Grandpa Dace's Quest for a stable family

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The situation was tense, however, it did reveal an interesting tidbit of information. Trying to ignore the blackened patches of skin spreading over his skin, Dace decided on his next plan.

Which was very simple.

On his signal, the dragon switched targets, focusing their fire on Riddle instead. The only sign that he noticed what was happening was him donning a silvery cloak over his person.

[X] (Aggressive): 'Bombardment' tactics (Burn Tom to the ground)
Total damage: 577.
I shall not touch you... Cloak of Invisibility, effect activated
The roaring flames headed towards the man, who calmly, almost politely crossed his arms, before cascading onto his form, blackening the stone and scorching the earth. However, as the dragons pulled back, they saw him standing in the same spot, looking as if nothing was wrong, completely injured. The smirk spreading on his pallid face as he raised a strange, knotted wand expressed quite clearly his smugness over the situation and a dark gleam in his eyes was reflected over the dark stone ornamenting his fingers.

Riddle retaliates! 35 Damage done to green dragons
Curse roll: 85 (must beat 75).
Curse of aging inflicted to green dragons! (attack -25%, defense -20%, speed and movement -50%)

A simple ray of light was emitted from his wand, gray particles coming off the edges. One could think it would splash off harmlessly against the emerald scales, however the green dragons seemed to grow by the second and then shrivel. The green scales looked mossier, some of them shining like jewels, their speed diminished, and they looked a lot older and weaker than what they used to be. This was worrying, however at this rate, he had no more choice.

"Lily" He snapped the order and the redhead began sprinting towards the battlefield.
[X] (Aggressive): Run to the frontline [Moves to frontline, takes 2 turns]

Meanwhile, as the zombies were finally freeing themselves, both the treants and moon does were observing the situation.
[X] (Polyvalent): Remain Camouflaged, until the occasion presents itself.
[X] (Cautious): Stay under the cover of vegetation.

Dace sighed, coughing a bit, before concentrating. The winds around the castle stilled, then converged in his direction as the book in his hand heated up. Not for the first time, as he released his grasp ono the spell, he thanked his lucky stars for the find, for if he somehow lost that book, he would lose a lot of firepower.

Dace uses Destroy Undead. (12/24)
All undead in range take 30 damage.
All zombies die
All vampires take 30 damage (45/75)
Riddle takes 30 damage (230/260)

It was the undead forces' turn to scream, as Martha used the distraction to break into a sprint and beeline in Riddle's direction.








Riddle shouted, causing the army of the dead to move towards Martha, who was still currently outside of Dace's range. While the skeletons were too slow to catch up to her, the demetors were not. However, as they closed on her, roots surged from the grounds as the treants began their move.

Treants' attack: Wraiths take 237 Damage 16 Wraiths die, 3 leftover damage, 27 wraiths left.

The wraiths, their path obstructed, had no other choice than to try and open a path through the wooden creatures.

Treants take 64 Damage, 1 treant die, 21 leftover damage, 14 treants left

The action was futile though, for even if they manage to fell one of them, the rest still stood strong after having culled a third of their numbers.

In the backline, the liches prepared themselves, once again, to unleash their spells on the frontline.

Liches bombard the 'forest' using Death Cloud. Every living unit in a hex radius around the target gets damaged for 11 HP this turn (treants, does, Martha)
Moon doe's intervention! - 25% damage taken. Every living unit in a hex radius around the target takes 3 Damage this turn. (treants, does, Martha)
Rolled 67. Martha resists the damage

Meanwhile the vampires flew through the battlefield, this time attacking the does directly, feasting on them to further strengthen themselves.

Moon does take 141 damage, 1 moon doe dies, 19 moon does left, 36 leftover damage.

However, the animals were expecting them, and they did their best to evade their attacks. In the end, the vampires simply didn't get enough blood to call back their brethren.

In the middle of the chaos, Riddle stood, watching the proceedings, his eyes scanning the melee to find his target, that was coming into view. His lip curled in disdain as he looked at Martha, pointing his wand towards her.

"Even if you somehow manage to survive this, you'll already have lost everything, little girl. Such is the fate of those who oppose the one even Death kneels for."

Riddle uses plague! -15 Mana, rolled 77: luck crit
Spell rank upgraded to 4 (Elder's wand)
16 + 1,5x lv + 10 (elder wand) x 2 luck crit = 100 damage
Every living unit takes 100 damage!
Elizabeth takes 100 damage
Agatha takes 100 damage
Lily takes 90 damage
Moody & Jason take 100 damage
Dace takes 100 damage
Moon doe intervention: every frontline unit takes 25 Damage
Moon does take 25 damage
Green dragons take 25 damage
Treants take 25 damage
Oliver takes 25 damage
Martha resists the spell.

Black filled his vision as Dace fell to the ground, unable to move anymore, as he felt, deep in his bones, that worse had yet to come.
His last thoughts as his consciousness slipped out were...

Choose one:
[] He needed to send the anchor to safety
[]He needed to send orders
-[] Everyone attack... Write in
-[] Everyone flee
-[] Everyone, brace for contact!

The keen noise of a bell began tolling, as nature screamed again, yet another wave of foul energy being unleashed...

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Final roster:

Death:

Skeleton warriors: x 200 (uninjured)
Wraiths: x 27
Liches: x 8 (uninjured)
Vampires x 25 (uninjured)
Zombies: Dead
Tom Riddle: (230/260) (20/50 Mana)
Anastasia: Dead. Again.

Nature :
Gold dragon x 1 : Uninjured
Green dragons x 4 : 155/ 180
Fairies: Dead
Wolves: Dead
Elves: Dead
Druids: Dead
Treants x 14 : 15/55
Moon does x 19 : 80/120
Oliver: 83/120
Agatha: 0 / 100 Dead
Elizabeth: 0/ 100 Dead
Moody & Jason: 0 / 100 Dead
Lily: 72/200
Dace : 2/150, 12/24 Mana
Martha: Uninjured, 6/10 Mana

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Well, that escalated quickly
I maintain that if people looked more for invisitext, much panicking would have been done earlier.