OOC<br/><br/>The Orcs tend to live along the river. They use a combination of natural flooding and crude canals to irrigate their crops. Additionally, the Orcs construct mounds.  The various mounds are for religion (areas of worship) and commerce (e.g., storing grain and forging things). The Orcs are not big on defenses (bramble bushes, crude palisades).<br/><br/><hr/>The Captain and the Lieutenant provide quite a story.  A large Elven expedition came upriver searching for a fabled Orcish magical device that granted bountiful crops.  The expedition landed and attacked the Orcish settlement by surprise. The initial attack was successful, but then the Orcs summoned a demon - a giant tree calling lightning out of the sky. Fortunately, one of the Wizards managed to trap the demon inside a Magic Circle.  Then they used chains to bind the demon.<br/><br/>By the time the group had restrained the demon and loaded it on a boat, Orc warbands began arriving and attacking the Elven force. Most of the Elven fighters were cut off from the boats and took a stand on the various Orc mounds. The boats needed to cast off to avoid the Orcish Warbands. Then the Orcs started to use canoes and flaming arrows to attack the Elven riverboats.<br/><br/>The other riverboats shielded the captain's boat because they feared what might happen if the Orcs could set their demon free. Then a heavy fog came up, and the remaining boats got separated in the mist. Between the fog, Orc attacks, and the various dangers of the river, the Captain has lost contact with the other boats - perhaps sunk, perhaps aground behind them, or maybe ahead of them.<br/><br/>The Captain is clearly scared and worried about what will attack them next.  The Lieutenant is still in a bit of shock from having lost most of her command.  The pair are looking to Darius to 'rescue' them.