Arilid passed into unconsciousness, the injuries were too much. J'zargo was the only mage that knew how to heal others so he stayed with Arilid along with Ralof as a guard. They went to the top of the tallest watch tower in Helgen which the top was once covered with rubble, now clear and a holding point.

The orc remained looting the dead bandits, Lydia took it upon herself to take charge while Arilid was out. She knew the orc was staying for something, for what she did not know. Lydia approached the large orc, he had a strong square face with scars over his left eye right cheek and over his lips to the bottom of his chin. He had short black hair, his left eye was white and seemed he was blind on his left. His right eye is a dark green much like his skin. Small horns were over his eyes like much of his race did. Black warpaint bore on his face from the corner of his eyes to the bottom of his face. His right pointed ear had a notch missing on the top that could have been from a fight.

Lydia, who was surprisingly unintimidated by the massive warrior, approached the orc and said "Who in Oblivion are you?"

"I can ask the same." The orc replied standing his ground against the nordic woman.

"I believe I deserve to know who you are, you may have killed the bandit chief and his underlings. That does not explain why an axe-wielding orc jumps from a second story building and chops down everything he sees. For all I know this is a plan to take the fort and kill us all in our sleep." Lydia still stood now toe-to-toe with the orc. Ria, Brelyna and Onmund watched in awe and a new respect for the woman.

The orc stared at Lydia. He towered over the entire company and is stronger than them as well, his armor is tough and will assure that few enemies will slice through it. His battleaxe can easily wound a mage. He could have killed them all in that very moment.

Instead he laughed. His laugh was loud and made everyone skittish, except for Lydia who practically snarled at the orc. "I've seen many things. You are a woman I can respect, unlike your friends you do not fear me. I am Nasorz-Gro-Ushatwog, and your friend is in danger."

Lydia drew her sword again, she still had cuts and bruises from the battle, but she will endure more, for her thane. "What is this danger?"

"The cowardly bandits that ran. Back to their own stronghold, that lies underneath these ruins. Helgen keep has many bandits crawling inside." Nasorz looked to the sun. "We have four hours until the bandits will come back with a counter attack."

Onmund stepped in "Not to be rude, but how do you know. These bandits can be up to anything and more importantly, how can we trust you?"

"The bandits are cowardly in heart they will know attacking at night will be their best chance to survive. As for trusting me, you can't trust me, but I didn't save your friend for nothing. I was trapped in that building. Fighting will do me no good, even if I have more power than them, the cowards will keep coming until I can't fight no more. Your friend provided me a chance to escape. Which I denied, for I knew that these bandits are a nuisance. I joined late because your friend fought bravely against the bandit chief and fell. I wanted to know if your little band was worth the effort to fight. The unconscious nord proved your worth. So here I am."

Lydia looked around evaluating the situation and pros and cons. Arilid's life was on the line. If they listen to what the orc has to say, Arilid will live, but a lot of fighting will have to be endured. If they leave wild animals will threaten them and possible bandit attacks. The choice was clear. "What do you have to say Nasorz."

The orc walked away from Lydia and stared at a broken wall where the bandits fled to. "We take the keep." All was silent, It was a crazy idea, but like said before Arilid's life is in danger. "We take the keep. Before I met you I was part of these bandits, but that all changed when we took some women prisoner. I stood watch of them many times, they were merchants and knew nothing of real battle. The men would take them, violently if needed. They would be returned to their cell sustaining many injuries. They tried to beg their way out through me. What started as a plea for help turned into a promise. I joined these bandits for coin, I left them for the promise, I want to free those two woman within the keep. At the same time you want to save your friend. It seems we share common goals."

The company went quite. No one knew what to say. Nasorz was more honorable than they realized. There was no need for words, the company knew what must be done. Take the keep. Lydia asked "So what's the plan?"

"We take the keep. We will take the main gates, some of the cowards are bound to have seen me in the fray. They have a back entrance and that will be smart to defend and easily defendable area of the keep. If we attack from the main gates we will meet very little bandits, your friends out here can move inside and the woman can return to their homes and their families. We can take their supplies and when the time comes we take advantage of the small halls and counterattack." His plan sounded crazy and filled with flaws, but he worked with the bandits and no one else had a plan.

"When do we start?" Lydia asked.

"Now."