Open the Gates

Dinosaur Battletitan

In the Hoof Front, Oratu Iru was assailed numerous times by hordes of demons.  They never breached the wall.

The most harrowing time of the seemingly endless siege against the place was the Nightmare Onslaught.  This battle occurred at night, and under the cover of deep fog.  Nearly 10,000 demons attacked the wall and succeeded in getting troops inside where a massive melee went on for six hours.  The battle was turned when Asmodeus teleported to a safe teleportation zone and joined in the fight, battling all manner of demons, side by side with Tharuz, son of Moradin.  Outside the wall, Bahamut and his retinue of gold dragons made strafing runs against the demons clambering up wall to openings being rapidly dug out.  These opening were being made by demon worms that they aptly referred to as bores.  These translucent worms were far less resistant than the demons to fire, they burned in a smoke so foul that even the demons around them could not hold in their last meal.  Oratu Iru held on that day and long after the demons bypassed the place.

When Orcus's forces reached Agiid Hil, Oratu Iru was 150 miles behind enemy lines, and still under daily attack.  Five months later, in Operation Crab Advance, the defenders of Oratu Iru were relieved when they saw the banners of Asmodeus coming up the pass.  Their supreme general mounted on a huge dinosaur battletitan, saluted them, and then said in magically loud voice - "Open the Gates".  It was the first time that the gates of Oratu Iru were opened since they were set into their thresholds.