I think I will check out the shade the Orcs were in and the remains of the deer see if any of it can be salvaged and if it is a good place to ride out the upcoming weather.
Ghân accepts that his plan to interrogate evil orcs will not always work.
However he still draws the line at torture, since that makes us no better than them.
If the uncooperative orc is lawfully executed, Ghân accepts that necessity.
Ghân also informs the party about the orc’s magic Chain Mail and Bow.
While Miron checks the perimeter, Swift Wing squawks down an “all clear” that Ghân, Deor and of course Miron understand.
Miron finds nothing of note.
Mulligan find the campsite has some dirty spare clothes rolled up like pillows and a few odds and ends of no apparent value. The trees would afford protection from the rain, but increase the danger of a lightning strike.
The deer has plenty of salvageable meet, though perhaps one of the men would be better suited to carving it up. The Deer is strung up a wee bit high for a wee Hobbit.
Riglo* is happy to let Gwaelur put the orc out of his misery.
Miron materializes back from where he’d been stalking, confirming Swift Wing’s findings, taking in the yet-unfruitful scene and whispering to Gwaelur “Perhaps we should try a more light-handed approach: Renee has openly expressed her refusal to play a part in interrogating the orc… maybe if it thought she could be swayed, it would be more responsive answering questions from her.”
Renee has left the immediate area, (which means that Thoroncir has too I am sure). She cannot be party to anything else that happens. She already has very mixed feeling about this situation.
The orc was never conscious for Renee explaining her condition that the orc must be allowed to live if she rescue it.
Oops, my mistake then… poor Miron, victim of my inability to keep times and places coherent. 
Well, we need to find out if that bow and chain mail are safe for to Identify. If there is no indication of any particular danger from touching the magic items (and I suspect this could reasonably be determined with a Detect Evil or similar spell), Deor, with the help, possibly, of a deft-fingered hobbit, will carefully poke and prod at the bow and mail with a stick.
Hmm, I have an idea.
Miron: Can you cut that deer down and take off a leg for me.
Deor: He was using those items about 5 minutes ago, I would guess that they should be safe to identify.
Gil-Gandel: How about the least threatening member of the party (other than Renee) offers some food to our captive Orc and see if we can get his interest without feeling that he is instantly going to die. Yes, it will involve his arms being untied, just not his legs. He is not really in a position to try and anything.
Miron is happy to cut the deer down but asks to borrow an appropriate tool with which to whack off the leg, apparently hesitant to get deer on his orc-killing implements.
It might help to have an archer or three paying “Interested attention” to the untied orc: if against all odds he freed himself and either started running or went for the negotiator, they could knock him back into the negative.
Riglo volunteers to ensure that no injured orc will escape his guard. He also offers up a good clean hunting knife to Miron to borrow. “I have a sharper skinning knife, but I don’t believe you will need it.” He loans that to Mulligan instead.
Thoroncir and Gwaelur could off a strong opinion on the chain mail. It appears to be of excellent Dol Amroth make and very similar to Thoroncir’s. It is well maintain. Either the orcs did an abnormally good job or it was acquired from skilled human or Dwarven smiths. Gwaelur is an excellent armourer as I think you all know.
The armor is not quite elven chain, but meant for Marines and Mariners and easy to wear for long journeys and almost as easy to pull on as a normal shirt. Most important, easy to slip off as you are being pulled down in deep water.
Gwaelur would estimate that the fine links would provide a 5% to 15% greater chance of stopping attacks than Thoroncir’s. Of course there could be other properties Deor and Gil-Gandel would think.
Miron accepts the knife with a thanks, proceeding to chop the leg off while cheerfully offering, in somewhat grotesque detail, the full range of his knowledge regarding the various uses for deer parts.
Mulligan listens carefully and interjects briefly with the best way to cook each part, what herbs and spices to use and the best accompaniments.
Thank you for the knife Riglo, let us hope this can be settled, one way or another.
Heading back to the Orc. Sit opposite with the large deer haunch and a skinning knife, smile and say “Ok, do I have your attention” while cutting a chunk of meat off.
If he acknowledges, then cut his wrist bonds taking care, leaving his leg bonds and then offer him the cut of meat.
While the business with the orc is going on, Miron removes his armor (to avoid getting it stinky) and continues working on the deer.
Does he have enough general knowledge about wildlife to fashion some kind of scent bomb from the deer remains, presumably using the urine or glands? If we need to hunt, or if we run into a particularly sensitive critter later on, it would help to have a few bombs handy.
The Orc sniffs the air as the meat is proffered. “Yes”
The minute you cut his bonds, he grabs for you. Your dexterity is greater and you dance away and Riglo hits him hard over the head. It is probably fatal in his weaken condition.
I can’t think of any safe storage method for said.
Fair enough.
Is there a space to cremate the dead orcs?
Check the body, I would guess the Orc is dead given Riglo’s abilities, but always worth checking.
If so, I’ll tell Renee. Some Orcs just aren’t redeemable. If she wants to get upset with me or life in general, so be it.
Riglo wasn’t trying to kill it or he would have stabbed it, but a hard blow to the head on an already injured orc probably won’t end well.
I don’t see why Renee would be upset with you. Her only complaint is that she would have eased the orc of its pain as he faded away without being disturbed in the first place.
Brin scouts out a clearing that should be safe for burning the orcs. Especially as rain is already in the forecast for later in the day.
Brin will handle the dirty work of dragging bodies around. It will give him some heavy manual labor to do while he contemplates just how close he came to death, and just how close he came to heaven when Renee came to heal him (having avoided being close to her before).
Once he’s all finished with that, he will go back to his daily polecat training sessions. (He’ll also try to get a piece of uncooked deer organs (liver, kidney, etc) and see if the polecat will eat that.
Of course, large game is not part of a wild polecat’s diet, and they are not normally scavengers. The trick is to get the polecat accustomed to accepting food from me, and to having a wider diet than it might have in its own native habitat.
No reason for Renee to be upset with Mulligan, but Mulligan is annoyed/upset with himself that it didn’t go according to how he thought it would and is looking for a little bit of self justification