"Dennis L. McKiernan - The Silver Call 2 - The Brega Path" - читать интересную книгу автора (McKiernan Dennis L)

come to him. Hence, even though Perry felt unprepared to accept the role
suddenly thrust upon him, the buccan nevertheless volun-
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leered to go with Anval and Borin and Lord Kian to rendezvous with the Dwarf
Army and guide them along the Brega Path.
Impelled by friendship and loyalty, Cotton, too, answered the call to
adventure.
Thus, Perry, Cotton, Anval, Borin, and Lord Kian all set forth upon a long
journey to Landover Road Ford to meet the Dwarf Army, even then on the march
from Mineholt North toward Kraggen-cor.
During their journey the two Warrows, under Lord Kian's tutelage, began
training at swords, for they would need to defend themselves should they
become caught in battle.
Weeks later, having overcome time, distance, flood, landslide, and hunger, the
five comrades rendezvoused with the Army.
Durek, King of the Dwarves, held a War council, and meager though it was, all
the information gleaned from the journey to the Boskydells was reviewed.
During the Council, Cotton revealed that he, too, held the steps of the Brega
Path within his memory, thus could also serve as a guide. Hence, full of
unknowns, two strike plans were settled upon: The first called for the Dwarven
Army, with Cotton as their Brega-Path guide, to cross the mountains and march
to the Dusk-Door, where they hoped somehow to avoid or defeat the Krakenward,
if there; to remove any rubble under which the Door might be buried; and to
enter Kraggen-cor via that portal if it would open. But, because the Dusk-Door
may have been broken during the Winter War, and because the arcane hinges
could onJy be repaired from the inside, a second strike plan, coordinated with
the first, was called for: here, a squad of seven persons, including Perry as
the Brega-Path guide, was to journey to the Dawn-Gate, somehow cross the Great
Deep, and if possible penetrate undetected through the Swarm of maggot-folk
and traverse the full length of Kraggen-cor to the inside of the Dusk-Door to
make repairs if neededтАФif the Gatemasters in the Squad had the knowledge to do
so.
Following these two uncertain courses, the Army marched away toward the
Dusk-Door while the squad embarked for the Dawn-Gate.
Perry and the Squad rafted down the Argon River toward
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their goal, at last settling in at a riverside campsite to wait for time to
pass in order to match schedules with the Army. While encamped they were
attacked by a Hlok-led band of Rucks and nearly overwhelmed. Yet in the nick
of time the Squad was rescued by Ursor the Baeran, a giant of a Man, by
Shannon Silverleaf, an Elf, and by Shannon's Elven Company. Even so, two of
the Squad's Gatemasters were lost to the mission: Tobin's leg was broken, and
Barak was slain. Hence, but one Gatemaster, Delk, remained to perhaps repair
the possibly broken hinges when and if the Squad ever reached them. Yet it was
decided that the mission must go forth, even though the loss of Tobin and
Barak was a severe bfow. It was also decided that Shannon and Ursor would join
the quest, once again making the Squad seven strong.
Meanwhile, on their own mission, Cotton and the Army had marched into a
mountain blizzard and had been trapped for days. Yet, after an exhausting