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<blockquote data-quote="Emiricol" data-source="post: 1940614" data-attributes="member: 469"><p>As the three travellers reached the verge of the Glen, Thrayn motioned for them to halt. They had approached from the east and Thrayn had led them around, past the southern edge, to cover the most likely approach of the Orcs. "This is the direction they should be coming from. Find two sturdy trees and if you can, climb high into their branches. Make ready your bows and several arrows. We will await the brutes from there. Whatever happens, do not enter the Glen - it is perilous to mortal Men and is guarded by a beast out of legend."</p><p> </p><p> Rongald nodded but shared a wary glance with Bornhild. Then wordlessly he began to look about for a fitting tree.</p><p> </p><p> Thrayn took the horse by the reins and led him closer to the Glen a short way, but beyond sight of their ambush spot. He could hear the stream of the Glen just beyond the treeline and it called to him as though his blood itself yearned to go there, but he put his desire aside and tied the horse to one of the trees, and returned quickly to the Men. They had already ascended two large trees and were passably hidden within the ancient branches. Thrayn chose a third tree, nearby, creating something of a crossfire. He found a spot on a large branch and nestled into the joint where it met the bole, then drew forth half a dozen arrows, setting them at his feet where he crouched. One, he knocked into his bow. With his free hand he attempted to arrange the twigs and branches around him to cover his appearance from below. Now all that was left was to wait and hope for the best.</p><p> </p><p> ----------------------------</p><p> </p><p> The Oruk leader had the Orcs moving as fast as possible through the woods, but the Third Tusk suddenly felt something new. It tingled his scalp and raised the hairs on his arms and neck, and he realized what it was - fear. He quickly ordered the Orcs to a halt, and the heaving, panting invaders did just that, and gratefuly.</p><p> </p><p> <em>The Legate's Whisper said to turn North, and I have felt that feeling but once before - facing one of the pointears' blasphemous sorcerers. Is that what we are to destroy? Why then would we be ordered to taint the pond we will find? Bah! I ask too many questions. There is magic ahead, I can sense it. If I were the Fey, I might have a sorcerer to defend such a place.</em></p><p> </p><p> The Oruk barked to Second Tusk in the Master inflection, <span style="color: red">"We rest. Two hours. We will move ahead when the sun begins to set. Make ready. Any Blade who wearies or retreats will serve Izrador one last time, as extra rations for the rest of us."</span></p><p> </p><p> Second Tusk immediately passed this along to the Blades, the warrior orcs beneath him, and they snorted and laughed at the thought of extra meat - none too concerned that they themselves might be the one to tire first.</p><p> </p><p> They rested for two hours, then Third Tusk gathered his forces and ordered javelins out and ready. Two Blades were placed ahead and to his left, two ahead and to his right. The fifth Blade he took himself, and ordered Second Tusk in the center, to quietly relay commands and support whichever team encountered something interesting first.</p><p> </p><p> The other Orcs did not fail to notice this brilliant plan put the Oruk in the rear with a bodyguard, but in the end they obeyed despite their clear misgivings.</p><p> </p><p> With a forward wave of his hand, Third Tusk set the force moving slowly forward. He had picked his path better than he could have hoped, though he didn't know it; it wasn't until the two eastern Blades were within a mere 15 yards of the two Men in the trees, with the Second Tusk a mere 5 yards beyond, that the ambushers became aware of their presence, the Orcs emerging from a dense cluster of brush to expose themselves briefly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Emiricol, post: 1940614, member: 469"] As the three travellers reached the verge of the Glen, Thrayn motioned for them to halt. They had approached from the east and Thrayn had led them around, past the southern edge, to cover the most likely approach of the Orcs. "This is the direction they should be coming from. Find two sturdy trees and if you can, climb high into their branches. Make ready your bows and several arrows. We will await the brutes from there. Whatever happens, do not enter the Glen - it is perilous to mortal Men and is guarded by a beast out of legend." Rongald nodded but shared a wary glance with Bornhild. Then wordlessly he began to look about for a fitting tree. Thrayn took the horse by the reins and led him closer to the Glen a short way, but beyond sight of their ambush spot. He could hear the stream of the Glen just beyond the treeline and it called to him as though his blood itself yearned to go there, but he put his desire aside and tied the horse to one of the trees, and returned quickly to the Men. They had already ascended two large trees and were passably hidden within the ancient branches. Thrayn chose a third tree, nearby, creating something of a crossfire. He found a spot on a large branch and nestled into the joint where it met the bole, then drew forth half a dozen arrows, setting them at his feet where he crouched. One, he knocked into his bow. With his free hand he attempted to arrange the twigs and branches around him to cover his appearance from below. Now all that was left was to wait and hope for the best. ---------------------------- The Oruk leader had the Orcs moving as fast as possible through the woods, but the Third Tusk suddenly felt something new. It tingled his scalp and raised the hairs on his arms and neck, and he realized what it was - fear. He quickly ordered the Orcs to a halt, and the heaving, panting invaders did just that, and gratefuly. [i]The Legate's Whisper said to turn North, and I have felt that feeling but once before - facing one of the pointears' blasphemous sorcerers. Is that what we are to destroy? Why then would we be ordered to taint the pond we will find? Bah! I ask too many questions. There is magic ahead, I can sense it. If I were the Fey, I might have a sorcerer to defend such a place.[/i] The Oruk barked to Second Tusk in the Master inflection, [Color=red]"We rest. Two hours. We will move ahead when the sun begins to set. Make ready. Any Blade who wearies or retreats will serve Izrador one last time, as extra rations for the rest of us."[/Color] Second Tusk immediately passed this along to the Blades, the warrior orcs beneath him, and they snorted and laughed at the thought of extra meat - none too concerned that they themselves might be the one to tire first. They rested for two hours, then Third Tusk gathered his forces and ordered javelins out and ready. Two Blades were placed ahead and to his left, two ahead and to his right. The fifth Blade he took himself, and ordered Second Tusk in the center, to quietly relay commands and support whichever team encountered something interesting first. The other Orcs did not fail to notice this brilliant plan put the Oruk in the rear with a bodyguard, but in the end they obeyed despite their clear misgivings. With a forward wave of his hand, Third Tusk set the force moving slowly forward. He had picked his path better than he could have hoped, though he didn't know it; it wasn't until the two eastern Blades were within a mere 15 yards of the two Men in the trees, with the Second Tusk a mere 5 yards beyond, that the ambushers became aware of their presence, the Orcs emerging from a dense cluster of brush to expose themselves briefly. [/QUOTE]
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