We got off to a slow start.  With two players missing, we had to wait for the late arrivers in order to reach critical mass.  Just as we moved across the bridge over the 500-foot canyon again, we were attacked by two Rocs.  Loki went first, firing 3-4 shots into one and then taking cover next to one of the towers.  (He was down to less than half as he had run out of HD.)  Kaladin went next.  (Still fatigued from the fight with the ghosts.)  He flew up to one and with a Flurry of Blows managed to hit and stun one.  It plummeted down and took 20d6 of falling damage.  He hit the second one but did not stun it.  Once again, the meleers were sort of left out.  Even Kharn’s strong bow was late in arriving.  The second Roc attacked Kaladin, hitting, and grappling him.  It started flying down towards its mate and was quickly out of range of our ranged characters.  Esmerelda used a Dimension Door to place herself on its back.  When Kaladin went again, he managed to stun it. (Dan: The mechanics of this was wierd.  I stunned the Roc and it instantly fell 500ft.  Since this happened instantly it interupted my action and I wasn't able to finish my action or try to escape... since an incapacitated foe can't grapple) And the 3 of them took 20d6 of falling damage.  However, the Monk took 5*level less damage.  And now both Rocs were 500 feet below the bridge.

Loki cast Summon Animals and brought forth two Giant Eagles.  He bid one to carry him down and one to catch him if the first should fall.  Although Shimota pointed out that in order to keep up, the second wouldn’t have an action to do so.  Kaladin got free of the Roc but was quickly knocked out.  Esmeralda was grabbed and it flew towards the bridge at river level.  That was finally in Loki’s range so he got a couple shots and then 4 more when his turn came up.  Kharn decided it was time for action.  He tossed his strong bow (and arrows) to Ezra and then jumped off the bridge (raging first), and landing on the Roc.  They all landed in a heap in the river, taking out the NPC.  He managed to fish her out and get her one of few remaining good berries.  Meanwhile, the other Roc attacked the Eagle carrying Loki.  It hit and grabbed and killed it.  However, since it was conjured, it simply disappeared, leaving Loki in midair.  The second Eagle managed to grab him, barely.

Kharn saved Kaladin from drowning and got him to 1 hit point as well.  He then flew at it and was critted with a beak and out again.  Esmeralda was also knocked out.  (I may be getting the order of these events wrong.)  Loki cast Rope Trick and climbed into the pocket so that the Eagle could go grab the NPC.  (He was still 100 feet up.)  But the AOO stopped that plan.  Next Baron Q decided to jump into the river to try to save her.  The problem was that she was like 30 from the bridge so the Baron needed to traverse that distance as he fell.  To do so afterwards would not leave him with an action to save her.  He wanted to use his Billowing Cloak to parasail the distance but Brian set the DC at 25.  Since the Baron was not proficient in Athletics or Acrobatics, he could not get to that number.  Some time was spent arguing and discussing options and eventually Brian agreed to move it to DC 20 because we wanted to see it tried.  He failed the roll however Ezra spent an inspiration in encouragement.  On that roll, he got a nat 20.  A beautiful swan dive (and 20d6 of damage) later, he managed to save her.

With only one Roc left, it started to fly away with the last Giant Eagle in its talons.  However, a couple of Fireballs killed it but not the Roc.  At a 120 fly speed it was getting away fast.  Esmerelda cast another Dimension Door with Kharn in tow and he took it out.  Once again, it got dicey saving the NPC from the fall but we managed.  We limped into a long rest in the same tower we stopped at on the way up.  There were some discussions about who needed full rests to recover from exhaustion and how we can get rests and have watches.  On Loki’s watch, an undead spirit manifested in the tower.  He blasted it 4 times and took it out.  People were mad for being awoken over an alleged ghost.  Once rested, we were ready to head out. 

But Kharn could not let go of the notion of a Roc nest full of treasure.  We spent 20 minutes arguing about it and eventually decided to send the fliers in search so that we could move on.  DG figured we’d miss the tracking roll anyway however with assistance from Kharn, he rolled a nat 20.  It turns out, the nest was over the Amber Temple.  We went back up the hill to check it out.  It had nothing but 2 starving Roc chicks.  Time well spent.  By the time we got back to the wagons, the day was about over.  So, we took another long rest.  And then we fast forwarded to Kresk.  Irena put herself and the sword hilt in the healing waters, fortified by the green gem Loki put in the well, and not only did the sword repair but she got her 10 years of aging back.  It is a finesse long or short sword that does +2/+2 plus an extra 1d8 of radiant damage.  And some other things once attuned.  Hopefully it’s good at slaying vampires.  We gave it to Ambrus.  Next is back to the Old Mill cave to face our greatest fear.  And maybe a side trip to Valaki along the way to get Ezra his very own strong bow.