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Olaf & Taran on the Isle of Dread

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  All views in this blog are my own and represent the views of no other person, organization, or institution. Taran Goblinkiller disembarks to aid native warriors fighting  some sort of carniverous beast on the Isle of Dread, as the  elven warrior Folcswith furls the sail on their ship's boat.  After the defeat of the armies of the Giants, Ranger Lord Olaf hosted the adventurers who contributed so much to the victory at a feast in the great hall of Borderlands Keep. As the feast wound down, with everyone deep in their cups, discussion begins of all that had been found in the Halls of the Fire Giant King. Olaf, once know to the adventurers as the simple ranger Gyr, speaks of his fights with the giants decades ago. Then, when mention is made of the letters and the villains' obsession with an "Isle of Dread" , Olaf tells the band of his adventures on the island when he was beginning his career: "It was 572 CY. I was a young ranger then, hunting the forests on the e...