Volkon and the orcs - part 1

Volkon and Greyclaw spent the following months travelling the wild lands. The further they got from their home, the stranger and more desperate were the people. Volkon knew the beasts of the woodlands and wild grasses, but increasingly they had to be wary of more malevolent beasts.  Bears with spite in their hearts, baneful dogs intent on killing for pleasure rather than hunger and bands of evil orcs.

They had left home to look for a purpose, and it was coming clear that these people needed their help.  It was one afternoon that they came upon a village tormented by incessant orc raids. it seemed it was the same orc band that was trying to establish some territory of their own by intimidating the villages in the region. Those vile creatures did this for pleasure first and profit second.  But, despite protests, Volkon persuaded a handful of the strongest and bravest men of the villages to join him on turning the tables on the vile orcs.

Volkon used his hard learned tracking skills to sniff out the orc lair. He found 20 or more orcs encamped at the lee of a vertiginous cliff face. Too many orcs with a clever defensive position, the men gave into the gloom that was inevitable given the treatment they had received over the past months.  Volkon however had other ideas.  He observed them for some days before deciding it was indeed possible for this small group of men to beat them. They would just have to be smarter - not difficult when you are up against orcs!

to be continued ...