Once above the ravine they could still see the tracks of the Orcs and smell their awful smell as well. They finally came to t he series of caves. Here and there Orcs milled about and they could hear the wargs in one of the caves snarling and snapping at each other. The Trolls could be seen also hiding in another came. Thorgan guess they were not accepted in the general population of the Orcs except for when it came time to fight. There were to many of the Orcs for a outright attack. Thorgan was going to have to think of something. He moved his hand to motion them to get down and be still. He heard Pegawen chanting something and hopped her whispering voice would not be heard.<br/><br/>Lotharn moved up next to him and laid down on the rocks to look over the edge at the ravine and caves. "Which one do they have her in?" he mused. "We will probably have to wait till dark to even try and find out." At that moment those that were milling around the outside of the caves, ran inside one. Then the slight sound of ringing steel on steel could be heard and shouts. Thorgan could not understand the Orc speech but Lotharn could and he smiled. "Seems that there has been a challange issued for Leadership. Perhaps your challenge and fight with Rakothûrz has had an effect. I saw you wound him, a deep wound at that. One of the other Orcs seeing that would take advantage of it, as it would probably weaken him from blood loss and having a Human wound him would show weakness on his part. Where he is, Allassiel will be."<br/><br/>Well that was good news at least. But he had a feeling that if Rakothûrz was killed that Allassiel would be in more danger of dying then with him alive. He wanted her it seemed to make her suffer, which meant keeping her alive. The others would not be so inclined. He moved then to where he was above the cave that all the noise was coming from. He doubted that anyone inside would hear them with all the shouting going on. Taking one of the ropes from his men he secured it around a large boulder and eased it over the rocks and then slowly eased himself down to the ground. Lotharn followed and he signaled for everyone else to stay where they were.<br/><br/>He moved into the cave entrance and could see the flickering lights of torches. Orcs were everywhere, all facing one direction and looked to be in a semi circle. Beyond he could see Rakothûrz and another Orc fighting. But with the number of Orcs he could not see Allassiel. Lotharn whispered, "Some are for the other Orc, they are divided."<br/><br/>Where they were was piled gear from the Orcs, including some bows and black arrows. "Well lets divide them more." he grinned. Picking up a bow and knocking a black arrow. He drew it back. He wanted to shoot, Rakothûrz, but he really wanted to kill him personally and up close. They needed a distraction and he hoped what he was going to do would work. If he shot the other Orc, it would appear perhaps that supporters of Rakothûrz had done it to insure his victory, causing those supporting the other Orc to be enraged and turn on the others. There was a good place to hide not to far from where Lotharn and he was. Shoot, hide and watch what happened. He prayed to the gods, if there were really any and let the arrow fly, and dropped the bow and pushed Lotharn into the nitch that would hide them.