<div class="floatright">(http://img10.deviantart.net/9747/i/2013/202/e/3/orcish_hunk_by_mavrosh-d6eg2z2.jpg)</div><strong>Kesk Lamar, King of the West Wind's Sons</strong>(https://docs.google.com/document/d/19jqFTLDv_Ssdl8a4J_cO8E80LrNPELOfwGTxv7uYHuQ/edit)<br/><br/>Kesk invited several of his younger warriors to witness the scout reports.  Crouched and listened, as did his sons behind him.  The younger warriors were expected to stand.  This wasn't just a matter of respect, but also so that they could see.  "Gorefang," he adressed the warleader of the THousand Sons, then, "Yugash, what say you both?  The nearest targets seem to offer little chance for glory or booty, but we would be fools to leave them behind us.  The farming village calls for a force of some size--if only to corall the slaves.  There are fewer of these hunters, but they will be more cunning and better armed.  More importantly, they're quite likely to scatter into the wilderness to take warning to larger settlements.  The speed of the West Wind will be needed to ensure that none escape.  I think we'd be well served by choosing our first targets accordingly.  If you feel the farming village is an unworthy target of the full strength of the 1,000 sons, Gorefang, perhaps the scouts can find an aprorpate theird target to strike against?  I'd be interested to see Yugash cut his teeth on that town with a smaller force."<br/><br/>If the others agreed, Kesk glanced back at his warriors.  “Gragtar,” he called a promising young man forwards—the only man in his tribe not of his blood to show the same hint of Grumsh's favor Kesk had been shown in his youth.  “I want you to take a small unit of two fists of the Emerald Shadows through the gates.  You will be in command, but don't hesitate to send them places on the stealthy should tread.  I want you to scout that town and report back by nightfall with information on the hunter's town, it's defenses, and the lay of the land about it.  Find places that we can use to draw near undetected, and estimate from there how many paces we'd need to run to reach their forces.”