In the year 1485, The Cult of the Dragon and Chromatic Dragons attempted to summon Tiamat to Faerun. They were thwarted by the Company of the Shatterd Liche. This disappointed Annam-the-All Father, and he blamed the Ordning for making the Giants compacent. He broke the Ordning in response to allow the giants to make their own social structures and see who would rise to the top.
Torandar Giantsbane noticed Giant activity was different from the patterns he studied for centuries. This caused him concern, but he kept patrolling and protecting settlements of all creatures from the Giants of the North. By 1492, the Giants were acting out of sorts. It took an old friend, by the name of Harshnag, a good Frost Giant formerly of Waterdeep's Force Grey to seek him out in the HIgh Forest, and ask him for aid.
20th-22nd Eleasis, 1492:
Harshnag and Torandar meet in the High Forest, and the Frost Giant requests that Torandar accompany him to the Eye of the All-Father in the Spine of the World. Torandar is familiar with the location and he immediately catches on to what Harshnag is suggesting; that they go visit the oracle of the temple to find out if something is happening with Giantkind. They talk and catch up for hours and Torandar agrees to accompany the Giant to the temple. The temple is 410 Miles away. The next day, Torandar sends messages he is emptying his Larder. There will be a two day feast.
23rd - 2nd Elient, 1492:
Torandar and Harshnag decide to hike there instead of teleporting, that way Torandar can patrol as well.
- Kill Hill Giants in the High Forest
- Share meals with the Moonelves of Luhrkwood Forest
- Defeat an assault by the Great Worm Uthgart Tribe.
3rd Elient, 1492:
They awaken and travel directly to the Eye of the All-Father
As they approach the stone Causeway, Torandar sees there are tracks from 8 Uthgardt of the Great Worm tribe. They investigate the pillars, then continue down. They hear the Barbarians who the tracks belong too, and Torandar and Harshnag sneak up on them. They surprise them, Torandar killing the Leader. The fight lasts 18 seconds, The six berserkers, The Chief of the Great Worm tribe, a Shaman, and white wyrmling are all killed. Torandar knows keeping the cheiftains head would avoid alot of bloodshed with the Great Worm. He takes the head.
Harshnag Opens the doors. This room is a Temple to Annam with the 6 lesser giant gods all holding removable great giant sized weapons. They see an Arch, with 6 runes. Harshnag recognizes Ise on the lower right. Torandar surmises the others are also a giant type but they cannot figure out if it means anything or not. Torandar touches the Ise rune, and an Ice Storm spell triggers and hes caught right in it.
They choose to go to the south room. Torandar and Harshnag chip the thick ice off the Doors in 10 minutes. They enter. Thrym's axe which was missing from the statue in the last room is a Giant Sized Great Axe. It must belong to that Statue. But first they must fight a Remorhaz. They kill it in 9 seconds. Harshnag picks up the Axe. When he picks it up Torandar gets the idea to touch the Axe to the Rune of Ise. It was the frost giants weapon, so they touched the Ise rune. This time there was no Ice Storm. A portal appeared in the Archway, and the two friends entered.
When they entered the room Torandar realized they were far from the Temple deep in the Spine of the World Mountains. There they met the ghost of a Cloud Giant named Eigeron. Torandar was ready for a fight but he could tell the giant ghost had no such interest. The friendly ghost was very forthcoming with how to address the oracle and how the oracle works. The ghost asked that if they are capable, in repayment for this information to kill his evil father who left him here.
Blagthokus was his father. When they both confronted the oracle it revealed that Eigeron was the hope of the people and Blagthokus was not a true leader. In race Blagthokus killed his son.
Torandar smiled at this as he personally knew the slayer of Blagthokus, the Company of the Shattered Liche. He told Eigeron that they slew the giant and took his fortress about a decade ago. Eigeron knew the ranger was telling the truth. He smiled and faded away.
Torandar activated the Oracle, and asked Questions in Giant.
- Why are the Giants threatening the North? THE ORDNING BETWEEN THEM HAS BEEN BROKEN
- Why Did Annam Break the Ordning? TO ROUSE HIS CHILDREN FROM THEIR COMPLACENCY
- What must be done to Stop the Giants? TELEPORT TO VISIT HEKATON'S COURT. ROOT OUT THE EVIL THERE.
- What do the Evil Giants want? POWER, GLORY, AND THE FAVOR OF THE GODS, SO THAT WHEN THE ORDNING IS REMADE THEY ARE ELEVATED TO THE TOP.
- How can we find Hekaton? SPEAK TO SERISSA, HIS YOUNGEST DAUGHTER. SHE HAS A CLUE TO HER FATHER'S WHEREABOUTS.
- What befell Hekaton: HE WAS MISLEDBY HIS ELDEST DAUGHTERS, MIRRAN AND NYM, WHO COVET HIS THRONE
The last torch goes out and the Oracle 'sleeps'.
So to do Harshnag and Torandar. They leave and camp in the Temple to Annam.
4th Eleint, 1492
When they awaken they go back through the archway to see the 6 torches lit again. So Torandar asks more Questions
- Why was the Blue Dragon here to consult the Oracle? TO DISCOVER HOW FAR ALONG THE GIANT LORDS' PLOTS ARE
- Why does this dragon Iymrith care about the Giant Plots? SHE ARRANGED THE PLOT
- Why did she arrange the plot? TO GAIN ACCESS TO AN ITEM OWNED BY KING HEKATON
- What was this Item? UNKNOWN
- Are Hekaton's Daughters aware of the Blue Dragon? NO
- Are Hekaton's Daughters aware of...Iymrith? YES
When they leave the oracle for the second time, they exit the archway and can hear the Frost crunching. There they see an Ancient Blue Dragon. The Dragon looks at them hatefully. Torandar atacks. After a minute the Dragon goes down, Harshnag is down but Torandar heals him from the brink of death.
They exit and find an air ship with the CUlt of the Dragon. Torandar Immediately attacks and Destroys the Airship.
Due to teh severity of Harshnag's wounds, Torandar spends the rest of the day tending to them.
5th Eleint,1492
At Dawn Torandar awakens and prepares Goodberry for the both of them.
They Teleport to Maelstrom. Tenefelora gets them there right on target.
WHen they arrive in the portal chamber they hear organ music. After exploring the floor they were on, they ascend the stairs and enter a Great Hall. There they see the 2 Storm Giant Sisters, and a variety of Giant Nobles. The sisters stop playing.
Stand Down Guards! Torandar Giantsbane she says with a sneetr. Why ever do you pollute my halls?
"We're here to talk to the Regeant Serissa. Tell her we are here for an audience."
Do not presume to give us orders in our Palace. Serissa is far to overwhelmed, to have an audience now.
"is that so? We will wait unitl she is less overwhelmed. I noticed a Guest room, I will go there and then you can summon me when Serissa is ready. Yesterday Harshnag and I slayed the Dragon Iymrith. So I am somewhat weary. "
Torandar Turns his back and leaves.
An hour passes by and the Giant leaders attack Torandar. Within 30 seconds all 4 Giantlords are dead, and he threatens the Storm Giant sisters to give him an audience.
The sisters realize they have no choice but to comply. Nym tries to seduce Torandar instead because they have a past relationship. It doesnt work. In the Audience chamber:
- Torandar convinces Serissa that the Oracle proved her sisters treacherous and Serissa has them confined to quarters.
- Torandar Convinces Serissa and the sisters that Iymrith has been lying to them, and she is a blue dragon. Both sisters try to convince everyone the other was in collusion with the dragon.
- Torandar offers to help Serissa
- Tenefelora Agrees to ressurect Queen Neri. Serissa has her mothers body brought before them.
- Torandar Ressurects Queen Neri
- Torandar agrees to search for Hekaton. Serissa gives him a wooden coin, that Torandar recognizes as a poker chip.
Torandar Spends the night.
6th-8th Eleint,1492
It takes 2 days to track down his contacts and find out that this chip is for The Grande Dame River Barge in Yartar. He Travels to Yartar.
9th Elient, 1492
Torandar arrives in town and it does attract alot of attention. He greets people, checks on contacts and friends, and then procedes to the River Barge. At the ship there is a standoff. The crew refuses to let Torandar on with his weapons. He scares the guards and jumps on the deck. The captain confronts him and claims he will not disembark while the Ranger still has his weapons. "Consider it a guard service. If you let word out who is going to attack your vessel with me on it." The Captain is about to call the guard, when Torandar pays him 200 gold, and offers to deposit the cloak, all the gems, and the giant dragon tooth necklace in exchange for Golden Goose tokens. This relieves the tension and when the aristocrats arrive they are very pleased to see Torandar on the boat.
He and Pow Ming, Speaking in the Shou Language Kao te Shou and they work out a deal for the chips. When the ship disembarks, Lord Drylund greets everybody. He threatens Torandar to get rid of his weapon. Torandar lifts him up by the collar and claims if his weapons go overboard so to does he.
Torandar played some games, losing most. Then he confronted Drylund. Drylund was terrified. He revealed that the Kraken Society had Hekaton. He is in a vessel called the
Morkoth which sails around the northern islands of the Trackless Sea. A look of shock comes over his face and he gurgles bleeding from the ears, nose, and mouth. Something killed him and it wasn't Torandar.
Torandar spends a pleasant night on the boat. Pow Ming thanks him for his stay.
10th-13th Elient, 1492
Torandar Teleports to the High Forest to summon Sirion his Griffon. They camp and Teleport the next morning for Purple Rocks. Torandar begins his search and it takes 2 days to find the strange ship. Torandar spots the ship on the back of the griffin. He flies keeping the ship in view. The ship is on alert. Torandar flies over it and he dodges the ballista attacks. He gets a good look of the deck and ship so that he can teleport later at night. He flies away bringing Sirion to safery.
14th Elient, 1492
1 am: He teleports aboard the ship surprising the crew. He took down the entire crew and the archmage in 30 seconds. Then he freed Hekaton.
Hekaton thought he was Lords Alliance and was about to attack him. Torandar convinced Hekaton that he was tricked and he was here for Serissa.
Hekaton swims to Maelstrom, and Sirion picks up Torandar.
15th Elient, 1492
Torandar Returns to Maelstrom, and there is a celebration. Hekaton is inspired to work with the Small folk once again.
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