November 2018

Along the border of the Yavimayan Forest and the western reaches of the Nations of the Radiant Coast Grundark, Dwayne, Gimblenock and [Essen]] meet up after spending the winter and spring having gone their own way. Dawn's absence spurs much speculation about whether or not she is in the family way thanks to Dwayne.

Resting in the shadows of the wall of the fortified border town of Hildebad, the group are witness to a commotion erupting from the forest. A bedraggled and badly injured forest ranger is pursued by wolf-trolls whose deep baying prevent the ranger from successfully defending himself against the 2 ever present trolls who dog the rangers steps. In an act of unthinking bravery Dwayne leaps in to action, dashes to the side of the near dead ranger, only to find his own attacks thwarted by the baying of the wolf trolls. With the help of his comrades he survives long enough to use his ethereal short sword and jumps back to safety using its dimension door ability.

The unconscious ranger, has clutched to his body an armoured satchel with words in dwarven written on it saying "For the eyes of Grundark"

Investigating the satchel, the group finds that it contains the following:

• A list of all Major Orc tribes in the Yavimayan with the Ironclaws, Greyscale and Shieldbursters unmarked and all others marked with the seal of the Ojasi
• An unsigned treaty in Orcish binding the Whitefall Furies to “Great Treaty of Yavimayan Orc”
• Copy (made by the Ranger) of the tattered first page of the Silver Host decree marked for the eyes of the Grand Marshall. The Grand Marshall is later revelaed to be the leader of the Ojasi Orcs, who is attempting to bind all Orcs of the Yavimayan to the "Great Treaty"

Grundark doesn't know who the ranger is, and when the ranger emerges into consciousness reveals that his name is Wymon, one of the Silentpine Rangers who patrol the forest along the edges of the 2 major trade routes with the Kingdom Jorentes. The lead ranger on his most recent patrol was a man named Darkal Benihard who was an old friend of Grundarl's from his time leading expeditions and trade groups acoss the Yavimayan. Following rumours that Orcs were gathering in large numbers in the interior of the Yavimayan, Darkal lead his rangers on a raid of the Yellowhand Orcs and retrieved a series of objects from their Cheiftain's battle tent. Among the objects was a sealed decree from the Khagan of the Helegu Silver Host to the Ojasi Orcs detailing upcoming battle plans. Darkal only got to copy the first few lines before being discovered and forced to flee. The rangers were pursued across the length of the Yavimayan and Wymon was the last survivor from a band of 12, being given instruction to take the armoured satchel to Grundark the Dwarf, who would know what its contents meant.

After reading through all the documents, much great discussion and intelligence gathering the group deduced that:

• The Ojasi Orcs were seeking to unite all the Orcs of the Yavimayan into a horde under their control
• That the Ojasi were working in conjunction with the Silver Host Helegu and would use the horde to disrupt the eastern and least protected flank of the Kingdom of Jorentes
• The number of warriors immediately available to the Ojasi if all the Orc tribes committed was in excess of 140,000 with more able to be trained in the coming years
• The Horde we stay out of the affairs of others to maintain their strength and to not draw attention to themselves until ordered by the Ojasi to unite and strike
• That the sealing of the "Great Treaty" had not yet