[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Ehan watched as the orcs fought, and he tripped over his own feet when Koran shoved him to the forefront of the Southrons. "Lead them, Ehan - I am taking...an alternate route." Ehan gaped at the statement, but led his people on anyway, following Koran’s orders. The fifteen Southrons darted into the fray, joining the orcs. Ehan could hardly stand the stench of the orcs as he searched for an enemy, shoving through the crowds of orcs. Part of him wished that he were fighting the orcs, for they were everywhere and smelled much worse than Ehan thought the immortals would.

Before the Southrons could even get through the melee of orcs, they all heard the great cry of Koran from the hill above. "Bind their hands and arms, all of them. We move immediately back to the camp." Ehan heard the harshness of his captain’s voice, and searched to see that the order was being carried out. Ehan could not see much, though, for many of the living soldiers had circled up to watch the orc captain battle with a wounded elf. The young Southron coughed, and watched for just a moment in the circlet of warriors around the elf and orc.

That is brave, Ehan thought sarcastically. Fighting an elf for glory when he has already been wounded. My sister would have a fit. Ehan scowled at the orc captain, pushing his way to the outer edge of the circle and screaming at all he passed by. “Follow orders! Tie the elves and back off! Back away! It is nothing!” Few listened, but Ehan saw to it that the remaining elves were taken care of, bound and broken. Ehan left Men in charge of watching the tied elves, for he trusted no orc to do the task. Orcs were too easily distracted, as Ehan saw with the orc captain and his watching followers.

As he left the groups of victorious Men and orcs, Ehan sighed and sheathed his sword. He continued up to where Koran had bound the archer elf. The immortal had a fierce look about her eyes, and Ehan’s own eyes widened at seeing that the elf was indeed female. Koran seemed pleased as he shoved the archer along towards the rest of his battalion.

“Did she cause much trouble, captain?” Ehan asked, his face bright as he laughed at the sight of his stout captain leading the slender elf.