A consult indeed, but it was not to be one in peace. I suppose no one at the village sought it fit to tell us that these warriors of the ages would greet us with a murderous rage when summoned.
The battle raged on and on, forcing retreats and rallies on both sides. It was but till the first fell, a warrior with a weapon of some length, that the tide began to turn in our favor. Strangely he left no corpse, only having been enshrined in gold, ascended to his pillar once more. It is time for your brethren to join you in haste.