The dwarf warriors awaited Terrene's return while reload their weapons and treating their wounds. An hour later Terrene returned dragging thirty scaven heads behind him. "The tunnels are full of the rat-men, all the better for me but it will be difficult to reach Zufbar."
Thorin replied "Difficult it may be, but we are not cowardly elves, we are dwarfs and we will not give up, we will reach Zufbar even if all the rat-men in the world stood before us." With that speech Thorin picked of his hammer and headed out into the darkness, closely followed by the rest of the dwarfs. Wearily Grungi rose from his seat, picked up his hammer and thrust it in his belt, then, leaning heavily on his staff; he followed the others into the dangers of the tunnels.
The dwarfs trekked on in the darkness their dwarven eyesight allowing seeing as well as if it was light. The tunnels were silent except for the occasional squeak of rats. The hours passed and the rats' squeaking was heard more often. Soon the tunnel started to widen. Thorin announced to the group "be careful lads there be a cavern ahead and I can smell Scaven" The dwarfs carried on, more carefully and prepared for ambush at any moment. They arrived at the cavern without incident, but what faced them was even worse than an ambush.
The cavern could easily fit an entire town inside it and it was full of rat-men. In the centre of the cavern was a mighty alter to some evil god of the rat-things, stood a Grey Seer, most powerful of the scaven, he was guarded by two massive Rat-Ogres hideous creatures mutated by the rat-men themselves. The rat-men had their backs to the Dwarfs and the Seer was threatening some one on the other side. Grungi stood on his toes and saw Dwarfs from Zufbar yelling insults at the rat-men. The leader fired a Crossbow at the seer and it pierced his shoulder and pinned him to his evil altar. The Scaven soared forth at the Zufbar dwarfs and Thorin shouted "Charge" and the noble adventures charged. The rat-men hardly had time to turn in confusion when the Dwarfs on both sides hit.
Thorin replied "Difficult it may be, but we are not cowardly elves, we are dwarfs and we will not give up, we will reach Zufbar even if all the rat-men in the world stood before us." With that speech Thorin picked of his hammer and headed out into the darkness, closely followed by the rest of the dwarfs. Wearily Grungi rose from his seat, picked up his hammer and thrust it in his belt, then, leaning heavily on his staff; he followed the others into the dangers of the tunnels.
The dwarfs trekked on in the darkness their dwarven eyesight allowing seeing as well as if it was light. The tunnels were silent except for the occasional squeak of rats. The hours passed and the rats' squeaking was heard more often. Soon the tunnel started to widen. Thorin announced to the group "be careful lads there be a cavern ahead and I can smell Scaven" The dwarfs carried on, more carefully and prepared for ambush at any moment. They arrived at the cavern without incident, but what faced them was even worse than an ambush.
The cavern could easily fit an entire town inside it and it was full of rat-men. In the centre of the cavern was a mighty alter to some evil god of the rat-things, stood a Grey Seer, most powerful of the scaven, he was guarded by two massive Rat-Ogres hideous creatures mutated by the rat-men themselves. The rat-men had their backs to the Dwarfs and the Seer was threatening some one on the other side. Grungi stood on his toes and saw Dwarfs from Zufbar yelling insults at the rat-men. The leader fired a Crossbow at the seer and it pierced his shoulder and pinned him to his evil altar. The Scaven soared forth at the Zufbar dwarfs and Thorin shouted "Charge" and the noble adventures charged. The rat-men hardly had time to turn in confusion when the Dwarfs on both sides hit.