Between mage hand and familiars, you are able to retrieve a crossbow bolt, with a bloody none human ear attached to it. The numbers 11+3 are written in blood on it. 20 Based on shape and skin coloration, you are quite certain, that the ear belonged to an orc. You also noticed that the orc on the tower stoped moving and some light flashes between the crenellations next to the orc.

"I'm not sure what the numbers mean, maybe how many their are. But why two different numbers? I guess I'll ask her, lets get moving"

She starts making her way stealthily16 . Hopefully Dain will make a minor illusion of grass of the terrain around them to hide behind. She heads towards the tower so she can ask Otrov what it means via spell.     

"Ewe, that's gross... must she send messages on body parts?" Kala inquires.  She decides to try to follow Margaret

Stealth: 19

"Yeah seems like she'd use cloth or something not so, gross." Margret replies leaving the ear, taking the bolt knowing how precious ammo can be.

Otrov 

She rummages through the Orc’s  pickets as well, in case there’s anything of note. 

"Well, at least's adaptive. But, here's hoping next time we're in town, she might get some parchment and ink at least." Mr. Biggz added half-jokingly to the mix, and tried to creep along falling in step, if not just behind Margret. But over time he wound up saying, "Best be prepared to, all the same. Could be the Orcs have a bit of extra muscle on their side, if not some beasts."

Stealth: 5.

(Minor illusion doesn't work like that, so not sure what you are expecting Dain to do with it.)

Dain shrugs and follows after the others towards the shrine.

Stealth: 7

As Kala follows Margaret, she looks back at the other two "Shhhhh, y'all being a bit noisy stepping on them branches and all" she turns back and continues to follow.  Like I'm one to talk she thinks to herself... I looked like a friggin' gopher when I was trying to hide a little while ago.... she chuckles to herself.

You carefully, quickly and a little chatty make your way to the outer walls below the watchtower of the shrine. As you get closer, you notice that the orc is slumped against the wall.

"Aha, looks like Otrov has already done some work" she whispers as she notices the Orc slumped against the wall "Nice job"

Replying to Kala, "Yes" Margret points towards the tower message "Hello Otrov. What does 13 and 1 mean? How do we best get into the place Describe it please, and what do we have to worry about?"

Dain just shrugs, not like he was going to remove his armor, which was about the only way he was going to move quieter. He continues moving along, clanking and jingling, as he does so. Seeing the slumped orc he nods in appreciation. "That be some good work." he comments. "Now how do we be getting inside." He glances to Margret, hoping they find out something from their scout.

11+3.

(sorry dyslexic) 

Margret waits thinking that maybe she should send Marco to see if the halfling is ok 

Otrov

Otrov describes the scene to Margret - the orcs  and the ogres - along with her suspicions of a dragon attack.  She asks if they want her to throw down a rope....

Receiving the message back she sends another "Hold on please" Margret looks at the group and says I guess she meant their are 11 orcs and three Ogre's she's got control of the tower and suggested that she sends down a rope so we can climb up there." Margret grimaces at the sympathy pains. Remembering the fun of simply climbing down a trench.

"I could see the value of having the high ground and using ranged weapons."

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Otrov, you sneak around the inner yard of the shrine and try to get a few glimpses into the inside of the main building. Most of the main building is hidden behind walls and doors but you see two bodies wrapped in fabric in the eastern room of the shrine. You also see signs of a struggle Maybe a day or two ago , big areas of earth turned, claw marks and areas of dead grass. It looks like there was some kind of fight and some orcs lost their life. It also look as if whatever attacked left. You count 12 orcs including the one in the tower and 3 ogres. The watch tower has an open arch that leads inside and you see a lather  leading up to the tower.

"Unless there's a working parapet that goes around the whole thing, us all cramming into that one tower top won't be too smart." He express just quiet enough for the group to hear, though a bit after. "At worst, the Ogres -- with some elbow grease -- can probably knock down the tower.. with us in it. At best, they'll wise up and hunker down or maybe try to smoke us out if they can breach the bottom. Neither of which is good for us." Biggz adds. "Still, it's at least one way in that they ain't looking at for a bit, assuming she's got rope to drop down. Mind asking her about the rest of the layout, and where most of them orcs are keeping themselves?"

If or Once the group is officially caught up on the layout via another message trade, Biggz took a few seconds to think before nodding sagely at the new intel. He would then say, "Well. Hitting them from the one side would be a bad idea. Way too open. But east side through the gaps in the walls wouldn't be as bad. Could funnel them through in a pinch. So, I'd proprose that as the escape route.".

"I don't think they'd would expect us to sneak in from the tower, Otrov said something about a trapdoor. Hmm I wonder if we could use that dead Orc for a ruse?" She thinks for a second 

"Got anything to write on? And with?"