#46 - The Mad Giant

Perra rejoined the party.  He had been scouting the Kobold base camp.

He found there to be around 1000 beings of various races working in and around the base camp.  2 to 3 hundred kobold, 2 to 3 hundred winged kobolds, 20 or so wyrmpriests, 20 or so dragonborn knights.  hundreds of slaves of various reptiloid and humanoid races.  All of these workers were trying to restore an ancient stronghold within the Green Mountain, preparing for some kind of "consecration" ceremony that would set the stage for the arrival of many more kobolds, reestablishing a part of the ancient bahumati empire.

Perra also learned the the Bahumati are struggling with an infestation of undead within the mountain.  They have for some reason been unable to remove the ancient curse that keeps the dead from resting. 

Perra had a conversation with a drow slave among the kobolds.  He learned that this drow had been a sailor in "The Black Fleet", sailing the Great Dark Sea.  It confronted a fleet of Bahumati ships, and was taken prisoner.

After Perras return, the part scouted out the "Mad Giant".  The found the formorian, and his two ogre companions in the river. They learned that he was indeed "mad", going from fits of laughter, to crying about his ugly appearance, to angry trantrums where he beats boulders with his club.

The party engaged the Mad Giant in conversation.  Perra attempted to win him over with the promise of a potion that would make him beautiful.  There was no such potion of course, and when the Giant realized he was being lied to, a battle ensued.

The party (to the DMs surprise) took down the Giant and his companions with relative ease.  A very effective fireball from Jhunter took all of them down a notch.  And a flurry of blows from Samm finished them off.

With the Giant defeated, the party returned to the Duergar who made good on his promise.  He granted passage through the mines to the base of the Green Mountain.  He told them they could exit the mine through 2 different levels.  The upper level would lead the party into the heart of where the Bahumati were working on restoring the mountain stronghold.  The lower level would be into the  catacombs of the old stronghold, the heart of the undead hoard within the mountain.