
Several res sigs are used but eventually we triumph. One down, one to go. Fortunately,
this next one is easier since he and his Margonites are at the bottom of a staircase
which means Ginger, Jenova, and Wirr can stand at the top of it and keep them
from coming any further. The plan works for the most part and only a few get through. With
these two Harbingers out of the way, we move on to the big one. We start by going
around back and taking out the nearby Margonites, then heading back around to
the front and taking out all nearby Margonites there. Eventually, it's down to
just us and the Harbinger of Nightfall. We move in and start beating on him. Things
go rather well and we've got him hobbling around. In an act of desperation he
calls more demons to himself, but to no avail. We ignore the incoming Margonites
and keep attacking him. Just as they arrive he falls, and with him goes the Margonites
and the torment. The countryside is still in ruins, but is safe for now. 
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