The group pushed forward into the narrow, worked tunnels. Jack fired his crossbow at the orog bully before Bible rushed down the tunnel, throwing axes and Valda lobbed arrows past her. The orog staggered, pin-cushioned and bloody, but raised an axe and charged at Bible. Quinn, who was working his way through the rubble into the tunnel, thought for a moment that the orog would fall, but as it rushed toward Bible, he changed his mind and sent a burst of flame into the orog's face, which caused the bully to wheeze and drop, just a moment before reaching the sailor.
Tenibor listened, trying to filter out the sounds of the battle for any sign of giants. The orcs from the side-tunnel had pulled back to get out of the way of the fray, but they had not been alone in the side-tunnel. Though it was not the threat that the elf had intended to listen for, he was able to warn Jack as another orog burst from that tunnel and swung a large axe, that grazed Jack as he rolled with the blow. The orog kept up the punishment, driving Jack on his back-footing as the two orc allies pushed their way forward to back him up, swinging their bugbear's morningstars to harry the half-ogre.
Down the tunnel, an orc, dirty enough to be a worker, came around a bend in the tunnel to see what was happening, and yet another orog appeared behind him. The orog threw a javelin at Bible, who ducked, and then turned to flee eastward.
At the rear of the fray, the dwarf Harmock chuckled softly to himself, only overheard by Tenibor, who was beside him and listening.
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Jack did 8, Bible did 22, & Valda did 11 to Orog3, which left it at 1 HP, so I will say that Quinn changed his mind & finished him off. Orog4 did 16 & 8 to Jack (Uncanny Dodge, right? So 16 total.) Khalga (orc2) did 5 to Orog4.
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