The assault was heralded by several volleys of arrows from the city guards, while the Elites, who had finally settled on the name Blade Bastions, split into squads of fifteen, positioning themselves to help the guard hold. The heavy catapults and ballista fired back as the horde charged, several shots missing due to the sheer range and landing in front of the attackers, but most of the crews got their heads in the fight quickly, though one crew near Devaguea's position seemed to be not able to land a hit to save their damn lives. He made a note to talk to the officer in charge of that catapult after the fight, if the crew and the officer survived.<br/><br/>The massive walls did their jobs well, blunting the majority of the charge, and while the siege engines had prioritized the worms and then trolls, several worms did make it to the walls. A handful of them immediately turned around and began cheerfully munching their now former allies as his former apprentice Nyrissa charmed them and then suggested they turn around and attack the much more prolific food around them. Stroon's summoned several elementals that began bashing the horde with thrown rocks, while his wife Allison used utility spells to reinforce and repair the walls they had been assigned to.<br/><br/>Devaguea husbanded his spells, grumbling and wincing as a couple sections of wall were breached, but one of the worms immediately died as it had the misfortune of tunneling through right next to where his fast movers had been waiting. Cynthia, Sak'bas and Sydon took the 'poor' worm apart in record time. Kesten led a cavalry charge down on thoroughfare that ended with a breeched section, blindsiding the worm as it turned to attack the nearby defenders, and while several of his men were crushed by its thrashing, they managed to kill it with their lances. Akiros and Varn were leading on the walls, sweeping away the few climbing opponents that managed to mass enough to shove back the Bastions and Guard. Nordri had put together a group of Hobgoblins that were holding the one gate that had been broken open, and appeared to be having quite the fun time judging from the raucous laughter from the Hobs that even Dev could hear.<br/><br/>Devaguea cast a wall of stone spell to give his hoard, err, citizens a breather from certain attacks, and did another quick sweep before dropping a pair of fireballs on a particularly thick clump of hostiles. His city guard were doing a fine job keeping the air clear, and he was sweeping the ones they couldn't from the air. But so far, it looked like the fight was going about as well as could be expected. He did allow himself a smile as another hundred Blade Bastions entered the fight, coming from one of the teleportation circles and going directly into the worst of the fighting. And while the Wall of Heroes Memorial would have quite a few new names come nightfall, he couldn't help but feel proud of his people; even as he dropped a phantasmal web to stunt a charge.