Chapter 2.1b: Search Party (Hochoch)

The futility of words dawned on Arya with brutal clarity. Violence was the only language Karsh understood. A high elegant grunt of frustration escaped her lips as she abandoned diplomacy and plunged into the fray. Her warhammer, a brutal instrument in her hands, slammed into the giant's shoulder. The impact a sickening crunch of shattered bones and torn muscles.

Damage: 8

round two, completed

Arya grunts in frustration, runs up, and pounds Karsh with her warhammer.
Karsh takes 11 bludgeoning damage! His lascivious smile drops into a snarl.
Still crouched in the bushes at a safe distance, ::Well, that seemed to work well enough,:: Jonel muses to himself as he pulls on the reservoir of power boiling in his blood. The resulting Ray of Frost beams from his outstretched hand, hitting Karsh again.
Karsh takes 7 cold damage; ice forms on his lips and eyelashes.
Manthis steps up alongside Rosemary and hacks at Karsh with his greatsword. The blade bites deep.
Karsh takes 12 damage; he falls dead, collapsing with a heavy thud and crunch of a shrub underneath.

The heroes look at each other with the adrenalin pumping in their blood still; there is a shared moment of visceral, primal triumph. Any reflection on the fragility of life and the danger of the adventuring profession would come later. For now, they are all together and alive.

Each of the four PCs gain 50 XP: Arya, Jonel, Manthis, and Rosemary.

Examining the person of the dead ogrillon Karsh, the party finds that he is wearing a locket on a gold chain and crudely-stiched hides (including footwraps) and little else, and he had a large single-bladed battleaxe and the single javelin he'd thrown at Rosemary. The locket was probably worn around the neck of one of his previous victims sometime in the past, but Karsh was so large that it would never have fit around his neck; he wore it as a bracelet.

The pendant hanging from the gold chain does indeed have a little hinge and clasp, revealing its interior when you open it. It contains a lock of blonde hair.
The battleaxe is a little large, but can be wielded normally. The javelin is a normal short throwing spear. Who is taking which of these items?

You were already packed up camp from the previous night. Building a fire big enough to burn Karsh and then burning his body to do more than cook it will take a few hours.

What do you want to do next?