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Quint Kacie
"Let's eliminate those we can, Severi, before they can turn those bows on us."
Coordinating briefly with the elf, Quint casts his remaining Sleep at one of the groups in range.

Klarmont 10, AC 1000
Woods north of Threshold
10:46 am

The adventurers dash forward, quickly dispatching the sleeping orcs and rousing the fallen captives. Two of the humans are terrified, and likely to be of now use, but the other three clench axe handles or liberate the weapons of the fallen orcs and brandish them somewhat menacingly.

Quint steps forward and casts another spell, targeting the closer group of orcs, to the northeast. This time, his sorcery is stupendous, and all of the orcs -- and their human captives -- fall to the ground in sweet slumber.

The remaining two visible groups of orcs begin to stir into action; the further group draws blades and begins to charge forwards, whilst the nearer group begin to put arrows to bowstrings to fire at the party. From the other side of some dense growth, directly north of the party, the adventurers hear more gutteral shouting. This is no doubt the group that Rhys spied earlier, with the large, burly leader.

Rhys will hold his attack for now, waiting for the best opportunity to strike. But he makes his way towards the dense growth where the sounds of the final group of orcs is coming from.

Tev Meren, Fighter

Tev races forward towards the group Quint sent to sleep. He toys with the idea of loading his crossbow while he moves, but ultimately decides that haste is the more appropriate response.

Thurgan, dwarf

Thurgan runs towards the group of sleeping orcs, sword readied to slay them before they wake.

"Help us wake the other slaves and slay those orcs".

Quint Kacie
Rushing forward with his companions, though leery of the charging orcs, Quint helps awaken the humans and urging them to action - first to slay their sleeping captors, then to defend themselves against the other orcs. For his part, now out of spells, he pulls forth his sling and choose a likely target.

Klarmont 10, AC 10100-4
Woods outside of Threshold
10:48 am

Chaos erupts. The adventurers spring forward and race to the sleeping orcs. Arrows rain about them, but most fall short. The two remaining visible groups of orcs converge; their human captives look frightened and unsure. When the orcs see the adventurers begin to slaughter . their unconscious kin, they in turn begin to cut down their captives. In turn, with horrible wailing, the humans frantically look for an escape, running to and fro. Some attempt to wrest weapons from their orcish slavedrivers, but the majority just try and flee.

Thurgan, dwarf

"Cowards, to stand and fire arrows. Come and fight" the Dwarf yells at the groups of orcs.

Wyzard wrote:

I think Severi hasn't yet used up his last Sleep? I said I was going to use it above if any Orcs were in range. That stands.

Severi casts his dweomer. Unfortunately, Severi's power wanes, because only one orc falls over, as do two unfortunate captives. The orcs reply with a rain of arrows. Most of them fall short, but two find separate captives; a woman clutches an arrow that pierces her thigh, whilst an older man takes an arrow through the throat.

One of the larger orcs barks some commands, and the others cease pursuing the scattering men, turning their attention upon the adventurers. Another command is ordered, and half the orcs form a line and ready their bows, while the other half draws their blades in preparation for a charge.

Tev Meren, Fighter

Tev hefts up the body of an orc whose throat he just slit and crouches behind it, using it as a makeshift tower shield. Once the orc bows have loosed, he tosses the corpse into the legs of the charging orcs and starts cutting with his sword.