Storm King's Thunder

Reactive damage from previous melee attack: 11 /2 fire

Harshnag grunts as he lifts the burning carcass off of Flint. 

“That was...” he heaves the body to the floor in a cloud of dust, “the biggest remorhaz I’ve seen in years.“ He looks pretty roughed up, but is putting on a brave face. He will go to pick up the steel axe on the other side of the room and drag it back to the group, unless he is impeded.

“Every hour we spend outside of the Eye of Annam is an hour wasted. We are close; I suggest we get a move on.”

Crownsguard will use 34 Lay on Hands to power-up once more. Crownsguard emits a chiming noise as he raises up once more, “Emergency shutdown complete. Hello world! Oh. We are still here. Unfortunate.” Cat lands on his head.

 "Thanks for grabbing that axe, Harshnag. Before heading back to the All-Father, hope you don't mind us taking a short rest to heal some of our wounds and gather our wits. That remorhaz took a lot out of us.... Me particularly," as he says this you see Ink bandaging multiple locations on his body where the remorhaz dug its teeth in, and several more where he's nursing burns. 

"I understand your point, but right now a cold breeze could knock me out."

// Ink burns his use of second wind (8) before taking a short rest (23). //

song of rest 5

short rest 18

"I could use a breather myself, haste makes waste. Care over speed for the moment Harshnag"

second wind: 10

"Thanks Harshnag, that thing was heavy." Flint casts mending to reshape his armor then settles in for a rest.

// Alright go ahead and hit the short rest button on your character sheet and let me know if there's anything else you'd like to be doing before getting to the Eye. //

Harshnag sits, breathing heavy as he takes some strips of cloth from his pack and wraps his shoulder. Dark blood seeps from several puncture wounds before he covers them with thick bandaging. 

Crownsguard will recuperate and evidently find spell slots he forgot about: 14 HP

Short rest: 17

Flint would like to search through the refuse pile the remorhaz  emerged from.

After finishing dressing his wounds and taking a bit of a breather, Harshnag stands up from the stone table & bench and grabs Thrym’s axe. “Let’s get on with it! Anyone want to hazard a guess what we do with this thing?”

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Flint would like to search through the refuse pile the remorhaz  emerged from.

 Nothing here is of much value. Several of the copper dishes and many bones lie here, discarded perhaps from meals long past. The rest of the detritus is broken-apart stone, likely the remorhaz’s attempt at creating a burrow for itself.

Crownsguard’s gears shift and whir as he reengages, “Several. Foremost is put it in his hand. Second is my key idea. Third is cry. Fourth is try 1-3 again, but better.”

“I see...so first we try placing it in Thrym’s hands, then if that does nothing, we try poking the rune? With the axe?”

Harshnag thinks about it for a moment. “Why would the axe be removed in the first place? The giant’s bag in the sleeping quarters, the axe here, the remorhaz clearly out of its native environment...”

Crownsguard tilts his head, “Maybe the giant stole the axe and a remorhaz? Perhaps the remorhaz ate the giant.”

“Maybe...” Harshnag muses. “Frost giants, like me, sometimes find them as eggs and train them. They have long lives and are quite adept at hunting. Hard to say, really. But enough words; now is the time for action!” 

With that, the giant strides back towards the main temple chamber.

Ink, rousing from his rest, says "Yes, like Crownsguard suggests, let's place the axe back into Thrym's hands. I don't expect that'll do anything, but it might be required to reset the system."

"I think we all previously agreed that there's a correlation between the six runes and the six gods. Seeing that all the weapons are removable  they are likely the key to get through. So, Harshnag, and only Harshnag," Ink stares at Crownsguard as he says this, "should take Thrym's axe and touch the ise rune with it."

Ink follows Harshnag into the temple's main room. 

"Sounds ta' me that there is another giant around here." 

Marav will look around for other signs there could be another giant who has been here recently.

Investigation: 17

"Ah'd  think start wit' just puttin' th' axe in Thrymm's hands. An' Harshnag, Ah been wonderin' why that axe ain't whur  it b'longs meself. Got no answer tho."

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"Sounds ta' me that there is another giant around here." 

Marav will look around for other signs there could be another giant who has been here recently.

Investigation: 5

 Marav has this “gut feeling” that there must be enemy giants nearby, but cannot find any proof. 

// You can make a Survival check if you like to try and find any signs of giant’s passing. // 

Harshnag will walk the axe, at a respectful pace, up to the kneeling statue of Thrym and place it in the giant, stone hands. It settles with a heavy, metallic shuffle and clink, which echo throughout the chamber. 

Then Harshnag steps back, looking towards the glowing, swirling mists inside the archway. 

He looks to each of you in turn.

Then he looks back to the archway.

Nothing happens. Harshnag’s shoulders sag.