 When Paulin attempts to confine Dimitri, he lashes out with his powers and destroys Paulin's mind before be overcome.Dimitri is tortured for several hours before he is killed by a mental death-trigger in his own mind.The royal army arrives at Lochalyn the next day, where it is joined by the levies of Duke Graham of Claibourne, Earl Sighere of Marley, and Earl Corban Howell of Eastmarch.