As the flow of warriors suddenly ended the dwarves declared the battle a victory, even though they did not believe the war to be over. Tindel was the first to force his way out of Armok’s ally and with a band of several brave dwarves from the back of the tunnel he set out to scout the rest of the fortress. Stonemane the Brave was now the land of the dead, and what goblins were still alive met with a merciful end as the head of Tindel’s hammer smashed out their brains. Finally the dwarf decided to check outside to see what remained of the enemy’s army. He did not expect to find any remaining soldiers, but what he did find was much more dangerous.
There was Baltrog, standing among the corpses of his own solders. His once mighty giant cave spider lay dead, punishment from the goblin's dark Gods with whom he no longer held any favor. With his defeat had gone his special abilities, even the darkest of Gods no longer held faith in Baltrog's abilities. Still he towered higher than any Goblin Tindel had ever heard of, and at once he knew that he was out matched. The giant goblin saw him as he poked his head out of the main entry tunnel and began to stalk his way at once. Though the two enemies did not share a common language that was spoken, their body language was more than enough to allow communication of the only thing that mattered.
Baltrog was coming to kill Tindel and his three dwarven companies, and maybe after that he’d go inside and kill the rest or just wait for them to come out to check on their missing comrades. The dwarves ran outside the entrance and quickly surrounded the menacing monster. Four on one were normally good odds, especially if the one was a goblin and the four were dwarves. In this case however this did not hold true. This battle would be the single most epic combat between dwarves and goblins in the history of the world and would not be repeated in the eons to come.
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Topic: The Chronicles of Clan Stonemane - The Rise and Fall of Fortress Stonemane (Read 9641 times)