As Tha'ael moved swiftly to return to her allies, the large falchion was slashed in the air behind her, the orc running to catch up with her. <"Stop so I can kill you!"> The orc shouted in its own crude language in its rush to chase after her, before Tha'ael managed to slip past Nalin, leaving the orc face to face with a foe ready to fight. The orc angrily growled and slashed at him with the sword, but Nalin was ready for it and the sword failed to spill any blood, its jagged, somewhat rusted edge showing already dried blood on it yet the smell of fresh blood was strong around the orc, some already showing on the orc's hands.<br/><br/>This left Nalin and Ebirc in the orc's path, blocking its way to reach Tha'ael, but the others were already there too. If the orc had been smart, it would have turned to run, but it had chosen to stay back and fight.<br/><br/>At the T-intersection before the path turning north at the left path where the orc had chased Tha'ael from, the right path lay unexplored but the footsteps from that direction were coming closer too now. It seemed they were in danger of being surrounded shortly, the path to the east seeming to curve north-wards after a little, mirroring the pathway on the other side.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Orc has attacked and missed, the orc is pretty much a mook, tougher than a normal 1 level orc, but hardly enough to be a true threat to this group alone. Just saying this in advance.</div></div>