The young ones were no match for the combined might of the Mothers and their magic. They started to fall just as a door to the south opened. Out came a female fire giant with striking red hair, with her came a bodyguard of more giants, these moving as quickly as Jito. Both he and Fonesca targeted this newcomer with spells while the others piled into a melee. Even Grimath and Regid assisted here by sneaking past the front ranks to land precise blows in the flanks of the younger giants. The last hell hounds fell and allowed the hasted giants to join the fray. The Mothers were sorely pressed with no one being left unscathed, but they weathered this onslaught, though the mages were finding it difficult to come up with offensive uses for their remaining incantations. Kurtalla had also withdrawn from the front line and was now using his bow to telling effect. He was also quickened with magic, firing off shaft after shaft towards his enemies. King Snurre and what they took to be his daughter looked badly wounded.
From the north another figure arrived. It was human sized, but they could not tell its race or sex as the creature was cloaked in a veil of shadow. It went straight to the dias by the throne ignoring the Mothers. Meanwhile the final arrow from Kurtalla felled the daughter. Snurre let out a might bellow and stepped forward off the dias towards his enemies, but now Kurtalla痴 aim was directed at the King and he was weakening. The bald human who had been with Snurre now stood next to the cloaked one as it began to open some sort of shadowy portal, he passed through as soon as it was large enough to admit him. The shadowy figure paused and seemed to turn to Snurre just in time to see him fall to a final blow, then disappeared through the opening which promptly vanished. The rest of the defenders fell to the Mothers quickly.
Gaspode searched the bodies of the fallen with the help of Grimath and Regid. Some of the items that the King and his daughter bore seemed to be magical, so Gaspode stored them and noted them on his list. He also discovered a wand on the body of the daughter, which reminded him greatly of the 迭uat� wand that Fonesca was using to help cure them. Neither of the items had detected as magical although Fonesca痴 plainly had a magical effect. Once he had called her over, they compared the two pieces and saw that one might be a continuation of the other if there were an intermediate piece to join them. Fonesca carefully stored both away in separate pouches. All other valuables were taken and the Mothers searched to the south from where they had seen the daughter emerge. They came upon a series of chambers, that the daughter and her guards must have occupied. Here they decided they would rest.