After Osku leads them to Onwal the Deer God, Scallapronon and Adwona spend money for scrolls and mojo bags to boost their spell knowledge. Despite giving off a creepy and evil vibration, Onwal seemed willing to provide whatever magic items and equipment the party was willing spend money for. Supplies and magic obtained, the party resumes its trip to Fort Karak, which Amadou's scrying indicates where the rogue druid, Forest of Spirits is located. 22 days pass as Osku and Skov lead them through unknown, snowy forests, mountains and valleys. It's now the dead of winter and the temperatures have plunged to the very edge of the spell Endure Elements. On 8th of Snow 6144, the party encounters a grizzly mastodon, a rare mutant mammoth of freakish size (Over 25 feet at the shoulder!) They fight and, although Tork takes the brunt of the damage, the party defeats it. But Osku, Chief Amak's trusted right hand, disobeyed Tork's orders. Tork also knew that Mystery, the Unicorn, had read Osku's aura and found him to be evil. These were reasons enough for Frohndian to challenge Osku to a duel. Tork slew Osku and forbade Skov and the others in the party from burying him let alone giving him a hero's pyre. He called Osku a coward and unworthy of being in the halls of heroes for he defied the ways of the gods. Fort Karak is only two days away. Despite the hellish weather, Skov claims the way is clear.