The party cautiously moved deeper into the cave, illuminated by Alexcia's glow rods and a troch carried by Draethan. During the character's exchange, he remained silent; as he had since the party began venturing into the cave. It seems obvious that he doesnt like the idea of going into the small space of the tunnel. Abrubtly, the parties forward motion was stopped as the tunnel stopped and turned into a sharp downward drop.
The adventurers quickly solved this problem with some rope, easily traversing the twenty foot drop. Directly in front of them, the cave opened up into a huge natural cavern. The darkness semed to eat the light from the torches, and the only noise that can be heard is the echo of a drip of water throughout the cavern. The party, now fully on their guard, walked forward. The smell of bodies got stronger as they moved into the center, and suddenly a sound peirced the silence. It was a dry skitter, like something crawling; Like a spider.
The sound echoed through the cave making it seem as though the entire cave was covered with spiders. Suddenly, Silverdrake noticed something jump at the edge of the torchlight; he didnt know what it was, but he shouted a warning to the rest of the party. "'Ware to the left!" Throughout the cave his words echoed, and the party halted to examine the darkness. They looked away from the light and studied the darkness for something; anything. Then Weel saw it; the beginning of the spiders' nesting grounds. He drew the parties attention to an egg on the edge of the light. As they moved closer to it, the light revealed a veritable field of spiders eggs; pale, fist-sized clusters. They seemed to be evenly spaced, and some would occasionally jump or bulge with the movements of the creatures inside. The smell of death got stronger when they approached the center of the cavern.
