When two character are next of each other they are immediately considered engaged?

Lets say, a Trollslayer spot a Orc at short distance.

The Dwarf can act first -- his initiative is better -- he charges against the enemy. He advances the first step (from short to engagement distance) and reach the orc area. But, instead of engage to make an attack, he chooses to use a non-combative Action Card (lets say, Berserker Rage).

My questions are:

1) The Trollslayer is considered engaged with the Orc just because he goes beyond the short initial distance?

2) Allies in the same relative position (next of each other) are considered immediately engaged?

3) When a character leave a engagement, he must make a maneuver, right? If he is engaged with 2 or more enemies, he must disengage from each opponent spending a maneuver for each one?

4) When a character disengage he is considered next to the enemy (just not engaged) or at short distance?

lpgiehl said:

To answer you I asume that the Troll Slayer has spend a movement manoeuvre to move from "close" range to "engaged".

lpgiehl said:

He is considered engaged only if he spends a movement manoeuvre to move from "close range" to "engaged"

lpgiehl said:

If there are no hostile NPC's YES. Similarly, if there are no hostile NPC's you do not need a movement manoeuvre to disengage. If on the contrary, there are also hostile NPC's, then you have to use a movment manoeuvre to move from close to engaged.

lpgiehl said:

NO. You need only one movement manoeuvre to disengage from a single engagement independently of the number of PC's or NPC's involved.

lpgiehl said:

When you use the disengaged movement manoeuvre you are considered to be at close range.

The abstract range bands or distances are: engaged (you can interact with the object), close range, medium range, long range and extreme range.

Thanks Yepesnopes for all the answers.

It helped a lot.

Sorry, I made a mistake about close distance, calling it short distance.