That's one thing I found annoying:
When I first met them, I accepted the quest. After I found Slasher, actually I reconsidered and decided I wanted to kill them after all. But the game won't let you! That's idiotic! I mean you can attack pretty much everyone in the game (with the exception of some important chars that are unkillable) - but you can't attack a stupid orc just because you've accepted their quest! Hmph!
Yes, maybe it's not honorable to accept the quest first and then to turn on them - but it's not completely nonsensical. I mean when you first run into those orcs, they might just be a bit hard to kill for you. When you come back with the axe, however, you might be strong enough - and rightly decide: no orc gets to live if I have a choice about it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />