World of Warcraft: Burning Skies

by Blackdrag-rose

Argus: The Dark Citadel

With Kin'garoth defeated, and the Hallowed Felworks knocked offline by the loss of the one who operated it, Rainbow and the others teleported back aboard the Vindicaar and paused for a few seconds as Spitfire gave Romuul the command that everyone was waiting for, to descend into the depths of Antorus and bring them to where the Dark Citadel rested, the area that they knew the souls of the remaining Titans were resting in, as in those who were being tortured at this very moment, the twisted Avatar of Aggramar, and the World-Soul of Argus itself. This was the final leg of their journey to bring down the Legion, they just had to track down Sargeras' Coven of Shivarra, kill them before one of the other Titans could be turned into an ally of the Dark Titan, and then face the twisted Titan so they could claim the World-Soul of Argus, because if they claimed the soul of this world it would instantly cripple whatever demons were still following Sargeras, scattering their foul souls throughout the vast Twisting Nether and would make them that much easier to kill, in a more permanent fashion. As everything thought about that, and their demonic allies understood what their former master had been doing with this entire planet, Spitfire focused on the task at hand as the Vindicaar and the rest of the dimensional fleet headed down into the depths of the planet and followed the coordinates that the Doommaidens had given Romuul earlier, mostly because she was curious as to whether or not Sargeras had been smart enough to put some weapons in a defensive position near the Dark Citadel, but given what she had seen so far it didn't look like he even considered such a thing. That was fine with her, since she had been planning on using her power to defend the fleet if something attacked them and this meant she would be able to conserve her power for the time being, since there was no telling what might happen once they reached the end of their quest to bring down the Legion and the Dark Titan that ruled it, though right now she didn't waste any time thinking about what Imonar revealed to Rainbow's group, figuring she could think about it later.

Not a few moments later Spitfire raised a hand as she noticed something and drew the attention of everyone else to the front of the Vindicaar, where they found a large metallic structure that was rather dark and imposing from what they could see right now, one that was tall enough for a Titan's Avatar to walk through, though Hasabel quickly confirmed their brief suspicions, that this was the Dark Citadel and was their final destination in their quest, to which Romuul sent down a new temporary beacon and Rainbow's group followed her down to the walkway leading to the Citadel's entrance, as they were eager to bring an end to the Legion at long last.

"So this is the most sacred place in all of Argus: the Dark Citadel, or the Burning Throne as its also known as," Spitfire said, as her group teleported down behind Rainbow's and she stared out at what was in front of them, knowing that the dark Shivarra who were inside it wouldn't step down or stop their Lord's work, meaning Rainbow was going to kill them all and eat their Fel energies, before she, Magni, Illidan, and the others allowed the main group to move forward while they just stood there for now, "Rainbow, you know what to do."

"Yeah, kill our enemies, free the Titans, and then take down Aggramar," Rainbow replied, though as she said that she and her companions discovered that the Dark Citadel wasn't as defenseless as many of them assumed, where their enemies seemed to be Titan Watchers and Maidens whose skin seemed to be charred, while their attire had been darkened to a deep red color and even black in certain spots, which made sense when they considered that ever Titan had some sort of guards or keepers to watch over them, like how Eonar had Life-infused constructs as her guards, to which she glanced at the others for a moment and found that they were ready to go.

Once she figured that out Rainbow shifted her stance and rushed at the Dark Watchers and Dark Maidens that happened to be guarding this area from invaders, even though there were no weapons to do such a thing, where she dodged their incoming attacks as her companions lashed out at them as well, striking them with their spells and weapons, allowing her to kick one of the Dark Watchers in the side of their head before flipping backwards to avoid the punch of another one, as it appeared that these foes were more coordinated than most of the demons she had fought so far. It was hard to know if these twisted constructs had been here before Sargeras created his dark army, leading to the Eredar being inspired to make the metallic creations that wandered Argus, or if they had been created after the world had been handed over to the Dark Titan, after discovering the fact that Azeroth had some Watchers and Maidens to watch over it, but in the end none of it mattered to Rainbow as she spun around and kicked the second Dark Watcher in the side of his head, knocking him to the ground as he joined the first one she had struck. Of course she wasn't the only one taking care of business right now, as Zuleth swung his battleaxe and parried the incoming attacks from another Dark Watcher as the rest of the heroes used their powers and weapons to take down every Dark Maiden who happened to be guarding this area, who were doing their best to bring down the invaders before they reached the inner sanctum of the building and focused on the Shivarra that were currently torturing the souls of the Pantheon, something Rainbow was looking forward to doing since she was sure that those demons would be stronger than most of the demons who were calling Argus home. While that happened she heard a sound coming from the inside of the Dark Citadel, one that sure sounded like a Dreadlord was being tortured for his failures or something, where she found that one of the Forsaken members of her group mentioned that it sounded a lot like Varimathras, a Dreadlord who once served Sylvanas and betrayed the Banshee Queen during the war with the Lich King, meaning he was definitely being punished for his past failures and it was likely that the Shivarra might force them to take him down before facing them, causing Rainbow to nod as she focused on the ongoing battle.

It took them a few more moments to take down the rest of the Dark Watchers and Dark Maidens, who offered a decent battle before they fell to the might of Azeroth's heroes, though once that was done the group stepped down the steps that the corrupted constructs had been guarding and approached the main structure at long last, where the door opened not a few seconds later and allowed them to enter the Dark Citadel, where they found a lone Shivarra and a Sayaad standing in front of a hole that would head into the deepest part of this place. Beyond those two demons rested a large chamber that seemed to be the heart of the Dark Citadel, where it looked like the World-Souls of the Pantheon were resting in the four corners of the chamber and it seemed like the Dark Shivarra were taking a break before starting the next session on each of them, though Rainbow could see a barrier resting in front of them and that had to mean that one or more of the foul demons were blocking the way forward, or they had created a path for them to follow before giving them a chance to take them on. When Spitfire's group joined them, and noticed that the Pantheon was definitely resting in this chamber, they got a bit more information for later, as Hasabel informed them that there were four Shivarra left in the Coven, those being Noura, Asara, Diima, and Thu'raya, the first being red skinned and was called the 'Mother of Flames', while the second had a purple color to her body and held the title of the 'Mother of Night', the third had pale blue skin and stood as the 'Mother of Gloom', and the fourth had a faded green skin color and was called the 'Mother of the Cosmos'. Spitfire personally felt that it was a little interesting that there had been seven members of the Coven, which was counting Subversia, Heretica, and Apostriss, who were dead and their souls were trapped inside Rainbow's Warblades, while there were six members of the Pantheon that the Dark Titan wanted them to corrupt, five since Eonar had remained safe and sound before this point in time, though she felt that one might have been assigned to Argus and another to Aggramar, but in the end she sighed and said nothing as she beckoned for Rainbow to continue on her path to bring down those that stood in their way, who nodded and just stepped towards the pair of demons in front of them, causing the Shivarra and Sayaad to cower in fear as they realized who was coming their way.

Rainbow honestly wasn't sure why these two demons were here, since neither of them seemed willing to fight, to which she gestured to Spitfire's group for a moment, causing the demons to see that Hasabel had joined the force that had torn Antorus to pieces, not to mention Svirax, though she wasn't surprised to find the pair rush to change sides, where Spitfire made sure they returned to the Sayaad's ship for now, but once that happened Rainbow's group jumped down into the depths of this structure and found a circular chamber that a Dreadlord, missing most of his armor, save for a sash and a pair of bracers, and his skin looked like he had been flayed alive.

"Ah, it would seem that the dogs of the Alliance and the Horde have found me... you have survived longer than I thought you might, though the seeds of your downfall have been carefully placed," Varimathras spoke up, showing Rainbow and the heroes that he had seen their arrival and that he wasn't happy to see any of them, where the group walked into his chamber and stared at the tormented Dreadlord, while at the same time it was easy for Rainbow to see that one or two of the Dark Shivarra had glanced down when they heard him speak, to which he chuckled for a second, "Alliance, soon your thrones will run red with betrayal and your holy places will burn... Horde, you are bound to a darkness that will shatter this world and ruin all of your hard work... not that it matters, as no matter what you do all of you are blind to the darkness that is lurking in your midst."

"Oh, Sylvanas Windrunner is dead, slain during the opening stages of our defense of Azeroth... Spitfire killed her for trying to open a war between the Alliance and the Horde," Rainbow stated, something that caused the demon to stop chuckling for a moment, as if he had no idea that his former ally had been slain before doing anything he had said, though what the demon said did confirm that Sylvanas had a bond or agreement to someone in the Shadowlands, given the 'darkness' part of his little speech, though as the heroes readied their weapons and spells she stood there for a moment, as there was a little more she wanted to share before they killed Varimathras, "though we did discover that the Banshee Queen had been planning on causing another massive war, to kill as many of Azeroth's heroes and citizens as she possibly could, to fulfill a dark bargain she had struck with someone in the Shadowlands, which would have eventually resulted in a number of dark and foul events, the deaths of thousands of people, and the shattering of the Lich King's crown... yeah, we know all about the Maw as well, though Spitfire's actions have ensured that none of your 'prophecies' will come true."

Varimathras paused for a moment, coming to terms with the fact that Sylvanas had failed to do anything and would likely be trapped inside the Maw, being punished for her failures and the fact that she couldn't uphold her end of the bargain she had struck, before he growled and charged at the heroes that were in front of him, showing them that he wanted to take everyone down and put an end to their assault, all while Rainbow and her companions defended themselves for the time being as they spread out, even though it did seem like the Dark Shivarra would be watching them fight Varimathras, before going back to their dark task. Varimathras swung his clawed hands at Rainbow as he ignored everyone else for right now, showing that he understood who was the most dangerous opponent in his area, where she swung her arms and just used her own claws or the Warblades, causing sparks to fly between them as they clashed for a few moments, though the group was waiting to see what sort of dark powers the Dreadlord had access to, even though it was clear that he was able to manipulate shadows to a degree, as the darkest parts of his cell seemed like they might come alive and hurt them, so all of them stayed in the center and focused on their foe. Of course the Dark Shivarra didn't seem to care that this was more like a private battle, as Noura applied a little of her power to the cell and flames sprung up around the cell, meaning it was a method for her and her comrades to inflict pain on the Dreadlord, though as such the group did everything possible to stay safe and not be hurt by this sort of attack, even though Varimathras was hit by Noura's flames and he cursed her out before focusing on the heroes that were in front of him, choosing to use his rage for the Coven against Rainbow and her companions. Sure enough Rainbow noticed that the demon's shadow moved and a phantom image of Varimathras lashed out at them without delay, where Zuleth smashed Shadowmourne into it, instead of going through it, and knocked the foul spell backwards as several slashes appeared on Varimathras' chest, thanks to Rainbow's attacks and her foe's decision to glance up at the Coven for a few moments, but Rainbow knew that their foe was cunning, given the past information she was told about him, meaning that they had to be careful and keep an eye open for any foul trickery.

As it turned out they were right in their thoughts, as it wasn't long before Varimathras channeled his shadow energy for a moment and blasted several of them without wasting any time, intending to transfer a bit of his misery to them so they could share in his punishment, likely blaming the heroes for his current situation, though the Archmages and High Priests used some of their spells to cancel out the dark spell and allowed everyone to focus on dealing damage to Varimathras, who was growing more annoyed as this battle dragged on, no doubt believing that he would have killed them by now and that he disliked their determination to bring him down. One thing Rainbow expected to see was that Noura stopped her spell and that Asara sent a wave of frost into the cell, meaning the Dark Shivarra were going to be taking turns tormenting Varimathras while he was fighting them, almost in the sense that this was supposed to spur him on or something, though it also meant that the other two would do the same thing at some point during the battle, so they would have to keep an eye on the Coven members as they continued to wear down the Dreadlord. Not a few seconds later Varimathras used a bit of his power to summon three shadowy rifts around the chamber and tried to strike down three of the heroes that were fighting him right now, though they rolled out of the way and avoided his attack, something that annoyed the Dreadlord and opened the way for Rainbow to cut into his sides, while Zuleth and the others struck him as well, knocking the demon backwards and caused the Dark Shivarra to chuckle as they witnessed him being beaten by the heroes of Azeroth, likely a method to force him to do better, least he fall and experience a new level of pain later on. Rainbow continued to clash with the demon as the Coven glanced at each other and Asara pulled her power back, allowing Diima to pour her shadows into this chamber as she attempted to bring them all down, using Varimathras' own power to her advantage, but as it turned out none of the heroes were falling for such a thing and it caused the Dark Shivarra to stay silent as they watched what was going on below their workplace, especially when they switched to allowing Thu'raya to use her Fel powers and a wave of Fel flames appeared around the chamber, which Rainbow devoured before kicking Varimathras in the chest, causing her foe to stagger for a second, and then she slammed his head into the floor.

Not a few moments later Varimathras got up again and tried to keep himself standing as he realized something, Rainbow was devouring his Fel energy while they fought, something he picked up on when Thu'raya's Fel flames disappeared all of a sudden, and he was growing weaker as they exchanged blows with each other, informing him that it was only a matter of time until he had nothing left and he was easy to kill, though Rainbow surprised him by flashing in front of him and swung her Warblades for a moment as she landed near where she had started earlier, causing the demon's head to roll off to the side as his body collapsed a few seconds later.

"Annoying mortals, his fate was ours to decide!" one of the Dark Shivarra cried out, sounding more annoyed that she and her companions weren't able to punish Varimathras, even though it was likely he was either going to be killed by them at the end of his torment or he might be sent out on a mission that would result in his failure and being delivered back to this place for additional torment, though as Rainbow figured out who had spoken, because it had been Asara, she captured the soul of Varimathras, devoured his Fel energy, and then sent the soul screaming into her weapons, "Impudent mortals, all of you shall pay for this insolence with your very lives!"

Rainbow said nothing to that as she spotted a doorway nearby and found that it opened once Varimathras was dead, one that she took not a few seconds later and discovered that it lead up towards the level that the Coven worked in, even if the path was shaped more like a coiling snake of some kind and quickly brought her group to where their next targets rested, finding that the Coven were standing around the center of their chamber and discovered that the barrier that had been in their way earlier had been disabled, to which she flew over to Spitfire for a moment and told her what happened, mostly to let their demonic allies know they had missed something, before returning to her group.

"Normally we would attempt to convince you to stand down and join us, instead of siding with the Dark Titan... but thanks to how twisted you four are the only path forward is death," Rainbow stated, because if these four Shivarra were willing to torment the souls of the Pantheon, all in Sargeras' name, than there was no chance that they would stand down or change sides, so they needed to bring these four enemies down before focusing on Aggramar, hence why she stood at the ready and caused her companions to do the same thing as they stared at the four Shivarra in front of them, who seemed to be ready to bring all of them down.

Not a few seconds later Rainbow rushed forward and swung her clawed hands at Noura as Zuleth tackled Asara, as both Diima and Thu'raya jumped to two of the four ends of the chamber and resumed tormenting the souls of the Titans that were in this chamber, though the interesting thing she discovered immediately was that there was a bond of sorts for the two Shivarra that were fighting her forces right now, as it seemed like her attacks were doing nothing to Noura and none of Zuleth's attacks were doing anything to Asara. As such she grabbed onto her foe's head and hurled her at the right side of the chamber, if one happened to be standing at the stairs that lead to the upper level Spitfire was standing on, though a few seconds later it looked like Zuleth's attack did something to his foe and confirmed that the bond had been broken, or at least weakened to the point where they could actually hurt their enemies, to which Rainbow swung her clawed hands and feet at her foe while she made sure to keep Noura away from Asara. Of course each Shivarra had a pair of blades that they used when they were fighting and Rainbow's foe channeled her power to set them ablaze for a time, while Asara did the same with her shadows, though right now it didn't seem like either of them were going to do anything that remotely resembled the techniques that had been used on the Titans, so it was more like they might be underestimating the heroes and would eventually lead to them being ruined by the end of this battle, even though Rainbow did keep an eye on both of the remaining Shivarra who weren't taking fighting her group right now. Noura had some interesting skills to use against her, as in hurling one of her flaming blades at her and causing it to spin as it returned to its owner, a whirlwind attack that caused her to use both weapons in an attempt to bring Rainbow down, and a spell that was designed to ignite the blood veins inside whoever she was targeting, be it an enemy or someone she was tormenting, but Rainbow just absorbed the Fel energy that was used against her and continued her assault. Asara happened to be the same way, she wrapped both of her weapons in shadows as she assaulted the heroes that were attacking her right now, she could conjure shadowy blades and sent them flying at her targets, and she summoned areas of darkness that were designed to harm her foes, though it didn't matter in the grand scheme of things since the heroes knew how to dodge the attacks and struck her in return, all while doing everything in their power to bring Diima and Thu'raya back into the battle.

What was surprising, and rather shocking at the same time, was that the Coven of Shivarra were capable of calling upon a power or two from the Titans, as Diima called upon the power of Golganneth and summoned a thunderstorm above their heads and sent lightning at the heroes of Azeroth, while Thu'raya called upon Amun'thul's power and started to collapse a number of small pockets of time that were scattered around the chamber, where it was clear that the Shivarra were trying to crush them with the power of the fallen Titans, something that caused Eonar to frown. While Diima and Thu'raya did all of that, which likely made everyone else wonder what might happen if the Shivarra tapped into the powers of Khaz'goroth and Norgannon, Spitfire glanced at Magni and Eonar for a moment and found them nodding their heads, to which they focused their energies and targeted the four tormented souls, as Spitfire was planning on calming Amun'thul and the rest of the Pantheon while the other two spoke to them, hopefully to the point where they could sever the ties between these foul demons and the Titans that Sargeras wanted to corrupt to his way of thinking. Rainbow noticed that happening and did everything in her power to bring down the demons that were in front of them right now, where it was easy for her to see that Noura was becoming weaker over time and smiled, as her ability was working on the Shivarra and it seemed that Asara was suffering the same effects as well, something that prompted the two Shivarra to jump to where the other two Titans were resting and caused both Diima and Thu'raya to jump into battle as they drew their weapons, the former going with a frosty aura around her blades while the latter had Fel-infused flames. Once that was done the pair rushed at them and Rainbow tackled Thu'raya while Zuleth and everyone else focused on taking Diima down, where it wasn't long before they found out what the powers of the pair were, as Diima empowered her strikes to release bursts of frost to slow down her foes, another power that rapidly chilled the blood of her foes, and an orb that exploded with a massive burst of frost power that was designed to slow everyone down, while all Thu'raya had was a power to blast her target with Fel energy and a skill that allowed her to channel a potent beam of Fel energy at her foe, all of which Rainbow ate as she fought the demon in front of her, who had to be growing annoyed with her.

Noura and Asara, who were trying to call on the power of Khaz'goroth and Norgannon respectively, found that neither of them were able to complete their objectives as neither Titan gave them their powers, instead the two were blasted back into the area that their comrades were fighting in at the moment, giving Rainbow and the other heroes more enemies to fight, though Thu'raya fell to Rainbow's might, Zuleth beheaded Noura, Diima was blasted into the ground and slain by a few of the heroes, and Asara was stabbed to death by the remaining heroes, where it didn't take Rainbow long to gather the souls of the Shivarra, cut off and devour their Fel energy, and then send their souls screaming into her Warblades, all while Spitfire's group approached them.

"You did it heroes! The souls of the Pantheon are free!" Eonar stated, her tone revealing that she was pleased with them, as this was a rather crippling blow to Sargeras' plans for the rest of the universe, which had been knocked down a peg as soon as she had been rescued by the heroes, and if they were able to free both Aggramar and Argus it meant that all of the Dark Titan's plans would crumble, along with being set back to zero with the destruction of the Legion, though as she said that all four souls floated out of the devices the Shivarra had forced each of them into, "We shall stay here and focus on helping the Titans you have freed, though taking down Aggramar, and freeing him from Sargeras' grip, will be far more challenging than what has been accomplished so far."

Rainbow wasn't bothered by that fact, as she knew that they were going to have to take down Aggramar and that he had to be annoyed by what she had done outside Nath'raxas Hold, so in his anger he was going to make a mistake, or more if he had been brainwashed by Sargeras' Coven, to which she and the others stepped out of the chamber they had fought the Shivarra in and headed for the opening that lead outside, to the area that Argus had shown her and Spitfire back when he had information to share, where she spotted Aggramar standing in the middle of the circular platform, with the large World-Soul of Argus floating just beyond where he stood.

"Mortals... I wasted millennia fighting to spare your kind from corruption, until at last my eyes were opened to the terrible and horrifying truth." Aggramar commented, meaning he knew that they were approaching and that he wanted to speak with them for a few moments, or likely repeat what Sargeras had his Shivarra implant inside his mind, which would need to be dealt with once he was freed from the dark hold that had been placed on him, though as he said that Aggramar took a second to stand up, as he had been kneeling towards the World-Soul, and faced them before raising his left hand so he could point an accusing finger at them, "You, the very mortals I was trying to protect, were the corruption that plagued the universe and threatened to overwhelm everything in your path... the Master has told me that we will save the universe by wiping all memory of you from existence. To that end we have been waiting for the awakening of my new brother, Argus, and the rebirth of our remaining siblings, who are being tended to right now so each of them can see the truth that I have been shown... together, our new Pantheon will break your fetid world and bring an end to your kind, but none of you will be around to see such a thing come to pass."

"Oh come on Aggramar, surely you don't believe the lies that Sargeras put inside your head?" Rainbow asked, because that was a load of crap and everyone behind her knew it, even though it was hard for Aggramar not to know what was the truth and what was a lie thanks to those foul Shivarra, though she was hoping that her words might breach whatever spell had been placed on his true mind, since the demons likely had to bury it to make way for the corrupted mind they were seeing at the moment, though all the fallen Titan did was raise his broken and flaming sword, showing that he was going to fight them and there was no changing his mind.

Rainbow sighed for a second before rushing across the platform that was in front of them, with her companions following after her, where she swung her Warblades and parried an incoming swing that was coming from Aggramar, causing the air to shake for a moment as their weapons came into collision with each other, opening the way for Zuleth and the others to spread out and attack the dark Avatar that was in front of them, where Rainbow knew that Sargeras' Avatar had contained a small portion of the Dark Titan's power and made her wonder how much of Aggramar's power they would be fighting for a good while. One thing she noticed was that Aggramar called upon the power of his blade while he was facing her and all of her companions, as in he started to ignite scattered locations that were all over the platform they were fighting on, so he could burn his foes with the intensity of his flames, while at the same time Rainbow found that once she pushed him back a bit he would lash out with a secondary swing and she parried it as well, meaning it had to be some sort of ancient technique he had used back during the days when the Pantheon was on the same side, before Sargeras became twisted by his discovery of a nascent World-Soul that was corrupted by the Void and being dismissed by the rest of his kind, as it had lead to the creation of the Legion. It was a story that Illidan had told them, something he uncovered at some point in time and had been unwilling to share how he learned of it, even though it likely came from one of the few Dreadlords he had convinced to join the Illidari, who were all dead at this point in time, but Rainbow was sure that the demons who told him that information had been behind corrupting Sargeras, or at least twisting his view of reality, though for right now her focus was on taking Aggramar down, so they could bring an end to this assault and topple the Legion at long last. As that happened the fallen Titan called upon more flames and summoned a wave that he sent at his enemies, which caused the healers to rapidly mend the wounds of their allies as they clashed with Aggramar once more, showing that this attack was nothing and that no one was going to allow a simple wave of flames to take them out, which seemed to annoy Aggramar as he allowed Rainbow to push him backwards and then raised his weapon as he called forth more of his power, only to release a massive cone of flames at Rainbow, with everyone else moving out of the way to avoid the attack.

Instead of moving out of the way Rainbow gathered her own power and loosed a cone of Fel energy, a spiraling attack that was much like the Cone of Frost spell that the frost Archmages used in battle, which struck Aggramar's attack and quickly cancelled it out in a matter of seconds, where she rushed through the fading flames and punched the fallen Titan right in the chest, knocking him back a little more, but right now it seemed like it hadn't done that much and meant that they had to be careful as the battle progressed. Of course that wasn't the only thing Aggramar had access to, as he released what appeared to be a vortex of flames around him, a tempest of sorts based on what Rainbow was seeing right now, which did summon Human sized fire elementals, though she channeled her lightning for a moment and flashed around the area for a time, releasing a few blasts every now and then as she struck the elementals before they reached any of the heroes who were fighting the fallen Titan right now, wiping all of the additional allies out in a matter of moments before she returned to the battle, clashing with the broken blade once more as the heroes struck their foe's legs. Once that happened, and it looked like Aggramar understood that using the elementals would gain him nothing in the long run, the Titan summoned a barrier around him and started to hurl what appeared to be meteors at Rainbow and her allies, likely formed from either his flaming sword or from his own power, though the heroes dodged the incoming attacks while Rainbow pounded on the magical, and seemingly unbreakable, barrier for a time, using her full power to strike the shield as cracks formed all over it over the next couple of moments. This told Zuleth and the others that an Avatar's might could not stand up to the sheer power that Rainbow was capable of using against her foes, meaning Spitfire's strength would likely shatter it like paper or something, though they were expecting something else to happen during this stage of the fight and assumed that it might have been the elementals Rainbow had slain in a matter of seconds, which informed everyone that her actions had caused Aggramar to not do something that was basically a waste of time against an enemy like her, but they were fine with that as all of them avoided the incoming attacks and waited for the barrier to come down so they could assault the Titan and take down the last of Sargeras' pawns.

Not a few moments later Rainbow smashed through the barrier and punched Aggramar in the side of his face, sending the fallen Titan closer to where Argus' World-Soul was resting, though the Titan regained himself and went on the offensive as he lashed out at her once more, intending on striking her down and opening the way for the heroes of Azeroth to be taken down in his master's name, though since there weren't any new powers for her to worry about, which was disappointing as Rainbow wanted a challenge and had to assume that Aggramar's power had been bound to the extreme, to make him more controllable in a sense, to which Rainbow sighed for a moment as she landed near Zuleth, with her back turned to Aggramar, before a series of slashes appeared on her target's body and shattered the Avatar.

"He was weaker than the Avatar... how disappointing," Rainbow commented, as she had more fun fighting Sargeras' Avatar in the Tomb earlier, though that was due to it being something that carried a fraction of the Dark Titan's full power and not just a small fragment of his overall power, though at the same time she glanced towards Aggramar's World-Soul, as it was floating above the wreckage of the dark Avatar Sargeras had crafted for the Titan, where it glowed and transformed into a humanoid form that stood slightly taller than a Human, something that would be true for the shrunken forms of the Titans no doubt, who wore some impressive and ancient looking armor.

"I'm sorry to hear that this fight didn't impress you... maybe we can spar in the future," Aggramar stated, showing Rainbow and her companions something interesting, that he had been aware of what happened after he had been corrupted into serving the Dark Titan and understood the fight Rainbow had just ended, while at the same time showing them all that he was more than willing to show Rainbow his full power at some point in the future, as a way of expressing his gratitude for being saved from an eternity of servitude, though before he could say anything else something moved near the entrance the heroes had used to get to this part of Antorus.

Sure enough it was Spitfire and her group emerging from the Dark Citadel, though standing behind them were four more tall figures who were as tall as Eonar and Aggramar, where Rainbow could see that the first one had a cloth set of attire on that partly cover his chest, while flames seemed to dance on his arms, legs, parts of his chest, and his head, though he had short brown hair and a long brown beard with two thick strands resting near it, one on each side of the main beard, where she assumed that this was Khaz'goroth, who helped shape the ordered worlds of the universe. Near him stood another male Titan who wore less armor than Aggramar was, though his seemed to be flowing with the power of storms while his long blond hair seemed to move with the breeze, illustrating exactly what his power was, even though he could likely use the power of lightning to smite those who challenged him to battle, but all of that information meant that this had to be Golganneth, who ruled over the skies and oceans. Rainbow spotted another male Titan who was wearing a light blue robe over most of his body, a set of attire that meant he had to be a spell user of some kind and had to be one of the best of his craft, while his beard and thin flowing mustache were white colored and he wore a hood over his head, preventing them from seeing if he was bald or if he had short hair, even though she suspected that this Titan was Norgannon, the far more magical member of the Titans and, if the stories were right, the keeper of celestial lore, meaning information of the entire universe, which would have been disastrous if it had been handed over to Sargeras. That caused her to turn towards the last of the new Titans, one who was also wearing a blue robe with yellow edges, as the ends of the arm sections of his robe happened to have golden bands near his wrists, instances that were repeated near his shoulders, though he had a white beard that was longer than Norgannon's, which matched the white of his short hair, but he seemed older than the rest of the Titans and that meant he had to be Amun'thul, the Highfather of the entire Titan Pantheon, who happened to be the oldest member of the group and happened to be the one who had the greatest control over time itself.

These were the members of the Titan Pantheon, the six who refused to join Sargeras and had their forms shattered when they fought him, and Rainbow had to admit that each of them were far more impressive than when they had been trapped in either their soul state or stuck inside a Dark Avatar, though with them freed from the Dark Titan's grasp, as the dark side of Aggramar had likely been destroyed with the construct he had been trapped inside, all that remained was taking Argus' World-Soul and putting an end to the Legion, something that put a smile on Rainbow's face as she waited for Spitfire to tell them exactly what they were going to do next, as she knew it would bring an end to their war at long last.

Comments

[PrismStrike]

and the titans are freed at last so they can give their support to Spitfire and rainbow, cause if they are smart, they will do just that.

[badninja]

Man those guards where way behind the times. They had information that was so old that not only was it completely useless it contained only a shadow of just how powerful Rainbow and Spitfire are.

[zachary12]

nice work