The Kromzek

…The frost giants have offered to guide our friends to their fortress deep inside the earth, and to do so they will be traveling back through the Great Divide, and re-entering the Eastern Wastes, in order to reach the entrance to the Storm Giant city Kael Drakkel. During this trek, the lighting was perfect as they neared the hidden entrance to Thurgadin, behin…

…The frost giants explained (with what our party felt was barely disguised scorn) that the storm giants prefer to entrench themselves in this fortification rather than pursue a nomadic lifestyle as they do. They come here to trade and visit, but don’t generally stay long unless they are recovering from some battle.

…This supreme Storm Giant wizard was banished from Kael Drakkel for reasons that are unclear. He is served by Arctic Kobolds, ice golems, and shard spiders. He is enemies with the Coldain and servants of Veeshan, but he holds a special hatred for the Kromzek who banished him. His ultimate agenda is unknown, but his continued experiments and birthing of ice cre…

…Foremost among these creatures are the frost giants, great lumbering beings made from flesh as hard and cold as the ice found on the tundra. The giants roam the tundra in search of food and mayhem, and are the most commonly met creatures of the Eastern Wastes.

…After coming over the top of a small hill we caught sight of a battle between 5 frost giants and one dragon of black scales. We froze in our tracks at the fearful sight. We then watched in horror as the 5 giants, one gifted with magic, slowly murdered the dragon with tactics of heavy dishonor. Their shaman had restricted the dragons movement.

…Lawyla says 'The Kromzek have been a bane upon our very existence for far too long. If you wish to aid our cause, I will need proof of your devotion and allegiance. We will not waste our time educating anyone who does not have our best interests at heart. The journey will prove very dangerous both to you as well as whom you choose to accompany you.

Dain Frostreaver IV says, 'My good ______, you have served me well. You have flushed out all who sought to oppose me and my people. I am afraid I need to call upon you and your friends one final time. The dissension and treason ran deeper than I had anticipated.

…Klandicar says, 'I do not see this happening. Too proud, too sure of ourselves, as a race we could never concede that we have anything to learn from the likes of you. We need a revelation. Something to open our eye, a poke in the rump.

Given your success in securing the goods from the disloyal mercenary who so foolishly tried to steal the material for himself, I have entrusted you with a delivery of our finished weapons, which have been gilt with the thinnest sheen of the material you protected.

…Evreth Menesez says 'The dragon sorcerer, Xervolithax, according to dragon lore had penned a tome of arcane knowledge that he guarded with his life. It is told that when Xervolithax fell to the Kromzek centuries ago in the Great Divide in a great battle.

…Yetarr says 'I do not fully trust the Kromrif to keep Kael Drakkel protected from the menace of the tiny savages. The Kromrif do not actively seek to kill them. If the Coldain are left to breed they will one day swarm over Kael and no number of Kromzek warriors will be able to save us.' You say, 'What kromrif?'

…Reivaj the Battlerager says 'I do not know what purpose you would serve to the Kromrif. If you seek to amass a fortune you have come to the wrong man. I am but a simple battlerager, wielding my blade for the Iceshard brothers when needed. ' You say, 'What is a battlerager?' Reivaj the Battlerager says 'Yes, I am a warrior who thrives on battle.

…Semkak Prophet of Vallon says 'I cannot teach one of your kind the arts of war at this time. I must teach the other Kromzek and Kromrif that proper strategy will allow us to win the war against the dragons. If you were to serve the temple of Vallon, I might consider giving you a few words of advice about strategy.

You say, 'Hail, Clrakk Blackfist' You say, 'I want to bring strife' Clrakk Blackfists says 'The Coldain have grown complacent. The defenses of their city are built to keep my kind and dragonkind at bay. However, their defenses against the smaller races such as yourself are not nearly as sophisticated.

"It is worse than I thought. Not only are they prepared for an attack, but they have the Kromrif here to help them. Our steel will be tested today. Be sure not to show the troops any fear." "Good work friend! The Dain will hear of this right away. We couldn't have defeated the Ry'gorr without your help.

You say, ‘Hail, The Dragon Sage’ The Dragon Sage appears to fade in and out. The ghostly figure seems to stare through you, as though he is not aware of your presence. ‘Do you know who I am?’, he asks, as if he is inquiring for his own benefit. You say, ‘Who are you?’ The Dragon Sage begins to smile. ‘It has come back to me, just now’, he says.