The Elves Meet a Human Wizard

The Elves had surround the last Human stronghold on the planet and were looking at the wheezing, dying human leader who was sitting among his dead troops.

Elf leader: “Well human. This planet is ours and there is nothing you can do to stop us from bringing our army through the portal and taking to the stars in your ships we captured.”

Human leader: “I have one last gift for you and your leaders. It is something called a broken arrow. And it will be here soon.”

Elf Leader: “A broken arrow? Is this supposed to be some type of threat or what? Our army is waiting on the other side of that portal and will be here soon so nothing you can do will have any effect on what we will do.”

Human Leader: [Looks to the sky and sees the fiery glow of the strike package coming down on his position.] “I know exactly what it will do and here it comes.”

The Elves look up as a glow is noticed, and before they can do anything, the weapon explodes 250 meters above the ground and 500 meters away from the large open portal.

Everything is instantly vaporised in the blast but the 250m wide portal is not affected because it’s controls are on the other side and the light, heat and shockwave are able to come through it with almost no restrictions.

The waiting army is destroyed by the blast wave as it spreads out from the portal. Tens of thousands are dead before they can blink, Hundreds of thousands are injured and left to die because they were further away.

The Elvish leaders who were looking on through their scrying crystals were blinded as the light was projected through their magic crystals with devastating effects.

The aftermath of this battle and final event left scars on the Elvish people. Hundreds of thousands died due to a wasting sickness no one could cure or discover what was causing it. The portal area and thousands of acres around it were cursed with a poison that would sicken and kill anyone who traveled through it.

The portal was closed and the world was forbidden from all travel. The human mages there were too powerful for the Elves to face if they could cause so much death and destruction through a portal.