The balance has been upset. A local group of druids of balance have found that there is a growing shift towards chaos and evil in the region outside Dameran Mountain. The forests and wilderness which they call home is gradually shifting towards a feral and vicious nature. The plants and animals have changed both actions and now appearance, becoming dangerous to the sentient races that dwell within. Because the druids fear any outside intervention from the nearby duchy of Koratia, they have attempted to control the wild beasts and other strange new creatures within their domains. At first, they tried to seek out the source of evil, but they have found that they proved both too weak and spread too thin to control the wilds and dig out the vile rotting of the land. "It is in the mountains, that much I know. I was turned back by the magic blasphemy of the creatures in the mountains, and I fear for the sake of the land. We must maintain the balance, and call upon outsiders to aid our plight."
In an effort to conceal the secrets of their circle, they have searched far and wide for powerful individuals both local enough to be contacted, but who would also be ameniable to the Druids belief in minimal outside interference. This is why they turn to you, call upon your abilities. They wish for someone strong and of good will to seek out the evil hidden inside of the mountains inside their domain. While the druids continue to hold the dangerous wild beasts back from escaping the holy domain of the druids circle, they wait for message to return of your success. They hope and wait, and meanwhile you adventure into the mountains the Druids will be fighting to control the new beasts and monsters throughout the wilds.
Your search has brought you to a cavern with rough granite walls near the peaks of one of the talest mountains in the range. A dark liquid flows down the walls in rivulets. At the far end of the cavern are smooth, ebony double doors standing ten feet high. Flanking the doors are identical, eight-foot tall statues of a woman cradling a baby in her arms.
