We entered another cave
with boiling lava spots, guarded by dwarfs and orcs. We had to clear
our path to meet Brax. Barbarians, Telfalas and a White mage was taken
from the retinue and the exploration begun. There was only one entrance
to the north and the base could be well defended if needed. Telfalas
encountered easy small groups of Trolls, Ogres and Orcs hidden in the
cave cavities. The dwarf hero, thought, had a Clay Golem (Dark Dwarf
Leader) in his squad, who was quite strong. Telfalsa retreated to
recover some health. Next time the Mages should guard him. I switched to
defensive stance, while I gather a good strong army to make one trample
attack. In the centre of the map, a Troll, 2 Ogres and a Giant were
guarding 2 chest with artifacts. They tested the defense a few more
times, but with Telfalas in their back disposing of the siege weapons,
they hardly did any harm. And resources were precious again. Far to the
west there were 2 entrances leading to the enemy base. We cleared them
out and met Brax. He was very old and wise dwarf. He explained that such
creatures like the Undead Horseman are eternal, thus we needed to
entrap him in his iron castle, rather than trying to destroy him. The
dwarf had a powerful earthquake spell, but we needed to find the three
keys to seal it from outside. Our first Stop then, was the Realm of
Famine, where the Gorgon sent one of his lieutenants to conquer the
Swarm.
