staff too must have contained power. He mentioned the staff had been broken in two. One half he still possessed. However the other half remained in Hibernia and its location was unknown.

The king was most displeased by this and sent Ugmug along with five warships full of trolls, norsemen, and kobolds to seek out this second half of the staff. The oceans were not kind to the Norse as two of their ships overturned on the way to Hibernia. The remaining three ships arrived near the old settlement in Emain Macha. When Ugmug set foot on Hibernia soil even the willow trees wept in sorrow. For there was only one outcome in store for Hibernia, total destruction.

Ugmug spent one month rebuilding he lair before setting out for the first medium sized village. He came across a Firbolg village by the name of Darag. By nightfall Failte looked like a carnival compared to Darag. This time Ugmug

spared no one. He almost butchered the entire village, only a handful of the Firbolg managed to escape. The chieftain of this village, Rusg, was tortured and then killed after he would not speak of what happened to the second half of the staff. This was the largest massacre that had ever fallen Hibernia. It became known as Là na Bàs.

Three more villages were plagued by Ugmug's wraith in the following days and word of his presence arrived in Tir na nOg. King Fagan was furious that Ugmug had disrupted his silver trade routes once again and called upon their allies to the east.

Within a half a season Albion forces arrived. The Albion forces were greeted by thousands of Hibernians. The two nations combined an assault and managed to push Ugmug's forces out of Emain Macha. Yet it was not over. As the Albion and Hibernians pushed the Midgard forces back, fifty more ships arrived unleashing terror on the