Report back to her companions, but there is a complication...

Ria gritted her teeth at the sight of the captives. She knew she would be unable to do anything about it alone. Keeping out of sight from the orc sentries, she turned around and carefully returned to where she left Yolna and Karn.

She approached the spot where they were when she went ahead to scout, but her companions were nowhere to be found! Instead, she saw signs of a struggle. Scattered prints in the sand, some rocks scorched by Karn's magic, and a dead orc, pinned to the ground by Yolna's spear, which was snapped halfway up the haft.

Tracks led away, toward a different orc camp than the one Ria had scouted. Keeping low, she peered over a nearby boulder and saw her friends being led away by an orc raiding party. Their backs were turned and they were quite distant, but Ria could see that they were bound at the wrists and ankles, given the way they shuffled along. Two orcs flanked either one of them, and the group was led by a fifth orc. One of the orcs beside Yolna had a hand placed firmly on her shoulder.

Ria could guess what they intended to do with her...