Battle of the Cold Vale

"He worked his serrated long knife savagely, tearing out the king's throat to the howls of approval from his legions. The ferocious orc didn't stop there, digging and ripping the blade back and forth unrelentingly until he took the head of the dwarf king's shoulders."

- An account of War Chief Hartusk's brutality in the aftermath of the Battle of the Cold Vale

The Battle of the Cold Vale was fought between the orcs of Many-Arrows and the Silver Marches, represented by Citadel Adbar, in the.

The dwarves of Adbar had been tricked off-course by Doum'wielle Armgo, and led into springing this trap. The orcs used ambush tactics, luring the dwarven army to commit before revealing their main force—one including frost giants and the dragon Arauthator, ridden by Tiago Baenre. The dwarven host was quickly obliterated, with King Bromm captured and executed by Hartusk. Oretheo Spikes of the Wilddwarf Brigade, having been bested by Tiago, was stripped naked and sent back to Adbar to warn of the orcs' coming.