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As the moon blocked out the sun and the sky shifted from a rich blue to a dull purple, the great orange ring in the sky lingered. Shadows fell upon the western reaches of the Battalion's terretories, and their inhabitants feared the worst. The Big High War God was angry. Mudbrain, a chieftain in the Saragorgak tribe, formed a group of shamans to travel to the ritual cave; a neutral ground within the rowdy trollheim mountain range. It is here that a statue of the first Chosen Commander stands proudly, a historic trading point and place of worship for Bandosians since the late Second Age. The charge presented to the group by Warmaster Fulgrash is to travel to the cave and perform the sacred ritual to appease Bandos, and save Garagorsh-Kaan from his holy wrath.

The group set out as a small band with Mudbrain at the head, supported by his fellow shamans Wenkaurg and Pinkhead, alongside a handful of goblins and the Battalion's resident elf, Morgannwg. travelling up to the 'Gateway'; a captured dwarvern minecart station that separates the Ekeles from the Rekes; the East from the West. The dwarvern Black Guard had launched a counterattack upon the station, as it was an important trading hub and supply depot for Ice Mountain and the Grand Exchange. Hordes of goblins were in a stalemate with the dwarves, who were holed up inside the remains of the bar, with a short-range cannon. The tide was turned multiple times in a hours-long skirmish between the Bandosian forces and Keldagrim's finest, zealots crashing upon the stoic, sturdy battle lines of the dwarves.

The battle was starting to look bleak for the goblins- broken ranks of the dwarvern lines reformed quickly and efficiently, cannon blasts pounding the attacking force literally into the ground, with no way to flank around and claim the red room. The small warband offered support to the goblins attempting to contain the Black Guard, and after a brief speech, they attacked oncemore. Wenkaurg and Mudbrain split the handfuls of greenskins under their command into two forces to engage the stout defenders at different points, leaving the cannon open to be attacked from across the room by Pinkhead. After unleasing spells of varying success and changing the tide of the battle for better and worse, Pinkhead was vital in keeping the dwarves on their toes and thus, giving the Bandosians the upper hand.

With Mudbrain out of comission after recieving a chunk of shrapnel to the chestplate from a cannon shot and Wenkaurg duelling the Black Guard's champion, the goblins became confused and disorganised oncemore, almost completely pushed back to the door. Eventually, the champion was slain with Wenkaurg suffering a broken wrist from the fight, and thus the Black Guard's attacks became more fierce. The hobgoblin shaman found himself behind the Black Guard's defensive line, and blasted the cannon with an air spell- causing it to rise from it's supports and face the ceiling, just as it was fired. The lead shot ball hit the weakned roof beam above, causing it to rupture and unlease a cascade of rubble atop of the cannon crew and the dwarvern lines. In the confusion, the Bandosians claimed victory.