After leaving the house, we notice that no time has passed which is very strange. We are exhausted and head to the Muskrat for a few drinks. After this we return to the boat and the crew is ready to go. They have returned with some supplies.

As we head upriver, we break down the stage and lash the wood to the deck for future use. It gets late and we have to stay the night on the river at a place the crew chooses.

In the morning, we leave at around 10am. In the early afternoon we see four small, fast boats heading downstream toward us. We get nervous and ask the crew about it. They say that it’s likely “tax collectors” who are employed by the Boss and they are going to ask us for money, or even take our ship.

Gottfried, our captain, says that usually they just collect money and let people on their way. We heave to and they board, two boats on either side. They have crossbows and one person with a longbow. They come aboard and ask us what our business is. The man’s name is Gunther and knows Gottfried. We tell them that we are bringing supplies north for the people in the region. Jean tells him that we got the boat because the previous owners were killed in the troll attack.

Gunther says that he heard about the troll attack and that we were instrumental in helping. He says that because of this, his boss Sasha would like to see us. This can be at a time of our choosing in Groghaven. We agree and say that we’d like to pursue partnership.

He asks for us to pay the tax and we convince him that if we’re going to work for his boss, he may not want to be asking us for money. Tobruk looks menacingly at him and Gunther decides to take his leave.

As we continue, Jean starts a very detailed and ornate map of Sasha’s area that he plans to present her when we meet. Upon reflection, he adds more strategic details to the map.

We stay the night again on the river and the crew cooks for us. Vedasi stays up and starts hearing some noise from the woods, a big crashing sound. He goes to investigate and sees a seventeen-foot-tall giant lumbering through the woods. It seems to be quite drunk.

Vedasi shoots the giant in the same leg twice. The rest of us try and creep up on it. It passes out and almost falls on Tobruk but he is able to leap out of the way. He grabs Brokk and slams him on the ground. The others continue attacking and finally after getting up and falling down a few times we finally kill him.

There is a halfling in a cage at the giant’s waist. We find the key and unlock him. The halfling’s name is Thomas, and he is a farmer. We ask him to come along with us and he agrees. Vedasi takes the giant’s head and testicles as souvenirs.

We head back to the ship and explain what happened to the crew, and they are pretty incredulous. The head of the giant is mounted on the bow and testicles are mounted at the stern. The next day we travel back to the keep and introduce Thomas to Sleeves and the others.

We decide to check out the caves. There looks to be a staging area and some storage here. We go back and check the one at the level of the riverbank. There are similar things here.

We come across twelve greatswords that are marked with the symbol of Averland, which is used by their military. They must have been plundered. We find another long crate that is sealed. There are three Hochland rifles in here. Sylvia seems to know what these are, and they are worth 600-700 gold crowns.