Day Three of the Odinsleep (The Plains of Vígríðr - Scouting Ahead part 2)

Day Three of the Odinsleep – 9:40 – 9:50 am

One of the huge giants looks up, curious about the light shining down over his camp and sees Arthur glowing in the sky.  It spots Shadow and Grotto a moment later and roars an alarm as it reaches to rip a boulder the size of a covered wagon out of the ground. 

“Arthur, you really need to do to do something about your radiance.  You stick out like a star on the darkest night’s sky.  Gentlemen, I believe I have seen enough.  Now would be a good time to make haste back to our camp.” Cedron says nervously.

Shadow calls out “RUN AWAY!” and turns, dropping into a dive and zigzagging back and forth to throw off the aim of the Jotun.

Grotto grumbles as he falls in behind his comrades, “Leave it to the bard to run just when it gets interesting.”  His mind clouded by his hatred of giants, the scarred dwarf adds, “Wish I had Raven’s sword.  We would die as heroes!”

Cedron cuts off the dwarf’s musings of glorious death by shouting “SCATTER!” as he veers hard to one side, carrying him out of the likely paths of the giant’s throw.

Arthur follows, remaining a short distance behind the group, as he too races back toward the city’s walls.

The Jotun who spotted Arthur drops his rock as the adventurers race out of range and points at a handful of his companions, “Du tre. Kom med meg! Vi skal jage de feige spionene fra Asgard og svette dem som de patetiske fluene de er.”  The massive giants laugh as they pick up their axes and start to pursue the group as it races away from the army’s encampment.  The fliers pour on all of the speed they can muster but the gargantuan strides of the giants allows them to easily keep pace with the adventurers.

 

Meanwhile, back at the camp, Raven and Ra’ziir make their acquaintance with the new arrival.  Raven adds, “Nice boar, by the way” after introducing himself.  Grog stamps the “meaty” end of his club into the ground and leans on it, “Boar not Grog’s best summon.  Bees worked better.  Raven good hunter, Raven also good rider.  Raven tell Grog what happening here?”  Raven frowns, “You see, there’s this god, Loki and he wants to … actually, allow me to get someone else to explain this.  MORN!  Come over here!”  Ra’ziir having decided that this newcomer isn’t a threat asks where he hails from.  Morn, still in deep thought over which song or tale in his repertoire looks up when he hears his name called and sees Raven beckoning him over.

Hansuke, having gathered what he thought of value from the riders (which basically amounted to nothing), comes over with Desmond and joins the two elves, waiting to find out what the plan will be.  Korbin sits off to the side of the battlefield, restocking his throwing stones and keeping a lookout over the plain.

Kysek lies in wait, hunkered against one of the ridges in the field and watches the horizon, sure that the next attack will be even more fierce than the previous two battles.

That’s when he sees them – three flying adventurers being chased by a quartet of the tremendously tall Jotuns.

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• Arthur: 94% health;
• Bubo: 100% health;
• Cedron: 93% health;
• Desmond: 100% health;
• Drax: 100% health;
• Grog: 100% health;
• Grotto: 100% health;
• Hansuke: 94% health;
• Korbin: 100% health;
• Kysek: 100% health; Stoneskin (67 minutes, 3 rounds remaining)
• Morn: 100% health;
• Niklas: 100% health;
• Raven: 86% health;
• Ra’ziir: 100% health; Stoneskin (147 minutes, 4 rounds remaining); Elemental Swarm (8 Large Earth Elementals, 1 Huge Earth Elemental, 1 Elder Earth Elemental – by the time the Elder arrives, 129 minutes, 2 rounds remaining)
• Shadow: 100% health; Overland Flight (14 hours, 28 minutes, 2 rounds remaining); Iron Body (DR15/adam, immune to blindness/critical hit/deafness/disease/drowning/electricity/poison/stunning and effects that affect physiology or respiration, Str 21 (+5)/Dex 16 (+3) attack bonus/penalty cancel out, gains +3 damage, ASF 50%, -8ACP, 2 minutes, 3 rounds remaining);
• Spewer: 100% health;