Chapter XXII, XXIII Summary

In Chapter XXII, the three Mord Wraiths dip the tips of their staffs into the Cillidellan as the Gnomes go silent. The waters churn and boil with red fire, then the Gnomes shout with glee. Slanter explains that this is the summons. A huge creature rose from the depths, with tentacles, razor teeth, scales, spines, and red eyes. It is more than one hundred feet long, forty feet across. It is a Kraken, a creature that cannot normally survive in fresh water. Garet Jax, Helt, and Edain Elessedil stand ready with their weapons, and Garet Jax orders Slanter to take Jair to safety. Slanter warns that the Kraken is too much for them to battle, born of evil. Dwarves die as the Kraken batters them with its tentacles. The creature fastens its suckers to the fortress gate and pulls...