S3 E20

The group keep walking through the snow, in the direction of Gearberg

They come across spiked shapes / shadows in the distance

Birgitta knows it to be a graveyard for some creatures of the North, a place where they come to die

The shapes are giant, conical shells, sticking out of the ground

A snoring sound comes from one of them

Brink goes to investigate

It is Chui, sleeping in the shell

As they are discussing whether or not they should all hunker down here and sleep in the shells, a giant crab erupts from the snow

 

They are clearly undead, rotting crab corpses

As the first is taken out, three smaller ones emerge

They defeat them all, and hack meat off them to keep

Birgitta knows which bits are good and how to purify any that isn’t

They pack it onto the sleds and carry on

 

Their guide is met with two choices, lead them away from their path to some shelter, or lead them to the peaks where there will be a cave

They head to the cave, Brink lights a fire

They take it in turns to keep watch, Prince and Brink take first

The cave doesn’t feel right at all

Henri and Birgitta take second watch

Chui is asleep immediately

During Henri and Birgitta’s watch, Henri notices someone out in the snow in the night

A humanoid figure, pacing as if looking for something they have lost

Birgitta keeps watch at the back of the cave, there is definitely something not right about this place, the air smells stale

Henri asks if she should wake everyone

Birgitta warns that they should ignore the figure in the snow, don’t trust anyone out here

Henri wakes Brink, and Prince (even though he’s awake already)

They go to investigate the figure out in the snow

The figure is the man with the stove top hat, which he just found again in the snow

His clothes are ragged, his jaw is hanging off, his skin pale

He looks undead

Brink, you are dead

He introduces himself as Xander Hollows, a very polite fellow

On a few occasions he drops his accent and speaks as if with another voice

He says he’s looking for his friends

He says he’s going South

Brink says they are headed West

 

When they leave him, they see him head West instead of South

 

Birgitta is unhappy when everyone returns

The stale smell is worst

At the back of the cave they hear dragging and stomps as some things come up to greet them