[Saurreg]

The Battle under the Blue Mountains was so violent and intense that it last for no more than fifteen vicious minutes. At the end of the pivotal confrontation, six immense bulks lay prone or were slumped onto their sides and scattered amidst the carcasses of the hewed cave trolls were the crushed and broken bodies of aged dwarven warriors; no quarter was asked and none was given. The mood of the trolls was dark and their strength and stamina terrible to behold, but for all the worth of their incredible attributes, they were matched by the stalwartly courage and legendary skills of the Children of Aulë. And none was more heroic in that struggle than King Nazgurbad the Great whose great sword left many a marks on all the trolls. However exhaustion and wounds overcame the great lord and soon after he dispatched the last troll stripling with a thrust through the crown, darkness covered his eyes and he slumped, sending his heavy dragon helm tumbling from the regal head.

The confrontation was too intense for any of the men or elves to participate and for most part of the battle they were reduced to mere spectators hoping for the best and dreading the worst. But when the last of Nazgurbad’s warrior was crashed underfoot and the old king was confronted by two wounded by nevertheless fearsome trolls, dour-handed Angore launched himself at one of the great beasts and slew it with his sharp spears. And faithful Carthor rushed to the aid of the lone dwarf but the latter vanquished his mortal foe and himself passed to the house of the dead swiftly, all the Dunedain could do in time was to grab hold of the king’s collapsed body before it toppled off his kill. Searching along the tunnels in the vain hope of rendering aid to any dwarven fighter who might have been still alive, the survivors were joyfully reunited with two of their womenfolk whom were dragged off to the safety at the far end of the tunnel by Zinshathûr the Wise. More incredulous was the discovery of the maps of the underground passages by sharp-eyed Faerim which, allowed the refugees to remake contact with the rest of their people and travel along the maze of tunnels without any further delays or molestation.

By the end of the sixth day underground, the survivors of Fornost returned to the surface of Middle-Earth and were greeted by the stars.