In a few days time, Tol had thirty of the landed hordes under his command and led them to strike at the nomads wherever they could be found. Faced with relentless pursuit, the raiding tribes dispersed across the plains and were driven back to their home range beyond the Thel Mountains. During one of the Ergothian attacks on the nomads, Mattohoc was captured. Tol attempted to make the chief an ally like he had with Makaralonga and Tylocost years before, but Mattohoc’s hatred for the emperor was too strong. Egrin and the other warlords urged Tol to order the execution of the nomad chief, and he reluctantly agreed.
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