They followed the southern shore of the Giant's Drown eastward and saw hills far in the distance. They continued towards them finding the remains of a stone road. The path of broken stones led into the hills. Flanking either side were collapsed statues of weeping armored warriors roughly three times the height of a man.
They choose to rest at the base of the hills and to the west they spied a group of figures approaching.
Hours pass and the figures arrive and with them the stench of rotten flesh. The first of the figures staggers forward an arrow stuck in his skull and his entrails dragging behind him. The second limps upon a broken leg a bloody stump rising above his shoulders and ending in only a jaw. The third stumbles in steps, a spear still stuck in his chest, his left arm missing. The fourth limps as well, a pair of arrows visible from his chest and another from his neck. The last of the figures wears a broken helm and drags a axe behind himself.
The party enters melee and suffers no casualties. The walking corpses are dismembered and the party ascends the hill. There they find thirteen cairns, each over 40' tall. Hundreds of crows congregate at top the cairns and watch the men below in silence. The party sees a stone staircase at the base of the largest cairn and light torches and lanterns and descend.
They descend into a massive chamber, its vaulted ceiling over 20' high, bisected by a wide chasm. They choose a passage and head deeper and encounter a familiar sight. Jet-black creatures the size of a dogs appear from the darkness. Each dragging a single proboscis along the ground like an ax. They enter melee spilling the creature's ichor and slay them. Emboldened by their victory they head deeper.
They hear laughter and follow it and instead find an ugly thing. A large vulture with bulging eyes fans it's decrepit wings outwards, black bile drips from its beak and the veins in its neck spasm like dying snakes. Jodah approaches and the vulture vomits black bile upon him. He falls to the ground unable to hear and his companions charge the beast. A spear nails the vulture to the floor and it bled to death.
They continue onward and find a chamber which contains a giant made out of stone kneeling towards the west, a chain extends from its collar to the floor in front of him and his hands nailed together. They pull a lever and encounter a trio of dirty apes each the size of a child. The apes gnash their teeth and holler.
Sain steps forward and throws a dagger, it sinks into the neck of and ape and it dies. The other two apes panic and flee. Sain remarks "Tsk, nothing personal". He retrieves his dagger from the corpse and their torch light fading they return to Lestryhonia.
Session 4 Downtime Events
The hot weather of the previous week has been replaced by repeated snowfall. Men have wrapped themselves up in warm furs as the winter winds run rampant. Icicles have returned to their roosts on many ledges and piles of snow have accumulated around the city of Lestryhonia.
Berehal was approached by a bald man, with a tattoo of a snake above his left eye and missing the pointer and middle fingers of his right hand, who introduced himself as Efialtez. He said he had heard exploits of Berehal and his fellows and he and his fellows wished to join them as a retainers. The pair hung behind Efialtez and were introduced as Onetus and Korydalus. Efialtez stated that they were able men and skilled both in violence and subterfuge.
Oogi sought a means of turning the horn he had into a weapon and was informed that he should seek the aid of Ebon Pirithus, Arkad, or perhaps another Sorcerer. Others said he could call forth one of the greater spirits and bargain with them.
Matthias is inducted by the Temple of Hodim. He is further beset by by nightmares of blood-lust and violence. He learns he has been cursed with blood-lust and is now unable to offer mercy to combatants and retreat from combat.
Matthias sought to learn the location of Hetun and was approached by a pair of men clad in white masks who introduced themselves as the "Annointed of Tepes". They explained that King Huhalyn would see them well compensated for slaying Hetun and would elevate their leader to be one of his champions.
Returning to Lestryhonia, Jodah was approached by short man with his hair set in two braids who introduced himself as Yerik. Yerik appraised him as a capable man who would not be stricken by fear and told him that he had a task for which he would be compensated. In exchange for bringing him Kordis' ring from the Burial Temple of the Tridabaktrus, Yerik would extend Jodah invitation to the ancient rites of the skinless flesh and to ride the bloody mare.
Hurass was approached by a tall blond woman her head taller than the pair of armored men who flanked her. She introduced himself as Alais as each of the cast harsh glances around, their hands resting on the axes hanging from their belts. In a clear voice she asked if Hurass was among the men who had slain the last unicorn of the Giant's Drown. She explained how her father Kalu Wolf-toothed, Lord of Thain, sought to hire them as a guards for an expedition to Skyfa and Samarta. She explained they would be well compensated for their service and if they sought to accept the offer to travel northwest towards the Island of Thain.
They gained the following rumors:
1) To the west, from the sea rises a mountain which spews smoke.2) Within the depths of the Jotun's Tomb is a fountain from which flows waters which can regrow a man's limb.
3) A band of warriors calling themselves the Sons of Kronus would fill the hand of any, who bings them the head of the Magi of the Trepanted Circle, with ample silver.
4) Crypt-thieves have returned from the Burial Tomb of Tridabaktrus claiming a giant spider, larger than a horse, hides within the depths.
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