The Terran Dominion, the Golden Armada led by Selendis, the elves, and Gloin went to the Blue Mountains where an army of dwarves prepared for battle in the entrance of a tunnel. The dwarven warriors were equipped with axes and shields. Instead of archers, the dwarves had axe throwers. The dwarven battlewagons were driven by yak-like creatures whereas the demolishers pulled by great beasts.
"Gloin from the east, a great surprise indeed and well timed. The dragon has burnt us out of the tunnels and made this one its lair. Now we'll take back our home and slay the fiend," said a dwarf warrior.
"The dragon's back and he's destroying everything," said another dwarf as a dragon wearing armor appeared laying waste to the dwarven encampment. It let out a fireball at a group of creatures that the Blue Mountain dwarves had never seen before. To the dwarves, an unknown matter absorbed the damage and the creatures were injured.
"It's no use, we cannot kill him out here. We'll catch him in his lair. Inside," said a dwarf axe thrower. Everyone had to enter a tunnel as a shelter from the dragon.
"We've rescued a messenger who told us about the dragon, we've come to help," said Gloin.
"And you bring elves. What are they?" a dwarf warrior asked upon seeing the creatures and machines.
"We are the Dominion," said a marine lifting his visor so that his human face was visible to the elves and dwarves.
"We are the Protoss," said a zealot.
"This is a dwarven mine, no place for wood folk. But we don't know about you," said a dwarf axe thrower.
"Enough of the chatter, let's slay the dragon and reclaim," said a dwarf warrior.
A SCV began building the command center near a cluster of minerals and vespene geyser while a probe warped a nexus near another cluster of resources.
"We can't warp a Stargate into a cave," said Selendis.
"I guess we'll have to slay the dragon with what we have on ground," said Horner.
The SCVs, probes, and dwarves established the base inside the cave. Despite the SCVS could not build the Starport for this mission, the factory was enabled to build Thors which were heavy assault mechs.
"Be vigilant, there will be more goblins ahead," said Glorfindel as a horde of goblin archers were spotted. The combination of bunkered marines and photon cannons made short work of the goblins.
Selendis assembled a force with lots dragoons, immortals, and reavers since the colossi could not fit into the caves. Johnny had a force of marines, hellions, goliaths, and thors.
When they head out from the cave, a dwarf shouted, "Take cover! Here's come the dragon again!" The marines opened fire while the goliaths and thors launched the missiles at the dragon. With the Protoss dragoons helping out with their phase disruptors, the dragon had to retreat to its lair.
"Over there! Goblins!" another dwarf shouted. "Where are they going?"
The thors fired their cannons in their arms and reavers launched explosive scarabs destroying the structures quickly and a gate was opened. The hellions caught the goblins and spiderlings on fire causing them to run around before collapsing into the ground motionlessly.
"This fine door is used to keep enemies out, only a demolisher can break through it," said a dwarf but something busted another opening leading to another cave where a horde of goblin spider riders, giant spiders, and mountain giants were waiting. Nevertheless, the thors demolished gate quickly. The hellions caught the spiders and spider riders on fire causing them to run around before collapsing into the ground motionlessly. The thors handled the giants as if they were pieces of cake, but they were not effective against hordes of goblins and spiders. A single Thor could kill two goblins, two spiders, or two spider riders at a time.
"This place is pretty old. We should beware of falling stonework," said Glorfindel when he and the elves entered.
"Not to worry, this is dwarven stonework. There will be no collapse in here," Gloin reassured him. "Ah, the ancient halls of my ancestors. Only the dwarves can build chambers such as these," he muttered as the combined forces went through the hallway.
"Look out! Giants!" a dwarf shouted as there was a giant in the hallway and the thor killed it with both of its cannons.
"Ah! The fire makes it easier to see them! Attack!" Gloin spotted several fire drakes that were smaller dragons without wings. Their fire breathe were lethal against any melee units so that the immortals had to pick them off from a distance while the reavers launched the scarabs instantly demolishing the drakes' lair.
"These tracks belong to drakes," Glorfindel came across footprints indicating fire drakes. The thors could pick them off and destroyed their lairs.
The combined forces pressed further and were near the dragon's lair. The reavers and thors demolished the wall and gate that barred their way. "These goblins have defiled our home. They will pay for this in blood," said a dwarf. The marines, goliaths, and hellions took out the goblin spider riders and spiderlings easily while the battlewagons ran over the goblin archers.
"They're climbing over the walls. Let us put an end to this infestation," said another dwarf. The spiderlings were climbing the wall and the hellions incinerated them when they finished climbing.
"I heard something," said Glorfindel.
"What was that?" a dwarf axe thrower asked.
"It's the dragon!" a dwarf warrior replied as the dragon showed itself.
"Everyone attack! Its end draws near!" Gloin ordered.
The marines, goliaths, dragoons, and thors fired at the dragon with the dwarf axe throwers and elven archers helping out. Outnumbered and outgunned, the dragon was slain and the dwarven realm was reclaimed.
To the dismay of Horner, Johnny, Selendis, Glorfindel, and Gloin; the dwarves returned to mining riches instead of joining forces in the war. The Dominion, the Golden Armada, and the elves set out for the elven port city of Grey Havens.
Author's Note
The next chapter will be on Frodo's group.