Hathun, First-Week, Sixth-day, the Now-Year
The battle at the Grand Mask's enclave intensifies within the gates, and without. The ogre mage unleashes an onslaught against the heroes outside, manage to take down several. Nexa flees in fear from the battle, but is replaced by Yor who comes upon the sight. Meanwhile, Kaarl and Captain Taias find themselves cornered within, holding out bravely against the odd giants that assault them. Despite the assistance of Vancal the Wage, they are unable to press the fight much longer, and Kaarl is then devoured by one of the ravenous brutes.
After dealing with the half-orc brothers outside, the ogre mage follows SlakeThirst inside the walls, goaded into a magical duel after nearly being slain itself. After going invisible, the mage manages to knock the dragonborn out of the sky, but not killing him. Yor bleeds out to death after he valiantly tries to turn the tide of battle, and then Vancal the Wage is also slain shortly afterward. Captain Taias and Barnowl manage to finish off the ogres and one of the giants, but by the end of the fight, almost all of our heroes are either out cold, dead or clinging desperately to remain conscious.
Suddenly, Nimmi Fingers and his two thugs Gundo and Maun arrive through the gates, and seeing this, the ogre mage unleashes some harsh curses and then disappears once more, not to return! The thugs quickly dispatch the remaining giant opposition, and Nimmi appears concerned for our fallen PCs, stopping to bandage whoever might need it. After that, the roguish old man and his henchmen decide to case the Grand Mask's Lodge, Nimmi deciding to serve as a 'temporary regent' for the village, until Taias Bloodbath quickly corrects him.
Hathun, First-Week, Seventh-day, the Now-Year
The next day, the surviving heroes have healed up as much as possible and the paranoid Nexa returns with a full arsenal. A human cleric is called in to help the wounded, and then Barnowl and others help give rites to and burn the bodies of the dead Spent Men and Kaarl. They go through what belongings they can find from the giants, turning up some curious items, and then are given free reign by Taias to use the Enclave as a temporary headquarters while he tries to get the Tribe under control. The PCs discuss their next move, and decide to set back out to track the missing Wasp Riders in case there are other ogres and giants keeping them captive...
PCs: Barnowl, Borracho, Cynjak, Kaarl, SlakeThirst, Un'krug, Yor, Yukkbutt
XP Rewarded: 2350
Inspiration rewarded: 1 (to anyone who had used his)
Renown: Spent Men 2 pts, Ten-Tribes 2 pts.
