Session 36 Recap

After taking your leave of the centaurs in the Glacial Wastes you approached the towering glacier within which dwell the Hroromir Clan of Frost Giants. You walked through the glistening icy passages within the glacier, until the sounds of contest reached your ears. You soon found the source of the noise; two Frost Giants were wrestling surrounded by a circle of cheering giants. One of the giants was around 20 feet tall and had a bone through his nose, and the other was a smaller giant, perhaps 15ft, hunchbacked and with a limp. You later found out these were Sruntheus, Jarl and Shaman of the Hromomir clan, and the cripple Caggog. Caggog was easily defeated and you announced yourselves to the group on seeing Frostwind Icebeard standing proudly beside Sruntheus, her husband. On announcing yourselves, the surrounding Frost Giants tried to grab you and only Fluff, Duala and Flint were able to escape and hide. Sruntheus demanded you put forward a warrior to wrestle in the ring to determine whether you were Motte or Mote. Grundull stepped forward, and Frostwind stood to confront him, as there was little honour in beating a creature so small. The fight began with the other members of the party cheering Grundull on and he managed to put up a decent battle - surviving a full 18 seconds before he tapped out. During the battle, Duala and Fluff examined some of the buildings and found out there were just small facades built surrounding large ice rooms carved out of the glacier in which the Frost Giants lived. Flint however, attempted to sneak into the Main Hall (whihc you later found out was called the Drarasgard) but the door was just a bit too heavy for him. He then had a quick look in the building next to the Drarasgard - which turned out to be the quarters of Sruntheus and Frostwind.

After Grundull's defeat the Frost Giants invited you to their post contest ritual within the Drarasgard. The giants sat around a blue fire that gave off no heat and you were seated furthest from Sruntheus. He passed the pipe around and bade you to smoke. You all smoked from the pipe and several of you blacked out immediately, whilst Qelgar and Shadow managed to remain conscious - but Qelgar lost his short term memory. When everyone awoke from their sleep, they too had lost their short term memories. Shadow noticed that the smoke that each individual exhaled was coloured differently, between an icy blue that Sruntheus exhaled, to a deep scarlet red that Cagogg exhaled. Grundle had the most blue in his smoke out of your party, and Flint had the most red. Frostwind explained to the group that she was very ashamed of her father, Curbor, as he had attempted to kill Sruntheus in his sleep despite that being considered very Mote. She also said she was honoured to be Sruntheus' Shiled Wfie as he epitomised the concept of Motte. Sruntheus explained he had taken Frostwind as his wife after defeating her in combat in this tent surrounded by other giants.

Flint then received a Message from Cagogg despite magic being very stigmatised amongst the Frost Giants. He bid Flint meet him in his tent as he wanted to discredit Sruntheus. The party continued and Shadow drank a large barrel of Chardonay before taking Grundull to the home of Urug - a delightfully creepy giant who took a shine to Shadow. Flint then went to speak to Cagogg, where he found out that Sruntheus was in fact Motte, and that he had been the one to tell Curbor what Sruntheus had done. Sruntheus had somehow made Frostwind think she had been defeated honourably; though Caggog saw him kidnap her while she was unconscious. Caggog then tucked into a delicious trout.

You all took a long rest before Flint told the rest of the party what Caggog had told him - and you decided to try and figure out Sruntheus' methods and how to expose him. Duala realised that she had had an experience with a herb known as Elven Knotweed that had made her black out and forget the last 3 hours and you thought maye Sruntheus had used that in the pipe along with Situra Buds. Sruntheus and several of the other Frost Giants were leaving to fight the Remorhazs you encountered upon the frozen lake so the camp had fewer Frost Giants in. Stuff decided the best course of action was to turn into a spider and investigate Sruntheus and Frostwind's chambers, as well as the Drarasgard. Inside, she didn't find anything incriminating. Meanwhile, Shadow made friends with a crow.

You then decided the best course of action would be to look behind the area cordoned off by a crude guarded palisade to see if there was any evidence behind there. You know the gardens where the Situra buds are tended are kept behind there and hope there may be evidence of further foul play. And that's where we are now!