The Orcs took Rae's words as gospel truth, and fired magical flares up into the sky, lighting up the portals and the incoming army.
The locals were staggering and laughing as they ran to grab weapons and don armour, but the children were tasked to stay by Lotus.
Not for their safety, or at least not entirely.
Their job was to keep up the songs so that the party didn't have to end while the adults fought a glorious night battle.
Remi came out to confer with the village shaman and her assistant, then began preparing large spells to handle the threat.
Instead of remaining inside the city walls and casting out, Remi had transformed into Spirit Snake form with the decrepit old Orc Shaman on her back, so they could both see what was going on.
The Orcs were up on the wall, and Lotus had the perfect spell for this situation.
