Concepts of Creation: Ironhawk Suddenly Wins!

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In Early Fall the prophet of Atlantis fell in battle with the forces of Caelum. Atlantis, having attacked Caelum for no apparent reason, moved its forces to the south, led by their prophet, and far from their home. The militia of Caelum, moved to action by the threat to their peaceful homes and this insult to their dignity, surrounded the army of the prophet of the false god and slew them. The prophet was slain when, attempting to flee from the losing battle, it entered a home of one of the Caelian residents living near the battlefield. But disaster befell the prophet when it ransacked a magical experiment belonging to the homesteader, which discharged its energies and electrocuted the invader where it stood.

As everyone knows, the prophet speaks the will of its god, and often foretells the future, though the meaning of the prophecies is not always easily understood. This was no exception, as the very next month the false god of Atlantis was slain in battle with the Army of Glorious Overflight. It turned out that the meddling of the Atlantian prophet revealed the key to better controlling the magical energies innate to all Caelians. When the false Atlantian god next ventured into Caelian lands, the Caelian mages were ready. No sooner had the battle began than the false god was barraged by lightning. When the volley was over, the false god lay face down in the dirt, twitching helplessly, unable to move as the battle went on around him. After a few short minutes the defeated Atlantian army fled, uncaring or ignorant of the plight of their so-called god, abandoned to his death on the battlefield behind them.

Can any true nation of honor treat their deity in such a way? Everyone knows the Atlantians do not value life as civilized nations do. But such callousness, we had thought, was even beyond them. We will not again be taken by surprise by the cruelty of the Atlantians.

Sarosh of Caelum