Auri was scuffling around on the southern orcish plains searching for bits of herb and other ingredients for their potion making, its not an area they were happy to be in but it was rich in rare components so they were having fun anyway. They had been into orcish land before and had received several painful scars from the experience. Orcs were stronger, faster and meaner than humans and Auri had learned this the hard way when they had attempted to steal a silver cup from one and had been chased all the way to Ligura as a result. Still having been chased north from the last settlement they had attempted to plunder, and having absolutely no idea which way north was, they wound up here. 

Auri was tugging at an especially large cluster of Jaderoot when a large blue bird was disturbed from a nearby bush, zooming off noisily screeching all the way, and most importantly to Auri leaving behind a large blue black feather. They watched entranced as it slowly tumbled earthwards landing not too far away. The root lay abandoned as Auri chuckled and moved forward "Shiny, blue, pretty, precious. Falling for Auri just like a story" The unintentional rhyme amused them even more and they were just about to announced their poetic genius when one foot was suddenly pulled violently from under them, dragging them skyward and smacking their head against the ground on the way. A animalistic growl erupted from them and they thrashed violently, hissing and howling like a maddened beast as they struggled against the strong cord around their ankle. Eventually Auri calmed down enough to try and pry themselves free with their fingers, but gravity worked against them, so they pulled themselves up so that their face was next to the offending rope. With much cursing and cussing the lack of a knife Auri began to gnaw ineffectively at the rope, swinging back and forth from the motion and causing the rope to cut sharply into their skin, the hangmans knot tightening from both the weight and the motion. With a final yowl of defiance they let go and fell back into their original upside down position, contemplating the possible repercussions of using one of their acids so close to their own skin but mostly hanging there dejectedly.