Kings of War - Tallanars advance company
Chapter 1 - Strangers in the night A cold wind was blowing through the camp. A cold wind was always blowing in the Howling peaks. Through drifts of flurries Thegn Jabal Magnius looked at his men, women and trolls. They were a small band, that should keep them swift. The siege of Chill had seemed to last forever. Stuck outside the city, with the Abyssal dwarf army between them and the wall, the band had been forced to roam around, trying to find some way to break through or help the besieged. It was all in vain, the Dwarfs and their interminable digging and ringed the entire city in trenches. Nowhere to pass through, no chance of fighting through either, for that their force was too small. At least they’d had food, those inside the city were not so lucky, their stocks dwindling as the months drew on. The band was lucky, but with that luck came survivors remorse. ‘My Thegn’, said Eldrid, walking up to him, ‘can I build you a fire?’. ‘Aye, this wind somehow feels more chilling...