This is my first story for Literotica, though I have been reading the site for years. Hope you like it, and please let me know how to improve!
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Draz'Thar left Zoram'gar late in the night, his light mail armor darkened by handfuls of smeared mud and a massive double headed battle axe in hand. The orc warrior was young, ready to test himself in battle for his Warchief and secure the forest that the Warsong Clan had begun tried to tame so long ago. On the far west coast, close to the forest edge and ancient elven ruins danger was eternal and the small outpost lived under the constant threat of the treacherous night elves silently slipping out of the tress and destroying their only access to the vital coastline.
His patrol was a simple one that would take him most of the night, brushing briefly into the wood to a simple trail that ran through the forest, keeping well away from the few known night elf encampments and keeping his eyes alert for any signs of the enemy. Hunters typically took up these patrols, but Draz was more clever than most of the grunts stationed at Zoram'gar. During the second war he had served as a scout, then barely more than a child. In the five years since that war he had retained his light step, and combined that with the martial skill the orcs were feared for.
As the night war on, Draz kept low as he moved into the forest proper. Heavy earthy scents filled his senses, moss laden with pollen. Strange lights flittered amongst the trees, flaring with golden brilliance for a moment and then gone. Ancient sweeping buildings, forgotten and abandoned since the spirits only knew when cast shadows of pure darkness against the already lightless ground. Draz had no trouble keeping out of sight in such a terrain, and as time began to pass his mind wandered away from the task at hand.
He should have died for his lapse in concentration, the arrow the suddenly sprouted from his shoulder should have taken him in the neck. The angry hiss following a sudden snap of the bow string brought him from his daydreams and rolling to the side, but the shaft still found its mark and his shoulder exploded in fire. Two elven women stood less than ten yards from him, neither of whom had been there a second before. Draz jumped too his feet and bellowed a war cry, bringing his axe before him as the archer readied another shot. The second elf was dressed lighter than the first, a simple staff of some pure white wood in her hands, chanting in increasing intensity as Draz charged.