Bloody Kithicor: Nurgal's Stone, Volume III

Concealing the large blue sphere in her packs she prepared to journey back to Neriak to report of her find. Tyrana sought out Grigog, Bgug, Saag, and Glunn a group of Orcs of the Shralok clan. Tyrana often used these four as escorts for her journeys between Neriak and Highkeep. Though she always paid the orcs well for their services, they were always willing to help protect "bootifal" Tyrana Slil and likely would do the job free of charge.

Grigog was the leader of the mercenaries, slightly bigger then the others and a rather powerful shaman to boot. Bgug was the most demented of the Orcs and delighted in the torture of his already dead opponents. He would usually cut small openings into different parts of the body trying to guess the identity of certain anatomical parts. He would do this until Grigog kicked him in the back of the head, breaking his morbid trance.

Saag was easily one of the biggest and dumbest orcs in the lands. He was utterly useless when given complicated orders but once someone gave him a target it was assured that it would stand no more, be it human or inanimate object. When not fighting he enjoyed staring into empty space and drooling. Glunn was another matter altogether. He was as happy-go-lucky as an orc could be. He was celebrating his 12th birthday but because he could not remember exactly when he was born, he had been celebrating his birthday for several days now and planned to continue celebrating it for a few more, just to be safe.

Tyrana was very good at ignoring the orcs. She cared only that they were strong fighters and were fiercely loyal to her. They proved their usefulness to her once again that day.

The group met with some minor resistance along their way to Neriak, in the form of some humans that assumed the worst upon seeing a dark elf being escorted by a group of rather large orcs. Saag and Glunn were left behind in the battle as the remaining three slipped away during the commotion. Saag and Glunn were presumed to have been slain during the conflict. Tyrana could have cared less for the sacrifice of her protectors. From that point onward, they moved quickly as word spread of their travels and further resistance began. Tyrana and the remaining orcs were soon joined by other curious Teir'Dal who, ever loyal to their own, helped to drive back the attackers.

With her now rather large retinue of curious Teir'Dal and others friendly to the dark elven cause, they arrived in Neriak Commons. There, Tyrana met with Laarthik K'Shin and they proceeded to go to the Neriak Academy of Lesser Magics. She handed the stone to Laarthik, whispering quietly with him as the crowd of onlookers looked on curiously.