The fates of Bariq and Sir Parrik (and Floki's body) are resolved, after which Thronor leads Jhank, Umgurn, and Artvirous first to the Order of the Burning Forge's monastery, where they hope to collect their armor from the dwarves.  The dwarves refuse to let them in and send them away empty-handed, much to Arty's annoyance. Then, after wishing they had a bridge to cross the Thorn River near the farmstead, the party journeys up near the Stone Circle to retrieve the Uthgardt tribesmen before continuing on to the Ammarindar outpost in the eastern Southwood, where they previously fought a black pudding and a wight with the help of some ex-bandits.  The bandits have now become undead and there is a troubling sphere of magical darkness with the former bandit leader hiding in it, as well as another black pudding that drops both Thronor and Jhank, damaging their armors in the process. However, a treasure room is discovered and some clues to the location of the Halls of the Hammer are revealed, so the party grabs as much coinage as they can carry and returns to the farmstead, with plans to spend most of it on improvements to their two bases.  Bonus: at the end, there's a section where the spirit of Floki encounters the spiritless fire giant body of Jontoff the Bearer!