Mountains Of Wrath

Returning to Castle Nelia, the heroes were met by a small man carrying a very large book. He bowed to Heroine Asra, then to Lord Angra Manyu when she refused his obeissance. At this point, there was some very lawful bickering, which ended up with this man as an additional slave of Lord Angra Manyu and the book in Heroine Asra's possession. From this point on, she always carries this book with it at all times, and frequently reads it. Not caring much about this, the rest of the heroes were taking a well-deserved rest.

The next morning, the sky was dark with clouds erupting from the directiomn of the Drow Mountain. Hero Rod took his Wind Slayer and investigated. A new Drow Mountain had appeared out of the ruins of the old, and this one was more typical of the drow war effort - and guarded by about fifty Dark Spiders. The forces appeared to still be assembling, too.

Queen Diane was dismayed by this news, but after a lecture, she managed to pull herself together to lead the defense of the nation. Meanwhile, Mother Ariel was still in a coma, and Hero Kim was sick - when Princess Ariel had made an examination, she promptly forced all the men out of the room.

An expedition was organized to get help from the druids. Princess Ariel turned to the higher powers for advice on Mother Ariel, and saw a vision of a long trip north - perhaps to the land from which Mother Ariel, Hero Rod and Hero Kim originally came. As the druids also lived to the north, our heroes decided to take the unconsious Mother Ariel along.

The druids' forest was invaded by giants. The druids themselves were in no danger - they could hide - but the giants were causing much chaos and destruction. When finally located, Druid Noctus said that there was a war going on - a war started by the druids when they investigated some missing Dragon Crystals that had been used as border markers. Druid Noctus sent the heroes as emissaries to the giants - to bye peace at almost any price but a public confession of guilt.

From the druids forest the heroes travelled to the mountains of the giants, where we bluffed and intimidated our way into the presence of the head giant -XXX. He was a very intelligent and sophisticated, and the negotioations with him were direct and effective. Enlightened self-interest seemed to be his credo. He won individual favors from each of us, as well as the services of a few druids who would come to help raise the giants' cattle and the right to send emissaries to some druid festivals. Well satisfied with the increasing cultural contact this would bring between giants and druids, the heroes began the trip back to the druids' forest.

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