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Dragonlance Preludes 2 Vol 2 - Flint The King
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"Look!" cried Perian suddenly, turning toward the south.
The others squinted into the distance. The movement along
the Passroad was painfully obvious to them all, even in the
fading light. A long column snaked its way through the
mud.
The armored mountain dwarf troops of Pitrick's legion.
"They must have started right at sunset," Basalt guessed.
"And they're coming fast."
"They'll be here in an hour," Flint judged, "maybe sooner
if they hurry. That doesn't give us a lot of time. Everybody
spread out!" Flint ordered. "Pass the word through the
town - every dwarf with a weapon should get down here.
The rest should take shelter in the hills if they're not gone al-
ready!
"Basalt, Hildy - get your crews out there and light those
fires. I want them blazing high by the time the Theiwar get
down to the field. And then hurry back - remember, the
battle's to be fought here, not out there!"
Basalt grinned as he trotted off with the fire brigade. The
others, too, turned toward the stations for the imminent
battle.
Perian turned to leave, and Flint caught her by the shoul-
ders
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