Sacking of Derum and Annihilation of Drenerium - Part 1 - Sacking of Derum

Once we had reached the port the sealegs of my small fleet began quickly unloading the precious cargo the most expensive piece was a sword made by two dwarven and elven swordsmiths the sword was bless in sacred temple waters of Ma'at before it was sacked and the water sucked dry by the power hungry Northern nomads, everytime I looked at the sword it called my name its beauty and power was priceless for sure as I lost 45 men alone in trying get this sword from grasp of the tribal chief of the Icesleepers.
I was distracted by my faithful childhood friend and my mercenary  captain Legistos Aearrand he was in his late 40s but still would serve next to me without inquisition. As he was wanted for murder of many high ranked Northern Alliance of Dwarven Kingdoms.His story was different however he had told me that he did murder these people ( roughly about 45 people ) however they planned to overthrow King Aegrin Frozenbeard and murder his son Pelias he always said that his mistake was to murder them all for there was no one else left from that plot to explain to the Dwarven King what had happened and he and his mercenary band  was accused of murder of more than 65 high ranking officials they however managed to escape the kingdom.
Before his mercenary life he served under King Dramas great grandfather King Theodracus as a young men he had survived the Battle of the Red Crops even though this veteran was the Lead Captain of the then greatly feared " Black Blood Seekers  Squadron" who were fierce warrior that charged the enemy before the actual army clashed with them.Basically my friend was man that shortly would be best described as " Tougher than dwarven double heated nails" .
As we first landed to Derum the main port of Drenerium perhaps it would be better described as a fortified port rather than a town. Many high ranking commanders and officials at the port quickly melted our cargo we had already made more than we had aimed for within a few days so I allowed my men to ease themselves for a day and night while me and Legistos stayed on board the lead ship starring to the stars  and wondering what lay beyond that dome above us.
In the distance I saw a boat appoarching the man inside it was rowing hurriedly towards the sea side fort not long after the boat stopped rowing ; Legistos without any thought jumped into the water at night which was as cold as an Ancient Dragons heart and that cold was bitting us like a cold molded blade.He brought the poor soul back to the ship his clothes were all ragged and his uniform showed that he was part of the " Dark Arrow" squad usually sent out for high risk operations his body had grown weak and thin one sentence left his pale white lips along with his last breath " They are coming here" .
We never knew what was coming to the Grand Harbor of Derum . How could we have known I had found it strange enough not see any Royal or Elite soldiers around the harbor walls there were only a battalion of 1000 Harbor Guards within the harbor one of them approached our ship and told us to put out our fire we did so as we were told.
 I did also get a chance to ask him where were all the soldiers he told me that the Viceroy of Drenerium was celebrating his grand victory with the King of Ruthenia along with their armies in his grand palace for they recently wiped out an another untamed barbaric Northerner tribe ; this meant that all the soldiers were drunk or were becoming drunk.
At that moment a Harbor Guard rang the harbor alarm me and my men went up to the harbor fort while some of them went to the Grand Lighthouse of Eastern Seas; what we saw terrified all of us 6 redsailed ship approaching the harbor and at least each ship contained 600 Orc or Orc kins. Their angry and wild roars tore through the silence of the night. The chain between the Fort and Lighthouse was quickly raised and metal spikes within the harbor were also raised to prevent the ships from going in. As soon as the ships saw the chains being raised they lowered their sails and turned their ships back or we thought so .
As soon as the Harbor Guards carracks left the harbor we heard an roar like no other before. Six had become twelve twelve had become twenty - four and soon we lost the count of Redsails in the distance the tower guard shouted that they were breaking up into three wings the heavily armed ships were charging right into us some of them had broken to North and others to the Southern parts of the harbor entrance.
Their wild roars were soon followed by an massive cracking sound and then we saw a fire to the North and soon wild screams of humans followed those screams where followed by an ringing bell non stop it rang so hard we could hardly hear our own battle cries.The city had awoken

Sacking of Derum and Annihilation of Drenerium - Part 1 - Sacking of Derum

I look one last time to the keep it was swallowed in flames my friends my distant relatives every single one of them were butchered by the hordes that came through sea and now I was spared to be used as a slave.
How did it come to this I will tell from what I can remember :
I was carrying some exotic trade stuff from the port of  Chilia a port shared by the Dwarf as well as the Men I was carrying dwarf made weapons and armor. We stopped at various elven cities down south and sailed right North till we reached the Pirate Passage , when we neared the coast I saw a massive pillar of smoke and fire near the city of Tabaya when I asked the locals they said that the Dragon King had burnt the Seven towers within the city and purged all the sisters within the towers who had been possessed  by the Dark Lord himself
We quickly took sail with the fair wind behind us we quickly reached the port of Derum. The Liege of Derum was an veteran of many battles and skirmishes as well as my friend.
The Eastern Ocean was now a safe trading haven King Drama had build many ports and piers along coast of both sides of the Ocean , he also struck a deal with the King of Ruth, and the Grand Captain of the pirates for protection ,and a promise of not to attack any ship that carried the Dragon Empires flag. I was unaware of this new treaty so when I saw the privateers approaching I ordered the aft cannons to be fired right above their mast line they quickly set sail a blue flag this meant that they were here for protection not raiding.
We sailed as four ships right until the mid way of Eastern Ocean , then we encountered doldrums my men quickly began rowing thus we had managed to get to the harbor of Derum within a few weeks later than planed.

Stories of Ithlien

Not all stories are written from blood and victory also not every time the good win this is not legend these are the actual stories of people who have faced and stood up against the wrath of the Dark Empire sometimes a farmer filled with hate due to the loss of a  loved one sometimes a merchant or even a privateer.
Not much is known hence these stories were never written down until now until 150 years later...
Where stories became tales tales became legends and legends became myths...