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The king of the gully dwarves led his troops, three hun-
dred strong, down the mountainside, heading for the
Passroad east of the House Guard encampment below. This
would allow him, with luck and speed, to move his force
onto the road somewhere ahead of the thane's troops.
The organizing into units represented a masterpiece of
military precision when compared to the march of the gully
dwarves that ensued. In muttered conversation with Perian,
Flint could only compare it to the ridiculous task of herding
chickens, though after the fourth or fifth effort at chasing
down a wayward column of Aghar and returning them to
the fold, he amended his comments to the effect that his
comparison did a grave disservice to poultry.
To make matters worse, dark, angry clouds rolled in and
it began to snow. At first the storm came as great, feathery
Hakes, gently wafting earthward. Except for the disruption
caused by gully dwarves breaking file to catch particularly
choice snowflakes with their tongues, the light precipitation
caused no problem for the hardy Aghar.
But then the wind rose and the big, friendly flakes grew
small and hard, turning into hail
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