Noxus Tower: the Rise of Shadowfall

Noxus Tower — A fortress and an army

Noxus offered Sepulchure an alliance in Doomwood. The Champion of Darkness thought his armor already gave him power beyond imagining. Noxus said he knew what Sepulchure wanted. Alteon had a throne and Lynaria, and Noxus promised the power to make Alteon bow and Lynaria recognize Sepulchure as king.

In return for driving off the Lightguard, Noxus offered a fortress that could move beyond the borders of any kingdom and an army of undead. His growing school of necromancers had drawn more attacks from the paladins. Sigrid Sunshield saw the DoomKnight armor and took it as confirmation that Valen had fallen. She told General Goldhammer to watch both men.

What the dead needed

Noxus first needed materials for his work. Sepulchure recovered embalming fluid from Slimeskulls, lichmoss from Doomwood treeants and an ingredient from a Sanguine Souleater. Noxus said a spell could give life to the dead, but it took more to keep them moving. With his elixir ready, Noxus sent Sepulchure to take what he called raw material from the slain Lightguard.

The Lightguard attacked Noxus’s tower while Sepulchure was gathering the supplies. They used spells of light to hold the apprentices captive. Sepulchure fought his way through the tower and took scrolls from the attackers to free them.

Lightguard preparations

Sigrid Sunshield saw that the attacks had grown worse since Sepulchure joined Noxus. Goldhammer reported that the fallen were rising to fight their former comrades. Sigrid demanded that the siege engine be made ready. An unnamed voice reminded her that they were to apprehend Sepulchure and spare his life. Sigrid said she understood.

The sleeping dragon

Noxus showed Sepulchure what he had made from the dragon’s skeleton. Sepulchure was impressed, but the creature was unfinished. Noxus said the work used so much energy that the dragon would need to sleep until it was ready.

The Lightguard had pulled back, but Noxus’s scouts saw more activity at the fortress. Noxus wanted to raise the wolves they used for fighting and scouting. He sent Sepulchure to kill the wolves and find out what the Lightguard were planning while he stayed with the dragon.

A visitor from Swordhaven

The stolen intelligence described a secret weapon the Lightguard were nearly ready to use. It also mentioned a visitor from Swordhaven Castle. Sepulchure assumed it was Alteon and became convinced that the king had sent the Lightguard to track him down. Noxus urged him to find the weapon before it could be used against them or the unfinished dragon.

The Doomblade’s advice

Sepulchure gathered Lightguard armor, Arcane Energy and Necrotic Ooze for the illusion Noxus was going to cast. Sepulchure could pass as a Lightguard paladin long enough to enter their fortress. Noxus wanted him to find the weapon and report back.

Inside, the Doomblade reminded Sepulchure of Noxus’s instructions and told him what he really wanted was Alteon. It suggested that Alteon could kill him with the Lightguard’s help. Sepulchure told the voice to get out of his head, but the Doomblade urged him to strike before the paladins turned on him.

Goldhammer in the empty room

Sepulchure went looking for Alteon. At the end of his search he found an empty room. Goldhammer barred his way. Sepulchure demanded to know where the weapon and Alteon were, but Goldhammer stood ready to fight, hammer in hand.

Sigrid’s other plan

Sepulchure defeated Goldhammer and mocked him as a single paladin. Sigrid said she had never expected the general to win. She had come prepared with a second plan. Her spell bound Sepulchure in chains.

Sigrid said the scrolls carried the magic of Lynaria, the Champion of Light. Sepulchure warned that the chains would not hold him forever. Sigrid only needed them to hold long enough for the Lightguard to destroy Noxus and the dragon. Sepulchure remained defiant.

The Darkness in the memory

In the account’s frame, the Darkness noticed someone watching Sepulchure’s past. It said time stood still for him. It asked the witness to gather life from the Lightguard and Arcane Energy from the creatures nearby, so Sepulchure would have more power to absorb when the moment passed.