1.2 - The Wyr River: A stranger among you.

Since the commander acts before Khoren, his action will vary.
1) If the commander doesn't get too far, Khoren will chase him and then Push him back into our midst (must be able to see and within short range).
or 2) If the commander gets out of range, then Khoren will take a moment to catch his breath (immediate action recovery roll).

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Push attack or Recovery Roll

**Got it!**
Osred runs towards the captain, taking the Sleep cypher out of his pocket along the way. He places himself between the captain and the passage.
"There is something wrong with some of these mudmen!"

OOC: I'n want to put the commander to sleep, but we never got to split the cyphers, so I'm want to give a chance for feedback on this. Anyone who isn't comfortable with this, just post or PM me and I can change my action. Grandmaster, can you wait a little before resolving the actions?

"Oh, you're not escaping so easily."
Osred touches the captain, trying not to wake him, and drags him back.
"He's not passed out, just sleeping. We have to tie him up."

Tara takes a moment to recover.

[The poison damage from my cypher is reoccurring.]

Khoren, shudders as the sudden violence ends, and leans on his knees for breath. A tightness grows in his abdomen, thinking of the reckless loss of life. Who are these people? Do they have families that will miss them? STOP IT, they gave us no choice. A dark eye takes measure of his companions, yearning to see similar haunted looks in their eyes. Taking measure of the fight, a few words stick in his memory. Did the mudmen speak of a key, to the heart of an assassin or such, that the caravan was carrying? Something hidden, perhaps, but of the things in the captains stash, could one of those things be what they were looking for?

"We fought oddly, but we survived. Thanks be to you all."

Then, having caught his breath, he cleans his weapons with hedge magic before sheathing them, and begins to hall mudmen bodies into the beetle lair. Each time he enters the tunnel/corridor, he casts a wary eye to both sides, expecting another wave of hostiles. Finally, once he has gathered all of the bodies and stacked them around the corner near the water (i.e., out of sight of the corridor) he places their weapons and any gear to one side and begins to scrape and pick at the bodies, trying to wipe away the mud. Are these people covered in mud, or just mud?