The Battle of Scabberdale

Military action

After regrouping in Briarwood to lick their wounds and ruminate on the implications of ritual said to be planned at The Garden Of Stones, the team of heroes' rest is interrupted with grave news from one of Enrique's Goblin messengers-- according to scout reports, Orc forces were on the move, and a raiding party was approaching Scabberdale.   Pressing through the woods at speed, the group covered the day's worth of travel remarkably fast. Arriving just after the first wave of Orcs, the heroes quickly mobilized to reinforce their allies as well as the overwhelmed town guard. Lead by a resurrected Siegurt of Scabberdale, the Orcs set fire to the wooden pallisades of the town, and had already begun to sack homes. Joined by Manzana, the heroes held the gates in a bloody stalemate as Siegurt's Orcs appeared without number.   In the dramatic climax of the battle, Scrugg Grabbymitts rushed appeared from the forest leading a coalition of local Goblin factions, flanking the Orcs from behind. One by one, the attackers routed and Siegurt was soundly defeated.