Into the Woods

[mips42]

As you approach the manor you can see that the walls are covered in brown and green moss, giving them a diseases look. The area is eerily silent , yet you get the distinct feeling that some one, or some thing, is watching you. As you approach, a dozen or so shadows detach from the treeline and float towards you.
They appear as dark-grey holes in the mists with coal-black spots where eyes and mouth would be. The move to within about 10 feet or so and stay, hovering there, silently watching.

 

[jmucchiello]

"We are just passing through," Terry says. "We are looking for a boy who foolishly came into these woods. Once we find him, we will leave. Do you know which way he went?"

 

[JustinCase]

Bimpnott looks at the shadows but does not seem to be bothered too much by them. He waits to see if they respond to Terry's question, in the meantime looking around to see if there are more suspicious spots of darkness that could be shadow creatures.

 

[mips42]

As you look around, you now realize that the shapes you saw moving in the mists were Shadows like these and that there are likely dozens, if not more.

We are looking for a boy who foolishly came into these woods. Once we find him, we will leave. Do you know which way he went?

The Shadows hover in the now cold air, their dark forms undulating and wavering in non-existant wind. Slowly, one of the Shadows moves off to one side of he manor and hovers near a small, lichenous mound.[/quote]

 

[Kobold Stew]

Albrecht makes his way over towards the mound, warily.

"There's so many of them," he observes as he moves between two shadow forms.

 

[JustinCase]

"Watchers," Bimpnott guesses, somehow feeling that the shadows function in a rather similar way to a city watch.

The firbolg cautiously follows his friend Albrecht to the mound, not wanting to leave the dwarf alone among those frightening creatures.

"Can we go inside quickly?" he whispers as he looks at the shadows and, more importantly, between the shadows at the rest of the surroundings.

 

[Kobold Stew]

"Mmm," Albrecht agrees, heading for the door if he can.

"Won't necessarily be better inside."

 

[mips42]

Albrecht makes his way over towards the mound, warily.

"There's so many of them," he observes as he moves between two shadow forms.

Albrecht moves warily between multiple Shadows keeping a eye on them, towards the mound. It is roughly 6 feet across, 3 feet deep and about the same high, covered in lichen and moss. As you move closer, you begin to see that it is not a pile of earth as previously thought, but something else.
The front door is banded with three heavy metal that, given the state of the rest of the house, are in surprisingly good shape.

 

[Kobold Stew]

Albrecht goes back to the door. "Maybe it'll be the storm cellar after all."

He goes back to the mound, and eyes the shadows. Is this a grave, which he will not want to disturb? Any signs of offerings or memorials will make him stop. Otherwise, he'll poke at it with his axe, gently pulling away the lichen and moss first, and then examining Whatever Lies Beneath.

 

[mips42]

OOC: go ahead with a investigation check