Session 27 Recap

Having collected the genie Baldanay and the Portal to the Elemental Plane of Air, you managed to escape the Tomb of Baldanay - with the exception of Qelgar who was left trapped in the dark. Qelgar remained calm - though the prospect of travelling back through the tomb alone was one fraught with worry. Qelgar attempted to jimmy the front door open - but unfortunately, he broke the locking mechanism, locking the front entrance closed forever so he was forced to venture into the tomb. Meanwhile Fluff, Stuff, Flint, Shadow and Duala climbed the front face of the tomb entrance and Fluff was able to find the top entrance to the tomb with a casual ease. You conspired to lower a rope into the tomb and pull Qelgar out. However, Qelgar wouldn't be able to reach the rope, so you tied a small stone to the rope and swung it over to him in the chamber below. Qelgar strained his hand out over the precipice and thankfully managed to grab the rope. He tied it around his waist, and the rest of the party above heaved and pulled him out of the hole.

With everybody out of the tomb, the party settled down to rest. However, before you could relax a tall, well built figure was spotted lumbering towards you accompanied by a pack animal pulling a small covered wagon. Shadow called out to him, and the figure revealed himself to be Grundull - a half-orc travelling merchant accompanied by a strange animal he referred to as Henry. Flint recognised Henry as a camel, and not a horse - and Grundull agreed to rest alongside the party. Within 5 minutes of meeting, Flint asked Grundull for some loose change, and even though Grundull had some, he understandably said no, thus compounding Flint's ammunition problem. You then spoke about your next move - either finding the mammoth hides for Vedesta, securing a means of flying so you could hunt for the Genie Deck of Many Things in the Elemental Plane of Air, helping Grundull find Situra Buds in the Glacial Wastes, or heading to the Stone Giant City of Cut'mahard. You decided to head to the Stone Giant city of Cut'mahard to investigate the destruction of their city by Art Killer and try to secure Tiamutan Stone for the walls of Eyjara for Isabella Jadertus, before heading north to The Glacial Wastes to try and find Situra Buds for Grundull, as well as looking for the Frost Giant Curbor Icebeard's daughter, Frostwind - and hopefully finding Mammoth Hides along the way!

 After resting, you set off to Cut'mahard and as the terrain became more rocky and mountainous you saw Stone Giants herding mammoths in the valley below. You briefly considered attacking the mammoths for their hides - before deciding it would be best not to attack the livestock of the people you were intending to help. You settled down to sleep for the night in a sheltered outcropping of rocks and Fluff was to take the first watch. During her watch you were attacked by some horrible poisonous spiders that descended from the rock faces above you and you each took it in turns to wake each other up quietly for some reason. Fortunately, many of the spiders fell into the fire immediately but Fluff was bitten and was immediately put under the spider's spell. She then turned into a giant spider herself but luckily, Flint was able to kill the spider on top of her and she realised she'd been charmed. After the rest of the spiders were handily taken care of, Flint recognised that these spiders were bred by the Drow, a race of Dark Elves who Flint is very racially biased against.

You set off the next day and reached the entrance to the great Stone Giant city of Cut'mahard built into a huge mountain. Outside the gates to the city stood two gigantic statues of old Giant Kings - one of which, Hardhammer the Gentle, had a 10ft wide hole burrowed straight through it's chest. Standing below the statue was a Stone Giant who introduced himself as Jolog Rockfist. He had been trying to repair the damage to the city, as well as track Art Killer. You expressed your desire to help find Art Killer and he directed you to head into the Heart of The Mountain, the Stone Giant Fortress within Cut'mahard, and speak to the Stone Giant King - Ugi Granitehand. You entered Cut'mahard and inside you saw a city that resembled a warzone, - gigantic holes were burrowed through lots of the gigantic buildings leaving rubble strewn through the streets and many homeless giants. Eventually you reached the bridge over to the Heart of The Mountain, a gigantic fortress carved into the centre of the mountain that has a gigantic chasm all around the outside. In the walls of the chasm the damage caused by Art Killer was evident - but the central fortress was untouched. Duala spotted a small door on the fortress and  you headed in to speak to King Ugi Granitehand. On speaking to him, he informed you that Art Killer had been attacked for just over three weeks - and that the blaming of Curbor Icebeard was clearly incorrect, as the attacks have continued since his banishment and he said he was invite Curbor Icebeard back. He told you that most of the attacks have been occurring in and around the Tiamutan Stone mines deep below the city and that any attempts at finding Art Killer have met with failure. He confirmed that the reason he hadn't been able to engage with Aligar's Fist were due to these attacks and asked for your help. He said there had been rumours of increased cultist behaviour in the Stoneshaw Hills which he suspects is linked to Art Killer's attacks - and you linked this with the cultist den filled with mutants near Bowscale Tarn where the White Dragon sleeps. You agreed to head down tot the mines and speak with the Foreman there - a Stone Giant called Graal'vel who may be able to give you a better idea of what happened to the groups they sent into the mines.