9: Beyond Wyvern Tor
Mithra drags the last Orc body out of the Library and the other rooms.
Meanwhile, everyone has been exchanging tales about what they found, the battles they fought, and the Orcs they killed.
When it seems like everyone is out of the caves, she calls everyone together for a meeting.
"I'm pretty sure we've flushed out all the Orcs from these caves. Kassan here found out that these caves used to be a monastery, though there's no information about what happened to the monks that lived here. A few of their bodies may have been found inside."
"While I think we killed all the Orcs that were here, not all of them may have been here. Some of them may have left before we attacked or escaped after we did so. Nothing we can do about them now. Hopefully, they'll carry a warning back to their tribes."
"However, we know that more Orcs have taken over the Ruins of Thundertree as well as invaded Cragmaw Castle. We cleaned out both those places when we started, but it seems as if more have arrived."
"Anyway, here's my suggestion: we split up into three groups, since we did well doing that in the caves. Group One should have straight to Phandalin and warn them that Orcs may attack on the next full moon. Group Two should have for Thundertree and deal with whatever's there. Group Three goes to Cragmaw Castle. You might even run across the goblin camp."
"We need to rest for the night, though. We have a lot of loot to go over. While the spellcasters check the loot and study their spells, the rest of us can clean up all these dead bodies. We can pile them all up at the bottom of this ledge and then burn them all. Anyone got any fire spells left?"
"Victor, you up to leading one of the groups? I can take the other. You want Cragmaw or Thundertree?"