Within moments Stenvar showed up chased by two giants and two mammoths. Then three energy creatures from the rupture joined the fray. It get's worse. Two big mudcrabs, an ancient dragon, and two imperial soldiers escorting a Stormcloak prisoner all showed up one after the other--and I hadn't even connected a blow to a single target yet because Shadowmare kept getting in the way.
Somehow I managed to keep both my companion and Shadowmare alive. Kills went as follows:
Mudcrab
Magic Anomaly
Mudcrab
Giant
Mammoth
Mammoth
Magic Anomaly
Giant
Imperial Soldier
Imperial Soldier
Magic Anomaly
Ancient Dragon
Right after I emptied the loot from the dragon the Stormcloak prisoner showed up (I didn't even realize he was there) and I received the dialog option to free him. The dragon loot had pushed me to the point of being over encumbered. The dialog option for the Stormcloak prisoner gave me the option to outfit the guy. I was feeling mighty generous so I gave him top-of-the-line armor and weapons, potions, jewels, soul gems and tons of junk stuff too. He ran away.
I was left dumbfounded surrounded by corpses.
I love this game.

