If I may ask... since you are in a town... where did you get the arrow from? Was it by chance a guard?
We have figured out how they recruit new members

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I hope it doesn't get stuck there. Due to a glitch my mage had an ice spike stuck in his head for several days(real days). Then my friend had an arrow stuck in his dog's face for days, I assume same glitch.
And I don't think I have seen any Orc guards. Maybe you can actually look for my sweetroll, stupid Nords are lazy and won't do it.