Re: [Open areas south of the cove]
[ rumblerumblerumbleRUMBLERUMBLE--- and good god that bridge couldn't possibly take that much weight pounding onto it-- ]
[ ---WHAM. you can feel that from all the way over there--- ice shards fly in all directions, shreds of paper fluttering to the ground-- ]
[ --and the planks of the bridge give way under the colossal icebeast, just as its massive forelegs reaches the other side. Hind legs fall, pulled by inexorable gravity, splashing into the water-- precious moments pass as it attempts to scrabble up the shoreline. ]