For days, your band has tirelessly tracked through the winding trails of the steamy jungle. For the past day, your goal has been in sight: the majestic Dragon’s Maw Falls, looming hundreds of feet in the air. But travel has been brutal, and straying off the path incurs the wrath of brambles and thickets that not only slow progress, but can be quite painful. A pall has fallen over the jungle here, and even the resident fauna leers at your band with unhidden contempt.
But alas, you find your band trekking alongside a steep rocky cliff on a trail a mere few feet wide. Slick with condensation from the nearby falls, the rocky way twists and turns, climbing and descending, as you toil to the base of the falls. The thunderous cacophony of millions of gallons of tumbling water renders communication impossible. Finally, your journey nears the end, as you press forward behind the massive curtain of water to a natural cave beyond.
With the curtain of water to your back, the slick rocky trail leads to a massive cavern. About 100 feet wide, the cavern stretches into darkness. A faint light can be discerned at the opposite corner of the chamber, likely hundreds of feet away. More flickering illumination emits from above the chamber in the northeast corner of the cave. The ceiling disappears into the darkness as well, likely scores of feet high, judging by the sound of several pillars of water cascading from the riverbed above.
The chamber is covered with turbid water, lapping onto the rock path. The path runs parallel to the waterfall for 40 feet or more, before twisting back to the south. The path becomes a ledge along the south wall and then it turns directly north, arching above the water while angling toward the lit corner of the cavern.
But alas, you find your band trekking alongside a steep rocky cliff on a trail a mere few feet wide. Slick with condensation from the nearby falls, the rocky way twists and turns, climbing and descending, as you toil to the base of the falls. The thunderous cacophony of millions of gallons of tumbling water renders communication impossible. Finally, your journey nears the end, as you press forward behind the massive curtain of water to a natural cave beyond.
With the curtain of water to your back, the slick rocky trail leads to a massive cavern. About 100 feet wide, the cavern stretches into darkness. A faint light can be discerned at the opposite corner of the chamber, likely hundreds of feet away. More flickering illumination emits from above the chamber in the northeast corner of the cave. The ceiling disappears into the darkness as well, likely scores of feet high, judging by the sound of several pillars of water cascading from the riverbed above.
The chamber is covered with turbid water, lapping onto the rock path. The path runs parallel to the waterfall for 40 feet or more, before twisting back to the south. The path becomes a ledge along the south wall and then it turns directly north, arching above the water while angling toward the lit corner of the cavern.