Lord Waltor Reymar surveyed the giant dam.
The ogres had erected the humungous mountain of timber, stone, and refuse with surprising speed. Half of the ogres then left with their chieftain, returning to Ashe Keep's siege, promised further spoils and violence. Half remained behind, to gaurd the dam, under Reymar's command, until such time they received word, that the siege had been successful.
They had been well bought, well paid, Reymar thought, Lokknar had more gold than entire kingdoms it was said. And the Hellschwert traitor, and his glass-jar cultists, they surely had a hand in the recruitment, Reymar continued his internal dialogue, glancing at the nearby yellow and gray skinned behemoths who were digging a cook-pit in honor of sundown, and building a giant roasting spit. Four cows, no doubt dragged from Ashe Keepe's environs, lay eviscerated in a great heap, flies swarming about the meaty carcasses.
Yes, well paid and well fed.
Looking away from the revolting ogres, he glanced at his own men, then looked to the east, where darkness now creeped on the horizon.
It was a shame, the Green Manticore, that son-of-a-whore; Odilo Brunn, would get the glory of storming Ashe Keep soon, while he, Lord Waltor Reymar, sixth of his name, was relegated to dam construction and overseeing ogres. Reymar snorted audibly, his pride stinging, as he drank from his goblet.
Bah! When the Mad-Duke takes Brightblade, none of it would matter. Brunn’s victory would be forgotten soon enough. There would be more honors to be had. More glory.
Hopefully the siege takes not long now, he thought, polishing a smear on his breastplate, and glancing once more at the great dam and the drying river-bed to the south.
Just then one of the massive ogres rose sniffing the air, then let out a noise akin to thunder from somewhere below his snake-spine belt, the force of the expulsion making his bat-skull earring, jingle.
No glory here, Reymar sighed, and withdrew into his tent.
[ooc]The PCs are 1 mile upwind of the Lord Reymar/dam Ogre brigade encampment.[/ooc]