C4S3

The First Blessing was the third session of the Colossi Campaign. In it, the party cleared out Windwalker Barrow, receiving the blessing of the Windwalker's ancient soul.
== Summary ==
=== The Riddle ===
The party examines and solves the strange riddle allowing access deeper into the grave: "The Fool believes immortality saves." Alternative wordings include "The Sage knows death atones", or "The Lord declares glory destroys." Peculiar phrases, indeed.
=== The Barrow ===
The party approaches the main chamber of the barrow. At the entrance is yet another runic inscription, declaring the Windwalker to be a misguided fool, and his efforts trivial and foolish.
The party faces the Windwalker, long since turned Draugr, and his chief huscarls. The battle, though dangerous, is a victory for the party, with Drifa's divine symbol routing the undead.
=== The Windwalker's Blessing ===
The party captures many important artifacts, sure to be useful in the fight against the titans. They enter the treasure chamber, finding a great lode within. There is a pedestal with further inscriptions, declaring the windwalker to be a glorious chap indeed, and a later inscription on top suggesting that his head should be placed on the pedestal.
Upon doing so the Windwalker's soul appears and speaks to the party. He was alive, near 600 years ago, when the Colossi appeared. They appeared from the sea, on the back of the mightiest of the Colossi, Jormungandr. At first they were peaceful, their effort seemingly to contain the Nords within Ariondor, but eventually they began to turn violent, leaving the Nords with no option but to take up arms against them.
He concludes by stating that the party should never underestimate the Colossi, before he materializes on the pedestal as a statue, seemingly finding peace knowing the party will take up his mantle of combat.
=== Return to Skyhaven ===
Returning to Skyhaven aboard the Valkyrie, the party sees a distant troupe of individuals, seemingly in trouble against a Colossus.
== Quests ==
* The bigger they are... Learn more about the mysterious and ancient Colossi.
* ...the harder they fall. Destroy the 12 Colossi.
* Windwalker Barrow: Completed!
== Quotes ==
== Reflections ==
* Janus: "Addendum to Addendum. I had been hoping to delay the reveal of my best transformative discovery until I got to know the group better - the dungeon was deadly, yes, but manageable with our combined experience. Once we got to the domain of the windwalker, however, a few of my friends started dropping - some more than once in the same battle! My hands were tied, and I was forced to imbibe the mutagenic formula. That truly swung the tide of battle - I was not struck once in my courageous battle form, and felled several foes directly. After the battle, however, the companions who had witnessed by transformation took it completely in stride - there was no revulsion, no panic. In fact, there were very few questions at all. I don't know if this is the result of mere ignorance of the nature of the accomplishment, or simple mercenary pragmatism, in that they recognized its usefulness to them in combat, after witnessing its effectiveness first hand. One way or the other, the metaphorical cat is out of the bag, and to no ill effect - this is a greater victory than defeating the windcaller himself." 
* Durgrim: "It seems we have found some interesting trinkets to take home. Hopefully these prove to be powerful tools, though we will likely need to plunder several more of these tombs to get the material required to take on a colossi. Janus has a new trick, transforming into that humanoid snake creature. I wonder how much steel we can layer onto that new form it was quite durable in battle. Looks like some more foolish travelers have gotten themselves in trouble with a collosi. We will learn this one's behavior when it dispatches these adventurers. Perhaps there will be some insight we can gleam about this new creature." 
== Appendix ==
Category: C4 Colossi