Sunday December 7, Seven Gates
The Watcher drove his army without rest through the fleeing remnants of
Rabican's forces and into Seven Gates. We are there now, inside the pass, where
he then clashed with The Deceiver on his way east. The bodies of the undead are
everywhere, melted and broken. It seems inconceivable that anything could have
survived.
I don't know why he attacked The Deceiver, unless somehow he found out what
was going on in Silvermines. One of the veterans said that these two had it out
after the battle for Tyr, twelve years ago, and that the Watcher barely survived.
I have a feeling the real reasons for what happened today go back even farther
than that.
Whatever the case, while the battle raged only a few miles away and we
thought the Watcher was coming for us next, I was glad nobody had asked me to
carry his damned arm.
It looks like the volcano will keep Seven Gates open through the winter, so
Maeldun is sending out patrols to retake the pass. The Legion's growing fame
seems to draw danger like a bright candle attracts moths, and if any of the
enemy survived the floods and fighting I'm sure we'll be the ones to find them.
So ends the seventeenth year of the war.