-Andronikos
prepared and cast find familiar, calling into his service the screech
owl, Narses.
-Cruum
had forged a weapon ever-dripping with venom, Cnidursus.
-The
party headed up into the mountains.
-At
the base of the mountains, they met Thierry of the True Sight, a
young cleric in the service of the Order of St. Michel of the White
Cross. Thierry told them he had been ordered by the Bishop himself
to aid them in their quest.
-Up
into the mountains they went, and found themselves walking upon a
glacier. Progress was slow and weather frequently inclement.
-In
the midst of their journey, they discovered a cave in which shone a
jade colored light. The cave was warm, and through the air swam
many colorful fish. The adventurers rested within the bounds of the
cave.
-Heading
further along the glacier, the party encountered a great remorhaz,
the furnace-worm which lairs in cold places. Though it was a
fearsome opponent, it was eventually destroyed.
-At
last the demesne of the ice wizard was reached. A great archway
carved with towering caryatids sparkled in the sunlight.
-Heading
within, the fellowship discovered the wizard's domicile to contain
furniture and architecture carved from solid ice. A four-armed ice
golem attempted to stop their encroachment, but was destroyed.
-The
Ice Wizard himself tried to prevent ingress to his laboratory.
Andronikos improved the wizard's temperament with regards to himself,
but the conjuror was ill-disposed to the rest of the fellowship, and
even Fray's hold person spell was insufficient to suppress the
wizard's manipulation of ice.
-At
length and in fear of his life the wizard begged for parley, and
allowed Andronikos into his laboratory to retrieve the Word of Power,
which was contained in a twelve-sided gem of nevermelting ice. While
in the laboratory, Andronikos declined to test the contents of a
large copper kettle, bubbling despite the cold and dribbling a milky
fog over its sides.
-As
the adventurers trekked back across the glacier, they were ambushed
by a trio of yetis, though none met the creature's terrible gaze.
-During
a layover in the strange ocean-cave, Andronikos experimented with the
fish therein, finding that they lost their ability to swim in and
breathe air when removed from the cave mouth.
-Once
the party came down from the mountains, Thierry took his leave of
them, stating that he had other business elsewhere on the island to
attend to.