Hexcrawl 18 - Fire Giant Ruins and the Trouble with One-Way Portals

Jhank leads Fjori, Floki, Bariq, and Sir Parrik back to the Fire Giant Sorcerer's tower where Karg the Manticore lives. Along the way, some cave bears are fought and the tactics of tree climbing are discussed.  At the ruins, a strange set of mirrors and some food and drink are discovered. Bariq embraces his chaotic side and manages to send himself body and soul through a one-way portal to a purple desert place. The blink dog Glint and Sir Parrik both follow in an attempt to rescue him, but become trapped on the other side as well.  Floki's body (but not his soul) also gets sent through the portal and is not able to return. Discovering a second such magical portal, they attempt to send themselves back to the fire giant's ruins but instead end up at the Zigurrat of the Abyss in the Ixzan realm of Malydren in the Underdark; their fates remain unresolved.  Back in the fire giant ruins, Fjori and Jhank discover a hoard of treasure which they load up and depart with; Floki's soul remains at the ruins in hopes of reuniting with his body or discovering some new body to possess.