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. (A
precursor, if you will, of the great bloodletting that the
gods would send against that unholy city! Indeed,
Excellency - a sign of the coming, the making of the very
Bloodsea itself! How splendid is the will of the gods -
shown to us through the window of history!)
The tale concludes with the young hero dubbed, by the
high thane himself, as Horgan Oxthrall.
It seems that, technically, Horgan Squire was too young
to serve in the army. But, as the war gradually had
developed into an epic victory, every young dwarf who
could break free from his hearth and home hastened to bear
arms. Apparently, Horgan wove a beard of goat hair over
his own sparse whiskers to give the appearance of maturity.
The ruse worked - he was accepted into one of the last
companies mustered for the war.
It was this company of young dwarves, formed with
virtually no training, that was sent to the valley of Stone
Pillar. This untried, inexperienced unit found itself standing
astride the final link in the human escape route. Then, the
miracle occurred - the oxen followed the youth into the
ditch, and the human charge was stopped.
At the ceremony, Horgan seems to have been given
some official post, perhaps honorary
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