The Exiles

The Exiles is the first quest in Second Orc Book

## Background

After the pyrrhic victory in the Lor border against Selior Cleavehand, the Demon Legion attack threw the Orc Clans into disarray along with Human survivors, with units scattered all over the area, most of their rear and reserves, including Forest Trolls have been killed. They must regroup to maintain unity, despite failing their initial plan. Luckily, they found a group of Goblin merchants ready to fall back.

Amari and Okri goes to Rengar forests to meet with Dark Troll tribes to discuss alliance.

## Prelude

Lord Brian the Fallen imported the choices the player made.

## Prologue: Aftermath

The Master of Shadows tell the player that he was quite curious of the Orcs, despite others not sharing his own opinion. He remembered the time when he first saw the Orcs on countless ships, on their Great Journey, that we knew that was disastrous in the first place, with some crashed to the north, lost forever, others were sunk by the sea monsters, and their food was too few for a long journey and they are wandering aimlessly. He just intervened, knowing that if not, the Orcs will be extinct. He never knew why maybe whim, mercy or just plain bored. With a little intervention, he created a storm that will drive the Orcs onto south, where Arkain is, instead of the open sea or finished by the sea monsters. It costed him a bit more effort, so he was content of watching the events. He saw the progress, and it was wasted.

Lord Brian reappeared, he commanded his student to step out of the shadows and prevent any more disasters like this to happen ever again. He promised his student to reward that person if that student fulfill his wishes.

the Goblin Merchant and Rangul argue about the price of transporting them all to safety, but the latter has no choice but to accept the high price, rather than being overrun by Demons. The Goblin Merchant accepted and prepares transports for them. Zairmak asked Rangul that dividing the forces will be wise. The latter commanded him to collect all Orc Clans members, and find Rath Wolfscar and the Darkmind Clan which were missing. The Ravaging Fire Clan leader agreed. Ephrog begged Zairmak to find Grofzag. Rangul decided to plan another invasion after regrouping all the clans, which Vanessa questioned, telling him that their invasion caused this disaster to happen. Ephrog asked her opinion, which she replied that they must spare useful Humans, as like Sasrogarn suggested about the blacksmiths that they captured from Kome is useful, Vanessa says that the Orcs have little to no prep when planning a conquest, just like the time Sasrogarn and Rath attacked Kome, without knowledge of siege warfare. She says that it is useful to learn from the Humans, as killing them all will make them more reasons to launch an all-out war with the Orcs, saying that genocide will be matched by genocide, as one kind of person who will not hesitate burning down their homes for that reason. Rangul hushed the discussion, rectifying his stance of the value of the land they wanted from the Humans.

Amari and Okri, with Cliffhunter Clan soldiers around a burning village was talking to each other, the latter jokingly asked that they have fun with the village, the former says that it is the slaves did the job, but they left supplies for them to loot. Okri asks Amari that is it worth it to go through with their plan, referring to the Orc Clans transported by the Goblins to their main base. Amari tells her that she will not force Okri to rejoin her clan who exiled her, just like Amari getting exiled from the Deathbreeze. Okri chose to stay with Amari till the end, wishing only that her father listens, or she will be forced to kill Rangul. Amari assured Okri that he will listen, and command her to prepare meeting with the Dark Trolls.

## Opening

Korjaha the Hunter was caught by Councilor Birram and forced the former to wear the amulet to serve the Black Dragons they once hunted, and left some Ironfist soldiers to support the Dragons. The Black Dragon thanked Birram for their part of the deal, as they will fulfill theirs. Before leaving, Birram commanded Korjaha to fight his own brethren.

Grella the Bonesplitter agreed to Amari's words, but the Dark Trolls wanted peace and not share the bloodlust of Orcs and Forest Trolls, so they united peacefully. Amari refuted that the Dark Trolls will not stay out of the conflict forever, as she says that there is safety in numbers. And she asks to reconsider their alliance, admitting that they revel in bloodlust, but not as savage as the others. Grella will consult with the other chiefs, but she never give a promise. That silence was broken when the Hunters, alongside Ironfist soldiers have attacked them. Grella wanted to gather her forces to find Korjaha, but Okri warned her that this is a trap, so she might go in the open. She and Amari offered the Dark Troll leader they take care of this.

## Quest

### Main Quest:

* Find and kill Korjaha the Hunter
* Amari and Okri must survive.

Description: The negotiations between Amari and Grella, leader of all Dark Troll tribes, have been interrupted by the attack of a group of dark trolls. Those trolls were commanded by Korjaha the Hunter, the most skilled warrior of the Blackaxe Clan who used to be one of Grella's most trusted friends and allies. It is unknown why he has betrayed his people, but he seems to be allied with the Humans. He must be stopped!

### Side Quest:

* Find and kill the leader of the Ironfist.

Description: It is beyond comprehension of the Orcs and Dark Trolls as to why the Humans are here, but a group of soldiers wearing dark armors has invaded the home of the Dark Trolls and appeared to be allied with the traitor Korjaha. Perhaps it would be better to remove the head of the snake by killing their leader before they can cause any more harm.

## The Battle

The duo of Amari and Okri repelled the Ironfist attack, then chose 2 paths: the longer with few isolated Dark Troll and Ironfist sentries, including some Ironforged, and shorter, but with thicker sentries and with Black Dragons. Either way, they secured the path, then took the other way, same as the other path. Then, they pushed on, destroying many Dark Troll, Black Dragons and Ironfist up to a Fountain. There, they rested and fully healed, then went on the way. They eliminated several Ironfist and Dark Troll sentries up to the area where Commander Dorcas are.

The duo then retreated towards the Fountain, then either ignored the Ironfist commander, or killed him. Either way, the duo had to take another path and cleared it of Ironfist, Black Dragons and Dark Troll sentries. Then finally arrived at the last crossroad. Then they went to a cliff, where Korjaha and his retinue here. After a struggle, the duo killed Korjaha and his men.

## Aftermath

After they killed Korjaha, they found an amulet on his corpse. They gave it to Grella for analysis, which revealed that the amulet can enslave the wearer, binding the wearer to the caster's will, both Amari and Grella wants it destroyed. This infuriates Grella, deciding to join Amari.

## True Story

* Gorthog is alive, and escorts the Goblin Zeppelins in case of emergency.
* The relationship between Hortnog and Vanessa is disclosed, even hinting Vanessa's possible admission for Goldaxe Clan.
* As the Destroyer is still alive and spared, Okri plans to make use of him until the time comes.
* The extended ending shows the amulet is not destroyed, instead kept secret for research.
* Ironfist has new models, icons as well as unit types (Impalers).
* Shadow Creatures appearing behind in the end, possibly aware of the amulet.
* In the Prologue, the Orc Clan colors were put on ships, instead of one color only.
* In the aftermath, despite Grella's objections, Amari keeps the amulet.
* There is no negativity points in killing Commander Dorcas.