And so the party ventured back to the lair of Ygaryll the Frost Giant. Bringing with them a live subdued Winter Wolf in place of the yeti they failed to rescue from the Ice Trolls., Tonya from his clutches. Schlomo finally figured out how to use the wand Cloud Bringer, which could be a powerful tool against the giant initially though to vanquish the giant and save the girl Tonya. But in the end the group decided to parley with the giant and make another deal. If they cleared what ever was behind a frozen waterfall in the back cave of his lair and bring him what loot they found he’d relinquish the girl to them, apparently the live Winter Wolf wasn’t enough, but then what would be so though Schlomo who refused to go on yet another quest for the giant, at which point Lasaka gave him a shove causing him to slide down an icy ramp into the giants den where the rest of the party was already talking to the giant. Ygaryll found this greatly amusing watching the dwarf tumble an slide into his lair, but Schlomo didn’t and climbed back out of the cave and retreated back to the camp where Kenneth and the horses were. So this left four heroes to do the bidding of the giant. Valbraun the Skald, Sunny the Priest, Lasaka the Warrior and Mudreck Barbender.

The Giant used his great ax to shatter the water fall allowing them to venture in. Almost immediately however they were met with a highly polished curving wall that reflected their images but instead release a small horde of screaming Verloren Spirit Warriors causing fear to wash over the party. The Skald fled back to the far side of the giant lair, while Sunny held his ground and was blessed. Lasaka and Mudreck however raced forward down a passage tripping a trap that collapsed the tunnel. Lasaka jumped clear but Mudreck was buried. After some time the party regrouped and dug out the dwarf and pressed on into what they soon realized was an ancient Tomb of the Cave Ber Clan judging by the next chamber with a life size cave bear wooden statue of incredible detail as well as the wall art depicting warriors hunting and fighting along side bears.

They spent two days exploring and recovering ancient items from the tombs. Not having any Verloren shamans with them made it much easier to loot the tomb. Even the Raven Clan Skald didn’t have much to say about that. So they found various ancient weapons and odd items of power. This was apparently a tomb of old clan that slew a White Dragon. Eventually after bypassing some traps they came to the Tomb of Uthen Wyrmrender. But when they opened his tomb a ring of eldritch fire washed over the party causing them all damage. Then the old Chief rose, his body animated by his spirit. With his great sword in hand he tore into the party with vengeance. It was an epic battle, all four heroes were greatly wounded with only Sunny and Mudreck left standing by their will alone. A few healing spells brought the other two back from the brink of death and so the rested before venturing further into a secret chamber they’d found.

Here was a final trap. A ring of coffers fill with coins at the bottom of a natural cave. Hanging over them, the skull of the great slain dragon. While Sunny and Lasaka climbed up behind the skull finding other treasures Mudreck dug into the coffer of platinum coins. With that the dragon belched forth a final blast of it’s icy breath, nearly killing the Skald and only slightly damaging Mudreck. He was wearing one of the newly gained items that protected him from cold attacks.

After this they rested again and returned to the giant carrying four of the coffers. However while they were away Schlomo and Kenneth worked out their own deal with the Giant. They offered him the sword Thander in place of the girl. Showing him how the sword could detect precious metals, kind and amount Ygaryll agreed and released the girl. Those two then began their long cold journey back to town.

As for the others, after further parley with the giant, he took all four coffers of coin and let them leave with what ever else they had gained. He offered them other tasks to do for him, but they declined and headed out after Schlomo and Kenneth, though at this time they were two days behind them.

And so they still are making their way back, both groups having different encounters and frigged weather. The white dragon previously encountered swooped down and snatch up the pack mule leaving Kenneth and Schlomo with only Comanche and the girl. But the next day they encountered a group from Verloren of the Elk clan that offered to share their fire and food with them. From them they gained a guide named Athawulf to lead them back to town.

The others, eager to catch up to the dwarf as he had all of Lasaka’s share of coin from the troll caves. They thought perhaps they had encountered some of the fey fold, but the brassiness of Lasaka had them all disappear back into the wilderness. After another day of travel deep in the snowy forest they have become ambushed by several very angry Ice Trolls….