[h3][color=00a651][b][center]Malkus[/center][/b][/color][/h3]
[Center][color=00a651][b]Location:[/b][/color] In a bush at 6
[color=00a651][b]Actions:[/b][/color] Hiding and watching the camp[/center]

Malkus stayed hidden as the 5:30 orc charged at one of the Keystone. He seemed to be ignoring the fact that orc 5 got a dagger in the back, but that was fine with Malkus. That just meant he was still hidden, so he quietly put his blades away and took out his shortbow. Move away from his previous location from 5 to 5:30, Malkus lined up a shot on the 5 orc. He was still struggling to get the dagger out of his back, but Malkus would put an end to that quickly. An arrow flew out from bushes and struck the 5:30 orc in the left shoulder. Malkus was trying to aim for the head, but he supposed at least his arrow hit. Surprisingly enough however, the 5 orc wasn't dead yet. Dying perhaps, but even with his dying breath he picked up his weapon and cast some sort of spell. Malkus has seen magic but he was no wizard and thus didn't know what the cleric just did. Malkus wasn't on fire however, so he wasn't an attack. And the priest still looked wounded, so he didn't heal himself. But the fact he was still alive made the rogue half-orc notch another arrow and shot it at the 5 orc. This time the arrow made it's mark and pierced through the left side of the orc's head. Fairly certain that he was now dead, Malkus stealthy moved on.

During his time hiding much fighting has happened. Most of the campers appeared to be alive, though from his position Malkus couldn't really ascertain all of them. The orc from 5:30 was now unmounted and engaging in combat with someone Malkus guessed was either a monk or a brawler, since he fought with only his fists. The same one threw a dagger at orc from 7, a big one with a big axe. He was accompanied by an archer from 7:45, but that one was shortly taken out by Sona of all people. The elf didn't really strike Malkus has a killer, especially one who'd do something as jump on an orc and slit their throat, but he could respect her methods. It was a little less impressive when the now-dead orc from 7:45 fell and pinned her to the ground. He was fairly certain Sona wasn't dead, but she was likely out of this fight.

An explosion took Malkus's attention from the others and he noted two of the women in the camp were fighting more orcs. He guessed one was some sort of wizard. He only managed to catch a glimpse of the fight after the explosion however, noting a hawk clawing at the from 8 orc who dressed as a mage. He was then taken down by Satilla who smashed the orc from 8 into the ground. The hawk then turned into a person and brought an axe into his neck. Malkus himself wasn't certain if that orc from 8 was the mage or not, but at least that was one more orc down.

There were plenty of bodies scattered about and the situation was a bit too chaotic for Malkus to get a good handle on. He was vaguely aware Kyra and her direwolf as they were hard to miss, but between watching Keystone and Sona defend the wagon and catching the last moments of Satilla and Cyneburg, all he could tell from Kyra was that she killed another orc and her direwolf killed a few more animals. It looked like the fight was just about finished, but there was still the single orcish fighter from 7 that was near the wagon. He vaguely remembered hearing Keystone yell in it's general direction, but Malkus couldn't recall what he shouted. If he had to guess though, the wagon was important and it was vital for the orcs not to get the wagon. Malkus could care less if the king himself was in the wagon; Malkus was more concerned that the orc from 7 was dangerously close to Sona, who wasn't really in any position to defend herself. However, Malkus was too far away from the orc at 7 to get a good shot at his vitals. He could always just try to take the shot anyways, but for maximum effectiveness he'd need to get closer.

But would he dare do something so foolish? Malkus felt like he did his part: that orc cleric from 5 was dead now and it appeared that the party had managed to slaughter a good amount of the orcs. Assuming that this final warrior wasn't the champion of the local tribes or actually a demon, he felt that they could take care of the orcs themselves. Not to mention that Malkus would rather not be found by the group even if he did help. There would be too many misunderstandings: he wouldn't be able to argue his case as they cut him down simply for being an half-orc who was nearby. Malkus couldn't even rely on Sona's good will to vouch for him since she seemed to be knocked out. No, instead Malkus continued to hide, moving from 5:30 to 6. He still had his bow out and ready to take a shot if need be, but at this point he'd just watch the camp carefully to make sure nothing else decides to show up and complicate matters.

In the back of his mind, Malkus was still worried about the orc from 5. What sort of spell did he cast and did it work? The half-orc guessed that he'll find out soon enough.