Okay my party made it past the stairs, and just finished with the fight against Giants and Dire Bear hunting party at night mind you. A single giant played dead and got away while the party camped and the Dwarven Wizard/Ranger tracked the giant to Jorgenfist, where he got first glimpse of the fortress just as dawn broke.
So first off Jorgenfist will know the PCs are coming.
The PCs have two ways of flying the Druid can wildshape and has a Roc, the Wiz/Ranger has a hippogrif. That leaves the heavy armor half orc fighter, and the barbarian terrestial, along with the Bard, but she has Dimension Door.
Now the question.
Geographically speaking and looking at a map of Varisia, they should of approached just due south and that would put them on the otherside of the river canyon. (Looking at map on pg 200 of the anniversay edition) The map shows the Storval Plateau they came up on as to the west though. (Instead of book directions they went to Magnimar, booked a charter on the Yondabakari River, killed a bunch of bunyips on the way and then visited flooded Turtleback Ferry with it's new shore front property, before heading north.)
So...where the heck are they actually at?
Cause the way I see it, they are looking at a canyon, two caves, and massive fortress. The other way is past the watchtower, and really thier only point of ingress that they'd see is maybe the front door. They haven't interogated a giant yet, cause they keep killing them outright, and so thier knowledge is what they see.
And my other question is what hints if any should I drop about Longtooth's cave, the Wyvern's cave, and the spider tunnel that leads in?
I thought about maybe changing Conna in someway to make her able to 'reach out' to the party to inform them, but I feel that is leashing them too much.