Lanterns flicker in the throne room’s now dark, gloomy and shadow-filled environs. Whatever former glory this grand reception room had is now long gone, with de’Arnise banners strewn across the dirty, blood-covered floors and a pungent smell of death emanating from a pile of burning troll corpses littered around its central throne. Slumped against it is former lord of the de’Arnise Hold, his corpse cold.
Hero of the hour, Volin de Taranbrace, slowly draws her two-handed weapon, the lethal and magical Sword of Chaos, from the chest of the biggest troll of all, TorGal, who had died badly. There was never any place for troll filth within these walls, though, and Volin along with trusted companions Minsc, Jaheria, Yoshimo and now rightful heir to the Hold, Nalia, have kicked butts…
