> [!NOTE] Summary [[Freida]] has a secret meeting. We travel to [[Kelvin's Cairn]] via [[Caer-Konig]] and [[Caer-Dineval]] to [[Rescue Garret]]. [[Session 7]] ended with the group waking in [[The Northlook]] intending to travel on to [[Caer-Konig]] and then [[Kelvin's Cairn]] for [[Rescue Garret]]. ##### In [[Bryn Shander]] We wake to a light tapping at the door and a [[Beldora]] calls [[Freida]] for a secret chat. New quest: [[Help the Harpers]] We ask for more information about [[Dreams - underground city]] and [[Ol Bitey]] over breakfast. We leave town. ##### Travelling We see several frost pillars on the road to [[Caer-Dineval]]. [[Caelum]] strips away the snow/ice and there is a dead human inside. Many of them, maybe 40, one every few hundred metres. We see a human, halfling and an elf coming down the road towards us. All of them are wearing a medallion made of a gem or crystal (reminds us of [[Korva's Lost Son]]). [[Freida]] warns the group a cult has sprung up in the area [[Black Swords]]. She speaks to the travellers and [[Tomlin]] the elf tells the group if they want to join go to the castle in [[Caer-Dineval]]. ##### In [[Caer-Dineval]]. We pass quickly through the town, it has the only castle in icewind dale. Small town. [[The Castle]] ##### In [[Caer-Konig]] Children speak to [[Pleic Holdir]] We meet the speaker [[Trovus]], who has been drinking. He asks for help when we have time, he can pay. He has had trouble with thefts. We go to the store [[Frozen Far Expedition]], [[Freida]] knows them. [[Garret Velryn]] headed to the summit with a goliath and a female tiefling and a halfling. It's a 2-4 hour walk up the mountain. Weather from druid cantrip: milder, overcast, some snow. Lend us climbers kit, crampons, snow shoes. They mention some ingredients for healing spells can maybe be found near the summit. We decide not to wait as time could be critical and we set off. ##### Base Camp We find 5 dogs, upturned sled and 12 rations, two tents. Camp is well setup and no sign of violence. We feed the dogs from the rations, now 7 left. [[Phenrere]] talks to dogs, the people headed up the hill. ##### Avalanche It catches [[Phenrere]], [[Caelum]] and [[Rintario]]. [[Pleic Holdir]] saves us from the snow adding to the legend. [[Rintario]] is last out and gets a second exhaustion point. ##### Finding Garret We find [[Garret Velryn]]. He is alive, he has been struck but is alive. Mechanically 6HP and 1 level of exhaustion. [[Phenrere]] heals him a little. We are surprised by two Crag Cats and take them down. [[Garret Velryn]] was separated from his group. The halfling ran into a cave and the tiefling went for the summit and the goliath fought the large yeti. He wants to save the others. End of session