The Rose and the Skull Book

The Knights of Taklisis (and their dragons) are trying to join up with Lord Gunther's Knights of Solamnia. "Papa" Gunther uth Wistham died at the hand of the draconians, the only witness being the stupid gully dwarf, Uh-oh, and a faithful dog, Millicent. Three gully dwarves, including Uhoh, [they were SO dumb I often couldn't even read about their antics] are headed to their Town, hiding from the patently ugly draconians. They are tracked by most of the other characters, including Nalvarre, who seems to exist to be the only sane and reasonable person.

The other characters are: Valian Escu, an oddball dark elf; Jessica, a wanna-be knight(?); Lady Alya, who serves her purpose and does tell some backstory in Chapter 19; Sir Liam, who tries throughout this book to transcribe Lord Gunther's Revised Measure into a book; and there are an odd assortment of colorful dragons, elves, bad guys who seem good, etc. to keep a fantasy reader happy. Some things popped up for no reason, like the silver bell, the piece of the silver orb, and the fight between Glabella and Mommamose, that I found REALLY startling. (Don't the gully dwarves THINK they MIGHT make some food for themselves?!!) On the other hand, some parts WERE humorous.