| Current location | Eye of the Allfather, the Spine of the World |
| Last week at a glance | New characters:Igorn (the forlorn cloud giant spirit) The voice of the Oracle Loot: +2 magic breastplate, a refined opal – the Ild (fire) rune. Londer wins both. Achievements: Decoded the runes on the archway, entered and summoned the Oracle. Where we left off: The adventurers and Harshnagg are standing in the middle of the room with four of six lanterns burning, ready to ask another question of the Oracle and bickering a little, while the cloud giant spirit looks on. They need to learn how to get to the court of Hecaton and root out the evil, so that the Allfather will restore the ordening. |
| Last week (flash backs) | They have been flung upwards into the ceiling, all but Thoradin taking enormous damage as they hit the roof. Thoradin manages to catch onto the wall. Miss Moss blacks out. They all scramble to heal each other, drink potions and gather themselves. Leshanna empowers herself and Miss Moss with flight.The magic begins to subside. Harshnagg rushes over towards Londer, grabs him and hugs him to his chest. He falls with tremendous force, leaving an imprint in the floor. For a moment he is completely still before he gathers himself. The others climb or fly down.After a long rest, they try again, this time the club appears to have been correct, bottom left. The next – stone boulder and the middle left rune – was wrong. The gravity effect happened again, but this time they are prepared. They swing from the ceiling and Harshnagg flies around gigglingAfter some discussion, and testing – and Thoradin calling on his divinity – they manage to decode the runes order. They pass through the arch way. On each corner of the room is a life-size statue of a giant – six of them. Each holds a heavy iron lantern with an outstretched arm. In the centre of the room is the corpse of a cloud giant – it has been dead for a very long time. Nearby lies a mace.From the corpse, a blue translucsent light emits until it takes shape and presents a figure of a ghostly cloud giant. They greet him in their characteristic ways. He is a forlorn spirit. The Allfather predicted a great upheaval in the Ordening. He told the giant, Igorn, that he should step out from the shadows of his father’s dark influence. He and his father, Blagakus, fought a fierce battle and Igorn was slain.On the floor under a thin layer of frost is a 20ft rune, covering a large part of the centre of the rune. It is the King rune.In dwarven language, written on the floor were the words: “Ask your question, and know truth.”They ask the following questions: How do we restore the Ordening? The only one to do it is the Allfather. He disrupted it to rouse his children from their complacency. Only he restores the ordening.One of the six lanterns goes out. How can we get the Allfather to restore the ordering? Root out evil in the court of the Storm Giants – the storm giant King Hecaton. You must visit King Hecaton’s court.Another lantern goes out.They are standing in the middle of the room with four lanterns burning, ready to ask another question and bickering a little, while the cloud giant spirit looks on. |
| Current journey | The Frozen North · A tremendously difficult journey at the coldest time of year · Following an epic battle at Xantharl’s keep, Harshnagg the frost giant joined the party · The Giant Ordening is disrupted, a hierarchy normally exists, with the following order: o Storm Giants at the top (monarchy) o Cloud Giants o Frost Giants o Fire Giants o Stone Giants o Hill Giants · The Giants are all trying to work out how to please the Allfather. · The King (Hecaton) has gone missing. His queen and the whole court has gone and there is no-one sitting on the throne. His daughters have taken up running the kingdom. · The giants are looking for a ring, they think it’s going to restore the ordening. The adamantine rods have been an attempt to please the Allfather · Up in the spine of the world there is a place called the Eye of the Allfather – it’s a long and dangerous walk. Up there is an oracle. · The Allfather may be willing to talk to the heroes, if not to the giants. |
| Current surroundings | Within the giant temple, the are in a great room. On each corner of the room is a life-size statue of a giant – six of them. Each holds a heavy iron lantern with an outstretched arm. In the centre of the room is the corpse of a cloud giant – it has been dead for a very long time. Nearby lies a mace.Each of the giant types is represented (shown here in ascending order of hirearchy and with reference to weapons from the previous room): · Hill giant – club · Stone giant – stone boulder · Fire giant – great sword · Frost giant – hand empty · Cloud giant – mithral spear · Storm giant – admantine trident |
| Party/associates | Harshnagg the Frost Giant |
| Other recent encounters | A frost giant corpseIgorn the forlorn spirit (cloud giant) and his corpse – seeking vengeance on his father, Blagakis Spider killing Remorhaz killing A white wyrmling and some barbarians – fought them at the entrance. · They charmed and captured Narft after defeating the others· Their chief’s cousin’s daughter Noori was seen leaving the camp and they tracked her to this place. She’d been complaining of strange dreams and then one night she just left· They triggered the traps in the tunnel to keep the adventurers out Klauth – a Red Dragon – one of the oldest dragons in the land flew overhead as they approached the temple, not taking notice. He is incredibly evil. (Don’t throw stuff at him) Narft the barbarian who joined them to find the chief’s cousin’s daughter Noori – the chief’s cousin’s daughter – rescued from the cocoon |
