Episode 1: The Great White Death

General Summary

The party travel to the Sea of Moving Ice. In search of Maccath the Crimson and the Draakhorn.

Journey to the Sea of Ice

Lord Dagult Neverember hired Captain Lerustah and his long ship Frostskimmer for the journey. Stopping in Luskan the party visited the Host Tower of the Arcane to learn more about Maccath the Crimson, who travelled north to learn from Arauthator "Old White Death" but has not been heard from in some time. Arriving in the Sea of Moving ice the party overcame assaults by Scrags and Giant Octopi before rescuing an Ice Hunter who was being chased by a polar bear. This Ice Hunter, Namiir, could give directions to the iceberg Oyaviggaton, Arauthator "Old White Death"'s lair. But warned that the tribe living there may not be friendly to unwelcome visitors and live in fear of the dragon.

Oyaviggaton

Arriving at Oyaviggaton they are met by the whole village, who deny any knowledge of Arauthator "Old White Death" and ask the party to leave. After Sylvar Aelin insulting the whole tribe he is challenged by the Ice Hunter's champion, Orcaheart, to an honourable duel. Sylvar Aelin fights Orcaheart with no magic or outside interference, the battle is long and closely matched. As both combatants began to tire Orcaheart strikes a decisive blow knocking Sylcar briefly unconscious. The group are forced to leave the village but manage to convince the shaman, Bonecarver to meet with them before the leave the iceberg. Bonecarver arrives after dark aboard the Frostskimmer and describes how the dragon is keeping the village hostage and any who collaborate or flee are killed. Maccath the Crimson is in the lair below the village, which can be accessed through a tunnel in her tent. Bonecarver agrees to let the party hide in her tent until Arauthator "Old White Death" leaves to hunt before they enter the lair.

Ice Caves

Beneath the village is a network of caves carved into the ice where servants of the dragon Arauthator "Old White Death" live and work, these consist of kobolds, ice toads, and ice trolls. Tricking their way past some kobolds and killing some ice toads and an ice troll the party find themselves in a chamber where a luxurious tent has been made in the style of the desert nomads of Calimshan (several thousand miles away). Maccath the Crimson is blunt and tells the party all she knows. The Draakhorn was here, but now its not. The dragon won't let her leave. The dragon is below these caves in a cavernous lair below. She won't leave whilst the dragon lives, and suggests that the Ice Toad's archive is worth bringing back to the Host Tower in Luskan.

Frosty Showdown

The party set an ambush in the dragons lair hoping to catch it by surprise, unfortunately the dragon was aware of trespasser's in its lair and returns in a rage blasting huge cones of freezing flame from its mouth, casting sneaky spells and moulding the ice around it to its will. The battle is long and furious as Arauthator "Old White Death" flies around the cavern avoiding getting bogged down and trying to separate the party. Pandor The Amorphous and Alvyn both narrowly avoid death before Sylvar Aelin lands the killing blow with his morning star, forever silencing the "Old White Death".