1/4/23. One afternoon at Harko's Tavern, some two weeks since their previous adventure, Jir-El Severos & Coran look up from their drinks as a a large and heavily muscled dark skinned warrior in heavy mail enters the tavern, a huge tulwar on his back. He is followed by two of the elite Palace Guard, who eye the regulars with suspicion. The big warrior approaches their table and nods curtly. "I am Kozan. The Princess Alana bids you attend her in the Palace Gardens." He regards them with some scepticism. "She says she has a task for you." Kozan Jir-El looks at the large warrior, smirks, and takes a long pull from her tankard. Kozan regards Jir-El disapprovingly. He turns to Severos. "You are to come at once." Severos: "Certainly, lead the way." Kozan escorts Jir-El Severos & Coran to the Satrap's Palace, where weapons & shield are taken at the entrance, and through to the luxurious and well watered palace gardens. They see the princess talking with a blonde slave girl of similar age. Luna Princess Alana smiles warmly in greeting. "Please be welcome! I'm so glad you could come." "This is Luna, my Scribe. She has uncovered something within the personal notes of my parents... perhaps, their last resting place. My uncle the Satrap refuses to grant me permission to seek them, but he does not forbid me to send others. Would you be interested in such a task? I can pay well, as you know." Luna the slave scribe bows her head in humble greeting to the three adventurers. "I would be interested, but only after you tell us where we are going," Jir-El says bluntly. Alana nods. "Of course." She pauses. "My parents were adventurers - my father a noble of Khazistan, my mother a warrior from the frozen north. Quite similar to yourself." She gives Jir-El a smile. "They disappeared on a quest to find a lost tomb of the Giant-Kings, said to lie in a hidden valley high in the Zorab Mountains. Men searched for them, but could find no sign of their expedition, nor of the lost valley." "I was very young at the time. But I kept my mother's notes. And I always dreamed of finding them - of bringing them home." Tears glisten in her eyes. "Now, Luna has spent long nights researching the records, and she believes she has found the clues there that can lead us - you - to the valley and its tomb. I want you to find my parents' remains, and bring them home. I cannot go with you, but Luna has bravely volunteered. Kozan will accompany you, to guard and protect her."