- Mar 23, 2020
- 1,643
- 2,281
My assumption would be that the Scouts found Weirdwood and concluded it's defence to strong for the small party they had.... so they used the mountain range in the south to circumvent Weirdwood and found the Swamp and the Stronghold... the Stronghold offered better defence in case of an attack and the Orcs were preparing for a raid on Weirdwood from there... the Scouts in the Ancient Temple remained to lead reinforcements towards the Stronghold useing the Mountain range.
They likely only found the Swamp Elf camp by chance and tried to get themselfes some slaves for "entertainment" and house chores for them (i.e. cooking and cleaning)
or maybe, the orcs were chasing the dwarves that wanted to steal the gem from Vixenatrix and having lost track of the expedition, they decided to find shelter in the abbandoned stronghold. Don't think they even reached wierood, because with the numbers they have, they would have no problem overpowering the settlement.Like Gargamel being the Inn owner in between the Western Crossroad and the entrance to Castle Tepes?