Ilhor placed a large container filled with glass-like spheres in front of his regiment.
"Take five each. You are supposed to throw them at your enemy and be as far away as you can from the location where they explode," he explained. "They are to be used only in case we encounter mass resistance"
"What's in them?" one of troopers asked.
"You do not wish to know," the Unbound smiled darkly.
In fact, he did know the name and there was no harm in telling it. Anavouaine was something seriously nasty to deal with, and he chose to use the ancient disease. Within several minutes the bodies of those infected started to melt, dissolve into a clear, dark, pungent-smelling fluid. The weapon virus was airborne, that was another plus, and the capside proteins protected it from most magical and chemical agents. At the same time the active virus, which had to develop in the victims, didn't have the genes for synthesis of protective capside part, so that a simple antiviral spell could stop the possible spread of disease, making it a fit tactical weapon. Ilhor picked the scheme of Anavouaine from the knowledge pool of his colleagues while still imprisoned, one of them seemed to be enjoying bioweaponry.
Another set of glass-like spheres, dark yellow ones, was accurately distributed around West End's water lines. These were encapsulated viral spells, which caused an attack of severe "electric pain" as the unbound himself called it. A victim would feel every nerve twitch and sear him with blinding, untolerable pain. The effect was strongest on those potentially gifted with magic. Using water as a medium and magic to pass the regular biofilters was something he learned during his stay in the accursed place he didn't wish to name. Another spell he prepared for himself - activating wood for morphs into tentacles aiming at nearest living object. Ilhor had considered using "crawling shield" spell, but rejected the idea with a grin. Too much candy for the first performance!
Added to this were normal weapons of this odd off-worlder environment. Ilhor has distributed shield generators, magically powered devices that could turn everything inside a sphere of five-meter radius invulnerable to physical objects and attacks for a set period of time. No need for extra casualties....before time.
West End would hardly know what hit it
In fact, he did know the name and there was no harm in telling it. Anavouaine was something seriously nasty to deal with, and he chose to use the ancient disease. Within several minutes the bodies of those infected started to melt, dissolve into a clear, dark, pungent-smelling fluid. The weapon virus was airborne, that was another plus, and the capside proteins protected it from most magical and chemical agents. At the same time the active virus, which had to develop in the victims, didn't have the genes for synthesis of protective capside part, so that a simple antiviral spell could stop the possible spread of disease, making it a fit tactical weapon. Ilhor picked the scheme of Anavouaine from the knowledge pool of his colleagues while still imprisoned, one of them seemed to be enjoying bioweaponry.
Another set of glass-like spheres, dark yellow ones, was accurately distributed around West End's water lines. These were encapsulated viral spells, which caused an attack of severe "electric pain" as the unbound himself called it. A victim would feel every nerve twitch and sear him with blinding, untolerable pain. The effect was strongest on those potentially gifted with magic. Using water as a medium and magic to pass the regular biofilters was something he learned during his stay in the accursed place he didn't wish to name. Another spell he prepared for himself - activating wood for morphs into tentacles aiming at nearest living object. Ilhor had considered using "crawling shield" spell, but rejected the idea with a grin. Too much candy for the first performance!
Added to this were normal weapons of this odd off-worlder environment. Ilhor has distributed shield generators, magically powered devices that could turn everything inside a sphere of five-meter radius invulnerable to physical objects and attacks for a set period of time. No need for extra casualties....before time.
West End would hardly know what hit it