"The giants remember when the world was warm and kind. They remember who murdered that world."
Scenario Overview
Sessions
3-4 (12-16 hours)
Focus
First contact, travel, philosophy
Structure
Hexcrawl + parley + trials
Stakes
Earn giant trust or spark a war; learn the Ymir secret
Travel Pointcrawl
Frostbridge
An ancient bridge of ice runes. Tests patience and precision.
- Decode runes to lower wind (Lore).
- Carry supplies across with pulley rigs (Craft).
- Leap and climb; risk falling into rune-etched chasm (Grit).
Hollow Grove
Trees shaped like runes hum with latent magic.
- Harvest rune-bark for spells; risk waking a guardian elk.
- Ask the grove questions; answers in visions about the AEsir betrayal.
- Leave an offering to gain a temporary ward versus cold.
Basalt Steps
Vertical ascent carved for giants. Tiny beings must improvise.
- Build a winch; takes time and resources.
- Ride a friendly hawk (if earned in Volsprung).
- Free climb; exhausting, but faster.
Debates ethics of deicide. Offers perspective: gods are administrators turned predators.
Win her trust with stories of mortal agency; lose it with boasts of conquest.
Trials of Worth
Strength
Move a glacier tooth to free a trapped mammoth. Proves you are more than fragile humans.
Wisdom
Solve a rune logic puzzle carved into ice mirrors. Reveals Ymir's heartbeat sound.
Compassion
Save a wounded troll child or deliver it to giants. Choice defines future alliances.
Defiance
Refuse a small demand from a giant noble to show you are equals, not subjects.
Trust of the Jotun (6)
Earned via trials and respect. At 4, Brynd offers forge access. At 6, giants march with you later.
Troll Rage (4)
Harm trolls or steal too much; at 4, troll warbands attack Volsprung.
AEsir Gaze (4)
Use divine favors or speak blasphemy; at 4, Odin sends a raven omen that shadows you into the god-hunt.
Printable Cards
Use these table cards to track favors, tools, and lore fragments players can carry forward.
Object
Giant Forge Slot
One slot to craft a god-killer haft; redeem after earning Trust 4+.
Power
Philosopher's Favor
Spend to reroll a social check with giants; on failure, raise AEsir Gaze.
Tool
Rune Logic Mirror
Portable mirror that reveals rune puzzles; grants advantage on lore decipher rolls.
Rule
Troll Mercy
If the party spares troll young, gain a future ally token usable in God-Hunt.
Lore
Ymir Heart Map
Play to access a safe rest in Ymir's pocket or to destabilize terrain in the finale.
Rewards and Leads
- Forge slot for one god-killer weapon (combine leviathan scale + giant steel + runes).
- Prophecy fragment: where the first god bleeds easiest (used in God-Hunt).
- Giant ally (philosopher, smith, or seer) accompanies or sends aid later.
- Map to Ymir's heart, a domain pocket usable as sanctuary or bomb.
"We are not myths. We are witnesses. Will you stand with witnesses or with the feeders?"
Hroka, Philosopher of the Glacier Courts