Battle of Barren Point

The **B****attle of Barren Point** was the battle that took place after the attempted peace treaty with Grimble's faction; the Trekkers fought the Grimble faction and the dragons after Grimble's treachery.

## Event information

### Notable participants

Prince Lander
Prince Lemual
Fleck Blackstar
Massie Burnson
Gavin
Captain Walters
Brindle Cove
Nickel Drekker
Winnie Drekker

### Outcome

The Trekkers caused the dragons to retreat, but suffered heavy losses.

## Information

### Prince Lander and the Dragon War

The Battle of Barren Point began immediately after Grimble killed King Whitson. Winnie Drekker pulled the boat carrying Whitson, Lander, and Hollie back to the shore using a pulley she had designed, where a band of rabbits led by Captain Walters and Captain Cove were rushing to meet them. Lander (now king) notices that all the rabbits looked afraid. Lander leapt from the boat, yelling that they should fight for Whitson Mariner. The rabbits drew their blades and lined the shore, and Lander hurried to join them. He called for a sword, seeing bucks carrying Whitson's body away, Hollie and Winnie attending him. Lander threw away his broken blade as a fresh one was passed to him, and called for the bucks to rally to him. The bucks did, and the shore was soon lined with eager bucks, gathered and ready for the battle. Lander realized that they needed about six times the bucks to be a good match for the dragons, but there was no time for a retreat. Captain Walters called for them to hold a line, and the bucks made four compact rows. An enormous dragon was leading the others as they came.

Captain Walters called again for them to hold, but Lander rushed away and leapt for the dragon. The big dragon was completely surprised, and Lander sunk his blade into its middle, killing it. The soldiers cheered, and stepped forward toward the advancing dragons. Walters and Nickel came to Lander's aid, Nickel blocking a claw-strike with his shield but falling down with a splash. Lander leapt, forgetfully, from his bad leg, and tripped past the dragon he was fighting, falling into the cold River Fay and losing his sword. But Walters came to his aid, striking the dragon with his knife and then his sword, and ending it. Lander stumbled to his feet and pulled Nickel up too, and then saw that the rest of the battle was a horror. The dragons were tearing through Lander's brave soldiers with ease, and he saw only one injured dragon besides the two he'd helped kill. Lander knew that they had to get out of the battle. The dragon king made a call, and to Lander's dismay, he saw Grimble's soldiers coming in countless boats, to join the dragons in slaughtering Lander's soldiers. Lander realizes that there were no good options; the trap had worked. Still swordless, he shouts out a challenge and rushes back into the fight.

Lander lunged at the dragon nearest him, but it clawed him away easily, and he dropped back into the river. He got back up again, but now had four new scratches. He stumbled again, and fell to his knees. Captain Walters, wheezing, dove into the battle, but the dragon used its tail to whack him back into the surf. Lander rose slowly and leapt onto the dragon's back, pulling his arms around its neck and squeezing as hard as he could. The dragon pitched backwards, allowing Captain Walters to rise, then shook madly until Lander flew off and landed in the water. Lander looked around, seeing how badly his side was losing. The dragon he had been fighting surged ahead to kill him, and Lander, weaponless, prepared to die fighting. the dragon slashed at Lander with a claw, but then its head snapped back, and Lander saw that two stones had hit it in the head. Nickel Drekker's sling was whirling, but soon the dragons realized what a threat he was and converged on the young Drekker. Lander hurried over, grabbing the sword of a fallen soldier, and hacked at the back of the dragon. The dragon screeched and swiped at Lander, who ducked and pulled Nickel up. Nickel said that they must get out, but then both heard a loud explosion.

Lander turned to see the ship *Steadfast* arriving, and to his great surprise, there on the prow stood Prince Lemual and Captain Massie. He realized that the Third Scouts must have found Massie's band returning, and then he saw Fleck Blackstar on deck. Lander called out to Captain Blackstar, who leapt from the boat and hurried into the water, leading his soldiers to the battle. Massie fired his bow at the enemies and Lemual led a band of Blackstars to fight on shore. Nickel drew his short sword to protect Lander, but the dragons were distracted by the new soldiers. What remained of the oathbreaker rabbits had begun swimming through the icy river, trying to escape to Grimble Island. Lander grabbed another fallen soldier's sword and rushed back into battle, where the tide had turned. Lander fought through the lines until he was standing alongside his brother, and together he and Lemual battled a wounded dragon. Fleck Blackstar dove in and finished the dragon, but another dragon filled the place of the one they had killed. But the team of three finished it quickly, and they hurried to find a different fight, but there was none. What remained of the dragons had swam away across the water, and there were no oathbreakers left alive on the northern shore.