On to More "Cool" Discoveries

With the first arc of ToS over, it's finally time for a change of scenery and to meet new people.

As previously suggested, the broken bridge before the bull temple is now repaired, cross it (press the "!") on the map). The side-quests not completed until this point can be completed later, BUT, after recruiting Bread, his appearance will change according to what you suggest (either to work out or not); there's also a spot tied to Màng close to your destination, nothing too important yet, but i'm sure most want to know more about him ;p.

Before You Leave

I do highly recommend buying Chet's potion bag and maybe the moss bracelet (one of his item quests, the gargoyles needed are in the cave dungeon) before leaving, because you won't be able to come back for a while.

Arrival in the Mountain Village

As you wander lost and risk freezing to death, your choices don't really matter, you'll be saved by Einar, who is more than happy to keep you safe, give you a tour around his village and introduce Rasmus and Kith (and, in a way, his brother Kin), before leaving you free to wander around.

Equipment and Supplies

Einar also lends you some winter clothes, more protective (+10 DEF) than your loincloth and preventing you from getting harmed by the cold in battle, with the drawback of just -1 AGI, definitely an upgrade, even if one could still wear the loincloth if he prefers that; there is no shop here either, so you'll rely on his soup flask, refillable at the cauldron in his room, it can be used 4 times, and each sip heals 80 HP and 40 MP, a very powerful healing item, and he'll make sure his cauldron never runs out of it, so don't be shy about healing and taking more later!

Take your time to see the village and maybe fight a yeti or two outside, there's nothing to do until the evening.

Important Notes

Note: If the bulls lost the war, additional dialogue with Einar will have him mention the stuff sold in their village will be here instead (like flour needed to cook the food to recruit Bread, the thread for Witer's shirt, bull fur for one of Chet's fetch quests), after "Rasmus's trial", in Jørgen's shop (in the bar).

Note: 0.34 added the bone blowpipe as a rare equipment the rogue lizards can drop (2%, or 3% on normal difficulty), so you could farm a few lizards just in case to get one, but the main enemies coming up resist poison (the skill costs 20 MP and can be used every 2 turns for a high chance to poison, and it does 6%, which is almost 1/16, as base damage for 2 turns, but poison resistance and weakness influence both chance and damage), it might be decent for a secret boss you can take on later anyway.