Alfar dead at last Each kingdom was agitated, nobody was in vain. Those who could not fight were advised to stay in homes. Women who knew how to care for their wounds were advised to pack their bags to be with them and children were left with old people. It had been two days since Corvin arrived at the gnomes. The time had come to go to the battlefield. Blackscar had gathered his army and set out, leaving only a few soldiers behind to defend the castle and villagers for as long as he was gone. So did Argon, who had the army ready. He was the first to leave, on the way he met his king Blackscar, where they set out together for Val’dul. Inshir had also assembled a considerable

