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For hours the Sossrim force withstood the attacks of the chromatic dragons and the conscripted soldiers, but defeat seemed inevitable due to the enemy’s superior numbers. Hoping to change that conclusion, Dorn, Pavel, Will, Jivex, Madislak, and two other Sossrim warriors, Stival Chergoba and Natali Dormetsk, challenged Zethrindor to a duel to determine the outcome of the battle.