Torrens had been at the head of the charge the whole way from the lower caves to the dwarves, literally brimming with energy and confident in his own durability. Once he saw the dwarves, he was about to immolate the lot of them when he noticed the large loads of explosives they had. If they were out in the open he might have continued anyway, but even Torrens had enough of a head to know that having those explosives go off would be a very bad thing for all of the Horde, as it would lock them down here and likely kill the more fragile members. Some more care would be required.

With his plan set, Torrens walked right into the line of pikes and shields. While such a barrier would be formidable to any being of flesh, Torrens' form took minimal punishment from blades, so he was able to push his way through the bristles of the pikes with no fear of harm beyond the loss of a small amount of fire. While the dwarves stabbed at him as he approached, Torrens just angled his chest to the side so the spears would be deflected aside not stop his advance. Once he was up close to the shields, Torrens reached over the shield of the nearest dwarf, aimed his palm at the dwarf's head, and released a bolt of concentrated heat which manifested itself as plasma, melting through the helmet and skull of the dwarf. With that dwarf dead, Torrens climbed on top of the corpse so he could occupy the same space as the dwarf once did. In position, Torrens swept out his arms down the row of dwarven pikemen he was in, and cast out long jets of fire, which swallowed up the entire row and engulfed those dwarves in flames. While some may have turned their shields to partially protect themselves from the fire, that would leave them open to attack from the rest of the Horde.

That, however, was just one row of dwarves. Before Torrens could repeat the performance on the next, he was tripped up by a strong sweep of a pike to the legs. Torrens hit the ground hard and landed flat on his back. The dwarf which had tripped him swiftly followed up with a stab to the chest, clearly intended to run him through. However, the pike hit Torrens' chest and stopped as though it had hit solid stone. The blow was accompanied by a bright flash of intense heat at the point of impact. Torrens used the dwarf's momentary blindness to cast a fire bolt through the helmet's mask and into his face, melting it.

Torrens climbed to his feet, ready to battle once more, although after these first seconds of battle the situation may have changed markedly from when he had first charged in to break up the lines.