The Jarl is Betrayed

As the feast died down some of the party left with Sadine to commune with the spirit of one of the frost giants felled in the battle, hoping to learn about the origin of the attack. Humber and Sora stayed behind at the keep, getting deeper into their cups until the Jarl retired for the night. The party was ambushed by a force led Sigbrand Eilifsson, Herstien's henchman, convinced that the party has unduly influenced the Jarl to bend the knee for some insidious purpose. The party fought off the attackers and then split up, with  half continuing on with Sadine, while the others rushed back to the keep to check on the Jarl. Predictably, the party arrived at the Jarl's chambers to find his room tossed, Dalla near-dead, and a large white hand painted on the wall. After interrogating the captives and following the tracks of the abductors the party determined that the White Hand had carried the Jarl off towards Hasbergen. Meanwhile, the rest of the party gathered around the corpse of a fallen frost giant that they had stashed in a burnt out house the previous day. With dark necromancy Sadine contacted the giant's spirit, who recounted to the party how an entity known as the Ice Queen had put them up to the attack. When pressed about her whereabouts he said only that she can be found where the wind blows coldest. The next morning Sora communed with the spirits of the mountain asking where to find the Ice Queen, which pointed the heroes north.