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-----The orc that Sol faces thrusts at him at the same time the young warrior swings his sword. Sol instantly kills the orc but at the same moment the evil thing’s sword barely grazes his hand. An anger red line of blood suddenly appears there. The orc that Sol had critically wounded before makes a feeble attempt at stabbing Sol, but the orc misses as its strength fails it.
-----Seth surveys the battlefield, and seeing that most things are under control puts away his sling and draws his dagger, the one that the Dread Pirate was so kind to lend him back at another battle with orcs. He begins moving towards the sleeping orcs and binds them up.
-----Raven gives the half-orc a wolf-like grin and then moves in to finish this battle. He slashes in twice but each time his moves are blocked by the enemy’s axe. With a quick uppercut, Raven pierces the half-orc’s shoulder injuring the evil one there.
-----In retaliation, the humanoid slams the broad side of his battleaxe into the ranger’s chest. The blow nearly knocks Raven over and he appears hurt! With a growl, the wolf leaps biting deeply into the orcish skin causing the humanoid to miss Raven with a damaging blow.
-----Sol swings at the critically injured orc and his first swing misses as the orc pushes backward on the ground. With a quick back swing, Sol slashes across the neck of the humanoid ending its life.
-----One of the last battling orcs falls at the hands of the Dread Pirate as his cutlass disembowels the creature. Another orc that Gimplefwick gravely wounded earlier grabs at the Dread Pirate’s boots but misses.
-----The five orcs that Sarah has enspelled continue to stare enthralled at the spell the sorceress maintains.
-----Raven takes a moment to clear his head. While pausing, Raven stares at the half-orc like a wolf looking for a weakness in his prey. Raven's eyes flash as he sees an opening. Raven sweeps one sword towards the half-orc’s groin and then does a spin move with the other sword at his foe's neck.
-----The hunter’s move pays off as the half-orc parries the attack at his groin but doesn’t anticipate the move toward his neck. Raven’s short sword pierces the creature’s neck and amid a great roar of pain, dark blood spouts out from the wounded area. In the blind pain, the half-orc misses Raven with an unfocused swing.
-----Seeing another opening, Raven leaps toward the half-orc with swords flashing. Shockingly, the half-orc recovers his wits and parries Raven’s attacks once, twice and then on the third attack, the opponent catches Raven’s sword with the axe handle! With a furious heave and a savage grunt, the half-orc pushes up forcing Raven off balance. With a violent motion, the half-orc then brings the head of his axe into Raven’s abdomen hurting the hunter further and taking the breath from him.
-----With an angry growl, the wolf launches forth firmly biting into the flesh of the humanoid’s left arm. As it pulls back, the wolf takes a mass of flesh and meat with it. As the half-orc is momentarily distracted by its pain, it begins to turn toward the wolf. As it does, two arrows suddenly appear in its chest. It looks down at Raven staggering in front of it and its mouth opens. Blood begins to gush and its eyes bulge. With a great heave of its chest, it suddenly collapses to the ground dead.
-----Looking over, Raven sees Rinda with her bow in hand. The huntress looks at the dead humanoid with angry intent. She quickly rushes to the dead body and gives it a furious kick. She then hurries to Raven’s side grabbing his arm while checking his wounds.
-----Meanwhile the Dread Pirate, seeing the wounded but sly orc trying to poke at him from the ground, runs back behind it. He then begins to back up before the crawling orc can turn. As he finds the right distance a few feet from the humanoid, the Dread Pirate lets out a wild war whoop. Running as fast as his feet can carry him, Gimplefwick rushes toward the orc. Just before he reaches the outstretched legs of the humanoid, the halfling pirate leaps and lands on the orc’s back just below the neck. The orc lets out a surprised grunt and the force of the landing pirate snaps the neck bone as the orc’s face is driven into the ground.
-----Sarah, like Seth notices that the party definitely has the upper hand in this battle. She lets the spell drop. There is no noticeable effect at first. "We've got about half a minute before they start moving again." She warns and proceeds to bind all five of them as quickly as possible. "Help would be appreciated." She says, thinking that the faster these orcs are tied up the sooner she can see if Raven is going to able to walk anytime soon.
-----Seeing that Sarah seems to have to concentrate to maintain her spell, and because he doesn't understand what happens if he tries to capture the enspelled orcs, Sol moves into the five and proceeds to attack them one by one. His lips curl in distaste at striking at unaware foes, but he grimly continues his task anyway.
-----Seeing Sol about to attack one she calls out, "No wait! Sol! Don't . . . . nevermind," as the orc he is fighting suddenly becomes alert.
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