War on the altars| AoH R12 |

In a new attempt to form a team, Vangark, Shin, and The Wich decided to join forces in order to maintain the same schedule they've been playing since the beginning of this event. Joining them is an old friend of N30 member, Lady Brissy. Although they have been friends since the early days of the realms, they have rarely fought on the same side. The last time, the king decided to support his friend's alliance in a SoW battle.

After some discussions, Lady Brissy agreed to let her friend join the group along with his two companions. Both parties were excited about what they could achieve by working together.

As they deployed, they were set to defend House Stark. However, as they began analyzing their opponents, the excitement faded from their faces. To the south, the Targaryens, led by Athena D God, posed a formidable challenge. The Tyrells were N30 comrades, and the Lannisters were a BDR faction. The south was filled with powerful warriors and huge T5 armies, while the Starks had only three members with such troops. Fortunately, their neighbors, the Baratheons and Greyjoys, were similar rivals, albeit with a slight advantage, according to the king of K276.

Before the group could be disheartened by this adversity, Vangark encouraged his companions that they could achieve something, at the very least not lose points. Glory City would likely be obtained by Athena D God, as there was no one stronger than him. Therefore, the Tyrells and Lannisters would attack each other, while directing their armies towards the weaker northern factions. It was decided that the Starks would strike at the Baratheons and Greyjoys.

With this plan in motion, they began capturing strongholds and constructing Trading Posts. The battle for the altars would follow, and according to the plan, they would occupy those of their neighbors. Sigrid, strong in infantry, Uriel in cavalry, and Vangark with spears, all with T5 armies, were designated for this task. While they occupied the altars, the others would reinforce them, the only way to hold them.

Vangark attacked the Greyjoy altar, already being occupied by Targaryens, but his spears overcame the cavalry. Although he defended against two infantry attacks, he couldn't withstand a third.

Fighting for the altars became a frenzied struggle for all Houses, a new experience for him and his friends. Many times, reinforcements failed to arrive, but often the strength of each leader was enough to hold the altar and achieve protection status.

Sigrid, Uriel, and Vangark did their best to secure altars, with The Wich also attempting to help as the fourth strongest in the group. They managed to capture some, but gradually lost others as the enemies from the south relentlessly attacked. If the altars were reinforced with troops and dragons, they attempted to take them down through rallies.

"Dragon Pit, we need to capture Dragon Pit!" Shin shouted, urging the strongest to go for it.

From his position, Vangak waited for the altar he had captured to gain protection status before going for Dragon Pit. Fortunately, none of the other Houses had done so yet. The battle for the altars was so intense that many seemed to forget about these buildings.

With his spears, he captured it and it was reinforced in time. Attacks soon came, mainly from their own alliance mates, the Tyrells, who sought to secure the third place by attacking their own ally.

"This is the Arena of Honor, they are now my enemies," he told himself, so those blows wouldn't cloud his judgment. Seeing that two of them were infantry, he asked Uriel and Sigrid to be ready to capture Dragon Pit if necessary, as the attacks from those two N30 members slowly depleted his spears. and of course Targaryen hammered them relentlessly.

With some luck, they managed to gain protection status and acquire a dragon for the attacks deployed from the House they had neglected. Vangark reclaimed it and requested reinforcements. With the lord and his dragon stationed in the main building, he wouldn't attack solo anymore; he would reinforce his comrades wherever they needed help.

Opening Glory City allowed them to breathe in the battle, as many Houses futilely tried to expel Athena D God from the site. This was seized upon by the Starks to regain some altars and fight for third place against the Tyrells. But once they gave up, the eyes of the southern adversaries turned against them once more.

The fight became increasingly tough. The weaker members of the Starks depleted their boots and healing items, unable to keep up with the stronger ones who still held on to the goal of maintaining at least a third place. The Tyrells had taken all the altars with coins in their territory, depriving them of a significant number of points, and thus, they were in fourth place, dangerously close to fifth.

Fifth place meant losing rank points in the AoH ranking. Vangark had to think fast. He couldn't leave the house, but that simplified things a bit, giving him a more panoramic view of everything happening.

"The coin altars of the Greyjoys, attack them now," was an order no one questioned. Sigrid, Uriel, and even THE WICH, either in rallies or solo, attacked the altars protected by millions of troops and dragons. Greyjoy tried to defend, but this onslaught of attacks left them with no chance to react in time. As soon as they captured them, the ten members reinforced the two altars they had taken, knowing perfectly well that securing fourth place depended on it.

Greyjoy continued attacking with rallies, Tyrells too, but the Starks were stronger and managed to hold them off. Near the end of the time, they secured fourth place, which for the northerners was almost a gift, given the uneven match-up, a punishment from the gods for many, even for the king himself, for THE WICH, a test to see what level they were at. Despite having everything against them for a moment, they responded in the best way possible, thus safeguarding their position in the ranking and avoiding point loss.