Chapter 16: The Battle of Brindol
The adventures gather their gear and depart from their chambers. They race down to the stables and gather horses to carry them with great speed to where they are needed most--a low hill about 500 feet south of the southern city gate. There, a group of hill giants is posted and are throwing a seemingly endless barrage of boulders at the city's south walls. Outside of range of even the most capable archer, the giants are free to do as they wish.
The adventurers charge out of the stables, mounted now on sturdy riding horses, bound presumably toward the south gate. Arriving at the south gate, they can readily hear the sound of stone crashing into stone, with the defenders atop the wall seemingly in a panic. The gates are presently closed and a group of soldiers is hastily doing what they can to reinforce the gate with sturdy planks, but it will all be for nothing if something isn't done, and soon!
As the adventures gallop forward, one of the soldiers calls out, "There's nothing we can do! Those damn giants are too far away!"