As time resumed the town of Fireshear was under attack by frost giants. Our heroes were a couple members short, as both Zesh and Seraphina were still out of town. Luckily a few random travelers were in town and willing to help out. First was the human Katrina. A young lady who worshiped the goddess Saranrae. Secondly was the hafling Benwick, a short man all too eager to prove his martial prowess. Finally, a a familiar face showed up once again, a kenku who always seemed to be present when trouble was around, Mitsui.
The frost giants began raiding the village, ignoring the people, including our heroes and their allies. The people ran for the mines as the giants destroyed their homes and took anything of value. As our heroes started to fight back, the giants finally paid attention to them and decided to shift their attention. Their griffon trainer, Dasharra, also helped in combat. It was too late for them however, as the giants fell one by one. The remaining giants rejoined with their brethren on their ship, as it took off.
Overjoyed at their reunion, Mitsui and Kida hugged, or rather, Kida hugged and Mitsui was unable to move. Kida quickly introduced Mitsui to Finn. They then began talking with the two who had taken part in the battle. One of the giants had simply been knocked out, and the group spoke with him upon his regaining consciousness. They learned a bit more information on the whereabouts of Svardborg, and the giant promised to help rebuilt the city, a promise he would soon break.
Dasharra asked our heroes if they would like to get back to their training, to which they agreed. Meanwhile Katrina and Benwick kept watch over the frost giant. He sat down in the freezing cold waters as he tended his wounds, before going out of town and starting to work on chopping down trees and accumulating wood for the town.
A few hours later however, the frost giants returned. This time, the group wasn’t’t here just to plunder. The entire group was ready to attack. Mitsui having been the only one left in town rushed in and unleashed her eldritch horrors upon the giants. They began fleeing in every direction, running away from the bird. Some of the giants however saw through these visions and attacked the kenku, leaving her for dead as she started to sink beneath the waters.
Benwick and Katrina were betrayed by the giant they had been watching, as he took a swing with the intent to kill. The two worked hard and managed to take the giant down, however 2 more giants that had run away from MItsui were on their way. It took a long time, however one giant died, and one Katrina died as well. Benwick fled to the town, however what had happened here wasn’t much better.
Kida and Tao were surrounded by a large number of giants that would not let up on them. The put up quite a fight, taking a number of the giants down, but eventually fell themselves. Finn was supporting them with spells, however eventually the giants started targeting him as well as they regained their composure.
Meanwhile, the gods favored Mitsui. Although she was bleeding to death, the lack of air and cold shocked her back, giving her enough strength to power on. She tried fighting again, but in the end was knocked back out and into the water, where the gods once again helped her. She regained consciousness and swam to the other side of the boat. She snuck in and started lighting the boat on fire in multiple locations. Once it was burning enough she grabbed the giants attention, who all returned to ship to put the fire out, giving Benwick and Finn the opportunity to run.
Mitsui used this opportunity to grab the bodies of Tao and Kida and shove them in her bag of holding. She then ran out of town, heading back to Luskan, making sure to send a paper bird to both Zesh and Seraphina letting them know she had both Tao and Kida and was heading to Luskan. Thus the world came to a standstill once more.