Day Two

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After defeating the advance patrol of dwarves, Sergeant Kothvan and his squad line up and prepare to attack more dwarves. Eight of them walk down the road and stop in a line. They are holding strange tubes. The Mezhen soldiers charged them. One dwarf fell to the ground dead.

But then, the dwarves pointed their tubes at the attackers. They each squeezed a small lever. Suddenly loud bangs and plumes of smoke erupted from the tubes. To their amazement, the Mezhen soldiers found themselves hurt and bleeding. They looked at all of their comrades. Some were actually dead. Sergeant Kothvan ordered a retreat.

They managed to escape, but were completely separated from the army. They healed their wounds and walked back to the bridge towards Mezhen. Then they left the road and traveled to Little Mezhen. They planned on trying to evacuate the villagers.

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Instead, they found that the remnants of the army were already there. With the help of Sergeant Kothvan pulling rank, they managed to speak with the commanding officer. He said that the dwarven army was camped on the hill to the south of Mezhen. They planned on attacking the hill from the south and bringing the fight to the enemy from behind.

He ordered Sergeant Kothvan to find a unit rejoin the ranks. He ordered the other five to utilize the aqueduct connecting the city with the river to get behind the walls. The Mezhen army wants the secret of the dwarves strange and powerful weapons. He expects that by the time they enter the city, the dwarves will have breached the walls. Their mission is to acquire some of those weapons.

The group spent some time in the town of Little Mezhen honing their skills (spending experience points) after which they hit the road. They arrived at the entrance to the aqueduct without any trouble. They climbed inside and walked to the end where it entered the city.

It was too dark to see anything, but they did encounter six dwarves guarding the entrance. They fought in the dark. Two dwarves were thrown into the water by a sorcerous wave of water. One drowned, but the other escaped into the city. Another dwarf escaped down the tunnel. The others were slain by the soldiers.