Roadside Assistance

Mr. Fahrenheit was on watch because he was having trouble sleeping. Insomnia had become more of an issue ever since Beldor cured him of Lycanthropy. He was taking a walk during in the cold of the night, inspecting the outskirts of the camp they had set up when he saw light from a large explosion in the distance, followed by a crack of lightning. He quickly returned to camp and woke Beldor, who attempted to use clairvoyance to see what was happening, but the commotion was occurring a few miles away. Eventually they awoke Donut who sent Eragaid out to investigate. Eragiad approached the spot where Mr. Fahrenheit saw the explosion, but backed off when he saw several gigantic flying creatures, which he assumed were more Rocs. He returned to the camp to alert the rest of the party.

The Fateful 8 moved quickly, but quietly towards the site. As they approached, they saw a group of humanoids engaged in battle with a number of Rocs. Given their past experience with Rocs, they knew how deadly the beasts could be and decided to assist the people on the ground. They saw a big fire in the middle of the clearing which silhouetted the humanoids, disguising their features. They noted that the creatures on the ground were wearing especially tattered clothing, and something about their movements seemed off. Beldor got close to one of the humanoids, which turned and launched a bony arm at him. Beldor was speared by the bone and pulled towards the creature. Mr. Fahrenheit saw this happen and shouted "looks like we're killing everything!" to the party. Buck moved in towards another Roc and shambling creature battling. As the Roc attempted to lift the creature off the ground, it also harpooned Buck and started to drag him into the air with them. Donut reacted swiftly and shot an arrow through the bone-harpoon and severed the connection between the two.

Much like their previous encounter with Rocs, the giant birds were fond of plucking enemies off the ground and dropping them from heights to their deaths. At one point a Roc tried to squish Dreld by dropping another victim on his head, but he was able to cast shield and deflect the blow at the last second. Bodo used his warp ability to drop enemies into the big bonfire while Beldor cast daylight around the battleground. Dreld's use of Id kept the enemies locked up in the fire and daylight range which quickly dispatched them. The Rocs and zombie-like creatures kept fighting though, and both Donut and Bodo died during the battle. When Eiragid saw Donut die, he went insane and attacked Dreld. Mr. Fahrenheit finished off the last tattered creature and ran to protect Dreld. He was able to restrain Eiragid and Beldor revived Donut. Donut came to and saw Mr. Fahrenheit and Eiragid tussling and drew his bow on the halfling, threatening to shoot if he didn't let the dragon go. Fahrenheit responded that the dragon seemed to go crazy and was attacking Dreld so he was just trying to calm him down. Meanwhile, Dreld had consumed the soul of one of the zombie creatures and was hungry for more. After Beldor revived Bodo, Bodo warped him into the stream under the ice until they could figure out what to do with him.