While not destroyed, the mighty fortress was in disarray. Monsters roamed the base of the ramparts while dead bodies lined the walls. As for the fires, they were burning in places were monsters were slain, the flames the only tool that could clean the rot of the poison from the ground where they bled. Bodies of troops were thrown in for kindling as they needed the purifying nature of the flames to dispel the poison that had killed them. While everyone was hard at work there was a sluggishness to the solders still fighting at the gate as they showed the signs of fatigue from the long battle.
Watching on from the outside, many of these sights were not visable to the men by Laz's side, but what they did see was enough for their bodies to turn cold and their blood to freeze.
