Re: Battle & Breeding
The courtyard opposite the ruined gate was clearly once pleasant, if simple. A small well served as the centerpiece, while benches once formed small circles for lessons or relaxation. The courtyard clearly suffered the brunt of the attack; cobbles were broken loose around muddy craters, benches were overturned and splintered, and the greenish corpses of orcs and goblins lay putrefying and molding on the damp stone.
Seven goblins picked through the remains for salvage, prodding the corpses with small, crude spears. By their emaciated state and lack of identifying colors, they were probably outcasts; vagabonds and scavengers. They probably weren't much good in a fight, but they did have a number advantage. On the other hand, they would probably be willing to trade anything they found for food, or pussy, and they were almost certainly cowards.
They clearly weren't expecting interruptions, and would be simple to surprise if the party wanted. Alternatively, they could try to parley with them, or to scare them off with some ploy.
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Something was wrong with the tracks; Faeyna had experience with these things. Even washed away by a week of rain, no orc left giant ruts in the earth as they moved, like some giant serpent. And the gate was blown apart by lightning, though not a spell... The orcs had some other creature with them, and not one of their usual warbeasts. That suggested a strangely talented chieftain, or allies...
The courtyard opposite the ruined gate was clearly once pleasant, if simple. A small well served as the centerpiece, while benches once formed small circles for lessons or relaxation. The courtyard clearly suffered the brunt of the attack; cobbles were broken loose around muddy craters, benches were overturned and splintered, and the greenish corpses of orcs and goblins lay putrefying and molding on the damp stone.
Seven goblins picked through the remains for salvage, prodding the corpses with small, crude spears. By their emaciated state and lack of identifying colors, they were probably outcasts; vagabonds and scavengers. They probably weren't much good in a fight, but they did have a number advantage. On the other hand, they would probably be willing to trade anything they found for food, or pussy, and they were almost certainly cowards.
They clearly weren't expecting interruptions, and would be simple to surprise if the party wanted. Alternatively, they could try to parley with them, or to scare them off with some ploy.
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Something was wrong with the tracks; Faeyna had experience with these things. Even washed away by a week of rain, no orc left giant ruts in the earth as they moved, like some giant serpent. And the gate was blown apart by lightning, though not a spell... The orcs had some other creature with them, and not one of their usual warbeasts. That suggested a strangely talented chieftain, or allies...
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