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{{Battle
|Previous     = [[Battle of Pahuax (End Times)]]
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|Name         = Final Battle of the First City
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|Conflict     = [[End Times]]
|Date         = 2526 [[IC]]
|Location     = [[Itza]], [[Lustria]]
|Outcome      = ''Lustria Destroyed''
|Combatant1   = [[Lizardmen]]{{Fn|1a}}
|Combatant2   = [[Skaven]] [[Clan Pestilens]]{{Fn|1b}}
|Commanders1  = [[Lord Mazdamundi]]{{Fn|1a}}
|Commanders2  = [[Lord Skrolk]]{{Fn|1b}}
|Strength1    = 
|Strength2    = 
|Casualties1  = Lord Mazdamundi<br>[[Lord Kroak]]<br>All except participants of the [[Exodus]]
|Casualties2  = All except Lord Skrolk?
}}

==History==
In 2525/6 [[IC]] the bulk of Clan Pestilens and a number of thrall clans were led to [[Itza]] to destroy the First City and everything within. They were confronted by the defenders of the city and the host of [[Hexoatl]] under Lord Mazdamundi and led by Kroq-Gar. {{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|1b}}

===Battle===
Arriving at the city, Kroq-Gar dispatched patrols out ahead of his army, all of the Lizardmen conscious of but ignoring the heavy  contamination that was present at Itza. The skaven were already within its confines but Mazdamundi demanded that his forces make haste in their advance and soon skirmishers on both sides clashed, the tainted air invigorating the skaven and making many lizardmen slow and sluggish. {{Fn|1c}}

As the main reptilian army forged forwards, Lord Skrok accompanied by the Pestilens Guard directed a horde of monks to counter them. The Saurus warriors, led by Kroq-Gar surged to meet them whilst Tittaq'to hurtled down from above leading the Sky Cohort. Kroq-Gar forged forwards, he and his mount tearing apart any skaven foolish enough to stand in his path - he had been commanded to bring his lord to the Great Temple and there was no doubt he would do so. {{Fn|1c}}

The Lizardmen approached the Great Temple of the city, the hub of the entire [[Geomantic Web]] but Mazdamundi could feel that time was slipping away. Lord Skrolk himself now moved to face Kroq-Gar in battle, guided by his [[Verminlord]] patron and the great beast that the ancient saurian was mounted on let forth a mighty roar of challenge. Atop his own monstrous mount, Mazdamundi unfettered his mind to seek answers and in doing so perceived a found a powerful energy beam was directed at the Chaos Moon. He saw it become super heated and then explode, potentially dooming the world, his spirit self being flung back into his body. {{Fn|1c}}

He teleported within the temple, risking moving between worlds despite the veil between worlds being so weak. The battle continued to rage in the central plaza as Clan Eshin and skinks dueled atop the Pyramid of [[Chotec]] and ferocious fighting broke out above the now sealed Garden of Bountiful Harmony. Kroq-Gar emerged from the ruin of his [[carnosaur]] which had been caused to decay instantly by Lord Skrolk. Feeling himself being drained by the miasma, Kroq-gar knew he had to end the fight swiftly and moved to destroy the twisted blind rat - he caught the censor in the [[Hand of Gods]], crushing the profane weapon and then ramming the [[Revered Spear of Tlanxla]] through the Skaven. {{Fn|1c}}

Before he could finish his enemy, Vermalanx manifested before the Last Defender, vomiting darkness to wither the remaining [[Temple Guard]] into oblivion and making their lord drop to one knee. The Verminlord pulled out the honoured weapon, although he burnt his hands at its mere touch and flung it aside as he spoke the words he had written within the [[Liber Bubonicus]] to seal the wound in Skrolk before the pair vanished in a cloud of blackness. {{Fn|1c}}

Kroq-Gar himself felt his gauntlets burn away the corruption as he received a message to move to the Obelisk of the Silver Stars within the hour. Within the Great Temple began his last great task - using the vast reserves of the Geomantic Web to attempt to deflect the vast shards of the moon heading towards the planet. At the same time he contacted the other Slaan to gain aid but also for some of them to prepare for [[Exodus]] from the [[Warhammer World]]. As the most powerful slann alive, with the support of his kin attempted to stop the moon, the battle raged on in the city around him. {{Fn|1c}}

One by one, the Slann deflecting and destroying the fragments of the moon perished until only Mazdamundi remained and his vast efforts almost stopped the remaining shards before he collapsed, blood leaking from his eyes and moon. He attempted to crawl up into the fresh air at the top of the temple but did not make it. Lord [[Kroak]] felt the passing of his pupil and raised a mummified hand to try and forestall the last remnants of the moon as they moved to impact with the world - he succeeded containing the destruction to the [[Southlands]] and Lustria before being destroyed by the devastation. {{Fn|1c}}

==Order of Battle==
===Defenders of Itza===
[[File:Mazdamundi WT.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Lord Mazdamundi]]
* Lord [[Mazdamundi]], Lord of the Solar City.{{Fn|1a}}
* [[Kroq-Gar]], Last Defender of [[Xhotl]].{{Fn|1a}}
** Honour Guard of Hexoatl.{{Fn|1a}}
* [[Tiktaq'to]], Master of Skies.{{Fn|1a}}
** Sky Cohort: Three wings of [[Terradon Rider]]s, one wing of [[Ripperdactyl]]s.{{Fn|1a}}
* [[Gharax]]: [[Saurus Scar-Veteran]].{{Fn|1a}}
* [[Lobec]], [[Skink Oracle]] mounted on a [[Troglodon]].{{Fn|1a}}
* [[Tortak]], Bearer of the Great Slate of Hexoatl, Saurus Scar-Veteran [[Battle Standard Bearer]].{{Fn|1a}}
* [[Xotec]], [[Skink Priest]], Attendant of the Sacred Plaque.{{Fn|1a}}
** Bearer of the Golden Device: [[Ancient Stegadon]] with an [[Engine of the Gods]].{{Fn|1a}}
** Cohort of Black Onyx: Two spawnings of Saurus Warriors.{{Fn|1a}}
** Cohort of the City of the Sun: Five spawnings of [[Saurus Warrior]]s.{{Fn|1a}}
** Cohort of the Copper Sun: One Spawning of Saurus.{{Fn|1a}}
** Herd of Hexoatl, Twelve Stegadons.{{Fn|1a}}
** Yellow-Crested Cohort: Two [[Skink]] cohorts, three clubs of [[Kroxigor]].{{Fn|1a}}

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File:Kroq-Gar WT.jpg|Kroq-Gar
File:Tiktaq'to WAL8.jpg|Tiktaq'to
File:Cohort of the Copper Sun WT.jpg|Cohort of the Copper Sun
File:Hexoatl Honour Guard WT.jpg|Hexoatl Honour Guard
File:Sky Cohort WT.jpg|Sky Cohort
</gallery></center>

===[[Skaven]]===
[[File:Skrolk WT.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Lord Skrolk]]
* Lord [[Skrolk]].{{Fn|1b}}
* [[Vermalanx]] the Corrupt.{{Fn|1b}}
* [[Grik Gibblefang]], [[Plague Priest]].{{Fn|1b}}
** [[Srruk Scribeye]].{{Fn|1b}}
*** Eight claws of Plague Monks.{{Fn|1b}}
*** Three claws of Plague Censer Bearers.{{Fn|1b}}
*** Three legions of Skavenslaves.{{Fn|1b}}
** Bearers of Creeping Death: One claw of Plague Censer Bearers.{{Fn|1b}}
** Brotherhood of the Haze: Three claws of Plague Monks.{{Fn|1b}}
** Pestilens Guard: One claw of Plague Monks.{{Fn|1b}}
** Plagueclaw Batteries: Three Plagueclaw Catapults.{{Fn|1b}}
* [[Ezik]], Skaven Warlord.{{Fn|1b}}
** [[Clan Dribskut]]: [[Rritclaw]], Skaven Chieftain, two claws of [[Stormvermin]], two claws of [[Clanrat]]s, three claws of [[Rat Ogre]]s, two Warpfire Throwers and two Poisoned Wind Mortars.{{Fn|1b}}
* [[Zrik Gribfang]].{{Fn|1b}}
** [[Clan Fekulus]]: Six claws of Clanrats.{{Fn|1b}}
* [[Grink]], [[Warlock Engineer]].{{Fn|1b}}
** Six Warplock Jezzail Teams.{{Fn|1b}}
* [[Gruk Whipklaw]].{{Fn|1b}}
** [[Clan Moulder]]: Two [[Stormfiend]]s, two claws of [[Giant Rat]]s and two [[Hell Pit Abomination]]s.{{Fn|1b}}
* [[Siknit]], [[Skaven Warlord]].{{Fn|1b}}
** [[Clan Septik]]: Plaguevermin, two claws of Clanrats, two claws of Plague Monks, two legions of Skavenslaves, three claws of Poisoned Wind Globadiers, two Ratling gun Teams.{{Fn|1b}}

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File:Vermalanx WT.jpg|Vermalanx
File:Bearer of the Plague Processional WT.jpg|Bearer of the Plague Processional
File:Bearers of Creeping Death WT.jpg|Bearers of Creeping Death
File:Pestilens Guard WT.jpg|Pestilens Guard
File:Plaguevermin WT.jpg|Plaguevermin
</gallery></center>

==Sources==
* {{Endn|1}}: [[Warhammer: Thanquol]] 
** {{Endn|1a}}: The Host of Hexoatl, pg. 162-163
** {{Endn|1b}}: Lord Skrolk's PLague Army, pg. 164-165
** {{Endn|1c}}: Final Battle of the First City, pg. 166-171

[[Category: Battles]]
[[Category: End Times]]
[[Category: Itza]]

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