Two dwarf warriors walk into the Prancing Pony wearing chaimail with family crests on their tunics. The men get large tankards of ale and take seats drinking half the glass in one go.
"It's not bad but they need to work on making it stronger," Gisur says.
"Very right Guard-captain," Hwati says. "We should invite them to our halls to learn how to make beer properly."
"I think bringing more people to our hall would be a bad idea at this time."
"You are right. The orcs have attacked us several times recently. The last time was horrible."
"I was surprised by the number of orcs that made their way to Gabilshathur," Gisur says. "I would have thought with the battles we had already fought against them their numbers would be too small for a force that size."
"Many were slain by adventurers. They were kind enough to bring the orc tools for us to melt down while they cut a path through the orc camp of Ongbishuk. I was surprised that anyone was willing to travel through the enemy camp or how efficiently they seemed to pass through the camp."
"Adventurers have been woken by the call to battle the dark forces. I only hope that they will be enough to turn the tides of battle in our favor."
"When I asked this group they returned to Ongbishuk to burn the single siege tower the orcs had been able to construct," Hwati says. "It was an act that made it far more difficult for our enemy to take the hall."
"A great help but the trolls of Maelhad still pose a threat to our gates."
"I was able to reduce that threat as well."
"I had heard you got adventurers involved in creating confusion but I have not heard details on how," Gisur says.
"I started by having some of the trolls that inhabit Maelhad slain. It left the path to the center clear for the next attack on the champion. By all acounts Ronkurz fought hard. However he fell and the adventurers returned with one of his great maces."
"I was wondering where you had found that."
"Killing him was just a step to what I actually wished to accomplish," Hwati says.
"And what was that?"
"The adventurers killed Khurrákh the one that had been leading Maelhad for some time. I'm sure they'll have trouble as fights start to decide who gets to lead them now."
"That should keep them out of our way while we deal with the orcs," Gisur says. "Speaking of dealing with them. Did you hear what Ansurr did?"
"No. What did he do?"
"He had someone steal an egg from one of the biggest meanest turtles in the swamp and put it by a campfire in Ongbishuk."
"Pitting the natural creatures against the orcs?" Hwati says laughing. "What a fantastic idea."
"The turtle charged into the camp biting any orcs she didn't crush in her rush to get the egg."
The two dwarves laugh loudly and drink to the idea of a turtle killing the orcs for them.