Session 34: The Silver Troll Peaks Report

General Summary

The party now rested leaves Forstford and heads towards Wildecrest Keep deep within The Silver Troll Peaks. It is another 6 days of travel ahead of them still.   The first night on the small trail that leads through the forest finds themselves at a waterfall feeding a crystal clear stream. They set up here for the night and have a good rest. The next couple days find themselves entering the mountains proper, as they continue to climb they quickly find themselves heading above the snow line. Now working their way through snow, and the cold. The trip has become far more difficult.   By the fourth day, they find themselves in a large valley with cliff faces to their left and right. A large cave mouth about 350 ft ahead of them. Stepping out is a Frost Giant, and his pet a Remorhaz. Both prove to be strong foes. The party manages however to close the distance and defeat both creatures. Checking the giant's cave they find a treasure hoard, along with a place to set up a small fire for a rest. Diala during this time checks the items they found and realize one of the items is a chime of opening. A rare item that is able to open any object or door ten times before it breaks and can no longer be used.   The party pushes on after their break, the next couple days are much more uneventful as they find themselves scrambling up rock faces, and even glaciers. However on that 6th day, just as the twilight is at it's best. They spot it. A keep on top of a peak. Wildecrest Keep stands before them. Diala sends out her owl to scout and discovers a very difficult keep to try and conduct a frontal assault on. However it is in luck they discover a small cave, inside it appears to be a passage that leads to the keep's foundation. The party decides that would probably be the safest way into the keep. The party makes their way to the cave and enters. Diala is unable to find any secret paths, so it is possible it is just part of the foundation. Rothgar however uses a spell that creates a passage within the stone, and beyond they find themselves the Undercroft of the keep.   The party makes their way through deciding to move quick as possible to save the two Dragonborn that they learned are being held on the parapet. As they find themselves at two doors, Rothgar moves to open the left hand door. Beyond a well furnished room. The door they had opened had in fact been a door hidden behind a bookcase. The party quickly searches the room for any keys to open the manacles that were spotted on Ingave and Eros. Finding nothing they head through the wooden door. They find themselves in a stone hallway lit by lanterns. To their right a spiral stair case that leads upwards. In front another wooden door, to their left the hallway turns and two more wooden doors are spotted. The party decides to head forward and they listen at the door.   They hear beyond three people arguing and expressing concern about cutting a deal with a Red Rose Knight. Their reputation is frankly terrifying. Hearing this Rothgar gets a great idea and kicks the door down. He threatens the entire group of enemies that he will kill them or the Red Rose Knight will. He will give them a third option. Leave and not return. The three who are clearly captain's convene and decide they will take this deal. They remark they are not paid enough anyways! However they let the party know they can not just leave as they would not be able to get past the rest of the mercenary order. The party tells them to stay in this room and once the fighting is over they are to leave then. They also ask who has the keys to the manacles. The captain's inform the party their leader carries them, and he is just up the stairs as they point towards the stairs behind the party.   The group leaves the room and quickly rushes up the stairs. In the room beyond these stairs is what appears to be a command room for the Commander. He sees another Dragonborn has entered his keep and decides to kill off the party and hand over Rothgar for a 3rd bounty. The party has very little difficulty fighting the commander and his minions. After facing Undead Snake Creatures, divine empowered Priest's, giants, and even dinosaurs. The regular folk hardly seem a match now.   With the Commander's death. They find the keys for the manacles on his body. They party quickly heads out the large double stone doors to the parapet and rush towards the two restrained Dragonborn. They are both alive, unconscious, however stable. It is then when the storm begins to kick up, and behind them a snow twister forms. As it quickly clears an armored individual stands before them. With armor of a rose motif, he points towards the Dragonborn, and utters. "Dragonborn, your lives will be forfeited to my master. Now die" He then begins to move towards the party.