Session 57

PCs (lvl 16): Dornal, Halbarad, Morg, Torak

Dornal spends the night with Salina, and half-elven wizard he met in Bitter Well. During the night Salina tries to assassinate Dornal. The water cleric escapes death, and discovers that Salina is under the mental influence of the Shadow Man, the same entity that has attacked the party in more than one occasion. The party persuade Salina to follow them in their travels, to escape her past.

The day after the PCs meet again with the Urikites, who have found passage to the Road of Fire. together with an old dwarven hermit they leave Bitter Well, and reach a rocky outcropping next to the Sea of Silt. There the dwarf "summons" a band of giants with the help of a huge bone horn.

When the giants arrive, they seem to have previously knowledge of the PCs and their expedition, and accept to accompany them. But first, they wish to bring them to Lake Island, their home, to meet with their chieftain.

The expedition is "loaded" on wicker baskets on the shoulders of the giants, and they begin their travel through the Sea of Silt. A few hours later they find the wreck of an ancient vessel, probably from the Blue Age.

The PCs decide to investigate. Inside the wreck, they find several metal pieces of equipment, but also danger: a gargantuan White Horror attacks them with his deadly tentacles! The party defat the creature, and loot the place. Then they resume their jouney.

A few hours more, and the expedition arrives at Lake Island, the home of the giants, a volcanic island wit ha lush vegetation and a ready supply of water.