As the mithril shipments arrived, the tides of battle in the High Pass turned. The Daleks drove the Dwarves out. Dwarf corpses lay there, and the Dalek onslaught would not persist. Harvesting the mithril as the Dwarves died made sure that the Dalek victory was absolute- no one could stand in their way.
"You run. We will take our Dwarves and sacrifice ourselves- you wield the power. Every one of you- run!" said the Dwarf Lords of Rhûn.
Dwalin, Gloin, Durin, and Thorin fled with an assembled dwarf legion. They left the mithril behind to make sure that they could run quickly. The place where they would flee to was Erebor, the new home of the Dwarves. But truly, en route to Erebor, they would have to pass through Mirkwood. Either Mirkwood, or the legions of Dalek X.
"We have harvested all mithril. No living Dwarves remain in the High Pass. We have enslaved some of them as Robomen. All mithril in the Ered Luin and Moria is exhausted. There is some in the High Pass. The largest mithril veins are in Mount Gundabad, the great Goblin fortress of the north. There are very few of them left, but it is still guarded," said a reporting Dalek, addressing Dalek Y.
"Send the Robomen to Dalek Z- he will take Gundabad! In the meantime, we will harvest the High Pass of all mithril!" declared Dalek Y. Their operations began shortly.
The war broke across the land that night. The land of Gondor was invaded and sacked. Helm's Deep was thrown down, and the men of Harad and Rhûn tried to defend their lands from the Daleks. They failed. Out of Rhûn came Alatar, and he joined the Daleks in return for his life and a lordship over a fief in Middle Earth. The Dwarf Lords were intercepted and wiped out. Gundabad was besieged. Rivendell and all Eriador was blasted out of existence. The Iron Hills were thrown down. The great city of Caras Galadhon was taken, and Pallando too joined the legions of the Daleks. Everywhere in Middle Earth burned. There was only one place that survived, the Elves in the city of Amon Lanc. In addition, a few human traders and some dwarves dwelt there. Meanwhile, outside of the city, the Daleks were putting their Robomen, Dwarven Robomen, and Hobbit Robomen to work. But Amon Lanc was protected. Celibana focused on its defense every day and every night, even in her sleep. And the hope of all the surviving free people of Middle Earth remained in their hands.
