“They came upon several cities overflowing with refugees, with scorched farms and hamlets all around. Fields were blackened, and monuments to Gilgaroth and Vrulug had been raised in their midst—great, monolithic stones with human bodies heaped in fly-covered mounds at their bases. Vultures and ravens pecked at them. Raugst dispatched his scouts and spies, gathering reports from around the land, and at last word came of the Borchstogs. They had besieged the city of Ielgad to the west. Raugst led ...the host thither. Niara knew he could not be bringing them to save Ielgad, and she kept on the lookout for hints of duplicity, but if he meant to betray them he gave no sign—not that he would. He stopped at Hasitlan to buy supplies for the host. Hasitlan, the so-called City of the Golden Head, was a large township of some two hundred thousand people sprawling along the banks of Lake Varren. Niara could see countless boats afloat on its glassy surface: a large, curving lake, filled with fish and bordered by green forests.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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