They arrive at the Ambush Sight

“So this is it?”

“Yup, this is the place.”

Brandy and Robert had traveled for a few hours, traveling alone hardly traveled dirt trails and as the two of them traveled deeper and deeper into the forest. A little past noon the two of them arrived at, well not a clearing, but a part of the forest with less dense tree coverage than usual. But that wasn’t the part that caught Brandy’s attention.

No, what caught Brandy’s attention was the obvious sighs of slaughter that had occurred.

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_Detail Focus: _[AD] Unique (technical)

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There are still a few dead bodies scattered around the battlefield, along with discarded weapons, broken shields, stains of blood. But what caught Brandy’s attention the most were the signs of burning. Robert did say that the ambushers had a spell caster with them, so she shouldn’t be surprised. Still, seeing the signs of charred wood, and burnt bodies really sent the point home.

“You weren’t kidding about the mage.” Brandy kneels down to get a closer look at a particularly charred body. “Did the mage use anything besides fire?”

Robert chuckles a bit, trying to hide his nerves. “Not that I saw, but I was a little busy trying to stay alive.”

“You mean running away.”

“If I hadn’t, I would have ended up like that dead body in front of you. Or a prisoner.”

Brandy stands up and looks at Robert. “Well, now what?”

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Pacing Move: [3] An NPC Takes Action

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“Now, you die.” Both of them are startled when they hear the new voice, drawing their weapons as they go back to back. “Or you can both surrender. It would be a real shame to kill a pretty thing like yourself.”

As the voice finishes speaking, the two humans see a shape jump out of a tree and land not too far in front of them.

“So how about you save the both of us some time and throw down your weapons.?” As the large Orc says this, he hefts a large two-handed axe over his shoulder while more Orcs come out of their hiding places, jumping down from the tree branches.

“Or don’t, me and my men HAVE been hiding out for a while and to be honest.” He looks around at the group of Orcs. “They are pretty bored, they could use the exercise.”

Brandy doesn’t say anything, only tightening her grip on her great sword. But Robert says a simple phrase. “Well shit…”