Well, it's hard to hate the peons. Merely their oppressors. Matter of fact, a lot of the problems in their society seem to stem from Gul'dan... I'd want to cut away him and his followers before I cast any species-wide judgements... But of course, such an action is not feasible. I can only condemn their actions and acknowledge that what we're going to have to do is going to kill some people we'd rather not kill.

Again, William is surprisingly athletic for a ten-year old, though I'd imagine that certain death versus freedom makes for a rather powerful carrot and stick. Though keeping ahead to a point and then hiding is much more plausible than just outrunning full-grown orcs on pure terror-driven endurance. Now to put his survival skills to the test... Falling into that bog won't do him any favors. He'll need food, water and shelter in order to make it back, and he can't afford to dather in one area or that succubus will find him again for sure.

This is a very reasonable look at orc society, and William's escape was reasonable and did not seem forced. He was able to make take advantage of the rifts in orc society to succeed.

This is interesting, can't wait to read more.

Pretty good, establishes the power players in the Horde and makes it pretty clear what kind of person we're dealing with in William. I am surprised that a young boy could actually manage to kill an orc warrior, though.

I must ask how he's going to escape with this demon OC around, though? Flight is a pretty damning advantage to hold when you need to watch over something or chase someone down in difficult terrain. There must be some way to take her out of the picture until we can get to a place with cover... Or maybe an alliance counterattack will be our chance? Though once we get free... Well, how shall we survive the journey? I look forward to finding out.

I noticed that in a way, Orgrim is sort of like the orc version of Vanion. They both rely more on cunning and rational planning rather than charging in to attack, but they are both subordinates of a ruler that is more reckless.

...THE SWORD! The sword threw off the kidnapper! Because only Varian would ever carry one like it! Llane might recieve a completely nonsensical ransom request soon... or William may be asked some questions he really can't answer.

Regardless it looks like the plot just got off to a flying start. Into adventure! Or uh, into the legion's hands. Preferably adventure!

Vanion was an interesting character who seems to be the stand-in for the player here, although I do think his name is perhaps a bit close to Varian's, a mixup seems inevitable. Giving up a bit of ground is a powerful move, not only for the chance to fight the battle on your own terms, but for the mind games you can play with the enemy.

Curious... so let's see, how many OCs... and in what roles... we don't need to worry too much about the background ones beyond the role they've played in shaping William and the world, merely remember them so events keep making sense.

Rusara: Night Elf traveling sage. Skilled with instruments and words.
Felix: Half-orc. If Garona is a thing, makes sense he can be too. Curious to learn how he ended up as a servant. Either way he seems nice enough, but with the current situation I imagine he'll show us every nook and cranny of racism in the world.
William: The protag! Doubt I'll need to track his status, though getting off on a bad foot with Varian is interesting, it may seem reasonably benign right now, but things don't happen for no reason.