The Battle of Barrow, or The Fall, was the final battle to occur during the Chain of Dogs. At the end of the fighting near the Sanimon tel, Fist Coltaine made the decision to divide his forces. The thirty thousand Malazan refugees were put under the command of Imperial Historian Duiker and sent south. He was accompanied by the last of the Wickan warlocks Nil and Nether as well as an escort of thirty Wickan youths. Significant plot details end here.