The aurochs hunt

On your return trip to Urgir, your caravan was waylaid.  You defended your portion of the caravan, but in other areas, where your clan mates were not so lucky, the attackers hauled the bodies of the fallen off into the darkness. After the fight, you noticed that the attackers had the markings of an unknown clan, but wielded arms and armor consistent with Darklands orcs. 

Just before the caravan entered the walls of Urgir, a number of the aurochs burst open, ripped apart from the inside by some kind of fungal parasite.  If the pattern holds true, the already-scant aurochs harvest will be diminished by 20%--and given orcs' penchant for eating their kills raw, it will have an untold impact on the population of Belkzen, as well.

Plot point summaries

• You went to visit the Blood Trail tribe, the tribe you gave the broken idol to.  They had apparently not come to the Blood Carnival or the aurochs hunt--atypical behavior for them.
• You visited the Burning Sun tribe, a tribe consisting of outcasts from other clans and led by a Warpriest of Sarenrae.  She wants to ally with your tribe, which is nothing new--her clan is scorned as weak by everyone in your tribe.  But she says she can help orcs avoid extinction.
• You challenged the commander of the Murdered Child tribe to rassle and fought him to a draw--an impressive accomplishment, and one which will be remembered.
• You helped the One-Eye tribe kill a giant formerly of their employ, who shouted (among other spiteful drivel), "The Storm Tyrant lives, and he will destroy you all!"  The One-Eye tribe later asked for your help in re-conquering Blisterwell from the hated Haskodar tribe, who appeared from nowhere.
• You have come to an arrangement with the Ice Tooth tribe, who are best known as traders of battle-trained aurochs and other megafauna.  This arrangement may be in some doubt now, depending on what's going on with the annual aurochs migration.
• Speaking of which, there are no aurochs.  This happens sometimes, and it usually means a particularly vicious season of raids and intertribal warfare as each clan tries to keep and hold enough food to survive.  But this year was supposed to be a banner year--all of the auguries indicated a good harvest, and the opening week of hunting season was excellent, especially to the Open Hand tribe.