Well, I am an officer of the realm, which there won’t be much left of if the giants have their way. And you’re right about the dangers, and adventurers are a flighty bunch, so someone has to make sure the ones we hired stay on task.
Plus, giants don’t go on the warpath like this without reason, and there is someone I know well who, if she’s actually alive, has connections to great power and good reason to hold a grudge. If she’s somehow behind this it’d be good to talk with her, and maybe find means other than violence to settle matters.