[thejeff]

What's the event message, by the way? I don't think I've ever seen it, but if it's non-obvious I may have just never caught him.

Lightning should work. The hounds should stand up to it for a bit.

You might want to berserk some troops or bring some thing else unbreakable to keep the fear from routing you. It can't drain from undead, so they'd be good if you can arrange it.