SKT.3.2 Snake in the Weeds

What’s good, Tyr?   The last few days have been relatively uneventful, besides for a secret organization called the Zhentarim following our party to the hidden camp of Thaust and Hawk’s Ardeep Avengers after Amarin killed the Zhentarim leader in Daggerford. BoBo and Hawk went out to investigate what happened and after about an hour, they came back all bloodied and bruised. They were fortunate to escape with their lives.   After a bit of preparation in Ardeep for an impending attack, Hawk disappeared from the group, only to return later saying that we need to take care of Nalaskur to set things straight with the faction. I, honestly, am pretty happy with that outcome as I believe dealing with Nalaskur will solve our issue with the Zhentarim as well as solve the issue regarding the vampire.   After a few days of travel, we came up with the idea of setting a trap for a few hill giants so we can follow them back to Guh’s hideout. The trap was laid perfectly as we have followed the hill giants to a large dam like structure. Hopefully things will go a little more smoothly now and we can rid this area of the hill giant attacks.
 

Tristain

Session Summary

• Party returns to Ardeep, only to discover the Seven Snakes, the Zhentarim bodyguards of the now deceased leader The Snail, followed them to the secret hide out.
• the Ardeep Avengers and party builds a series of traps, preparing for an all-out assault. During this time, Hawk and Bobo sneak out to find Kella, the leader of the Seven Snakes.
• With both Kella and Hawk in tough situations - she can't let word get out that the Seven Snakes failed, and Hawk can't let anyone know where the Avengers hideout is located, the two decide to negotiate mutual silence in exchange for Kella returning to Daggerford to mitigate the damage and Hawk and the other party members removing Nalaskur, who is now too much of a risk to the Zhentarim's reputation.
• Despite defusing the situation, Hawk's leader Ellion rails against Hawk's recklessness and kicks him out of the Avenger's indefinitely until he learns the discernment necessary to be a part of the organization.
• In response to this outrage, Thaust tries to defend his friend, but Ellion is unmoved.
 
 
• Following their expulsion from the Avenger's camp, the party spends a day building a trap for Hill Giants and setting it up along a quiet road in the hills.
• Thanks to the general stupidity of the hill giants, the trap works perfectly and allows the party to track the hill giant's path back toward their stronghold, where Guh, the matron of Hill Giants resides.