Killed some time in the bus and wrote this. Someone was asking
for a short story, here's one!

Pitting half of the realm's population against the other half was
something you would expect from an Archwizard...

*** The Alignment Mayhem of 2008 ***

The declaration of war looked bleak for the forces of Good. It was
well known that Evil was the ruling force of the BatRealm. They were
bred for harming, destruction, assassination, conjuring demons and
stealing your beer. Especially the part about beer caused some Bards
to defect to the dark side.

The start of the war was carnage. Nuns were raped, healers were blown
to bits, templars slain and the altar of Good defiled. It took some
time for the forces of Good to get organized, but even then they were
no match for Evil. The servants of the Spider Queen weaved their webs
across roads, trapping hapless victims. The masters of destruction,
the Reavers, would unleash Black Holes on the groups of Good sucking
life out of them. Stealthy assassins stalked the Temple of Good for
easy targets, while the Disciples of Chaos ripped holy flesh with
their many tentacles. And if all this was not bad enough, Evil had
tempted some of the powerful mages and barbarians to their side with
promises of an easy victory and valuable treasures. Good was facing
a genocide.

However, Good managed to gather its finest warriors, healers, nuns
and mages into one powerful group. This group, even though outnumbered,
had the forces of Evil reeling. They had the firepower to match that
of Evil, but the mass healing from the followers of Tarmalen tipped
the scales. For a while, Good was outslaughtering Evil. With even the
tiniest healer joining in by casting little annoying curses on evil
foes the tides of war seemed to be turning. Some smaller groups of Good
used the services of the Wanderers to summon single evil targets to a
place of no escape. Rumour has it that a certain locked room was full
of Tzarakk steeds who had lost their evil masters at the hands of Good.

But alas, none of this was enough and the onslaught of Good subsided.
The hordes of Evil swept the realm and as Armageddon arrived the
Archwizard put an end to the war, declaring Evil as the winner. Peace
was restored, treasures were handed out to the victorious and everyone
seemed to return back to their normal lives... only to plan for the
next war.