Winter Hunting: The Battle with the Troll

The menacing voices and footsteps thundered against the hunting company, and from the forest appeared a raging troll, and a couple of orcs. There was nowhere to flee, and the battle was inevitable. The troll, luckily still weakened and hurting from previous battles, proved to be a most worthy foe. Even though his sluggish swinging often missed its intended targets, it took nearly all of young Ethel's arrows, and the strength and agility with swords and any other weapons of Waelden, Duncadda, Gamferth, Luccan and Yllfa to finally bring it down. A hard-won battle it was, but won nonetheless - and without any serious injuries, by Bema's grace. 

A troll and his warband so close to their town, and many others... things just kept getting worse in the Mark.