Trials of Tarsis is a collection of feats performed by General Tarsis. These stories are actually legends that may have no real basis, or they may have been retold in a more than imaginative way to aggrandize Tarsis.
Collection Details
A total of 3 cortex entries make reference to the Trials of Tarsis.
The following excerpts feature some of the achievements of General Tarsis through short stories.
Tarsis and the Mountain
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Fulminous lived atop a mountain too steep for humans to climb. From there, he sent giants and terrible storms like a dreadful, fiery wind.
A day came when Tarsis declared her people would suffer Fulminous no longer. She brought the most trusted of her flying Legion to the lair of the mighty creature. For three days, they battled amid fearsome lightning, until Tarsis brought Fulminous to heel. She pried his thunderous voice from his throat and forged it into a sword... the Voice of Heaven to sing a song of triumph.
— From The Volume of Tarsis
Tarsis and the Sword of Thunder
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The Voice of Heaven whispered to the General, and with its guidance she forged a new ambition. She gathered the Legion at their old sanctuary as the enemy, cunning and cruel, surrounded them. As warriors filled the valley below the mountain, they laughed and cheered, certain that no human could escape.
But Tarsis planned well, and once the urgoth committed their greatest forces to the battle, she unleashed the Voice of Heaven upon them. The mountain shattered as it sang and the urgoth were buried beneath waves of rock and earth
— From The Volume of Tarsis
The Last Stand of General Tarsis
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With their multitudes buried in the avalanche, the vengeful urgoth turned the remainder of their forces south, toward Antium—the hope of humanity, a town beyond the mountains, untouched by urgoth will. Once again, Tarsis gathered a trusted few and, with the speed of flight, arrived at the mountain pass to stop the urgoth.
The urgoth gathered a great host, yet Tarsis would not yield, and she held the pass for three days until more Legionnaires arrived on foot. With a chorus mighty and strong, Dawn swept in behind the urgoth, pinning them against the mountain walls until their ranks fell dead. Antium remained untouched.
Yet victory came with tragedy, for Tarsis herself was among the slain. The Legion carried her from that place to pay her proper honor.
— From The Volume of Tarsis