Anyway, drow destroyed and Elowyn saved- mostly saved- we decided to change gears and head after some stone giants. We encountered a number of Uthgardt barbarians along with a bird the size of a building that played drop the black man from really high and see if he bounces. Apparently, Andrik does not bounce. Putting our wounded back together after that catastrophe, we learned one thing- berserkers cannot swim.
Well after the encounter with the drow, things looked up a bit. The group managed to track the envoy down before they arrived at the fire giant encampment. Vashta played We pushed into the caves meeting little resistance because we actually were smart- well, if you ignore Vashta touching the stone slab that swallowed her. Apparently, it all worked out- or she gave it indigestion- because it spit her out. Her first words being- "I know where to go!" Okay. . . we played along and did eventually get to the queen mother of caverns complete with a slushy muddy river circling through it. We moved into the cave and encountered an animated stone statue- and we lost a few more berserkers. The bad news was Calamity's choice to go solo, singing "I believe I can fly", along the way. Well, the rest of us took the footpath, and boy were we lucky- I'm all ok with getting stoned, but sheesh! Vashta played sniper while the rest of the group mowed down some drow- oh yeah, along with the 10 berserkers we hired to help us, thanks to Prill's friend Lyla. Apprently,Prill spends her downtime in underground fight clubs. . . so we can hire high quality fodder. Kayalithica was quite the biatch. You will forever live in our memories Calamity! Kind of hard to forget since you're now the Dirty Platypus's coat rack. Funny thing. . . greater restoration actually reverses being turned to stone. . . . .