You climb the peak and though it takes a considerable amount of time to get to the top, it isn't nearly as tiring as you expected it would be.  You are now standing on an even higher plateau on the mountainside and the Redridge Pass is precisely where you expected it to be.  You are thrilled to have finally found the pass, which is really more of a trail than a pass, but you still have a lot further to go.  As you move forward you suddenly get wind of a foul stench and hear a lot of loud, obnoxious grunting noises up ahead.

 
You immediately get off the beaten path and find a good hiding spot.  It is midday now so there isn't a lot of darkness to aid you.  Still, you manage to crawl forward unseen until you see a small group of orcs.  This is VERY not good you think you yourself.  Orcs are exceptionally strong.  Even one on one you stand no real chance of defeating one.  There are about five blocking the path forward so you are going to simply have to sneak around them and continue on your journey.  You've interrogated lesser creatures, but if the Craxil is commanding these creatures then just how strong is the thing?  No, don't dwell on such thoughts.  You need to focus.  You've come this far and you're sure as hell not gonna let yourself be intimidated now.

 
Returning to the task at hand you see a couple of different options.  There is a river that runs down the middle of the orc group's position and some hollow reeds close to you.  You remember one time during capture the flag where you moved through the river underwater and breathed through reeds very similar to these.  That was an epic maneuver worth remembering, perhaps it will serve you again here?  The orc camp and you are at the same elevation; but there is a ditch that runs from your current position, along the side of the camp, and out the other side.  Presumably, if you hug the side of the ditch closest to the orcs and move along quietly they shouldn't be able to see you.  Alternatively, you still have plenty of poison.  Even if you applied it to all your remaining arrows, you wouldn't even have used half the bottle.  Orcs are large and there are only five of them... 

 
Time for a decision.  What's your plan of action?

You attack With Poison Tipped Arrows

You have way more poison than you need to kill the Craxil so why not use it to help you get there as well?  If Brandolf was right about this stuff, it should kill anything that ingests it or is stabbed by it.  The orcs are very large creatures too, so you hope you will be able to hit them.  You apply the poison to about a dozen of your arrows and take your stance.  You pull out the first poison arrow, notch it in your bow, pull back the drawstring as far as you possibly can, and release.

 
The first shot is a success.  One of the closest orcs takes it in the shoulder and it isn't long before the poison takes effect.  He is laying on the ground vomiting and though he isn't dead yet, you know it won't be much longer for he has the look of death upon him.  The other four are now charging at you.  The two in front have their shields out, as if to block any subsequent shots.  You quickly let fly another arrow.  It goes precisely where you aimed but one of the front orcs anticipated it and blocked it with his shield.  You manage to get one of the ones in back in the leg with your next shot, bringing your enemy's total to three but they are nearly upon you now.  You only have enough time for another two shots and the forward orcs manage to block them with their shields.  They've certainly developed a clever counterstrategy to your strategy haven't they?  

 

Now they are upon you, hacking you to pieces and bellowing insults like "stupid morra".  You don't live long enough to hear him finish his next line.

 
THE END