The Battle of Vinefield Ridge was the battle where the shamans showed the Threian battlemages what shamanic magic could do when the shamans stopped defending and started attacking.
The king had positioned twelve thousand soldiers on the ridge overlooking the barbarians' approach route, the elevated position chosen because previous engagements had demonstrated that the side holding high ground held the advantage. The thundermaker batteries were positioned at the crest, their crews acutely aware that each ball they fired was a ball subtracted from a stockpile that the dwarves would never replenish. The battlemages were arranged in the protective formations that the previous engagements' magical reversals had taught them to adopt.
The barbarian shamans adapted to the adaptation.
