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Dragonlance Preludes 2 Vol 2 - Flint The King
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She was spared the further rigors of instruction by the ar-
rival of Flint, Hildy, and Basalt. Flint chuckled in sympathy,
taking her hand.
The hill dwarf turned his attention to the growing earth-
work project. "Looks impressive," he complimented. In-
deed, the redoubt was now a great, curving wall, shaped
roughly like a horseshoe, with western Hillhome protected
by its dirt shelter. It aueraged perhaps eight feet high,
though of course with gully dwarf craftsmanship there was
no excess of precision.
"We'll have about four hundred hill dwarves and three
hundred gully dwarves. At least the thane's troops won't
have us outnumbered too badly."
Flint's heartiness seemed forced. The disciplined ranks of
Realgar's elite guards, with their metal armor, deadly cross-
bows, and well-practiced combat formations, were a more
formidable force than the rabble of armed, but unarmored,
unpracticed, and wholly undisciplined Hillhome folk and
gully dwarves.
"What's the plan?" Mayor Holden called to them as he ap-
proached from the center of town. They turned to see Turq
and the mayor climbing the wall
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