Lady Luna cast a look at Gabriel and nod, then snapping the horse's reigns to speed it up. "Lets leave the wagons and the guards here." She said firmly, riding ahead towards the rising smoke. It appeared the guards were left to stare at Gabriel for his decision about the orders though, whether to not he wanted them to follow or stay. Michael included.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>What awaited in the small village was a savage sight though. There was no wall around it, no palisade. It was a peaceful looking farmer community based on what older buildings were standing. Several others were on fire, and the bloody bodies of men lay scattered everywhere. There were a few women shot dead on the ground as well, but a quick look revealed twenty bodies of men, and four bodies of women.<br/><br/>Bloody handprints showed here and there, and there were a pair of bodies nailed to the beams supporting the balcony of a large inn, its windows boarded up, and a pair of severed men's heads on pikes before it, as well as a sign next to its.<br/><br/>"Dis belons to da orks nows, humies."<br/><br/>Horses and pigs were slaughtered, as were chickens, dogs, cats and any other such living beings. The people were cut down where they stood, some missing a head, a few beaten up severely, at least two of them mutilated once they were dead.<br/><br/>Within the tavern a loud noise was coming out, like someone banging away on drums and another playing some sort of a guitar very roughly. The two story tavern with an inn upstairs looked to have been closed up, boards in all windows and only one clear doorway showing on the front, the building's sides to two other buildings, a trashed store and on the other side what appeared to be a stable that still showed butchered men inside.<br/><br/>Orcs hadn't been seen anywhere near the capital in a<em>long time</em>because the army could hunt them down relentlessly, and they had too many competing clans to threaten the kingdom in its full power.