Veo heard her call as stared into the empty eyes of one of the bandits and smirked. "A shame,... but it looks like their karma was paid to them by the hands of those orcs. Oh well, lets get going..." He said as he went to her and saw the trail. It was a good sized group for a orc raid judging from the tracks. He looked up and past the leaf less trees. What he saw was in fact the mountains. "Hmm... those mountains do have a lot of caves built on its side. Old mine shafts long abandoned from what I know. Big enough to old a orc horde if they wanted to hide. No one would know to check old mine shafts,... clever,.... too clever for orcs." He said. Perhaps the orcs were finally smarting up and using their brains. Or something else was pulling their strings. To be honest he didn't care, he just wanted his gem back. It was to be a gift for a very close friend of his. Right now it was all that mattered. He sighed and then placed the crossbow in its leather holster upon his back. He then pulled out his smoking pipe and looked to his mule that followed them slowly like he wanted it to. He then lit the smoking pipe and took a few puffs. He was curious as to what was driving the orcs though, he thought the Jarl had driven them all off these lands. Now something encouraged them to come back.... perhaps they should take their time this once. He wanted to see what was leading them and then tell the jarl when they got back. "I wonder,... about these orcs. Acting a lot more stranger then usual. Not many attacks from them lately, this attack is the first one I have seen in months. Perhaps they hit the bandits thinking that anyone else wouldn't pursue them further because who would care about a bunch of dead bandits.... " He thought out loud. He then lifted his left foot and tapped his pipe underneath the hard surface of the hoof and then put the pipe away. He then proceeded to follow the trail.

  Elduin just shrugged at the whole thing. Orcs were not known for their intelligence. He did have to admit to himself though that it was odd for them to act in this way. Perhaps something was controlling them, it would have to be just a bigger orc then normal and smart too. He could not see orcs following something that aint a orc unless... unless it proved to be strong and offered the orcs something in exchange. Power. Vengeance. Strength. Any one of those things would be worth it enough to a orc. He sighed and followed in behind the satyr and the huntress. Eirika not too far behind him. Following them was the mule. Taking up the back where it would be safe.