As time resumed our heroes tried to undo the damage Tao had done by mentioning the roc. While talking they managed to convince the giants that a blue dragon had killed the roc. The giants headed our to hunt a dragon. Meanwhile, a masked tiefling snuck into the stone giant home. She slowly snuck along until she encountered our heroes. They were a bit suspicious, wanting to make sure that she meant no harm. They learned she had come to try and talk the stone giants out of attacking the people. The tiefling introduced herself as Sidonia.
A giant escorted our heroes to their temple, letting the blue bears know that they were friends. He however wouldn’t go in. Our heroes went in, the first thing they noticed was the room was full of gorgon mud. They then saw thane Kayalithica carving into a stalactite. They also heard snoring coming from a barrel. Upon inspecting it they saw a little gnome sleeping on the inside. He told them he was being kept by thane Kayalithica, as he had told her about the Loudwater defenses, and she wanted to know if he was telling the truth.
Our heroes began approaching Kayalithica, however as they did the thane stepped into the stalactite and disappeared. Our heroes cautiously approached, as they did the thane reappeared and started trying to throw them into the mud. She then pointed to one of the fossilized giants and it started to move, coming after the party.
Tao was thrown into the gorgon mud before she got a chance to go large. Our heroes quickly took care of the thane, but the moving fossilized statue threw Kida and Sidonia in the mud. Finn went in to try and get Sidonia out. In the end everyone made it out of the mud without anyone else turning into a statue. They then got the small gnome, Elister, out and escorted him back to Loudwater. They then found a temple and had Zesh returned to her scaly state. Thus time came to a standstill.