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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 688855" data-attributes="member: 5137">Vignette: Killing An OrcHe went by Akeros, although it was not his name. Akeros was one of the great rivers beneath the earth, and it was into this river that murderers and villains were cast in the afterlife. Akeros (the person) was one of the individuals who cast them there.Long and lean, with dull black eyes and casual manner, Akeros crouched among rocks, out of sight of the orcs he watched. He had identified the target, the orc hero who had wrecked havoc weeks ago on the front lines, and had watched the target's patterns closely. Although orcs never slept exactly the same hours twice, and avoided habitual timing of any sort, Akeros had identified a range of times that the orc hero might be found by himself.Unfortunately, he had also determined that a swift, silent death would not be possible. And Akeros had no taste for glorious death.So he waited until there was a clear path, and stealthily slipped away from the tribe's encampment. He  explained the situation to his general, and was given a small group of soldiers - only the most loyal and close-mouthed - and they went on a "scouting trip" for a pair of days.At the passing of dusk, when Akeros was more certain that the target would be alone (or close to it), the soldiers charged in and attacked him with weapons poisoned by Akeros, and then retreated and fought their way back to Theralis while the orc hero died. Some of them died, but the majority successfully returned, with tales of stumbling across the hero and defeating him at great loss.Akeros stayed behind, still hidden among the rocks, to make certain the target did not fight off the poisons. When he was sure the target had died, he too retreated.</blockquote>

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