Gaspode suggested that they head along the ledge and investigate the other openings. He advised that the first entrance led to a chamber where fire giantesses were cooking along with their ogre servants. He also mentioned that he had seen a cage containing some human captives. The party barged in to the room surprising the three giants and the four ogres and quickly overpowering them. Once these creatures were dispatched, Gaspode freed the humans and tried to get some sense out of them. Realising that this was useless after some halting syllables, Jito cast an invisibility ten foot radius spell on the captives, so that they could stay where they were, safely and await the Mothers return.
Moving on to the next cavern in the ice, the group uncovered a cache of arms and armour for the giants. Seeing nothing that they could put to good use here, they moved on further along the ledge. The fourth opening led to a passage which split in two almost immediately. Gaspode stated that both directions would lead to groups of frost giants, so Fonesca cast a wall of ice on the southerly passageway, so that they could proceed along the other one without being attacked unawares from behind. The first cavern they came to contained four frost giants who were at rest. As they leapt up to attack, the Mothers and their allies arranged their line carefully so that only those who could withstand the mighty blows from the giantsÂ’ swords were in the front line. Even with this preparation, Tettet had to withdraw for healing for his wounds as the first four giants fell but were replaced by another four from a neighbouring cavern. Kurtalla, Gamm, Guthranka, Gaspode and Levi met these as Fonesca, Jito and the others lobbed spells and missiles at their opponents. A further ten giants were to join the fray, bellowing at the affront to their prowess and the Mothers slowly whittled down their numbers. Finally, eighteen giants lay dead on the icy floor as the party tended to their wounds and wondered if this would be their worst confrontation in the rift.