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Kelendyras 30, Winter, Era XV
It had taken the orc a while to find his way to the fort and indeed he had never intended to go there at all. Combat drew him, the contention of mighty armies allowing him a freedom of movement that he might not otherwise have enjoyed. Still though he had got lost, following along the edges of the mountains, his mind confused by the transitions.
He'd intended to find the fighting and to throw himself into the glory of combat, but it had proved harder than he'd expected. It was hard to move through the land of the living. Memories were fragmented, some places seemingly familiar only to forget how to move on to the next place. He drifted for a while fighting the course that drew him but then eventually he gave into it and allowed himself to be drawn. When he saw it, he knew why it had brought him. An army sat there, an army of the enemy waiting for him, for him to drown them in their own blood, to feast on their corpses.
He'd learnt though that it was hard to interact with the physical. The ability that allowed him to drift through the wall and into the compound as the darkening settled over the keep also prevented him from using the battle axe that he still clutched in his black hands. He wandered the camp, vaguely understanding what he saw but some things did come through. One of those things was the guarded tent, a tent whose walls were no obstacle.
He walked through the canvas and stopped, stunned for a moment by the unexpected size of the commander. The room chilled with his presence, not that he noticed for cold wasn't something that bothered him any more. A giant though wasn't going to cause an orc to back down even in life and Grak longed to sweep his axe through it's neck. He stepped forward, unlimbering his axe, tusks glinting. Now would his revenge start!
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Retired
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