21 Harpa (Women's Month / Spring)

Caverns Beneath Dwarf Stronghold

• You made short work of the cloakers after figuring out what they could do.

• Continuing to venture beneath the caverns, you encountered a voice saying she was Sif. She told you some stuff:

  • "How can you communicate like this?" - I'm a god. My body might be stuck in a monolith, but I'm still a god.

  • She's been watching your progress and is impressed.

  • Surt is changing, becoming more dangerous, unhinged, erratic, obsessed.

  • She doesn't know what Surt intends, but gets a sense of possession from him.

  • She reiterated that whatever an erratic Surt would do being that close to the monolith will be a Very Bad Thing.

  • She said you need the fire artifact - Surt's sword - for what is to come and you need to ensure Surt doesn't do something catastrophic.

  • She said the dwarves will fight beside you, their mechs will help, there will be cost, but it can be done.

  • When asked about the best way to win, she basically said you're heroes, figure it out, but also that Surt's strength is fire and two of the artifacts you carry strongly counter his strength.

  • She mentioned the giants that Surt drove away - said go talk to them. They know his defenses.

  • She said it was good that you shared the alien constructs with the dwarves. They will help the dwarves improve their own mechs.

  • She also said Gin's mentor came to the dwarves and left something for Gin, and he should ask for it back.

Dwarf Stronghold

• You returned to the stronghold and spoke with the "rebels" first.

• You convinced them that this is more important than freeing Sif - it's about preventing Ragnarok.

• They're on board.

• You then went to Virfir, the leader of the dwarves.

  • You told him what the other dwarves were up to and convinced him their hearts were in the right place and they're doing the right thing now.

  • He'll reserve judgment and action until later.

  • He gave Gin a magically sealed box that Bron (?) left for him.

  • The dwarves will continue to work on the mechs while you go figure more stuff out.

2km From Dwarf Stronghold

• Gin examined the box carefully and discovered that his mentor left a "gift" for him - the box would have blown up if he had not learned more from the time the mentor disappeared until now.

• Gin opened the box. It's a page. It obviously goes in Gin's book.

• Gin chose to not do that just yet because of the thing in the book.

• As you were wrapping this up, Shade suggested it was time to go back to the tower because something bad is about to happen.

• You took supersonic Lear jet Shade back to the tower.

Tower

• Here you found Thrym with his contingent of warriors, still chasing the tower.

• He was suitably impressed that you made gold rank so fast and that seemed enough to make him ready to talk.

• You ultimately convinced Thrym that the tower isn't a prison - you can enter and exit at will.

• You described how you got in and suggested he wait until the altar appeared and do the same if he wants to speak with Mimir.

• He agreed.

• Pretty sure you respited at this point - level 8.

Fire Giant Exile Camp

• This camp is right on the edge of Fire Giant territory - bordering human-settled lands

• Of course your Ranger prevented you from approaching stealthily.

• You met Glöð here, the female leader of this group of about half a dozen Fire Giants.

• The giant you met when you first arrived in this area was not here.

• Glöð told you:

  • A team of silver rankers came from the closest village and caught one of the fire giants alone. They chased the giant back to their camp and then left, facing insurmountable odds.

  • They believe that the silver rankers would have called for gold rank enforcements, perfectly reasonable.

  • They do not want to harm the village or adventurers, but they're also stuck here - they can't go back into Fire Giant territory.

  • They asked you to go into the village to stop the gold rankers from attacking them.

  • If you can do this, they can share the information you're looking for.

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