Time: 15:30
Weather: 45 degrees, partially cloudy
Location: First of the First Men
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Hollis immediately shows his value to the party by dispensing much-needed healing to Ethan and Gaerys. The fighters and cleric rest, while the mage continues his studies.
Gaerys and Antheris hike the five and a half miles to the Steading, or at least what is left of it.
The ranger and druid are able to make a circumnavigate the Steading from a safe distance. Smoke drifts from its center. It is quiet as a tomb.
The companions see the damage caused by the treants, the hole through which the party made its escape, and the vast damage caused by the party's magical fires. They also notice that both the north gate and east gate swing open idly.
Antheris manages to speak with one of the many crows who have gathered in the wake of the great battle of the prior night. They tell the druid that they came just before dawn, as the Steading's flames slowly died down and the smell of death filled the air. The crow says that a large group of ogres walked via the north gate just after they arrived, leaving the gate open for the direwolves, who escaped as a pack. Having access to the Steading through the burned out roof, the crows feasted upon the corpses of the giants, but were soon interrupted by a rush of humans who came up from under the Steading suddenly, then fled, terrified, deep into the forest.
