A
Make sure to lay down the new rules (no eating/torturing/killing/harming/robbing any humans or anyone who joins our forces etc)
You accept his surrender and offer, depending on condition that they cease attacking and the eating of humans, and anyone who is under his protection. He agrees, but asks that you consider they could still eat in combat, for their nature is hard to shake. He also asks that you promise to defend them against attacks from humans and his own forces.
Do you agree with those conditions? Y/NAnd so the Warlord turns to his people and proclaims something in their guttural tongue, and there is a moment of stunned silence before they roar in approval. They begin to chant “Rogg, Rogg, Rogg!”
So the Black Scar became yours, and you became High Warlord of the orcs. You maybe dressed in rags and scraps of metal, but few could claim as much glory.
Warlord Krush gave you a tour of the place, from the breeding pits at the bottom to the armory (where he said he would have the armourers whip you up something nice) to the sorcerers tower at the top. Krush explains that the Sorcerer was the same who devastated the city so many years ago. He disappeared when the demons came. The sorcerer mostly focused on improving the orc race, making them smarter, stronger, and faster. Warlord Krush was the pinnacle of the program, guarded by the Slayers you had mostly killed off.
He offers around 100,000 orcs that you have command of. He suggests leaving 20,000 to guard the Scar, but that is up to you.
What do you do?A. Leave the warlord and your “council” to plan your conquests/defense, while you take a few Slayers to guide to Lorchus in a few days vs. a few weeks at a normal marching pace.
B.Continue on to Lorchus with your party, have Krush prepare. Will take a few weeks of marching.
C. Something else?