Proglogue

With the rise of the Cult of Dragons' power, their depradations on the peoples of the Sword Coast increasing beyond tolerable levels, it is time to seek aid against Tiamat's forces whereever it may be found. To that end, you are leading a delegation to the chromatic dragons' traditional enemies - the Jotuns of Faerun, the Giants!

If the characters are not on Skyreach Castle

You have been travelling the southern foothills of the Spine of the World for a number of days, the civilized regions of the Silver Marches far behind and below you. Following the directions Erlanthar has provided to you, you climb up a river valley, eventually reaching a bowl in the mountains. A small curved tor stands near the center of the bowl, nestled in the curve of the river you have been following. Above and slightly to the west of the tor, you see a small castle floating in the sky. A small lake lies between you and the tor, the river flowing through it. On the eastern side of the lake, you see the remains of some large wooden buildings. On the opposite side, to the west of the tor, you see a large stone building. The western side of the bowl has actually been carved and shaped; the giants have fashioned this entire valley into a giant ampitheater. You have arrived at the Jotunmoot!

As you approach the stone building, more of the moot grounds becomes discernable - you see the ruins of three wooden greathalls, and on the inside of the tor's curve, you can see a gleaming palace halfway to the tor's summit on a very large shelf. Below the palace, you can see an immense circular plaza, a giant-sized speaker's stand in the middle at the focus of the ampitheater.

If the characters have befriended Blagothkus:

Striding towards you, you see Blagothkus. He hails you warmly.

Blagothkus: Hallo, friends! You have made good time! We've just received word back from the rest of the Ordning; they have all agreed to come and listen to you! We expect to see them all within the moon!

If the characters are on Skyreach Castle:

You have been sailing north towards the Spine of the World for days. You've passed over the High Moor, the Silver Marches lay behind you. Now, the peaks of the Spine loom close. As you drift around the summit of one of the higher foothills, you see a bowl in the mountains appear in front of you. A small curved tor stands near the center of the bowl, nestled in the curve of a river that divides the bowl roughly in half. A small lake lies to the south of the tor, the river flowing through it. The western side of the bowl has actually been carved and shaped; the giants have fashioned this entire valley into a giant ampitheater. On the eastern side of the lake, you see the remains of some large wooden buildings. On the opposite side, to the west of the tor, you see a large stone building. Just below the tor's crest you can see a gleaming palace, perched above a large circular plaza. You have arrived at the Jotunmoot!

If the characters have befriended Blagothkus:

As you observe the moot grounds, Blagothkus comes and stands with you.

Blagothkus: Behold the Jotunmoot! It has lost much of its glory from the days of our Empire, but even these remains are still impressive, are they not? The Skyfather's Hall on Annam's Seat still gleams brighter than any of its smaller imitators.

Blagothkus: I have good news. I have just received word back from the rest of the Ordning; they have all agreed to come and listen to you! We can expect to see them all within the moon!

Calling the Moot

Calling the moot takes some time, as the delegates must travel to the site. Each delegation requires a different amount of time to arrive:

• Ettins: The ettin queen, under her own power, will take three tendays to arrive. She is 1800 miles away, on the other side of the Anauroch Desert on the far side of the Moonsea.Hill Giants: The hill giants, under their own power, will take 25 days to arrive. They are 1600 miles away in the Rushing Hills of the Vilhon Reach.
• Stone Giants: The stone giants would take 17 days to arrive under their own power. They are travelling roughly 1000 miles from the Eastern Stormhorns.
• Frost Giants: The frost giants are the closest to the moothall, and could arrive in 5 days. They are travelling from scattered points on the Ice Mountains, roughly 300 miles away.
• Fire Giants: The fire giants could arrive in a tenday. They are about 500 miles away in the Small Teeth to the south of Amn.
• Cloud Giants: Given that the cloud giants are the ones most likely to call for the moot on the character's behalf, they arrive in 7 days. All four clans have skycastles, which were scattered about 400 miles from the moothall.
• Storm Giants: The storm giants arrive in 11 days. Daire arrives first in about 2 days, having travelled from the Nether Mountains. Gunnar and his round tower appear on the eighth day. Njall's square tower settles from the sky on the 11th day.
• The Priests: While the priests are fairly close to the moothall, they will arrange to arrive last. They all arrive via a Wind Walk spell cast by Kathres.

The characters can drastically speed things up, as the Ettin Queen, the Hill Giants, the Stone Giants, and the Fire Giants will all pass near multiple Teleportation Circles that they wouldn't normally be able to use. Using these reduces any remaining travel time for the giant faction to no more 2 days - 1 day to reach their depature circle, and no more than one day to travel from their arrival circle.

The Delegations

As each of the delegations arrive they settle down around the moothall in their traditional locations. Starting in the south, and proceeding clockwise, the delegations are:

• The Ettin Queen: Althean-Belit erects a large pavilion tent, it is extremely well made, and kept quite warm inside by magical braziers.
• The Hill Giants: Taagthon and his rivals claim the large cave in the hills to the west. Over the years, the hill giants hired stone giants, so the interior is nothing but worked stone, and can be made quite comfortable.
• The Stone Giants: Long ago built a large U-shaped stone lodge. The shell and roof are still intact, but the interior furniture and sculpture garden need to be replaced. Steinfenn and his cohorts can easily restore the lodge to livable conditions in a little over a day.
• The Frost Giants: Rebuild three large longhouses, each capable of holding a king with twice his current entourage. A significant portion of the lumber is reclaimed from the remnants of the old longhouses, of which there were 5. Rebuilding the longhouses takes Eadgar, Arnorr, and Bernhard and their guards three days.
• The Fire Giants: Gustaf and his fellow fire giants each assemble and erect what is best described as a reinforced, double-walled, tent. Each has a standard floorplan, but the interiors are very different.
• The Cloud Giants: Aage and his fellow clan heads continue to reside in their skycastles, but do clear off the formal landing platform the kings use when descending to the earth.
• The Storm Giants: Daire's dwelling is the least ostentatious - if a two-story tent can be called humble. It is, though, compared to the small round tower that Gunnarr teleports, still dripping, to the moot. Or the larger square tower, obviously transported from the bottom of the Sea of Swords, still sea-filled, that settles down from the sky containing Njall.
• The Priests: The priests' hall has been maintained over the years, and is frequently used when diplomatic talks between the various giant clans are needed. For this moot, however, only the priests use their hall located on the cliff above the moothall, between the moothall and the river.

The moothall itself is mostly ruins. Characters can establish that there was once a building, presumably providing cover, at the site. Now, the site is bare to the weather, and the floor has soot marks were past moots have lit fires.

On the other side of the river, there are remnants of cookhouses, pens, and the other support buildings a site like this would need.

Allying with the Ettins

Since the Cataclysm, ettins have fallen into hard times, and most of them no longer spend their time with their fellow true giants, who look down on them, feeling more comfortable with the orcs, who appreciate their strength. Those that have persevered are still at the bottom of the ordening but have a huge chip on their shoulder, and are constantly striving to prove themselves. The perfect example is the Ettin Queen, Althean-Belit. She is attended by a lady-in-waiting, and 4 guards.

Attitude: Althean-Belit begins at cautious. She doesn't particularly like the characters, but realizes that they offer an opportunity to prove her tribe to the rest of the family.

Desire: Althean is in love with Onem Solvkunsson, in a kind of delayed adolescent crush on the artistic jock. Though she will not volunteer this, observant characters (DC 15 Insight) are able to notice. Improving her chances with her object of affection will improve her attitude by one.Belit has a titan-sized chip on her shoulder. She desperately wants to prove herself to the rest of the family, and wants to rub their faces in it. Figure out a way to do this, and her attitude will improve by one.

If the characters manage to combine both schemes into one, Althean-Belit's attitude improves by one more.

Concession: Giving Althean any magical instrument improves her attitude by one, or overcomes an insult. Giving Belit any magical item that increases her size or strength improves her attitude by one, or earns forgiveness for a single insult.

Insult: Characters who condescend to Althean-Belit, or in anyway belittle her competence will earn her enemity, worsening her attitude towards them by one.

Allying with the Hill Giants

Hill Giant tribes don't often meet, as there would be too many voracious appettites in the area to support, so it's rare that hill giant lords get to meet. This moot is a great opportunity for them to make private agreements and alliances with each other and the other giant tribes. The three lords are Taagthon, Hiret, and Grestiln. They're all fairly relaxed, and each only brought along a single guard. Taagthon is the senior hill giant chieftain, though he doesn't look it, as the others are fatter. In fact, the fattest (Grestiln) is also the juniormost.

Remembering that hill giants determine their order by eating prowess is a DC 15 History check. Determining that Taagthon is the heartiest eater is a DC 20 Insight (or DC 15 Medicine) check. If the character speaks giant, they gain advantage on these checks.

Attitude: The hill giants are all in a good mood. Taagthon begins the moot receptive.

Desire: Taagthon desires better armor or weapons from the fire giants. Helping him acheive this improves his attitude by one.

Concession: Hiret's tribe is the closest hill giant tribe to the moot, and they've recently been troubled by a fiendish cow that's been killing tribesmen and eating them (and their crops and livestock too). Killing that hellish bovine, and serving it as steaks to the hill giants will improve their attitude by one, or cancel any number of insults.

Insult: Taagthon is insulted if the characters didn't adhere to the Ordning - either by treating another hill giant as seniormost, or by dealing with any other giant tribe (except the Ettins) first. The hill giants will also be insulted if the characters feed them excessively bland food (such as from Create Food and Water) or bad food.

Allying with the Stone Giants

The stone giants are here because their honor demanded they answer the mootcall, but they'd all rather be home working on their art. Relations among the stone giant tribes are currently very peaceful and friendly, so the current king (Steinfenn) is taking the opportunity to convince the other stone giant chieftains to cooperate on a grand unified work of art that will be dedicated to Annam and Skoraeus Stonebones. He proposes that they all work towards creating a living being of stone.

The other chieftains ( Sorfjelstein, Solvkunsteir, Steinhjlem, Glangotteskat, and Fjellkriggarang ) are a little leery of the project, but are greatly intrigued by the artistic challenge. Three of the chieftain's sons have accompanied them to learn the ins and outs of clan politics: Firthgest Fjellisson, Grimolf Fennsson, and Onem Solvkunsson. The chieftains all travelled alone - they have no escorts.

Attitude: Unfriendly. While Steinfenn and his fellows aren't actually hostile to the players, they are so indifferent to them that convincing them to support the alliance will be very difficult. Anyone with the Guild Artisan background has advantage when making these checks.

Desire: Helping Steinfenn convince his fellow chieftains to support his endeavour will improve his attitude by a single step for every two chieftains. Convincing all 5 others will improve the stone giants' attitude by a total of three steps. The other giants are Neutral to Steinfenn's idea.

Concession: A statue, bust, or sculpture made out of stone and worth at least 10000 gp will improve the stone giants' attitude by one. Offering a Manual of Stone Golems will improve their attitude by two. Repairing their lodge before the stone giants arrive will also improve their attitude by one.

Insult: Any character who demonstrates a hatred of art will insult the stone giants. As will any character who has brokered a deal with any two (or more) of the other tribes out of ordning rank.

Allying with the Fire Giants

All 5 chiefs of the fire giant tribes are here to support their high priest, Kathras Fireson. While they're here there will be much politicking, drinking, showing off of their wares, drinking, and politicking. Each chief has brought along his eldest son and a guard. In order of rank, the five chiefs are Gustaf Gerisson, Wob Salomon, Reiner Wendellson, Harald Beckenbauer, and Gottlob Drakekiller. Their sons, in order, are Hildebrand Gustafson, Anselm Wobson, Wendell Reinerson, Harman Haraldson, and Kay Gottlobson. Two other fire giants are also with the party, Albert Kramer, a priest advisor to Wob, and Gunther Svartalfdeath. Gunther is here to Gottlob for leadership of their tribe. Gottlob is the eldest king, but is also from the smallest tribe. Gustaf is the youngest, but is also from the largest tribe, and the most personally successful.

Unless the characters change events, Gunther's challenge will happen towards the end of the moot. Albert will sneakily interfere on Gottlob's side, ensuring Gottlob's win, and expanding Albert's influence.

Attitude: Receptive. However, because of Gustaf's youth he actively seeks input from the other chiefs. He still makes his own decision, but he still listens to their advice. Wob Salomon's decisions are essentially Albert Kramer's, much to his son's dismay. Albert is unfriendly, while Anselm is friendly. Reiner is cautious. Harman is cautious, and often sides with Albert. Gottlob is friendly (he's all for killing dragons). Strangely enough, so are his son and Gunther, though for different reasons.

Desire: Gunther desires a new location for his tribe. Gottlob just wants to fight dragons. Harman is a traditionalist - he want's the Fire Giants' Regalia returned. Reiner is primarily a merchant and wants new markets for his tribe's goods. Wob wants proof that the Gods are on the character's side. Gustaf wants his rule solidified - primarily, he wants Albert discredited, or Wob to regain his independence.

Concession: If the characters agree to recover the Fire-Giant's Regalia from Malaritheos' Lair for Harman, or can present it to Harman, all of the chief's attitudes improve by one. Furthermore, Albert and Wob become receptive, and Harman becomes friendly. Being able to present the regalia shields immediately will shield the characters from all insults. Being able to offer the location of a better site for the tribe (Malaritheos' Lair certainly counts) improves Gottlob's, Gunther's, and Gustaf's attitude by one. Offering proof that Malaritheos is slain improves all the chief's attitude by two.

Insult: If the characters are caught in interfering in the Fire Giant's politics (as opposed to being agents of a fire giant). Insulting Albert or his god. Treating any other king than Gustaf as the decision-maker.

Allying with the Frost Giants

The 3 frost giant kings are here to drink and to fight. Keep the ale coming! In order of seniority, the kings are Eadgar, Arnorr, and Bernhard. Eadgar has brought his lieutenant (and shield-brother) Eindrithi and a guard. The other two have each brought 2 guards. The kings are all friendly (it helps that their tribes are distant from each other), and equal enough in strength that the seniormost essentially boils down to who is awake, won the last bout of friendly matches, and is the most sober (see the table below).

Attitude: Friendly. The characters are offering a chance at battle against drakes. What more does a proper jotun need?

Desire: Well, more fancies to impress the ladies, and breeding cattle to feed the tribes wouldn't hurt. Providing at least 20,000 gp of jewelry (with no piece worth less than 1,000 gp), or a herd of cold-weather cattle worth 3,000 gp to each tribe will cause the frost giants to argue for the characters in the moot, allowing them to improve one attitude by one. If both are provided, then two attitudes can be adjusted by one each. Each can also be used to improve the frost giant's attitudes by one.

Concession: Presenting the frost giant's with the Barrow-Giant's regalia counts as satisfying both desires, and stacks. In addition, the frost giants will intervene on the character's behalf.

Insult: Belittling the frost giant's prowess. Trying to bribe them with food and drink, implying that the frost giant's are no better than the hill giants. Implying that their promises or honor are worthless. Tricking them, manipulating them, entrapping them, to gain advantage (especially while drunk).

Allying with the Cloud Giants

The four most powerful cloud giant clans are represented here by Aage Lundrborn, Vainou Mardh, Kaarle Pridborsson, and Pyry Onni. Aage is Blagothkus' uncle, and the one who most likely called the moot on the character's behalf.

Attitude: Receptive. If the characters have possession of Skyreach Castle, neutral. If the characters killed Blagothkus, the attitude is unfriendly, and the moot was called by Kathres after being approached by Lord Neverember.

Desire: To see the giant's united; if the characters can get at least three other factions to friendly, the cloud giant's attitude will improve by one.

Concession: If the characters win a contest against any three giants, the cloud giants attitude will improve by one. Winning one contest will overcome one insult to the cloud giants.

Insult: If the characters get caught cheating in any contest. If the characters don't offer gifts worth at least 20,000 gp. While not an insult to the cloud giants per se', the storm giants or priests are unfriendly, the cloud giant's attitude worsens by one.

Allying with the Storm Giants

The local storm giants have also shown, called by the winds of history and prophecy to the moot. The three are Njall, King of the Sea of Swords, Daire , Lord of the Northern Mountains, and Gunnarr, King of the Moonsea. Njall is the ranking storm giant.

Attitude: Receptive. The storm giants know that whether or not the alliance succeeds, the giants will fight against Tiamat. While they doubt the aid of lesser beings will be needed, or even significant, they would be useful in reducing the distractions and the annoyances the cult's forces would offer.

Desire: The beginnings of a new Ostoria. Right now, the giant tribes are isolated from each other, and the other races and nations are hostile, making unification difficult. If the characters can secure peaceful travel for giants through the alliance's countries for any signifcant period, or open negotiations for the same, the storm giants' attitude will improve by one.

Concession: The Skyhammer, located in the Temple at Greenrest, was commisioned for Daire's forefathers; his family symbol is engraved on the weapon. Delivering the Skyhammer to Daire is worth an improvement of one level. If the Skyhammer has been enchanted, it improves attitudes by two levels. Each level of improvement above Friendly may be applied to one of the priests.

Insult: If the characters have the Skyhammer, but refuse to turn it over to Daire.

Allying with the Priests

The giant priests have gather at the moot to give their blessing to the moot's decision, and in hopes that their fellow giants will come together in union a little more often.

The priests are:

• Groa-Signy, the Ettin Priestess of Hiatea
• Vidar, the Hill Giant Priest of Grolanthor
• Sindri, the Stone Giant Priest of Skoraeus Stonebones
• Orvarr, the Frost Giant Priest of Thyrm
• Volundr, the Fire Giant Priest of Surtur
• Yngvi, the Cloud Giant Priest of Iallanis
• Njord, the Storm Giant Priest of Stronmaus
• They are led by Kathres, the High Priest of Annam.

Attitude: Neutral. The priests don't really care about the characters', or the Alliance's, plight.

Desire: They just want their people to work in unison. Having four or more at Receptive or Friendly improves their attitude by one. Having four or more at Friendly improves their attitude by two. Contrariwise, having four or more at Cautious or Unfriendly worsens their attitude by one. Having four or more at Unfriendly worsens their attitude by two.

Concession: A favor offered by a "little people" cleric capable of casting a 5th level spell (or higher) in service to their god's interest will improve their attitude by one. If three priests offer these favors, or if any of the priests offering a favor can cast 7th level spells, their attitude will improve by two.

Insult: Demanding a favor from any of the priests, or insisting on a "little people's" god's primacy (with the exception of Ao, the Overgod).

Rewards

Quests

Quest: Hosting the Moot

XP: 5900

If the characters, or the Alliance, offer to host the Jotunmoot, they need to provide food and drink for 6 ettins, 6 hill giants, 6 stone giants, 17 fire giants, 9 frost giants, 5 cloud giants, 3 storm giants, and 8 priests for at least one tenday.

Per day, the giants will consume roughly 100 gp worth of food. Using the best cooks raise the cost to 150 gp/day. For a total of roughly 1500 gp.

Offering this unasked will improve the priests' and hill giant's starting attitude by one. The other factions will forgive one insult. Not using the best cooks results in no effect.

Quest: Reclaiming the Moothall

XP: 7200

The giants have been using the same site for their moots for many centuries. However, since the fall of their empire, the original moothall has fallen into complete ruin. Now, when the giants meet, it is in the open air, unshielded from the elements. While rebuilding the entire moothall would require more time than the characters have, or than the moot will take, they could, with a little ingenuity manage to clear the moothall site of debris, shield it from the elements, and provide real seating (instead of just rocks and logs).

The minimum cost for this is 5,000 gp in materials. If the characters have access to stone shape and other appropriate magics, the moothall can be reclaimed in roughly 5 days (hiring spellcasters does not count as part of the price quoted above). If they must do it without magic, the time rises to 2 tendays.

Reclaiming the moothall must be done spontaneously. Doing so will cause all factions to forgive two insults.

Quest: Althean's Crush

XP: 1800

Onem Solvkunsson is less artistic than his father would like. In fact he's got a great deal of wanderlust, and would love to piss off his father. He's also a bit shallow - Althean will need to have a Charisma of at least 14 for him to notice her. Once she's grabbed his interest, her natural beauty will suffice.

Nor will either giant approach the other, so a little introduction will be needed. If the characters manage to successfully introduce the two, and help Althean gain Onem's interest, they've completed the quest.

Quest: Belit's Proof

XP: 3900

If the characters can arrange a series of mock combats between Belit and the guards of the other kings, she will be grateful. If they can help her win through at least the frost giants, she'll consider herself proven.

Quest: Butcher the Hellcow

XP: 2900

Hiret can direct the characters to the site of the Hellcow's most recent ravages. Tracking the Hellcow requires a successful DC 17 Survival check. When the characters find the Hellcow, it is on its guard, but eating a raw haunch of hill giant. Once they have defeated the Hellcow, all that remains is taking it back to the moot, purifying its corpse, and serving it to the hill giants.

Quest: Fetching the Regalia

XP: 4000

Reiner Wendellson will task the characters with retrieving the Fire Giant's Regalia from Malaritheos. Malaritheos is an Ancient Red Dragon who is also a priest of Malar (Druid 9/Moon).

Quest: Peaceful Travel

XP: 6000

Any of the storm giants may mention their desire that they and their fellow giants could travel peacefully through the Realms. Convincing the lords of the Alliance to grant this beyond the war itself would be an impressive acheivement. They recognize that this right should only extend to those giants that behave peacefully (i.e. not attacking or raiding). They'd like to keep the right of justice, but will conceed this to get the others.

The characters face 7 DC 25 Persuasion checks to gain this. Beating at least four of these checks by 5 will gain the giant's the right of justice.

Encounters

Encounter: Allying with the Ettins

CR: 13; XP: 8500

• Althean-Belit
• 4 Royal Ettin Guards
• Sohnjar-Agthun (Lady-in-Waiting)

Encounter: Allying with the Hill Giants

CR: 17; XP: 15100

• Grestlin
• 4 Hill Giant Guards
• Hiret
• Taagthon

Encounter: Butcher the Hellcow

CR: 16; XP: 15000

• Hellcow

Encounter: Allying with the Stone Giants

CR: 21; XP: 30900

• Fjellkriggarang
• Firthgest Fjellisson
• Glangotteskat
• Solvkunsteir
• Onem Solvkunsson
• Sorfjelstein
• Steinhjelm
• Steinfenn
• Grimolf Fennsson

Encounter: Allying with the Fire Giants

CR: 28; XP: 105100

• 5 Fire Giant Guards
• Gottlob Drakekiller
• Kay Gottlobson
• Harald Beckenbauer
• Harman Haraldson
• Reiner Wendellson
• Wendell Reinerson
• Wob Salomon
• Alber Kramer
• Anselm Wobson
• Gustaf Gerisson
• Gunther Svartalfdeath
• Hildebrand Gustafson

Encounter: Allying with the Frost Giants

CR: 23; XP: 46100

• Arnorr
• Bernhard
• Eadgar
• Eindrithi
• 5 Frost Giant Champions

Encounter: Allying with the Cloud Giants

CR: 22; XP: 38600

• Aage Lundrborn
• Kaarle Pridborsson
• Pyry Onni
• Vainou Mardh
• Blagothkus

Encounter: Allying with the Storm Giants

CR: 23; XP: 41500

• Daire
• Gunnarr
• Njall

Encounter: Allying with the Priests

CR: 17; XP: 15100

• Groa-Signy, Priestess of Hiatea
• Vidar, Priest of Grolanthor
• Sindri, Priest of Skoraeus Stonebones
• Volundr, Priest of Surtur
• Orvarr, Priest of Thrym
• Yngvi, Priest of Illanis
• Njord, Priest of Stronmaus
• Kathres Fireson, High Priest of Annam

NPCs

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