The End   The hand of the canonist GOD descended from the heavens and stripped the Mountain of its defenses, weakening its stone until mere artillery could carve it away.   In the first assault, the Empire’s ranks were hammered by a storm of ballista bolts that darkened the sky. Yet it was not enough. Their numbers were too great. Under the relentless barrage of imperial trebuchets, the Mountain began to crumble, and the dwarves and their allies prepared themselves for