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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 996332" data-attributes="member: 99">The party gave the orcs a hasty search.  Unsurprisingly, they found another of the mysterious amulets around the neck of the shaman.  Rhys took it to examine later suspecting that it would have the same properties as the others they had found.  Nothing else among the orcs equipment seemed of any great value.  Rhys did take a short bow and a couple of quivers of arrows.  He had been considering that a short bow would give him a greater degree of mobility in combat than did his crossbow, which took precious seconds to load.The group wanted to put as much distance as they could between them and the slain orcs.  Rhys was still severely wounded from the battle and could barely walk without opening the wounds he had suffered from the arrows.  Ultimately he drank one of the healing potions he had been saving.  That put him in well enough shape to march for the rest of the day.They walked southward for the remainder of the afternoon.  As the rest of the group made camp, Krase decided to reconnoiter the area to look for any other signs of orcish activity.  He found another abandoned Nervii village.  Again, there were no bodies about.  He checked the village storehouse and found it emptied.  He also located the tracks of a fairly large number of people leaving the village headed southwest.In the morning, as the party broke camp and began again marching south, Krase mentioned the tracks he had found.  It appeared that the Nervii folk had relocated.  It was as yet unclear whether they were grouping up at whatever fortifications were supposedly being built or if they were simply seeking refuge from the orcish attacks.The party decided to head to the largest village in the southern Nervii lands to see if it was still occupied.  If not, they would follow any tracks from there.Another day and a half of travel brought them to the village and it turned out to be empty.  A quick search showed that the storehouse was empty and more tracks led west-southwest.  The party followed these.They marched through most of the following day before coming to a Brigantes village.  This time there were people about.Ilrath approached the barbarian folk who were in the village to get word of what was going on.  The news was as follows:The barbarian council had selected a village in the lands of the Brigantes to be the site for the fortifications.  The order went out for as much food as could be spared to be brought there in the event that there was a siege.All the able bodied warriors of the tribes were sent to keep the area safe while the fort was being constructed.  The troops from Glynden as well as some of the old and young men of the tribes helped construct the fortifications.  Meanwhile the women and children had been sent back east under light guards to make their way to the Fodor River.  Once there, they were to be ferried back across the river where they would be safe from the orcish horde.The village where the party currently was lay along the route between the fortress and the river.  The people there presently were just stopping off for the night.  The party decided to stay there for the night as well and head west in the morning.  For the first time in weeks, the group enjoyed a hot meal that contained something besides venison jerky and barley cakes.  A hot fire and the admiration of the barbarian villagers made the stay all the more enjoyable.In the morning, the party set off west and another day and a half journey brought them into a huge clearing.  The party gaped in awe (and Speaks frowned in chagrin) as they beheld the combined work of half a thousand barbarian axes.A low, steep hill with a flat top stood before them.  Every tree within two hundred paces of the base of the hill had been cut down.  Except for a few footpaths to the hill, every inch of the clearing was two feet deep in tree branches.The hill was ringed in two palisades, one at the base and one about half way up the steep slope.  Just southeast of the hill stood the small cluster of huts that used to be a Brigantes village enshrouded in the trees.  Around the huts were a number of large tents that seemed to house a significant forge works.The flat top of the hill, a scant two hundred feet across was completely covered in tents.  In the center, several pavilions stood slightly taller than the other tents.  Several of the standards of the barbarian tribes could be seen on tall poles among the tents.  And along the southeastern side of the hilltop, tan canvas stood out against the brown hides of the barbarian tents.  There, atop one of the pavilions, flew the red Imperial Pennant and the green flag of Glynden, popping in the wind.NEXT:  Choices</blockquote>

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