Session 14

Heroes: Ragnarr, Sparna, Aerandir.

Year 2949 - Autumn

The Heroes don't have much time to linger in Dale, as they're summoned by King Dain under the Mountain. He tells them troubling news, of a past visit from the merchant Lockmand (the poisoner of Dale), who has apparently stolen a map from an ancient dwarven book. A map indicating the whereabout of Zirakinbar, a watchtower raising north, where the dragons make their home.

The Heroes travel north, to discover the importance of the abandoned watchtower. On their way, they encounter a lost and half-mad ent-wife, Witherfinger, who warns them of the Snow-trolls further north.

Traveling through a gorge, and following Witherfinger advise, the Heroes tread as careful as they can, but cannot avoid awakening a few Snow-Trolls! These are too mighty a foe for them, and they decide to run for their lives.

But their trouble are not yet over; as they spot Zirakinbar in the distance, they're approached by Raenar the Cold-drake! The Heroes manage to strike a deal with the dragon, after revealing to him that the Gibbet King plans to enslave him. The dragon sends the Heroes into the Watchtower, with the promise that he'll arrive later to take the orcs by surprise.

The dwarven fortress is swarming with orcs, but the Heroes succeed in creating a diversion, and while the orcs attack each other, they sneak to where the Gibbet King and his loyal Black Uruks are awaiting the dragon to enslave him with the Chain of Thangorodrim. But when the dragon arrives, having been forewarned by the Heroes, he fills the room with his poisonous breath, killing orcs and holding in check the power of the Gibbet King.

Sparna pushed the possessed corpse into a bonfire, and as the evil spirit tries to escape, the Dragon bites on it, and the very essence of the Gibbet King is consumed. While Raenar claims the Watchtower and its treasures for his own, the Heroes begin the long way back home.