Our spies in the undead stronghold has learned of a secret the Lich King and a few of his High Ranks have been trying to protect. After much digging around we have learned of what this secret is and that the fools in the protected zone have been sitting on it all along without realising.

The secret they have been carefully guarding is that sealed in he rift to the north west of the protected zone is a Pit Lord. This by itself would be reason enough to abandon all other projects to ensure we capture this beast however there is more.

As we understand it the Pit Lords were left behind by the Darklings to guard their deepest and darkest secrets. If there is a Pit Lord then there is also sure to be some of the Darklings legacy there as well. A second good reason why we must capture this place.

However, there is yet more. As you are aware the last Pit Lord we captured is what allowed us to create Blood Gaunts and the Blood Parasites we use widely and some others but that Pit Lord is long dead and getting hold of another would boost our forces by an incalculable amount, allowing us to roll over the undead and any other opponent in our path. It seems that the undead also have a similar idea and have been using the blood of the Pit Lord for their own ends. Now there is a breed of creatures they refer to as Pit Trolls that were created using the Pit Lords blood and captured trolls from Golashkanev.

We have encountered these beings on the odd occasion before but so far they have been few in number which has suited us well as thus far we have not found a way to kill one.

The Lich King keeps several of these beasts near him at all times to act as bodyguards and a few more around as general thugs but what we didn’t know was that in the rift this Pit Lord is imprisoned within, his minions have been creating more of them. It seems that he is almost ready to release this army of unkillable monsters on the protected zone who are unaware that there is a such a threat about to fall upon them.

I need not tell you what bad news it would be for us to have an army of these Pit Trolls march against us which makes your mission all the more important.

We need you to get in to the protected zone and find the rift, if it’s sealed then find the way in. You will almost certainly have to deal with the undead as they are sure to have forces in the area. Try and avoid contact with the other races near there if you can at least for the time being.

Once you have established a safe location then build the gateway and activate it. Do not attempt to enter the rift before the gate is opened and we have started sending through support as we do not yet know how many Pit Trolls are within that rift or other minions of the Lich King. Even if you could manage to reach the Pit Lord, you must remember those beasts can decimate an army without using a significant portion of their power, last time I understand it took a hundred thousand T’cra to capture it and over five thousand Juggers to restrain it.

With the gate in place and functioning we can send you sufficient forces and supplies to capture the Pit Lord and sweep away any of Dergo’s minions that are in the way.

It concerns us that we have yet to find a way of killing these Pit Trolls. Several Juggers will be dispatched with you as they are the only things we are aware of that are stronger than the Pit Trolls. If you are able, capture one and study it, try and find a way of killing them for it will make clearing them out from the rift much easier.

Remember, we cannot allow the Pit Lord and the Pit Trolls to remain in the control of the Undead. Such a force would make them all but unstoppable. We also cannot allow the races of the protected zone to capture the Pit Troll, it is unlikely they could manage it but theoretically possible. Having said that better they have it than the undead for while it would give them a fighting force they have practically none already and it would still be an easy matter to eradicate them once we have dealt with the undead. Better that the rift be collapsed and filled with rock, burying the Pit Lord and it’s Trolls forever instead of them falling in to the hands of another.

As I write this I have just been given some news. Once your gate is complete and sufficient troops have come through the T’cra Lord himself will also join and personally lead the force. Such is the magnitude of this undertaking.