Zarzuketgalom, a New Hope!

We divvied up the loot we had found. Gabriel helped Devon pay for a magic rune for his weapon with his share! The group spent time on various tasks around town for a week. Tetsu and Vinia helped out with a barn raising on the edge of the city. While there, they met a Gnome (Tiefling) man. He introduced himself as Zarzuketgalom. He described himself as a follower of Magrim, the Dwarven god of the afterlife. He agreed to come back to have a drink with them at the end of the day, where he met the rest of the group. After some introductions and discussion they asked him to join their group. He readily agreed, agreeing to become another minion of Celeste.
After about 6 days we heard that the Gavel of Abadar, the other beginning adventuring group, returned as well. On day 8, we headed back towards Nordarno, then on to the area between Drevja and Bodo. Zarzuketgalom was happy to join us! We spent a cold, if uneventful, 7 days traveling. Our new companion, as well as Vinia's new training in Survival, helped a lot. Just before we reached Tuv again, they failed to find a sheltered spot. Half the group woke up fatigued. We approached cautiously, watching for any sign that the village had been over-run while we had been away for 3 weeks. We soon saw townsfolk, who rushed inside as we came into sight. We headed to the town hall, where Thorson was happy to see us. We could see clear signs of large claw marks in the posts at the front of the town hall. When Zarzuketgalom asked about the marks, Thorson told us that a large white bear had attacked, but noone had been hurt. We decided it would be best for us to destroy the Undead Polar Bear before it managed to hurt, or kill, someone. We spent the remainder of the day preparing, before heading out to track the bear.
After a good night's rest, we headed out to find the beast! Recalling that we had seen the bear to the west last, we confirmed with Thorson that the bear had gone that way. We soon found ourselves near the cave where we had found the body of Somerled, Hulda's husband. It had not noticed us, so we prepared and then headed in! Our battle strategy worked well. We defeated the creature with little damage taken. We took it's head and returned to Tuv to tell them the good news! The villagers were overjoyed to see proof of the destruction of the beast! They rewarded us & threw a feast in honor of the defeat of the bear. Tetsu told the story of the beast's defeat. We enjoyed the evening and a restful sleep afterward. The following morning we continued on toward Nordarno. We traveled, uneventfully, for another 8 days before reaching Nordarno. We found the village much as we left it, taking some time to visit the gravesite of Rubani, before continuing along the coast towards Drevja.
The following day we encountered 3 creatures lurching towards us along the road. These turned out to be Ghasts. We defeated them but not before taking a fairly good beating! We looted and burned the corpses, then continued onward, after taking some time to heal. Later that day we were attacked by a Sabretooth Tiger with Glowing green eyes!