Despite being outnumbered, the Northmen, led by Artos Snow, an Umber Bastard, relentlessly fought to the death without retreating, eventually breaking the enemy's left flank, where the Golden Company had concentrated most of its elite. Edric Storm led the centre himself and was said to have slain half a hundred men at the thick of the fighting before making his way to Strickland and caving his head in with a single strike of his warhammer. It was said that nothing could stop the son of the Demon, and he was like a force of nature on the field, earning him the moniker "The Raging Storm'.