Reptilians are a proud people, with a noble sense of justice, and many warriors chose to defy Kthorlaq’s order to flee, instead remaining to buy their fleeing kin as much additional time as possible during the Winter's War.
At the gates of the great Temple City of Haelthorn on the very western edge of their lands, fourteen cohorts of these warriors from cities that had fallen to the onslaught rallied together to make a final stand against the advancing forces of Winter.
Knowing that there was no chance of victory, the reptilians nevertheless stood and fought, determined to sell their lives as dearly as possible in defence of their people and their leader.
The battle fought there was a titanic one, thousands of reptilians standing shoulder to shoulder to receive a charge which had buckled and trampled whole legions of other races.
Even as their very blood froze in their veins, the reptilian warriors fought on until the very last one remained, atop a hill of his fallen comrades, the corpses of various ice demons and other abominations piled at his feet.
It is said that Winter herself came forth to dispatch this remaining thorn in her side, her rage at being delayed so long enough to overcome her natural caution as she hid from Valandor.
With contemptuous ease, she obliterated the lone Salamander utterly, and the advance could continue.
Haelthorn is now a Ruin site of the former city.
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