Men of the Mark

After tracking the warband who were responsible for the ambush on the road near Bancross, Duncadda had finally found them camping close to the white mountains. Due to the large number of orc’s, Duncadda kept his distance, taking his time to find an opportunity to thin out their numbers, but also find the culprit that had led the warband into Rohan.

The menacing voices and footsteps thundered against the hunting company, and from the forest appeared a raging troll, and a couple of orcs. There was nowhere to flee, and the battle was inevitable. The troll, luckily still weakened and hurting from previous battles, proved to be a most worthy foe. Even though his sluggish swinging often missed its intended targets, it took nearly all of young Ethel's arrows, and the strength and agility with swords and any other weapons of Waelden, Duncadda, Gamferth, Luccan and Yllfa to finally bring it down.

As the people of Bancross begin their journey home with the meat they had gathered during the winter hunt, they encounter a recently burned and plundered caravan along the road between Aldburg and Bancross. Many people paid with their lives in the attack, ill-equipped as they were, and the mere sight of the disaster would hit far too close to the hearts of the hunting company, in more ways than one. Had fate wished otherwise it could've been them instead, and so close to their hometown.

On their way home to Bancross after a successfully hunt, the party stumbled upon other and more unfortunate travelers.