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Storms of Change, Part 2

As everyone begins to pull away from the orc's talk, Dunathar glances once more at them all and then begins scouting out the road ahead for the group.

~Well, I figure come night someone will tell me what that was all about...~
 

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Adromon human psychic warrior 1

Thels said:
"I'll see what I can do. Travel well, brothers!" Zanock replies to the withdrawing orcs.
Mounting Piece of Meat, he looks back at the others as he rides back to the road. "Right, let's go!", he yells in common.

Adromon mounts Narthail, but doesn't move from his spot. "You'd better explain what that was all about first."
 




Rangark retreats with his orcs further into the small wood, and you lose sight of them as you exit the treeline. The party is standing just outside of the wood, a few hundred yards away from the Trade Road, surrounded by the tall grass.

The copse of trees is only a few hundred feet across, and only a few miles north of Carodan. It does not appear on the map given to you by Warden Ricsten. If it weren't for the rolling landscape, you should be able to see Carodan from here.

Dunathar starts to scout towards the northwest, roughly following the path Bert traced with his finger on the map. But he turns back as he hears the exchange of words between Adromon and Zanock, and sees that the party has stopped.

Was this some sort of standoff between the big orc and the white-haired human wielding the big glaive? He had not seen Adromon in combat yet, but he looked quite capable of holding his own.

Mirena shifts uncomfortably in her saddle. She opens her mouth as if about to say something, then shuts it again, watching quietly.
 

Manzanita

"Adromon is correct, Zanock. You are an orc, a race not normally friendly with the rest of our peoples. And you are enganging in private conversation with other orcs of unknown intentions. If you are to continue to travel with us, we must know we can trust you. Please tell us your intentions and the nature of this discussion you had."
 

"Oke, oke!" Zanock replies grumpy, as he orders his mount to slowly ride back towards the road. "Those were my race people tell me about some your race people kill my race people. They ask Zanock help them kill some your race people. Zanock said go own way, but look for some your race people and kill they if they bad. Zanock go with you, not want with these own race people now."
 

Accepting Zanock's response (after taking a moment to decipher his broken Common), Adromon smiles and spurs his steed, Narthail, back toward the road.

The orc is stubborn, but not unreasonable, he thinks to himself.
Hopefully, we won't run into a problem like this again.
 


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