Empires of Arcadia: Episode 36

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==Synopsis==
The party climb the mountain to reach Nekkraut. Along the way they encounter a cloud giant. The party try to negotiate with the cloud giant, but they refuse to trade for the Ferrin Spellbooks. A fight breaks out and the cloud giant is slain. The cloud giants who watched this all happen in the clouds above become enraged and start a thunder storm above the party.
==Recap==
===Second Year, Day 136===
The Yaka Rangers have just returned to Rikki from Portheus with with the Hammer of Zorin.
===Second Year, Day 143===
After a long rest the party teleport to Ember's Keep. Zai gets a new giant tea set made. The party then set out for the mountains to get the 2 Ferrin Spellbook pages.
===Second Year, Day 146===
The party get to the base of the mountain in the bamboo forest.
===Second Year, Day 147===
The party head up the mountain valley to climb up as they have done before, but the party are ambushed by 6 green dragon wyrmling. Thorbjørn & Zai take out one of the wyrmlings. Zai stuns one. Thorbjørn kills another. Korrin opens fire, killing the stunned wyrmling. Flinthart uses the Hammer of Zorin and caves in the skull of wyrmlings. The surviving 2 Wyrmlings go to flee, but Korrin kills one and knocks the other out of the sky then kills it.
===Second Year, Day 149===
The party arrive at the crystal cave. The party rest for a week. The party put various magic items on the magic crystals to charge it up. Flinthart is hesitant to place the Hammer of Zorin on crystal, but does so for a day then examines it. Flinthart gets cold feet at this point and doesn't put it back.
==Recap==
===Second Year, Day 153===
Korrin notices something wrong with the cave. The lights from the cave start fading out. Korrin removes some items from the magic crystals.
==Experience==
675 exp each
* Flinthart levels to level 10
** Max HP from 87 to 96 (+9)
==Recap==
===Second Year, Day 156===
The week is up and the magical items don't get super charged as the cave runs out of power. Thorbjørn appears to be talking to the Hammer of Zorin directly, but Flinthart doesn't explain this to the party. The party set out for the ruins of Nekkraut. Korrin uses the amulet of fire monkey, Zai is able to just go up. Flinthart climbs without a problem, but Thorbjørn has troubles.
===Second Year, Day 157===
The party make better progress up the Nekkraut today. They see a full size dragon in the distance to the north along the coast. To the south smaller dragons can be seen.
===Second Year, Day 158===
During the climb, after the party reach a plateau, Thorbjørn makes noise. Flinthart sees an eye 500 feet away above them in the sky looking at Thorbjørn. Flinthart tells the party. Korrin opens fire, hitting the eye with an arrow and it falls out of the sky and plummets to the ground.
The party then continue to climb when they encounter. The giant, Darian, calls out to the party. Flinthart greets Darian the Giant, calling the party the leaders of Bravo and the Thane of the Dwarves. Darian asks the party their business. The party explain they are after the Ferrin Spellbook. Darian refuses and draws their axe. Combat starts.
The party surround attack. Darian the giant is naturally too strong to be disarmed. Zai stuns the giant and they fall off. The giant casts levitate on Korrin and makes him fall as well. Zai goes down, holding down on Darian's foot. Thorbjørn jumps off after Darian. As he falls Korrin opens fires with his bow on the falling giant. Zai attacks while on the ankle. The giant casts Gaseous Form and escapes the party.
Korrin drinks his feather-fall potion. Thorbjørn and Zai aim for the mountainside, with Thorbjørn raging though the damage. Zai uses his Monk slow-falling. The party is split up on the mountainside.
The party see Darian floating in the sky as mist and Korrin opens fire with his ethereal bow as he climbs. Flinthart climbs down. The giant clouds Fog Cloud to hide, but is no longer in Gaseous Form. Flinthart can see the Cloud Giant from above and calls out for Darian to surrender, but Darian refuses. Korrin takes 2 shots that hit. The giant casts fly and goes to escape. Korrin and Flinthart open fire and Flinthart gets the killing blow with a spear.
The party then hear the noise of angry storm giants above. A thunder storm starts on top of the party.
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