The effect of his appearance above the giants is immediate; one is instantly killed outright, another petrified, while a third runs away in horror. The other four immediately turn their boulders on him, though, with his array of protections and small size, he's a hard target to hit.<br/><br/>Within a few rounds, all the giants lay in some state of dead or fleeing... and he can see a large pack broken off, to deal with him, while the city alights with flames; it seems the dragon has taken the opportunity of his absence to strike at the city itself, alighting along the walls to spread Dragonfear, and literally alighting the town, to cause destruction and more widespread terror.