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Caer-Dineval’s fleet trolled the southerne of the areas left open when the people of Easthaven fled to Bryn Shander

Caer-Konig’s ships were fishing their farounds by the lake’s northern banks They were the first to see the cory swarht around the northern bend of Lac Dinneshere and roared down Icewind Pass

"Up anchor!" cried Schermont and many other ship’s captains as soon as they had recovered from the initial shock But they knew even then that they could not get back in tioblin ar

The s were put to the torch They heard the blood-crazed hoots of the vile invaders

They heard the dying screams of their kin

The wohts of resistance They ran For their lives, they ran And the goblins chased theres rushed down to the docks, squashing the pitiful hu fleet, or forcing them into the cold death of the lake’s waters

The giants carried huge sacks, and as the brave fishermen rushed into port, their vessels were pummeled and crippled by hurled boulders

Goblins continued to flow into the dooe flowed past and continued on toward the second town, Caer-Dineval By this time, the people in Caer-Dineval had seen the sht to Bryn Shander, or out on the docks begging their sailors to coht the strength of the east wind in their rush back across the lake, had miles of water before the over Caer-Konig, andand understood that their flight, even with their sails so full of wind, would be in vain Still, groans of shock and disbelief could be heard on every deck when the black cloud began its ominous climb from the northernallant decision Accepting that his oas dooet in!" he cried to a captain of a nearby ship "Pass the word: away south! Dineval’s docks are yet clear!"

Froorwal, and Glensather watched in horror as the wicked force flowed down the stretch away fro people of Caer-Dineval

"Open the gates, Cassius!" Agorwal cried "Wethe city unless we slow the pursuit!"

"Nay," replied Cassius soreater responsibilities "Every o out onto the open plain against such overwhel numbers would be futile The towns on Lac Dinneshere are dooorwal shot back "Who are we if we can not defend our kinfolk? What right do we have to stand watching frohtered?"

Cassius shook his head, resolute in his decision to protect Bryn Shander

But then other refugees ca the open town of Termalaine in their hysteria when they saw the cities across the way put to the torch More than a thousand refugees were noithin sight of Bryn Shander Judging their speed and the distance ree on the wide field just below the principle city’s northern gates

Where the goblins would catch theorwal Bryn Shander couldn’t spare the men, but the field would soon run red with the blood of woorwal led his valiant men down the northeastern road in search of a defensible position where they could dig in They chose a se, actually htly Entrenched and ready to fight and die, they waited as the last of the refugees ran past, terrified, screa the safety of the city before the goblins descended upon the ar people,their babies Intent on their easy victiorwal’s force until the waiting warriors were upon them

By then it was too late

The brave oblins in a crossfire of bows and then followed Agorwal into a fierce sword rush They fought fearlessly, as men who had accepted what fate had dealt them Dozens of monsters lay dead in their tracks and ed warriors pressed into their ranks

But the line seeoblin fell, two replaced it The orwal gained a high point and looked back toward the city The fleeing wo slowly If his ees before the slopes of Bryn Shander And the o out and support Agorwal!" Glensather yelled at Cassius But this tiorwal has accoees will make the wall I’ll not send th of all of Ten-Toere on the field, it would not be able to defeat the foe before us!" Already the wise spokesht Kessell on even terms

The kindly Glensather looked crestfallen "Take some troops down the hill," Cassius conceded "Help the exhausted refugees up the final cliorwal’s men were hard-pressed now The spokesain and was appeased; the woh wall, aware that Regis, Cassius, and the others could see hih he could not pick the of spectators that lined Bryn Shander’s parapets

More goblins poured into the fray, now joined by ogres and verbeeg Agorwal saluted his friends in the city His contented srade to join his victorious troops in their finest is and Cassius watched the black tide roll over every one of the brave ates slaorwal’s men had won a victory of honor, the only force that actually battled Kessell’s army that day and survived were the dwarves The clan from Mithril Hall had spent days in industrious preparation for this invasion, yet it nearly passed the will into discipline unheard of aoblins, especially varied and rival tribes, Kessell’s army had definite and direct plans for what they had to accoe As of this point, the dwarves were not included But Bruenor’s boys had other plans They weren’t about to bury the to lop off at least a few goblin heads, or without crushing the kneecaps of a giant or two

Several of the bearded folk cli edge of the evil ar challenges and curses against their oblins despise dwarves htforward plan flew froht of Bruenor and his kin Ever hungry for dwarven blood, a substantial force broke away fro them with taunts until the monsters were nearly upon thee and down the steep drop

"Cos," Bruenor chuckled wickedly as he disappeared froht He pulled a rope off of his back There was one little trick he had thought up that he was anxious to try out

The goblins charged into the rocky vale, outnu the dwarves four to one And they were backed by a score of raging ogres

The monsters didn’t have a chance