Mizuna is sat at the table in the wagon going over the Kings open summons one more time. After several days of travel, the party crest a ridge to find a modest castle perched above a winding settlement atop a cliff. The roads leading up are narrow and on foot only, forcing the group to leave their wagon at the gates. The town below is crowded with refugees — people who have fled with nothing but the clothes on their backs as stone giants sweep down from the Restless Mountains.

The party leave their horses with a halfling before making the climb, then passed through the bustling, desperate settlement and entered the castle grounds. Xonas is gifted a small stone trinket by a child.

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Inside, the party find themselves among several other adventuring groups, each waiting their turn to be summoned before the king. To pass the time, they play knucklebones — and have the chance to mingle with other parties, they do not take it (although I did not push them to). After the other parties get called forward it was finally our adventurers turn, they meet with the king and get offered a reasonable reward in exchange for their help but it will need to wait till it can be transported from the main royal treasury. During their conversation the party learn there were 500 stone giants of varying sizes, so far 16 have been felled with great effort from adventurers and the kings army. 

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After their meeting with the king the party go to meet a mage named Eliot the Illuminator in order to properly sign their contract and get their first job. They are tasked with going to evacuate a small town called Midgrove and Norman seems excited by the prospect and ringing a beautiful gong in the mage's office. Once all is settled the party head back to their wagon and start their journey, with Mizuna taking the reins as they are not aware of the drink driving laws in this country.

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