The End of the Beginning

When Hans drove us back to the Wolfs Mantle Tavern, we finally got to finish our meal and indulge in some beer. Finally.

Ty and I talked briefly about our options. He was clearly excited about his new abilities, strengths, and weaponry. We both seem to have somehow grown a couple of inches, and look more ...heroic... than when we went into the forest. I suppose that's a side effect of finding out about our divine heritage. (Even thinking that thought is ridiculous.)

Still, he's eager to put his new skills to the test. It seems to be the logical thing to do. So we decided that the best thing to do would be to head back to Las Vegas. According to Hans, there were plenty of titanspawn running around the city when we left. So finding a fight shouldn't be too difficult. For myself, I don't feel the need to start throwing punches and hitting people with sticks. But, of course, I don't want to dampen Ty's enthusiasm.

The intelligent thing to do before battle, however, is to find out as much about the enemy as possible. So I asked Hans about the titanspawn that we're likely to be fighting. He's not really very good at reporting information. But, after an interview that felt like pulling teeth, I've got a basic list of the types of creatures that we're likely to be facing. It seems that the most common titanspawn are Fenrir, Fire Giants, Frost Giants, and Basic Giants. I tried to get a list of strengths and weaknesses of each, but Hans wasn't a great deal of help. It seems that we will have to determine much of the intelligence ourselves. It's not the way that I prefer to go into a mission, but it will have to do.

I intend to put together a full intelligence portfolio of the titanspawn that we face, of course. Working on the assumption (as yet unproved) that all of this is true, it's important to catalogue as many of the facts as possible.

And so we ate and drank, enjoying Hans hospitality at last, while we plotted our return to Las Vegas - this time with an entirely different type of fun in mind.