Jera shrugged at Madadh, her posture somewhat more relaxed now that no one was touching her.<strong>"A dozen maybe, maybe more when the fort still stood and we still had some soldiers stationed here.  None of us that remain are warriors.  All we can do is hide and pray when they come."</strong><br/><br/>She then turned her attention to Samuel, flinching again at his mention of 'enduring a great deal'.<strong>"We... had, a town hall.  It still stands, but its condition is... less than pleasant.  We could use the tavern I suppose, it has been abandoned for a week, ever since the owner was killed."</strong>Her tone was oddly flat when she spoke of the condition of the town hall, though returned to normal as she talked of the death of the tavern owner.<br/><br/>Her attention next turned to Tilyana.<strong> "None, at least not effectively.  I suppose a couple of us may still be able to swing a sword.  But the soldiers were the first to die, most when they burnt down the fort."</strong>She shuddered slightly at the mention of that event.<strong> "As for the orcs, I don't know.  At least a hundred they said, before the fall of the fort.  They have some magic, but how much is their leader, and how much is others I cannot say.  They attack as rarely as once a month, as often as once a day.  They rarely come in groups of more than a dozen anymore, though we have done nothing to whittle down their numbers."</strong>She shrugged.<strong>"The fort once held an entire garrison, twenty men I think under a knight of some sort.  They kept to themselves mostly.  Most of them died during the fire, the rest were hunted down not long after."</strong><br/><br/>-HORATIO-<br/><br/>Most of those on the dock were from the ship's crew.  There were a couple people that looked to be locals, but they were busy moving cargo from the ship and into town.  If he wanted to find information or women, he would have to head into the town proper.