Артас: Возвышение короля-лича

           Thatwouldhavebeenahorrificenoughsight;theundead,theabominations,theflyingbatlikethings,thegrotesquespiderybeings—hundreds,bearingdownwithimplacabledetermination.Whatshedidnotexpecttoseewaswhattheyleftintheirwake.

           Likeatrailleftbyaslug,likeafurrowleftbyaplow,thelandwheretheundeadfeethadtrodwasblackenedandbarren.Worse;Sylvanasrememberedtheburnedwoodstheorcshadleftbehind,knewthatnaturewouldeventuallyreclaimit.This—itwasahorribledarklineofdeath,asiftheunnaturalenergiesthatwereusedtopropelthecorpsesforwardwerekillingtheveryearthuponwhichtheyshambled.Poison,theywerepoison,itwasdarkmagicofthefoulestkind.

           Andithadtobestopped.

           Shehadpausedonlyaninstant,althoughtoheritfeltasthoughshehadbeenfrozeninplaceforalifetime."Hold!"shecried,hervoiceclearandstrongandpurposeful."Wewillmakeourstandhere."

           Theywerepuzzledonlybriefly,thentheyunderstood.Quicklyshespokeinstructions,andtheyleapedtoobey.Manyofthempaused,shocked,astheycaughttheirfirststunnedglimpseofthegrievouswoundtothelandthathadsohorrifiedtheirranger-general,buttheyrecoveredquickly.Timeenoughtoworryabouthealingthebrutalizedearthlater.Fornow,theyhadtostopthatdreadfulscarfromspreading.

           Thestenchprecededthearmy,butSylvanasandherrangersnowhadagrimfamiliaritywithit.