The Demon War: Xelidan’s Fall

Location: Sealed Vault 7-A
Access Level: Authorized Archivists Only
Compiled by: Seer-Adept Vaelrun, Guild of Seers
Preserved under the Writ of Measured Memory

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“We did not unmake the darkness. We buried it—beneath a stone that still burns.”

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The Siege of Al’thurak

 

The fortress-city of Al’thurak was no mere bulwark—it was a monument to tyranny. Carved into the heart of the Hellfire Peninsula, its walls were steeped in flame and shadow, warded by glyphs older than written speech. From this black citadel, Xelidan the Infernal Crown commanded a war that twisted the will of mortals and bled entire nations dry.

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It was here, at the edge of annihilation, that the last rebellion came to its reckoning.

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Golgrim Hellfire, a former warlord once enslaved to the demon host, had broken free of his binding and returned with vengeance not only in heart—but in soul. United under his banner stood free Orcs and the first seers of the new age.

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The siege began under a sunless sky and raged for thirteen days. On the fourteenth, as the bloodmoon rose, the Gate of Cinders was breached and Golgrim Hellfire faced Xelidan in the Damned Chamber.

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The Damned Chamber and Golgrim’s Sacrifice

 

Beneath Al’thurak, in the crypts forged from the bones of enslaved prophets, there lies a chamber no map dares name. It was called by many titles: the Fane of Writhing, the Vein of Hell, the Demon Heart.

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But the records now name it simply: The Damned Chamber.

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Here, the last and purest essence of Xelidan’s dominion still churned. The demonic energy that once chained entire peoples was coalescing into something new—a final curse, a last dominion, a seed of resurrection.

Golgrim did not destroy it.

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He knew such power could not be unmade. Only taken.

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And so, in an act both defiant and damning, he bound it to himself. The soul-stone became not just a mark of war, but a vessel—a prison. In doing so, Golgrim became the living seal. He collapsed within the chamber, neither dead nor fully living, encased in a shell of scorched flesh and rune-seared armor.

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The chamber was collapsed. The fortress buried. And with it, Golgrim Hellfire was entombed, forever holding the rage of a dying god.

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“The demons did not vanish. They were chained to a soul that would not break.”
— Whispered fragment, Guild of Seers

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Aftermath:

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• Xelidan’s will was broken, but his essence endured, bound to Golgrim’s immortal suffering.

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• The demon lords vanished, their remaining power scattered, their cults fractured.

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• Hasgram was born not in triumph, but as a bulwark against the return of what had been sealed.

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• Golgrim’s name became both legend and warning—a hero not to be praised, but to be remembered.

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See Also:

• 📜 The Soul-Stone and the Damned Chamber

• 📜 The Crypt of Gloom

• 📜 The Accord of Ash and Blood

• 📜 Nata’lashiar and the Cult of the Black Dawn