A woman approached from the south screaming bloody murder about giants, and the party set off into the wilderness with some new allies.
They reached a barbarian trading field which was a slaughter, and tracked some hill giants to their lair: a massive artificial dam they would later know as Grudd Haug. The hill giants were allied with hobgoblin engineers and wyrven riders, along with some orcs. Again the party executed a massive assault that left the leader "Chief Guh" dead. Guh wanted to be the biggest giant of all, so she ate excessively. Fattest of the fat b+&%*es basically.
With mounds of treasure secured on a river boat they traveled north to Yartar, where Urth's saviness secured the treasure and they had a rest. There in the inn they had another confrontation with Clarion's dwarves, and learned a few things about Vonindod from a gnome named "Chipluck".
Finally, they learned Yartar itself was the target of an attack, their Citadel (a haven for holy men and gateway between the sword coast and the savage frontier) was completely destroyed. Reports indicated the fire giants took a large piece of something from the foundation.
Securing passage to Everlund, the party set off into the Evermoors (a swamp). Along the way they found a cave with some fire giants enslaving some trolls, in an effort to unearth a giant hand/wrist of the Vonindod perhaps. Among the treasure was a second Rod of the Vonindod in a dwarven chest...
Their next stop was Mornbryn's Shield, where they found Zhentarim had taken over the town ostensibly offering protection against giants. The party didn't stand for it and attacked, but during the battle the legendary Harshnag the frost giant (known in taverns throughout Faerun as a giant slayer) stepped in to assist.
It turned out he was actually looking for them. Having heard of their success at Triboar and the slaying of the Giant Lord Guh at Grudd Haug, he offered the take them to a secret giant temple far to the north, the Eye of the All-Father. There, they could speak with an oracle and perhaps finally discover what the f*+# was going on. Level 7.