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. The record itself is the history of a battle
that was fought at Stone Pillar Pass, around 7 PC. It is the
last known contact, in human records, with the Khalkist
dwarves.
It seems clear, as claimed by Istar, that the Kingpriest's
invasion of the mountains in 7 PC was considerably more
successful than had been the attempt of a century and a
decade before. However, the Istarian tales of great victories
and righteous massacre of the "dwarven heathens" are, at
best, grotesque exaggerations.
For one thing, evidence indicates that this was a war
with few battles. Indeed, I can find evidence of only one
major skirmish. It occurred on the Stone Pillar Pass road
and is hailed by the Istarian histories as the Kingpriest's
greatest victory - a "rout" of the defenders.
There is a note in one of the scrolls about this battle,
however, and it is interesting to contrast the dwarven point
of view with that of the humans. From the dwarven
perspective, the engagement is regarded as a moderately
successful holding action. A gorge in the road was held for
one day, and then abandoned - as so many dwarven
positions were abandoned in this war.
Indeed, it seems as though the dwarves fought merely
to gain time for a withdrawal into a more remote,
unassailable position
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