The Battle of the Cold Vale was a battle of the War of the Silver Marches fought between the orcs of Many-Arrows and the Silver Marches, represented by the dwarves of Citadel Adbar, in the Year of the Awakened Sleepers, 1484 DR.[1]
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In Kythorn[3][4] of 1484 DR, the two hundred strong dwarven forces of King Bromm of Citadel Adbar were around eight days out from Adbar, when they were tricked off-course by the half-drow Doum'wielle Armgo, who presented herself to King Bromm as an envoy of the Moonwood, and persuaded the dwarves into marching south towards the Cold Vale, ultimately springing the trap set by the orcs.[5]
The dwarves were marching through the foothills of the Rauvin Mountains when scouts reported that a small lake, ten miles up ahead, below a waterfall on the Icespear River, had mysteriously frozen over, despite it being midsummer. As King Bromm, Chayne Mulish and Oretheo Spikes of the Wilddwarf Brigade were investigating the strange phenomenon, they were beset by the orcish forces.[6]
The orcs used ambush tactics, luring the dwarven army to commit before revealing their main force—one including frost giants and the white dragon Arauthator, ridden by Tiago Baenre.[7]
The dwarven force of three hundred[4] attempted to keep a strong formation, but once the frost giants started bombarding their ranks with boulders, the formations fell apart, and shortly after, the dwarven commander Chayne Mulish was killed by the thrown boulder of a giant.[8] After most of the orcs and their giant allies had crossed the frozen river, the thick ice shattered, revealing the white dragon which had been hiding beneath.[9]
The dwarven host attempted to flee the dragon, but was quickly obliterated, with King Bromm captured in the ice of Arauthator's breath weapon,[7] and immediately beheaded by Hartusk.[10] Oretheo Spikes, having been bested by Tiago,[11] was stripped naked and sent back to Adbar to warn of the orcs' coming.[12]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 R.A. Salvatore (September 2014). Rise of the King. (Wizards of the Coast), p. ?. ISBN 0-7869-6515-0.
- ↑ Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins (2014-09-30). Monster Manual 5th edition. Edited by Scott Fitzgerald Gray. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 245. ISBN 978-0786965614.
- ↑ R.A. Salvatore (September 2014). Rise of the King. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 79. ISBN 0-7869-6515-0.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 R.A. Salvatore (September 2014). Rise of the King. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 44. ISBN 0-7869-6515-0.
- ↑ R.A. Salvatore (September 2014). Rise of the King. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 41–42. ISBN 0-7869-6515-0.
- ↑ R.A. Salvatore (September 2014). Rise of the King. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 44–46. ISBN 0-7869-6515-0.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 R.A. Salvatore (September 2014). Rise of the King. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 50. ISBN 0-7869-6515-0.
- ↑ R.A. Salvatore (September 2014). Rise of the King. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 48. ISBN 0-7869-6515-0.
- ↑ R.A. Salvatore (September 2014). Rise of the King. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 49. ISBN 0-7869-6515-0.
- ↑ R.A. Salvatore (September 2014). Rise of the King. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 52. ISBN 0-7869-6515-0.
- ↑ R.A. Salvatore (September 2014). Rise of the King. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 50–51. ISBN 0-7869-6515-0.
- ↑ R.A. Salvatore (September 2014). Rise of the King. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 52. ISBN 0-7869-6515-0.