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Glork

"Grrrr... Zindra right. Too puny." Glork snorts at the barbarians. "Go find giants. Me hates giants "

DM

The barbarian leader can't help but overhear the party's interest in fighting giants. And getting them off somewhere else ... particularly that unruly ogre ... would let them return to hunting in (relative) peace. Another day, of course, he's still bruised from Kriv's maul.

"Just which type of giants are you wanting to go fight?" he asks, eyes on Zindra, although other members of the party are closer.

How interesting, not just a giants or no giants option, but a menu to choose from!

Zhu

Picking up on the new conversational direction, she chimes in, "Fire Giants?" After all, Fire Giants were who attacked the village.

Zindra
"I think Glork wants to punish fire giants, am I right Glork?"

DM

The barbarian leader finds his way over to a rock on which to sit and rest, gesturing toward and calling over two of the tribe members to offer commentary.

"Fire Giants are more likely to find you than you are to find them," he states flatly. "They're on the move, looking for something. Or somethings. Valda, tell them what you've seen." He turns to one of the men he called over, to give a report.

Valda

"Two groups you'll see. One or two at a time, looking around and digging for things. I see them everywhere, they don't have any territory. They run away if threatened. Seems soemtimes they find things and then a much larger group comes in to get it, and them you don't want to mess with," the scout explains.

Leader

"Tell them about the other giants."

Valda

The barbarian nods. "Something else is going on with all the giants. Something... big. We see the Fire Giants most because they are going everywhere, but we've seen more. The Hill Giants are really active down by the river, claiming more territory than they usually do. I've seen stone giants at some of the ruins. And I saw a cloud giant float overhead once. You'll see more of them the further east you go, based on what I've heard."

He shrugs. "I don't know what's going on, or who's on what side, or what anyone's digging for or fighting over, but whatever's happening is not normal."

Kriv

There it is, the information payoff. So, could that add context to their earlier encounter on the road to Triboar? The fire giants ranging far and wide, digging up adamantine. Scouting groups and raiding groups. The hill giants trying to obtain food for something big, getting territorial along the waterway. Stone giants in the ruins, perhaps looking for something else, or guarding? Was this part of a greater gestalt, all kinds involved? Even a cloud giant, of all things.

"Which ruins were the Stone Giants in, did they seem to be doing anything in particular?" queried the noble. They had some sense of what the others were doing, if it was one task per group. But this was the first mention of these.

Jaliera

"Hopefully we can get our timing right with Whisper's help. Thank you for your information, most interesting."

Though they will have to watch out for cloud giants. Whisper will need to avoid those.

<Bern>

It seemed as though there was something much bigger going on now that so many 'events' seem to be related.

Valda

"You may not find those ruins even if I point them out," the barbarian answers Kriv. "The stone giants were mostly destroying them."

He pauses, then adds, "Mostly any human built stone buildings... or what's left of them when the towns are abandoned."

Glork

Talk of giants causes Glork to forget about the barbarians. His eyes light up.

"Giants?"

Arus

"Giants indeed." Arus assures the party's own giantkin, then looks to the sky.

A cloud giant's castle is something Arus wants to see, even though he's never given it any thought before.... No time for day-dreaming though. The party are burning daylight as they stand still and have to be moving on.

"And if we're to find them, Glork, we had better push on."

Arus turns to the others.

"Shall we?"

<Bern>

He was more than ready to move on.

He nods. "Time's a wastin'", he added ... trying not to sound too 'frustrated' with the delay.

(OOC - Zhu votes for continuing our long term plan.)

[OOC Jaliera will go with the crowd but happy to use Whisper to spot giants on the ground or in the sky! ]

(OOC Long term plan works for Sindar)

OOC: Kriv votes for resuming our plan prior to this detour.

Glork

Glork will go with them wherever. He said he'd help them fight, but doesn't see how he helped yet. He does want to move on all the magic is leaving him unsettled.

Arus

"It seems the road beckons once more." says the triton and is himself in agreement.

It's clear that some great upset amongst the giantfolk is ongoing but they need a more targeted approach if they are to gather useful intel.

For now, Arus thinks it better to continue with their existing obligations. They should learn more about the giants at each settlement en route.