Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20190505142549/@comment-17114085-20190523114742

(Not yet.)

"Suit yourself." Bakel said. He was more bitter today, the death of his mother still weighed heavy on his mind and he didn't have alcohol to clear his mind.

--

It was about an hour later when the Orcs met up near the entrance to the mines and the smithy.

Bakel was in full heavy armor with his large cleaver to his side. Boruus was ready for combat too. They had gathered a band of 60 Orc warriors, with the intention of hunting down those two Atmoran War parties.

When they were just about ready to leave, the guard leader came rushing out of the mine. "Chief!"

"What is it?" Bakel asked.

"3 of our tunnel patrols have failed to report. It is way past their shift change." The leader reported.

The tunnel roof at the intersection was cracking and seemed like it would collapse any moment.

Randagulf knew that there wasn't enough time to their whole group to move forward, many of the Companions would stay behind or be crushed by the rocks.

"Fall back!" He ordered. "Go! Fall Back!"

The Companions at the rear began to rush back through the tunnel they came from. The Harbinger went after them.

Jofrodr turned around and followed them. "Come on Reyl! The tunnel will collapse any moment!"

Hans was already past the intersection. He wasn't going to retreat, instead he ran after the fleeing Orcs.

--

Kal and the others could hear yelling. It was a bit hard to tell exactly what was said due to echo, but the language was certainly Atmoran.

"Shit." Bodvar. "It must be a cave in, quickly, back to the mining chamber!"

The Companions in his group turned around and began to rush back to the safety of the large chamber.

There were few tracks in the rocky ground and since the Stormhawks had been following them their own tracks mixed in with the Orcs'.

However, as they back-tracked to the intersection that they had first spotted the Orcs in, they were able to figure out which tunnel the Orcs had come from.

They followed that tunnel for a while until it led to a mining chamber. There they encounted a group of 10 Orc guards discussing something. There were no miners there, all the Orcs were armed and armored.

So far the guards had yet to discover the Stormhawks spying on them.