Does that have to go in?” Lada asked.“ What do you mean?” Wistala said, brought back to the dictation.“ The battle. Betrayals. Incompetence, even cowardice. Boats falling, mud everywhere, blood running from balconies, carrion birds poking marrow from bones, dwarves hanging from bridges, burned corpses, but worst of all, no hero whose courage and skill is put to the ultimate test.”“ They asked for a history, they shall have my history. If someone else will have the battle take place on a spring-green field with pennants at the lance points and songs sung over the honored dead, let them write it thus. This history is a story of death begetting death, and should end with carrion birds, for they are the only ones who come out the better at the end. E.E. Knight
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The idea of the battle scene is to show the bloody outcome of war. This is a story of death begetting death, and should end with carrion birds, for they are the only ones who come out the better at the end. This story presents a very grim perspective on war. The author uses some examples to illustrate this perspective.

He describes the battlefield as bloodied and unkempt. The fallen heroes are shown to be dead or near death. The wounded are described as refusing medical treatment because they know that their only hope is to die; the enemy soldiers are shown as refusing to give up despite their wounds; and finally, he brings up the whole idea of animals dying in war which is considered an act of cruelty.

Source: Dragon Avenger

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