Just as suddenly as the Orc had actually followed their plan and jumped, they fell due to very unfortunate circumstances. Despite all their rage and shouting, they just couldn't hold against both their own weight settling down and the dragon tugging on the rope to head upwards, it was a miracle that the harpoon withstood said pressure. Well, less of a miracle now since Orchid was not weighing it down any longer.

A guard dove out of the way, not willing to catch the falling man with their head and barely managed to stumble out of the impact zone before the person would crash down if nothing would be done. Catching them by hand would only serve to injure both sides and it didn't seem like the guards had any ideas in the one second Orchid would spend in free fall...

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Orchid hits the ground immediately, taking [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/rolls/1823]16[/url] bludgeoning damage on impact and landing prone unless damage is mitigated or speed slowed down.
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