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. The Cataclysm had left the
northern approaches virtually inaccessible, providing
better security to the north than even the massive gate
that plugged the mountainside there ever had.
For a century, rumors had persisted about a secret way
to Thorbardin from the north, and the dwarves had kept
the fortifications there operational. Chaos and pestilence
had followed the Cataclysm, and for most of that cen-
tury the threats to Thorbardin from outside were fright-
eningly real. Plague and famine had spread across the
known world, migrations were under way across the
continent, and no unfortified place could long survive.
But then the gates of Thorbardin had faced their hard-
est test... and held firm. The bloody Dwarfgate War
raged through the Kharolis Mountains, hill dwarf armies
pitted against those of the mountain dwarves - cousin
against cousin, like against like. Those outside were de-
termined to break through to the inside of Thorbardin,
incited, some said, by the evil archmage Fistandantilus,
whom many held to be the most powerful magician the
world of Krynn had ever known.
Against these forces, Thorbardin had fought a defen-
sive action. Then, under King Duncan and his sons -
with Prince Grallen leading the Hylar dwarves - the
armies of Thorbardin went out to carry the fight to their
enemies, right to the mountain called Skullcap, lair of
the great wizard himself
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