The Mountain Queen

6th - 18th day in the 6th month 13372

The heroes set off to the east seeking the Lost Canticles. A day's journey brought them before a great camp of Northmen. These men, led by the warlord Sven, were on their way Southwest to make war against the people of Stilfrot. Sven had learned that his wife, the shieldmaiden Sigrid, had been made queen of these barbarians living in the foothills of the Cloudfall Mountains. Sven had long sought his runaway bride and wished to take her back to the lands of the Jun. 

The heroes departed and after some time arrived in the Wyrmswood Forest. They discovered a ruined temple within the forest and began to explore. There they battled a massive Purple Worm who swalled the diminutive Welborn whole. The gnome managed to free himself with a mighty barrage of magic missiles. 

Visefrin recovered the relics of two forgotten saints, and the heroes proceeded into the teetering tower to seek the ancient text. From the base of the tower, another great worm emerged. The heroes battled it bravely, but the elf, Sybael, was stung by its tail and perished. 

Atop the tower, Visefrin placed the relics and with a blinding flash, the book appeared. With these canticles, Visefrin would learn the powers of the ancient clerics. 

On the heroes traveled further south into the land of the barbarians. They arrived at the stout steading of Stilfrot nestled in the fertile foothills of the Cloudfalls. Visefrin had earlier sent ravens with bits of the Jun garments. This warning had worked as Sigrid was already preparing to evacuate her people to their mountain fortress. 

The heroes accompanied this long procession into the peaks and waited for Sven's forces to arrive. On the second night, they came and Sven issued a challenge to his errant wife to face him in combat. This she did and on the perilous causeway above the cliff they met in battle; Sigrid was equipped with a magic mace and mail by the heroes. The queen defeated her husband and cast him down the cliff to his doom. Sven's warriors then pledged fealty to the Mountain Queen.

Sigrid was impressed with the power of Visefrin's gods and 1,000 barbarians & Jun warriors were baptised by the bishop in the days that followed. The heroes had made a powerful new ally in the South.

Once the great sacrament was done, Visefrin communed with the gods.

How has Brieberus been affected by the eternal winter storm?

The eastern reaches of the wood are covered in frost and snow. His tower grows cold and shadows in the forest grow long. Creatures heretofore unknown to the wood have come.

Has the Rama Dagger claimed hold of the necromancer? 

No. But powers terrible and ancient surround him seeking to claim the dagger for themselves

What troubles the people who live in the ruined city to the east?

Shade-loving creatures of chaos have taken root in the dark places of the city. The men there are kept from the knowledge their ancestors once wielded.