Rime of the Frost Maiden

From Dougan’s Hole , we headed north to Bryn Shander to buy discount armor from the dwarves before heading southeast to the Verbeeg cave to enlist their aid as guides to the site within the Spine of the World where they found the alien shards. Geared with tents and supplies loaded on an Axebeak (used as a mule), we trekked south. 2 nd day encounter : fortune the ancient white dragon ( Arveiaturace ) with its human wizard rider continued flying northwest, not seeing us. Maybe the 1,000-year-old dragon (known as The Terror of the North ) saw us but was satisfied with the reindeer treat clasp in its claws. Maybe the 500-year-old wizard Meltharond had a scheduled appointment to keep. 3 rd day reunion : Mareshi met up with other members of her Wolf Tribe who invited all to participate in a vision-quest. Knott saw vision of an island shaped like a snowflake, while Thokk saw a flying city that had crashed into a glacier. Mareshi saw the same city but when she tried to peer into the c...

Dougan’s Hole : We followed the road southwest 3 hours out of Good Mead toward the small town of Dougan’s Hole (population 50) that sacrificed warmth as their offering. Intercepted by a large Winter Wolf ( Koren ) faking injury which made all cautious and wary of his plea for help. Knott called forth the other wolf ( Kanan ) in hiding. No one believed their story of enslavement by a Frost Giant ( Garagi ) forcing them to capture children from the small town. We agree to meet them tomorrow AFTER we confirm with Dougan villagers. We pass a stone megalith (20 stone ring like Stonehenge, honoring a dead god) on outskirt of the town. Thrun’s Rest Tavern offers moss beer and confirmation 2 kids ( Finn & Filhan ) missing. In trying to rescue the children, the Town Speaker ( Edgaroth ) died of his wounds after slaying the FG yet the remaining team had to retreat in the face of the wolves who still demanded their ransom of food and gold. The new speaker, Edgaroth’s wife Ezra Derwood...