Around the area of Kurinets ruins Onarin and half of the undead army teleport in groups at a time until half of the undead army numbering around 68,500 are there. The undead surround the area of Kurinet, Onarin looks around small memories of the area from when a soul inhabited his body, the undead all look to Onarin to find out what they should do.
"Some of you stay, guard the ruins of the masters home. Everyone else march" Onarin said with the natural cold emotion empty voice
Some of the soldiers move into the ruins only around 50 while the other undead relay their orders to each other for those too far to hear. Within minutes they are prepared to march and Lykor moves over to Onarin who quickly gets onto Lykor. The army then begins its march to Orakin, within half a day they are close enough for the Orakins to see and with no knowledge of who is approaching they begin to panic and the meagre guard force including mages and soldiers threatened into guarding the village by Yorun so long ago prepare the best defence they can against an army. Minutes after however Gira makes her way to the guards to see what's happening and so she can provide any magical help.
"That's not a force our village can defend against" Gira said
"No shit but at best we can buy everyone time to escape" One of the mages said
"Do we know who they are? Is it elves?" Gira asked
"No not the elves, they carry no banners from what we see" One soldier said
Gira looks over at the incoming army and in the sky she sees a single bird flying above the army it circles above them before flying toward the village ahead of the army.
"Are they sending a messenger bird?" The nearby village leader asked noticing it as well
"If so we had best accept any terms they give, we're good as dead otherwise" Gira said
Unbeknownst to the villagers Koralin is heading over and it takes very little time for him to land on one of the village houses, Gira looks at it and as if recalling an old memory that thunders into her mind once more she recognises Koralin.
"That bird... I don't think we're being attacked" Gira said much to everyone else's confusion
"The fuck do you mean we aren't being attack!? A huge army walks here from that other villages ruins! Gods only know where they were before then!" One mage shouted
"That actually adds more to my theory, Yorun, the burned man who could raise the dead with a connection to Raeknar. HE came from that village and that bird was one of the first things he brought to life. I know because I saw it done" Gira said
"You had better be right" The leader said
"I am" Gira said confidently
Hours pass as the army gets ever closer, once they are close enough and Onarin dismounts Lykor approaching the village several guards as well as the soldiers and mages recognise him from back when Yorun was last here. Onarin walks closer to them and looks to Gira.
"You. You helped the master, I remember" Onarin said
"That I did and I see things have definitely changed with all of um, undead plus everything that happened after Yorun left was very obvious given Gantorals current state as well as the army behind you" Gira said
"We are claiming territory, protecting it, all the way from here to the Kolakinta Mountain Fortress" Onarin said
"You're going for that fortress? Thats a tough nut to crack" Gira said
"Master took it when the war between humans and elves started" Onarin said much to everyone that's not an undead's shock
"That... is impossible" One of the mages said
While the living people are reconciling that knowledge back in Kolakinta Yorun decides to see how things are going, at first he looks through the eyes of one of the undead behind Onarin and upon seeing they are at Orakin Yorun takes over the undeads body.
"Glad to see that Orakin fares well" Yorun said turning Onarins attention to him
"Master" Onarin said
"Master? Wait Yorun? That can't-" Gira said before being cut off
"It is me Gira, I can take over the undead, a few benefits to doing so. How are you?" Yorun asked
"I am well I suppose, how are you doing? Managed to heal the burns?" Gira asked still somewhat shocked by everything
"No but many other things have happened since, I could get into that but has Onarin here explained everything to you all?" Yorun asked
"Your undead here said you were claiming territory and protecting it as well as telling us the impossible that you have the Kolakinta Mountain Fortress" The village leader said
"Everything he said was true, as I said much has happened since" Yorun said quieting everyone else there
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"Ok, you aren't here to force us away or anything?" The village leader asked
"No we are not. All we are doing is taking territory from here to our base of operations for the sake of protecting it giving our forces a proper place to be and giving us early warnings for enemy attack as well as simply getting more people on our side as if they see an area we have is safer they may change allegiances" Yorun said
"So what you are saying is we are now under the protection of an undead army? Alright probably better for us given we've been fairly isolated since Gantoral got abandoned" Gira said
"Sorry about that, when I went there I didn't expect it to end with a battle between Raeknar and Gaeronak" Yorun said
"THAT'S what happened!? We hadn't heard anything since no ones come this way since, we knew it was something godly I mean skies turning red and the world shaking are pretty noticeable but then it happened a few times after" Gira said
"Yeah pretty much the same situation different opponents for me and Raeknar however, different chosen for different gods" Yorun said
"Master we should move on" Onarin said
"Right, leave some undead here in this area and keep going" Yorun said
"Wait, do you need me to come and check on your wounds?" Gira asked
"I've learned some healing of my own now and there are two others with me who have magic as well as some others. If you wish to follow them however and meet up with us eventually you are free too" Yorun said before he returned to his own body
"I just might" Gira said
"Master already left, if you're going to follow then get on Lykor" Onarin said as he got on Lykor once more and Gira gets on as well
The army begins to march once more and just like in Kurinet around 50 stay in Orakin, they start heading towards Gantoral but along the way they send out contingents in other directions to establish either official Fiernian and Wooralian borders or new ones for Yoruns territory and the Fiernian controlled territory. The main contingent lead by Onarin and now with Gira as a tag along continue towards Gantoral, along the way occasional pockets of resistance are found namely bandits and some aggressive animals of which once killed are all raised by some of the undead mages. As they approach Gantoral the ground becomes uneven as if pieces of it became uprooted during the quaking the world went through during the clash between Raeknar and Gaeronak, more destruction becomes apparent when the walls are seen as several sections of them have fallen over more so than back when it all happened. Gira looks around as the forces left in the army go into Gantoral and spread out claiming it for Yorun and even begin to start rebuilding the broken parts of the cities walls and streets, the houses however many are destroyed while there are holes in the ground from where Gaeronak and Raeknar had been thrown into or that were created from the strikes alone from the two.
"By the gods... I'd not come here since before Yorun came to Orakin and those that had come here after everything went down their descriptions don't do the destruction justice" Gira said as she kept looking around after getting off of Lykor
"Hard to not get crushed" Onarin said
"Oh right you would have been here, I imagine it would have been hard I mean look around. Two actual gods clashed here so weird to think about" Gira said as she continues to look around amazed
"Not really" Onarin said indifferent to it all due to his undead nature
"Maybe for you but a living person has a hard time reconciling this sort of thing" Gira said
Gira walks around and soon enough finds the indent along the ground and final resting place of Captain Forina before she was raised from the dead, Gira soon enough holds her head as she sees a brief glimpse of Forina with her altered body dead on the ground.
"What was killed here and the fuck was that?" Gira asked herself yet she doesn't realise Onarin heard
"Captain Forina, Gaeronaks chosen like Master is Raeknars, she now serves as I do" Onarin said as he gets off of Lykor and goes to check on the cities new undead defence force
"Captain Forina? The war hero? Guess that explains some things about her story. Why could I see her for a moment though?" Gira thought to herself very confused
While Onarins forces alongside Gira stick to the Gantoral region, the undead Jinarls forces coming from the Kolakinta Mountain fortress do as Onarins did, make their way across the lands to Gantoral spreading out and sending more and more soldiers to the borders as they go. Pockets of resistance snuffed out and raised yet unlike Onarins forces the undead Jinarl has one with experience at its head even if his mind is still coming to after being raised he has the soldiers periodically set up watchtowers and other such defensive areas along the way. The borders between Yoruns territory and the rest of the Fiernian Empire are more defended as defensive checkpoints are made there as well, all of these defensive buildings are basic as the undead do it quickly yet they will improve it over time. While all of this goes on however Yorun continues to train with Golanier and more dragons are created and their size progressively gets bigger upon each creation, their creation will undoubtedly be useful in the coming conflicts. A week passes as Jinarls forces continue to make their way to Gantoral, when Jinarl finally makes it there Gira sees the approach as does Onarin and the other undead, Gira is surprised as Jinarl flies up to them.
"What the fuck are you?" Gira asked looking at him
"Kai Tamar, we are long dead" Jinarl said looking at her
"Clearly, I've never heard of your people" Gira said
"You're talking well and very soon" Onarin said
"This body is familiar with the magic I gained my mental faculties far faster as a result" Jinarl said
"Useful" Onarin said
"This is so fucking weird" Gira thought to herself
Yorun looks through the eyes of Jinarl at that moment and sees he has completed his journey, he quickly takes over a nearby undead and walks over.
"You're both here good, any resistance along the way Jinarl?" Yorun asked
"Small pockets but nothing big, basic watchtowers and checkpoints were set up along the way. Your lands are under vigilant undead control" Jinarl said
"Good job Jinarl, actually should we give you another name? The soul of Jinarl is still around and if you two ever came into contact it would be weird to refer to you two or even alone to anyone with knowledge of you and him. If we were too is there a name you know that you'd like?" Yorun asked
"In life we were called many names but-" Jinarl stops in his sentence
The undead Jinarls eyes focus on someone appearing in the Wayrest as does Onarin, the soul of Jinarl appears in the Wayrest while Yorun cannot see him nor can Gira the true Jinarl uses his magic to spell out a name for them to see.
"Dralocran, the Kai Tamar name for Raeknar" The newly named Dralocran said
"Us two along with Sunhale are using the different names of one god for our aliases, fitting" Yorun said
Jinarl disappears from the Wayrest leaving his undead body dubbed with a new name with Yorun happy to have aided in a small way from across the realms. Yorun looks over Gantoral and the reconstruction efforts for the cities defences and he is happy to see it going well then he looks at Gira.
"I'll bring you to the Fortress" Yorun said
Yorun then simply grabbed her shoulder and teleported away with her and the undead he is controlling taking her to the fortress while his territory gets more secure by the second. Yet unknown to him is the encroaching threat from the Fiernian empire...