The A’Taran-Orc War, Part 1

(continued from “On the A’Taran Race“)

Fate had brought the A’Taran to the planet Rhydin III via the dimensional gate. Cruelly, to an area recently conquered by an expanding nation of Orcs. The Orc Nation was for only Orcs; they killed or drove all other races out of their lost lands.

First contact between the Orcs and the A’Taran could only end in violence—and war. More prepared and eager for new conquests, the Orcs slew all the A’Taran in Rhydin and pushed through the gate into the Empire. The A’Taran could only retreat, trading land and blood for time. But time was all they needed.

While currently a peaceful people, the A’Taran had always had a warrior caste. Furthermore, the average A’Taran was taller and stronger than the average Orc. Faced with an invading enemy slaughtering without mercy, the entire A’Taran people rose to fight. The tide turned at the walled capital of the Empire. The Orc army was not repulsed; it was destroyed. The Orc King died there, as well.

The war now reversed completely. An A’Taran horde seeking revenge retook all lost territory and flooded back through the gate….

(continues in “The A’Taran-Orc War, Part 2“)