Mercenaries

Two months just to hear from Ironforge that we'll be spared a handful of soldiers for our own defense, and another two months until they arrive! Bad enough that our town goes unprotected, but the excavation and the dam--the dam!--are open to attacks as well. I've no choice then, it seems. I'll need hired arms. How about you? You seem a likely sort, <class>. A group of ogres has set up camp on the northeast of the lake. Perhaps you will be the one to remove the threat to our town?