In Stormwind City, Cyrus and his group were boarding Dalaran. Myrcella had dropped off the much needed reinforcements at the bases and returned so they could transport all who wished to go. There were quite a few thanks to Stannis speech.
The group leaders were Stannis and Shireen, Ned and his daughters, Willas Tyrell and Margaery, Jon Snow and Ygritte, Daenerys, Julia Celeste, Myrcella and Tommen, Mance Rayder and Tormund, Lyanna Mormont, The High Priestess Kinvara and Melisandre, Thoros and Howland Reed, and Oberyn along with Ellaria and the Sand Sisters.
Every group leader knew the fight very well and was teaching the men and women under them as they flew to the north.
Cyrus was working on installing the Time-Rift radar to the control room of Dalaran, at first he didn't want to since it would restrict him a bit, he can move around much faster than the city. What made him decide to move forward with the install was the benefit of the increased range that would be gained. Dalaran was a magically built city, his study of Dalaran showed him much he didn't know. He thought he knew a lot about the city but once he actually had control of it there was much more to it than what he knew from its lore.
It was originally located by Lordamere Lake and was magically moved to Northrend to act as a front line base to attack and defend against the Lich King. What he didn't know was that the city could be expanded by fusing back into the ground and you could increase the landmass Dalaran sits on. Obviously it takes time for the magic to expand out, if he wanted to double its land mass it would take about six months. He also found much knowledge within the Violet Citadel and within Margoss's Retreat, which he promptly took over as his home which was a separate floating island that travelled with Dalaran. He restricted access to the island because just as its name implied it was a little retreat island. It had a fishing pond and gardens with a nice multi story villa that he had replaced the fishing shack that was previously there with.
He had to study and learn the arcane arts of the Kirin Tor, thankfully he had a mage class so he already had a bit of arcane knowledge. He had gained quite a bit in reading through the books, he didn't learn new attacks but his mage abilities received a massive upgrade to the arcane talents. His [Blink] practically became closer to teleport due to its range increase as well as accuracy thanks to Kirin Tor's spatial knowledge was so vast.
He also received other minor advancements to his professions such as engineering and tailoring bags.
Just as he finished connecting the radar it immediately notified him of a time rift in the direction of Skirling Pass.
The Skirling Pass is a long twisting path that leads you between mountain peaks and hidden valleys. Nothing grew in the passes save for some weeds and lichen that grew between the cracks in the rock. Viewing the hidden valley from above, it was long and shaped like a V. A large glacier of ice several thousand feet high plugged one end of the valley, sandwiched between the two mountains, at the base of the glacier was a large cobalt blue lake that reflected the snow-capped peaks that surrounded it.
He didn't like that King Robert and his group had run into Lady Deathwisper just north of the entrance to Skirling Pass. His thoughts instantly turned to the worst possible conclusion. She was heading to the rift to corrupt whatever hero was within, turning them into a servant of the Lich King.
He knew he couldn't allow that if that's what was happening, he immediately changed course and sped the flight up of the city causing it to vibrate due to the increase in power used. He regretted not at least coming to check it out up here right after learning of her appearance.
Many of the group leaders began to rush into the control room to see what was happening, usually the city didn't have any fluctuations in flight so when the city began to shake a bit many questions were raised.
"Well let's just say I am ensuring a possible nightmare isn't born. Depending on who is in that rift could possibly spell disaster for us if the Lich King can turn them. If it's Anduin Wrynn, Sylvanas, Malfurion or his brother Illidan we would royally be screwed. Hell even Thrall would do some damage not only to our party, but his loss will make my running Orgrimmar problematic. So I'm hoping I'm overthinking things, but if I'm right we need to stop her from completing the corruption. Hopefully it's someone strong because the corruption will take longer the stronger they are, and I've been dragging my feet." Cyrus explained to the group, everyone could hear the irritation in his voice as he explained. Even though they knew nothing of who the people he named were most of them knew his strength. If he was stressing about their strengths, they knew they had to be at least equal or possibly above him which caused a few to have a shiver run down their spine at that thought.
"There was no way you could've known and you may not even be correct. We all support your decision in verifying, we will prepare our groups in case your fear is correct." Margaery stepped up first to comfort him, she had been playing politics since she was young so she knew how to use her words for multiple purposes. She was newest to the group so she wanted to try to stand out.
After the rest were brought out of their thoughts by Margaery's words, agreeing with them they left to prepare for a possible early fight.
Asking Julia to stay in the control room to handle the deployment of the group upon arrival, Cyrus and Alexstrasza headed to the front of Dalaran. He wanted to be able to deploy in a moment's notice, he had a bad feeling he was right. Not long after he was joined by Myrcella and Daenerys, they just stood beside him looking at the sights not wanting to disturb him. Just as they were enjoying the quiet time they were started by Cyrus' sudden shout.
"SHIT!! Get everyone ready, I was right. She's in the middle of a ritual, I'm going ahead to stop it before it finishes." Cyrus quickly explained then jumped off Dalaran with Alexstrasza who turned into her dragon form and flew towards the lake.
Through his use of [Eagle Eye] combined with his engineering google he saw Lady Deathwisper and her cultists performing a ritual around a dark round rift which had arches of purplish-blue lightning that circled around the rift. He had no idea how long they had been channeling it and he hoped that he would be able to stop the channeling.
He was so focused on his strategy he didn't notice Daenerys and Myrcella both riding Drogo trying their hardest to keep up. Myrcella was using her communication device to inform Julia of what was happening while Daenerys pushed Drogo on.
He knew this was a very bad idea, he will be starting the timer without back-up and he would be alone with both the boss and her subordinates. He was confident of not dying thanks to Alexstrasza, no one could heal as well as her. But the enrage was what worried him, people killed by Lady Deathwisper wouldn't be able to resurrect unless they can kill her before their soul is lost. He thought he may be putting the shamans [Reincarnate] ability to the test today.
He knew of the ability but never wanted to test how it would work or if it would work. He didn't exactly want to kill himself to test it.
Fully equipped he decided his best bet would be to go full on bear form since he would be alone. Not giving any chance for dialogue cause he knew she would try to offer his surrender, mid-flight he jumped off Alexstrasza and shifted to [Bear Form] and charged dead into Lady Deathwisper taking a small chunk of health due to a surprise attack before she raised her mana shield.
"What is this disturbance?! You dare trespass upon this hallowed ground? This shall be your final resting place." Lady Deathwisper shrieked as she raised her mana shield. The channeling of the ritual was broken due to her having to raise her mana shield.
Cyrus moved in and around Deathwisper while kiting the Cultists with [Swipe] and any area attacks.
When he noticed the body of Barristan who was immune to physical attack, he was about to change out of his bear form to use magic but then a [Shadow Bolt] zipped over his head and an [Exorcism] blasted Barristan's body to pieces. Looking at its source he saw both Daenerys and Myrcella going after the other cultists. This surprised him and worried him greatly, he knew they were strong but they weren't at max level yet. They were close enough that if they survived this fight it was very possible for them to max out.
Cyrus knew he couldn't let his fears control the flow of battle. He stayed in his bear form and did his best to tank all the damage, he even purposely took Lady Deathwisper's own shadow bolts rather than allow them to hit anyone else.
Thankfully not too long after, Jon Snow had used his portal ability to open a portal where Daenerys was after connecting to her [S.A.V.I.O.R] so the group leaders began pouring into the fight.
As soon as Stannis and Ned came out and saw the corpse of King Robert and the other Kingsguard their blood boiled. Seeing a loved one being used as a puppet would infuriate anyone.
Both Ned and Stannis roared in anger dashing into the fight. At first Cyrus worried that they were letting their anger get to them, but after witnessing both skillfully take down the cultists as they were resurrected or when she summoned more. Seeing he had help now, Cyrus switched back to human form and used his cooldowns up so he could get back on track with the mana shield.
Slowly more help was arriving and with Ned, who was basically running fully on what seemed to be an endless supply of fury, Cyrus was surprised he could focus solely on the mana shield.
As the fight progressed and Cyrus noticed that things were looking good to win the fight. Thanks to his strategy meetings the groups knew what to look for and what to pay attention to. Julia and Myrcella along with Sansa and Shireen were healing the groups. There were deaths since there were so many people and many of them had just recently classed up so they were mostly obliterated when the cultists exploded and the death and decay from Lady Deathwisper touching them.
Cyrus called out to everyone that Phase Two was about to begin, so they wouldn't be surprised and knew what to do.
Just as he brought down her mana shield she screamed.
"Enough!! I shall take matters into my own hands!!" Lady Deathwisper shouted, then what she did next brought completely ruined Cyrus good mood entirely. He knew a lot of people were about to die. He also knew whoever was within that rift the Lich King wanted badly.
"Come forth Mannoroth, heed the Masters call. Deal with these invaders who wish to keep our Master from what he desires." Lady Deathwisper channeled a summoning circle which opened a large dark green and black portal.
Hearing the name Mannoroth brought chills and sweat to roll down Cyrus' back.
Mannoroth was a former leader of the Pit Lords of the Burning Legion. He was known for being an extremely barbaric, brutal and bloodthirsty fighter. He was even able to shrug off one of Thrall's strongest, fully powered attacks.
When Mannoroth's huge armored body and giant double-headed spear stepped through, many of the humans including the group leaders shuddered.
They could see his hands and face covered in the green flames of fel energy, driving their fear up causing many to freeze in place then get slaughtered by a cultist.
"This Changes Nothing!! Alexstrasza, explain Mannoroth to those you can. I'll hold them both somehow." Cyrus shouted, mixing [Commanding Shout] and [Berserker Shout] into his voice, giving everyone a boost in health and breaking the grip of terror that Mannoroth was using against them.
'Thankfully he is considered a demon so I still should be able to hurt him good enough to easily hold him.'