Garland's Garrotes
Garland's Garrotes was a group of adventurers who banded together to fight off giants who were raiding in the wake of the Shattering of Orodeth.
Membership
Current members
- Dawn Breeze - Female air genasi druid.
- Garland - Male half-orc rogue. Known as the Liberator after freeing hundreds of orcs enslaved by hill giants.
- Grimhildr - Female storm giant. Rescued from captivity by frost giants.
- Karriss Kellson - Male human fighter. Sergeant, Mercantile Alliance marines.
- Ru Bae Ya - Female human wizard. A former member of Drake's Company hired to deal with the giants.
- Sasha - Female cave bear. Former pet of the hill giant chieftain's mate, awakened by Dawn Breeze.
Former members
- Valmyze - Female dragonborn fighter. Joined after her last adventuring company was slaughtered by frost giants.
- Zook - Male gnome ranger. Despises giants, left when they allied with Grimhildr.
History
Steading of the Hill Giant Chieftain
In 2966, following the Shattering of Orodeth, many of the giant tribes that had previously been kept under control by the Mercantile Alliance grew bolder and began openly raiding nearby towns. With Drake's Company and Kazak's Follies both disbanded, the leaders of Northern sent word out for local heroes to band together and fight against the giants. Thus did Dawn Breeze, Garland and Zook join former Mercantile Alliance marine Karriss Kellson; and former wizard of Drake's Company Ru Bae Ya; in traveling to the fortress of the hill giant chieftain, Nosnra.
It was raining when they arrived, and Garland took advantage of the reduced visibility to quietly assassinate the hill giants standing guard outside. Entering through a side door, they snuck down a side passage, avoiding the main hall as they dispatched every hill giant they encountered. In one room they were attacked by a cave bear, but Dawn Breeze charmed it into following her. The druid continued to act kindly to the bear, hoping to entice it to continue following her once the enchantment wore off. In another room, they found a letter from a mysterious person named Eclavdra directing Nosnra on where to strike next. In the kitchens, they found a small army of orcish slaves forced to cook for the giants. Garland encouraged them towards rebellion, suggesting that the giants would not be in power for much longer.
- Hired in Northeron to kill giants.
- Infiltrate, assassinate, find Sasha.
- Find a mysterious letter from Eclavdra.
- Garland suggests to orc slaves that the time for rebellion is at hand.
- Big battle, chieftain and his mate and her other bear die.
- Cloud giant turned into hamster, taken out of fortress.
- Kitchen slaves rise up, find heroes, ask what they're doing.
- Garland pretends to be their prisoner.
- Orcs demand Garland's release.
- Quick thinking and talking, convince orcs that Garland was already freed.
- Heroes agree to liberate other orcs, Garland "decides to accompany them."
- Stone giants hired for a job, leave now that chieftain is dead.
- More giants killed.
- More orcs liberated.
- Creepy shrine avoided.
- Find a map to frost giants and a teleportation object.
- Find an intelligent greatsword named Waythe that wants to kill giants.
- Karriss reports back to Northeron.
- Teleport to frost giants, find Valmyze.
- More infiltration and assassination.
- Accidentally stumble upon white dragons.
- Karriss returns, Valmyze leaves.
- Kill dragons, kill lots more giants.
- Fight a shai man who makes reference to Ya's brother.
- Find Grimhildr, Zook leaves.
- Karriss kills jarl with Waythe.