Elam was quick to react. He had casted a Inviability spell. "be quied." He said. " I just casted an Inviability spell." They move slowly toward's the the tree's and got away.

"That *yawn* was close..."and at that moment Lorder fell to sleep.

Elam told them to go to sleep. He was gona stay guard and see if more dark elf's show up. He sit's on a rock and watche's the tree's.

Elana joined Elam on the rock, her Elven eyes peering out into the darkness. "I have little need of sleep, and my eyes are more suited for the dark than a human's. I shall take this watch, though I doubt the Dark Elves will appear. Sleep, Elam, for you are in need of it." Elana drew her knees up onto the rocak, and as she stared into the darkness, she contemplated on the strange fate that had brought her to be in the company of these humans. She wondered what their tale was, and why they were fighting the same band of Orcs that she had been tracking.

"Thank you Elana, i'll see if i can get some sleep." Elam said. He had been having nightmare's. This was his third night he sleep litle. He lai down, wonderin, why the dark Knight had so much intrest in him. " Why?" was the question he had been asking but no one awnser's.

Lorder is having a nightmare.He sees his people being slaugthered by the undead and his mother´s head being chopped off right infront of him by an undead, screaming from his sleep"MOOOOM!!!!." and then he wake´s up, heavy breathing because of the nightmare.

Elam looks at Lorder. He asks him " What's wrong?" He had worry's about his new friend.

"Nothing."Lorder repleis." it´s just the past coming back to hunt me." Lorder stand´s up and walk´s into the woods not even noticing Elana. He hasn´t gone far from the campsite when he find´s a pond, he sit´s down so he can see his reflection from the pond.

Elam looks at Lorder as he walks away. Elam sat up, looks at Elana and asks "What where you doing in that village, besides killing the orc's?" He had wonder why this Half-elf had been there and hope's she can help them in there quest.

Elana watched Lorder go, a slight frown on her face. She wondered what disturbed this warrior so, and what his past was. She smiled at Elam as he asked his question. "What where you doing in that village, besides killing the orc's?" "I'm a traveller. It's my life's work to see the world rid of those foul beasts. My mother was slain by a group of rampaging orcs, and I swore I would have my vengance. For over a thousand years I've hunted those creatures, slaying them where I stood, and I vowed to protect the innocent. I came across a large number of Orc tracks headed towards the village from the south-east. I tracked them down, and here I am. But you, Elam, and your companions? Why do you risk your lives to hunt these creatures? What quest are you on?"

"well..." Elam started. "Our original quest, or... mine really.. is to kill the beast's that raided my home town." He paused for a second. "Now a dark knight follows us, i don't know why, but he has some kind of interest in me." He paused again but this time looking down. "and.. i somehow think that he knows my past... but how... i really don't know." Elam looks up again and smile's "But he is not going to stop me that easily. I will revenge my family... my friends and my foster father." Elam stands up sits next to the Elf and says " I'll guard with you, two heads better that one right?" and watches the stars for a second and takes up his his blade to examen.

"So you still want to know what was wrong." say´s Lorder and sit´s down infront of the fire,wetche´s for his pipe and light´s it and start´s smoking it.

Elam looks of the blade and on Lorder. "Well, Yea.. i whabt to help if i can." Elam Said.

"I also." Elana said, her eyes falling on Lorder. "If what Elam has told me is true about this dark knight, then it seems our ways lie together - if you are not adverse to an Elf amonst your company, that is. I have heard tales of this dark knight, I think, from nigh on every village I have passed. It seems he is connected to the orcs in some way. It seems we are both intent on avenging our kin, Elam. And it seems the past haunts you also, Lorder. But do not despair. For it is in our despair that the dark knight, and the orcs grow stronger. Night may fall, but it is the hope of the sun rising that keeps the dark from pressing close. And as sure as that sun will rise, we shall have our revenge. But speak, Lorder, tell us of your troubles. For if we keep our troubles to ourselves, locked inside us, they moulder and grow, and threaten to overtake and swallow us. But if we speak freely of them our friends can help us, and the burden of them is eased."

"Very well then, say´s Lorder."Over 40 years ago I was i prince of one of the elven kingdoms in the East, we lived peacefully ´cause our kingdom was furthest away from the battlefield were our people fought the orcs and the Dark elves. One night the the kingdom was attacked by the undead. My mother the queen was killed right infront of me when she was trying to help me espace. what tick´s me off the most is that I couldn´t have done nothing to save her, my father was already dead ´cause of the orcs, all i did was that i took my bow, my father´s claymore and two of my mother´s swords and I ran." After Lorder finish´s his story he look´s down at the fire and sees his kingdom´s and his people burning.

Elam see's the sadness in Lorder's Eye's and say's "I know how you feel, this was the second time i have watched my home burn becuse of beast's" Elam look's at Elana and the into the tree's. He see's the dark Knight closing in from distance. "We still have a head start, but he is not far from here, we will leave befor daylight."

Elam stood up. He walked around for a while and then he stops and calls for his companions. "Wake up, we are leaving, the dark knight closes in."

Elana yawned. How long had she been asleep? Not long, by the looks of the moon. At Elam's call, she leapt from her back into a crouch, her bright eyes looking deep into the shadowy forest behind them. She licked her lips and her hand went to her side. Her quiver was full - good. She had managed to rescue some of her arrows from the orcs before she had joined the camp, and she had picked up the unbroken arrows that had littered the ground from around the townspeople. She had picked up only the ones that had belonged to the townspeople, and ground the arrows of the orcs under her feet. She would never place Orcish arrows in her quiver. Her sword also hung at her side, and she made a quick adjustment to the belt, so it would sit more comfortably. Packing her few belongings deftly, she brought her horse around to the fireside and tied her pack to the saddle. "Where now, then, Elam?"

"We go to the North, to the Castel Garlock, there we have to meet with the captin to warn them of the coming danger." Elam said. He puts his sword in his scabbard and shield on his back and they all start running to the north.

While they all are running Lorder say´s:"Elam, how many soldiers does captin von Kessel have under his command?!"