It's true that Dunmeal has no weapon. Mord remembers seeing a small but effective looking mace on the dwarf the last time they'd met. It's nowhere to be seen now. If there was a fight it either took place somewhere else and the weapon was left behind or his attackers made off with it. The latter seems less likely to you.
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"Did you know him too?"
The standing dwarf just shakes his head, scuffing his boot lightly against the dirty stone ground. Initially, the kneeling dwarf shakes his head too, but at a moment when the standing dwarf glances away, the kneeling dwarf makes short eye contact with Mord and nods subtly twice.
The kneeling dwarf gets up and backs away, giving Holly room. He brushes at the knees of his soft leather pantaloons.
Rakanishu screeches, babbles, cackles madly in response to Mord's question.
The scene reminds you of finding Tora after the goblin assassins attacked, but the wounds are much different. It looks like a long beating with different weapons. The final few blows were likely after Dunmeal was defenseless. If this was a human he'd be irretrievably dead, but dwarves are famously tough, bordering on immortal. It's worth giving your most powerful healing a try.
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I can help," Sunna says softly, but firmly, touching Holly's shoulder after she snaps at Mord.
Sunna moves to Dunmeal's other side, ready to cast a curing, not even imagining that Holly might have to resort to reincarnation again.