A few years ago there was a cooperative venture between the Dwarf King, the Emperor, and the Crusader. A band of dwarf stone-masons and stone-cutters, descended upon an abandoned lair-warren in the Moonwreck hills: expanding and enlarging upon it. To this remote holdfast, a band of adventurers, their retainers, and guardsmen went, lead by the Commander Kholand.
Their mission was to observe, and, when possible, harry, the orc and barbarian war-bands pouring down through the Moonwreck into settled lands.
Kholand, a favorite of the Crusader, soon proved to be an aggressive and capable soldier.
In one particularly spectacular coup, they ambushed an orc war-band lead by the infamous Crimson Bragi, stealing his war-standard.
This was too much for the Orc Lord, who dispatched his champion, The Bite, with a company of the feared Black Blood Berserks, into the Moonwreck to deal with this impudent challenge.
Perhaps rashly, Kholand and his band, did not retreat to the safety of their holdfast, but instead played a deadly game of cat and mouse with the orc war-chief; a game which ended with the death of Kholand, and his fellows at a nameless tarn.
The remaining retainers and guardsmen fled the holdfast for safer lands.
Now, a new group of adventurers have been sent to the holdfast.
Their mission, to find out if the holdfast has been occupied, and if not, to recover the war-standard, and other prizes that were abandoned when the retainers took to their heels.
