Editing Antinium (section)

=== Second Antinium War ===
The Second Antinium war started at when a Drake army, formed by three Walled Cities and several lesser city-states to destroy the Antinium, crossed the Antinium border and laid siege to one of the Hives, intent on killing one of the seven remaining Queens. They entrenched themselves and used rain-tactics to flood the tunnels.

Klbkch and Xrn were the only Prognugators in range to help and they launched a desperate counterattack to break the siege before the Queen drowned. Thousands of Soldiers perished attempting to overwhelm the Drakes, but repeatedly failed to penetrate Drake lines. Klbkch led the Antinium forces himself in a full-scale attack while Xrn focused on killing the [Mages] and stopping the rain, then led a second charge. The Drake forces broke when Wrymvr and reinforcements of Flying Antinium arrived.

The Antinium retaliated and the war began. Wrymvr was released from his post as protector of the Grand Queen and led an army against an army from [[Pallass]]. The Hives also deployed the Flying and Silent Antinium, developed after the first war. These variants invalidated the tactics prepared by the Drakes, swiftly flanking their enemies and mounting surprise attacks on vulnerable and high profile targets.

The Silent Antinium created such fear that Drake cities locked down their gates for fear of infiltration, which the Silent Antinium bypassed regardless. They were eventually checked by the [[Assassin’s Guild|Assassin's Guild]], who put out a contract on all Silent Antinium and dueled them out of sight in what would be known as the [[War of Sighs]].

The three Centinium and their respective armies kept advancing, undefeatable save by the most famous Drake [Generals]. Zel Shivertail routed Klbkch's army and Xrn's was stalled by multiple assailants, but Wrymvr rampaged unchecked behind Drake lines and hunted down Drake commanders.<ref name=":4" />

The Antinium also tried to send armies to seize parts of northern Izril, but Teriarch again stopped their invasion of the north by destroying two armies.<ref name=":5" />

When [[Tallis]] the Stormbreaker led the [[Goblins|Goblin]] forces in the south, they came too close to one of the Hives and an army was sent to attack them, led by Xrn. Tallis destroyed the Antinium army in less than ten minutes with one spell, forcing Xrn to flee. He destroyed the next two armies as well. The Antinium realized that the [[Velan|Goblin King]]'s might had to be broken at any cost, and they changed tactics to harassing and ambushing the Goblins to wear them down. Tallis' battlefield-wide spells were especially suited to destroying the Antinium, so they fled him and destroyed lesser Goblin armies instead.

Later, Velan went south, encircled a Hive, and entered to personally kill the Queen. The Antinium immediately ceased attacking the Goblins and pulled back all of their armies to defend the other Hives.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/06/26/s02-the-antinium-wars-pt-4/ S02 - The Antinium Wars (Pt. 4)]</ref>

The Antinium agreed to a truce with the Drakes, sending reinforcements led by Klbkch to lift the Siege of Liscor by [[Az’kerash|Az'kerash]]. The Antinium charged the undead three times, breaking their lines and allowing the Drakes under General Zel to charge as well. Attacked on two sides, the Necromancer was defeated. Klbkch and Zel had to be separated to prevent them attacking each other in the immediate aftermath.

The Antinium and Drakes ceased hostilities and agreed to an alliance against the Goblin King for the remainder of the war. The Grand Queen and Drake commanders signed a Peace Treaty, in which establishing a Hive in Liscor was part of the terms.

Both forces turned their attention to the Goblins. Wrmvr killed one of the Goblin Lords in personal combat, and the combined might of Xrn and three Archmages killed Tallis. During the final battle of the war, the Antinium helped separate Velan from his remaining Goblin Lords.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/06/26/s02-the-antinium-wars-pt-5/ S02 - The Antinium Wars (Pt. 5)]</ref>