"Yes Chief," you say, "bring one of these shields."


Luckily, one of the wagons happened to have a bunch of weapon and shield supplies in it.  Galik hands the shield back to you.


"Gigalak will shield me," he says, "besides, I don't know how much longer this dressing will hold without my hand."


"I'll see this through to the end with you," you say.


As the orcs finish up the siege breaker, you all get into position.  A few orcs begin the slow push, as Galik stands in the middle of it barking orders and taking cover.  Raising your shield you get into the column, a couple of arrows already hitting and bouncing off your shield.


You all make a sort of wall with the shields, but many orcs are still struck down.  Some of yours fire arrows over the shields and the siege breaker, a few even managing to kill or wound some of your foes.


As you get closer, you see the Red Handed preparing to charge.  You brace yourself for their attack.

You charge

You draw your sword, preparing it as you raise your shield.  With a roar you go forth to meet them, arrows from the archers flying to the sides of you and taking down some of your foes.


This barely slows them down, and they meet yours.  The orcs slow down the Red Handed, but as you duck, parry, deflect, and attack….the exhaustion is clearly written on your orcs.  Almost a straight twenty four hours of combat and sustaining injuries seems to be taking it's toll.


You slowly and steadily retreat as your allies fall one by one.  Ahead, Galik and the rest of the orcs at the siege breaker are being flooded by the Red Handed.  Galik climbs atop the contraption as he makes his stand, cutting down any foe brave enough to try to face him.


Roaring, you and a few other orcs break your line to fight your way towards Galik.  Most of the other orcs rally to you and help you to push forward. 


Dodging a blow, you slice through an orc's face.  He shouts out but before he can do much else you've already slashed his neck.  As you lunge forward you parry a blow, slamming your blade straight through the offenders chest.


His arms flail in front of him, and as you wedge the blade to get it out his blood spouts from it.  Another orc swings, his sword glancing off your cheek bone.  Roaring in fury, you slash through his knee and he falls gripping his stub. 


Galik slams his sword into an orc's skull, but it is in too deep for him to wrench it out.  The orc falls and the sword slips from his grip. 


"Galik!" you shout as you throw him your sword, and in one motion he catches it and slices through an orc's chest in mid climb.


Brandishing your axe you charge forward, cutting down several orcs in a fury, but not without sustaining some injuries yourself.


Panting and heaving, you climb onto the top of the siege breaker.  The both of you stand back to back fighting off orcs, as the rest of your allies are swallowed up.  As your weapon clashes with others, and blood is shed, you hear a gasp behind you.


Turning, you see there is a dagger wedged into Galik's knee joint.  He falls and you reach out to catch him, but miss by a hair.  Galik is dragged into the crowd of orcs, you slash, beat, stab, and jab at him.


You roar and slam your axe into the nearest orc.  Before you can fall another, a flail flies forward, wrapping around your leg.


The orc pulls with a grunt, and steps back, dragging you off the glorified wagon.  You howl in pain and rage as the surrounding orcs begin to stab you and beat your with their clubs and fists.


You meet much the same fate as Galik….