Dollhouse

Kyezra the snowcaster scouted out the clearing around the dollhouse first, encountering a creepy little girl that told her about how she didn't want the doll and didn't mean to call her names, but kept vanishing into the boulder field. Kyezra scouted out the front half of the clearing before returning to the group.

The rest of the group moved up and decided to skirt the boulder field as much as possible.  They were warned off by the creepy girl, then struck with visions of terror as the faces of the dead pushed up through the ice boulders to scream at them, but the members of the group are made of sterner stuff and no one turned tail. Knowing they had alerted anyone nearby, they struck through the boulder field, coming into sight of the now-empty hut on the hill.

Being reasonable and friendly fellows, they set it on fire.

As it was fairly late and no threats showed, they camped out around the burning remains of the hut. The night was uneventful except for a sudden cold spot near dawn, but the spell caused no great discomfort. At dawn, the group prepared for the day and moved on.

At the exit of the clearing, they came across words written in the snow. Doyle declared them safe despite the dire warning they declared and Ash moved over them, getting blasted with cold from the warding runes.

As they moved deeper into the valley, the wind picked up and the group was ambushed by the wounded white weasel they had seen the tracks of earlier. Though the weasel did manage to clamp on to Zacarias, the rest of the group ended its threat before it could do any great harm.

As the group struggled to make progress against the worsening storm, Ash, now in lead of the roped-together group, spotted Hammelstaub guiding Squald to attack the group. Hammelstaub took shelter high above the group where he could make good use of his snow sight while Squald charged in. Ash destroyed Squald with a single swing. Hammelstaub harried the group, making several strikes from beyond the limits of their sight before trying to sneak in to closer range. Though he did manage a pretty good strike against Kyezra, he was forced to retreat as the group circled back on him. Hammelstaub once again hit the group from range, then again tried to sneak in; this time, he was intercepted and killed.

The group set off once again, arriving at a small camp of igloos deep in the forest and hearing the roar of a troll...