Wolf of the North Session 2 Report

General Summary

In the previous session orcs had attacked the village of Frost's Edge The heroes managed to escape the village with a handful of the villagers. Traveling into the woods as the cold and bitter ice-filled snow blew about them, it soon became apparent that the six villagers were ill-prepared for the harsh arctic conditions, especially since they had not managed to grab appropriate gear in their haste to escape the burning timbers of the village and the violent retaliation of the Elf-Eaters orc tribe and their leader, the Wolf of the North. So off in search of shelter the crew went, the freezing, starving villagers following. VIhra, the human rogue, Brandi the human Cleric of the Moon and Vor the half-orc monk remembered that there was a bridge nearby that lead across a huge chasm, possibly a good place to find shelter. So they headed in the direction of the bridge while Tup the goblin sorcerer kept torches lit using her Produce Flame cantrip and Garlsnick the half-orc ranger attempted as best he could to cover the tracks of the traveling party. Soon, Vihra, scouting ahead, located what appeared to be large mine cart tracks. When they discussed it with the village elder, they discovered that in the 500 years since the heroes' death and resurrection, a vehicle called a "banshee wagon" had been invented, a terrible steam engine that screamed along pre-laid tracks and was capable of pulling containers filled with huge amounts of the Iron Lord's armies behind it and judging by the direction of the tracks, it lead over the bridge they were looking for. This should make it easier to find the bridge. (A train. They found out that trains exist) Following the tracks, they came to a wreck of the banshee wagon that had been riding on the tracks. While most of the cars were empty, one was filled with goblinoid skeletons, one of which held a small locked box. Vihra quickly secreted the box onto her person. Setting up shelter for the night, Vor, Garlsnick and Vihra had planned to go on and check out the bridge, which was not too far away. Meanwhile, Tup and Brandi were going to stay behind to care for the villagers. Unfortunately, just as the scouting party exited the train car, they discovered that they had been tracked by two orcs and a wolf. Soon a fight broke out and the orc and wolf's blood stained the white snow of the peaceful forest floor red and steaming. Knowing that they were being followed, the party now knows they must reach shelter soon...