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"Small patrols are easy to pick off." The Harbinger began. "However, a single large force is easy to track and outmaneuver."

Randagulf looked over the mountain paths that showed on the Atmoran map of the area.

"There are numerous paths that we can take. We will need to have them all covered, but we cannot leave any one party too small. We can't split our troops according to crew or else the numbers will be too different. We are only as strong as our weakest link."

Bodvar had the most remaining troops, then Styrbjorn and Rolf had the fewest. If they each led all their troops there would be an obvious weak link.

The captains didn't seem pleased by the Harbinger's plan as he went over the remaining numbers of each crew and asked the captains for their men's skills to split them up into matching parties with equivalent strengths.

It took the rest of the night to go over this strategy, but as dawn arrived the Harbinger had seperated the Companions into 9 war parties, each with around 20-30 men and gave each of them a path to head up the mountain.

Mixing up the crews was an unpopular plan as they weren't getting along, but Randagulf's authoritative approach was keeping them in line for now. He knew that he needed to get these men to fight together instead of fighting each other or the Orcs would smash them.

Dawn came soon enough for the Stormhawks, there were no more Orc attacks till then.

Boruus tried to dodge, but Lamush still caught him in the upper torso with her diagonal swing. Her axe hit his Orcish armor, damaging it leaving him with serious bruises on his chest.

By now both their Berserker Rages had run out.

All the accumulated damage that he has taken was slowing Boruus down, while Lamush's stamina was still quite fresh.

He tried to counter-attack with a bash of his axe's shaft to her head, but the attack was sluggish and left his defenses open.

News of the death of Jarl Sigurd was spread throughout the region as ships from Vindhelm carried the news to Yorgrim, Blekstein and beyond.

Harald also sent personal letters to his late father's vassals and friends, including old Jarl Arngrim of Saarthal, who was his father's 1st cousin. He invited them to attend the funeral that would be held within the week.