The Edge of the Wood

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Overview
The adventuring party does not get long to rest after Borek is returned to his rightful throne. The first day of Summertide, Borek requests an audience with the party.

Borek gives each member of the party an official charter for their share of the island of Ulase. Borek explains the island has long been uninhabited, but if the group can clean it up, they can have any riches obtained from it. Borek also gives each member their official pin showing they are Knights of Ishira.

Borek explains to the group that some of his scouts from the north have said the orcs in the Orcan Forest are becoming a major problem. Woolhope has reportedly been completely overrun and destroyed by the orcs. Additionally, the city of Chester is constantly being raided by orcs and the majority of the outer rim of the city is completely destroyed.

The group convinces Borek to provide a boat and crew to get them quickly to the area of the forest so they can begin to take care of the issue. Borek agrees, and the party travels for 3 days to get to Doveport. At Doveport, Captain Gillis greets the group and shows that they have made great advances on repairing the city after the attack. Captain Gillis provides horses and soldiers to show the group to the edge of the Orcan Forest.

The party arrives at the edge of the forest, and leave their horses with the soldiers and decide to enter. They do not make it very far before they encounter their first group of orcs which they are able to easily dispatch. They follow a crude path where they find a larger encampment of orcs and find out that the issue might be bigger than they originally thought...

Events

 * King Borek provides each member of the group with a charter for Ulase and their Knights of Ishira pins.
 * King Borek explains the orcs in the Orcan Forest are becoming a threat to Ishira.
 * The group travels to Doveport by boat, and then to the edge of the Orcan Forest by horse.
 * The group kills a raiding party of orcs, and then an encampment of orcs. They find out there is something more sinister at play than just raiding orcs.

Trivia

 * Norak gets a book on the history of the orcs in the Orcan Forest, and learns about dinosaurs. Norak also gets a book called 'Sailing for Dummies'.
 * The sailors on the ship the party takes to Doveport from Petorris are Doug, Leo, and Brandy.