Recognizing the foul symbol traced on the battered shield, Laurana drew in her breath.

Roughly clawed on the battered shield were words written in a crude form of Common.

An armed figure stood in the middle of that circle, dripping sword up and ready, clutching a small, battered shield.

The prince nodded at the battered shield Dunk carried, and the winged chalice upon its face.

Dunk flung the battered shield away and wrenched up the visor of Aerion's helm.

On the fourth stroke the sword split Blade's battered shield and numbed his left arm.

Blade, in attempting to gain his feet, slipped and took another sword stroke on his battered shield.

He paused beneath a pair of steel broadswords mounted on the wall above a battered circular shield.

Cast aside was Bruenor's battered shield.

Springbuck was able to hold up his battered shield long enough to ward it off.