Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20190126220742/@comment-17114085-20190329221849

The snow did look disturbed, there was just plenty enough of it to hide the rocky path that they had to go up. Though it wasn't clear if the Orcs had used this path or not. If they did they did so long enough ago that their tracks were eroded away by the wind and the snow.

They went back to Jof and Reyl's cart and led Sunchaser to the bodies, where they took the Orcs' equipment and loaded it onto the cart. Afterwards they headed towards the mines.

The Companion captain led them out of the village and into the northern hillside. The hills soon turned to mountain as they neared the range.

"The mines are nearby. We picked the largest mining chamber to evacuate the citizens too. Each captain has his own men guarding the entrances to that chamber." Bodvar explained as they neared the hiding spot. "Luckily, the Orcs have yet to find us so make sure to keep the location a secret."

Jofrodr nodded.

Soon enough they could see wooden structures denoting one of the entrances of the Silfrisin Mines. As Bodvar had stated, they could see lookouts hiding by the entrance. They showed themselves only when they saw that Bodvar was leading the party.

"Captain Bodvar, did you kill those Orcs?" One of the lookouts asked.

Jofrodr and Reyl recognized him as Hugaldr, one of their comrades.

"They were killed, just not by us. We managed to find some fresh warriors though." He gestured to Kal, Jof and Reyl.

"Jof, Reyl. Good to see you." He added when he saw them with the party. He didn't know Kal so he just offered her a simple. "Greetings."

"You think we don't have enough Orichalcum?" The warrior asked rhetorically.

"We have our own mine here in the stronghold." He stated.

The archers on the watchtowers had kept their arrows drawn and ready this whole time, though they weren't pointing them at Lamush right now.

It was common for an Orc stronghold to distrust Orcs from other strongholds, so this treatment wasn't that strange. However, the Akul Khazak stronghold seemed overly aggressive towards her.

Harald stood at the feet of his father's bed as Olaf was performing a prayer over the deceased Jarl.

Being a High Priest of Shor, Olaf was one of the priests in charge of all funeral rites in Atmoran society.

He prayed over his father, beckoning his soul a safe journey to Sovngard and for Shor to welcome him into his Hall of Valor. He had started by himself, but other local priests of Shor had been called to the Palace to help him with the funeral ceremony.

It was still early in the morning, but the palace had been woken up by the news. Most of the servants were mourning their dead Jarl, whom they all had plenty of love and respect for.