Joining the Wolves

(Prev: In the Beginning - The First Meleki)

Not far from the exit, Black Wolf scouts soon found two armies locked in battle. One army was flying a wolf banner and was sorely beset by a far greater Malandanti force. Meleki could see that without their help the army of the wolf banner would soon be surrounded and crushed.

Without pause for thought, he ordered the survivors forward to the attack, and they fell upon the rear of the Malandanti army. So ferocious and sudden was this attack that the Malandanti commanders were slaughtered before the rest of their army new what was happening. With their leaders dead and facing two foes, the demoralized Malandanti soon fled back to the safety of the Underdark.

During the battle, the Black Wolves did not escape unscathed. Tragically, Meleki himself lay dying; a shattered lance protruding from his chest. The Lord General of the Wolves himself rode over to convey his thanks and, on finding Meleki dying, swore to him that the Black Wolves would be found a homeland in Norsca.

After Meleki's death the first Stor-Domstroll was convened, thus setting the precedence for future years. It was unanimously decided to call the new multiracial group the "Black Wolves of Meleki", and that each new leader would take the surname Meleki in honor of the leader that had led them back to the upper world and to freedom.