Every Which Way But Loose

SETTING Fobin
AIDS Clint Eastwood movie of the same name
SUGGESTED READING Thardic Republic Kingdom Module, Alternate Army, Nasty, Brutish and Short

The Setup

There are a few tribes of White Orcs with small agrarian communities set up along the Thardic-Rethem border. These White Orc tribes promise to raise the alarm should they ever see strangers, and trade agraian produce for meat animals and other necessitates. The White Orc queen has made a promise to her human land-lords - that should a Black Orc ever come to her settlement she will send one white orc in legion livery to the nearest outpost with a plea for help. In return the legion will arrive and kill the Black Orc.

This agreement was forged just a few years ago and most people believe it's just a rumor. Others say, should a Black Orc try to take over the White Orc tribe, the legion will arrive to wipe it all out and be-dammed the agreement.

And So it Begins...

One sunny day, just after dawn, a small white orc comes running down the road in legion livery. He stops before the gates of Fobin and calls out "Peace. Queen Say Come Quick!"

The orc refuses to say much else (in fact he can't say much else, not being that fluent in Hârnic.) He knows only that his Queen gave him the message and sent him out of the colony by a secret back door. The orc knows he's special because he gets to wear the special robe. The "robe" is a thread-bare legionnaire's blanket with the Geishtei legion insignia painted on one side, and a hole cut out for him to put his head through.

His tribe is somewhere north of the highway and he will make motion/or tell (if anyone can understand him) that he is to lead the Queen's rescuers back to his tribe.

The legionnaires sent are told to find out what's going on and try to keep the relations good between the tribe and the surrounding lands. White orcs are not known for their violence so a tenaci should suffice.

The White Orc was sent to Fobin and not one of the surrounding legion forts because the Queen remembered that the man who founded the deal with her was from Fobin. She wants to renegotiate because she now has a daughter who will eventually need her own place to live.

Unfortunately, while the orc was sent to fetch the Queen's land lord, her daughter was stolen by (surprise, surprise) a black orc. He came into the camp and beat up the king and all comers. When he met the Queen he found the princess and left with her instead.

If the PCs visit the nearby forts they will hear of a Black Orc with one White Orcs in tow. The Black Orc challenged the fort, calling (in very broken Hârnic) for someone to come out and fight him. "Me win, you feed." he offers. None of the forts took him up on the deal.

The Black Orc's trail should be relatively easy to follow as he goes deeper and deeper into the woods. Eventually he will find his "friends" (5 black orcs and the 30 or so white orc slaves) and their colony. If caught before they reach their destination - the Black Orc should be easy to overpower and kill. In the settlement the Black Orcs will be the only danger. The White Orcs will run away from the PCs and try to hide.

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