1.7. Orc Camp Shitstorm

Outside, they overlooked the orc camp below. It spread out by the shore of Lake Tumba, which was boiling and bubbling with steam. The ground shook again.

Ogres. Running amok.

Some orcs approached with a prisoner in chains, another weirdo in a robe. They killed the orcs, and the weirdo introduced himself as Fungi Zarathustra, leader of the local mountain death cult. The orcs have enslaved his cult, he says, through sinister mind control, to prevent the volcano from erupting out the top – instead it will erupt out the side, flowing down and destroying the capital city entirely. Also, the death cult won’t get to die in the eruption, which they’re bummed about.

The five decided to attack the orc camp, and went with a subtle opening gambit. Baron Von Spiderman drank the invisibility potion and started rolling barrels of oil into various campfires, causing utter chaos and destruction. The others forged ahead, murdering seemingly at random, and
cutting loose the hulking ogres that were operating giant piledriver apparatuses. Shit went seriously sideways.

Fungi jumped down into the slave pit and attempted to inspire his fellow cultists to revolt against the orcs. It took a very long time to convince them, but eventually they charged the gate, where many of them were savaged by guard worgs. Nonetheless, the numbers overwhelmed the dogs, and insane death cult members fled in terror.