This is why the Orc/village conflict sucks so very very much for lower lvl villagers. You basically lose all your perks, and depending on race/spec could have 0 chance of getting them back. Not to mention that the Orc village is FULL of things (not just olog-hai) that an out of range Orc could use to #### over any retrieval attempt. Heck, I'd wager the orc brutes that hit savage feeding for mangles/demo's would track just fine, and ruin a villagers day too. Not to mention the mobs there generally assist one another.

I've played more villagers than Orcs, but I'll tell ya when it comes to Orc VS villager, I'd generally want to be the Orc.