Iron Gold

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of war and death.

Darrow watches Apollonius give a speech to his army to inspire them. Sevro tells Darrow that their plan is a mistake, and he only followed his friend to protect him. He is afraid that Darrow has started to believe his own myth, but Darrow orders him to follow the plan. The Howlers and Apollonius’s men prepare for the attack on the Ash Lord’s island retreat, with Apollonius serving as a distraction while Darrow and his men get in stealthily through the back.

The battle between Apollonius’s fleet and the Ash Lord’s defenses begins. Darrow and the Howlers are projected onto the planet’s surface. They land in the middle of the fighting, and the battle starts quickly. While fighting to get to the tower at the island’s center, Darrow spies new ships being prepared on the Ash Lord’s airfield. He leads the Howlers to the airfield to eliminate the pilots, but some Howlers are killed in the process. A sniper suddenly hits Darrow and discards his damaged armor. Sevro kills the sniper with a bomb that blasts a hole through the Ash Lord’s defenses. Darrow sees an army of Peerless Scarred readying to join the battle.