Boffo bursts out of Bindbole Wood and onto the road, lungs burning. Behind him, the trees keep shouting with orc voices, nearer now than they should be.
Sawyer Krump
Hold there! Can you not see I am inspecting this fence post? What calamity makes you come tearing through the hedges like a badger in a sack?
Sawyer Krump turns from the post, his heavy face reddening as he takes in Boffo's mud, sweat, and bow.
Boffo Hardbottle
The orcs are in the wood. They are coming this way.
Sawyer Krump
Orcs? Nonsense, if there were orcs at the border, I would have been informed. Now compose yourself and stop alarming the road.
The shouting in the trees sharpens into a threat. Sawyer squares his shoulders, stubbornly planted in Boffo's path, while the road behind him lies open to the village.
✓ Quest Accepted
Warn the village center
“"Listen to them, if not to me." He ignores Sawyer and runs to the center of the village, shouting, "Orcs! Orcs!"”
SUCCESS (Good Agility, rolled -1)