Hey all, so my players over the course of Burnt Offerings, picked up a very peculiar companion, namely a Wyrmling Red Dragon the Kobold Rogue summoned by a Deck of Minor Things (https://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?541216-A-Deck-of-Minor-Things). For now, this dragon (henceforth known as Tilbym), is under my control. the party has just defeated Nualia and are delving deeper into Thistletop while Tilbym guards Orik and Lyrie up on the surface.
I'm thinking I want to give Tilbym a reason to change alignment and put him under our Rogue's control. My current thoughts are to have a band of Half-Orcs abduct Tilbym, alongside Orik and Lyrie, as well as the treasure hoard my players have left up there.
My question is, what sort of encounter would you recommend for these Half-orcs? I currently have a sample put together of a CR9 Encounter (Which could hypothetically be split up into smaller chunks) and I'm unsure if this is too difficult for my party (5 people at level 4), and would anyone have a good idea on how to perhaps tie this into the Adventure Path as a whole? (Perhaps something to do with the Skinsaw Cult?)