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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 3446633" data-attributes="member: 11146">With Phud out front, the companions intrepidly trek forward a bit into the dark.  Phud rounds the first corner he comes to and, heading south, soon finds himself inside the largest cave he's seen yet in this network of underground caverns.  The ceiling in the cave reaches 60 feet at it's easternmost end but narrows to 20 feet in height at the western end where Phud and company currently stand.  The floor is grossly uneven and littered with loose rock, making movement slow.  The quality of the rock and stone in the cavern is such that both the floor and ceiling are free of stalagmites and stalactites.  The walls and ceiling of the cavern are, like the spiral stair, shot through with thick veins of lustrous silver ore.    A dank patch of murky, silty water with a thin grey mist floating a few feet above the surface rests at the far end of the cavern.  Beyond the pool stands an immense structure of rough, wet stone chiseled in the shape of a fishlike creature.  Its eye sockets are empty, revealing darkness beyond.  The slick surface of the open-mawed fish is dotted with patches of faintly phosphorescent moss, giving the entire structure a faint blue glow.  A steep but wide stone stairway emerges from the murky pool and leads to the gaping mouth of the fish, where a set of wooden and iron-braced double doors rests, closed.In the dim light of the large cavern, Rhys looks around, and not seeing any of the shrieking moss, re-lights his lantern.  The sound of Rhy's flint scritching against the steel echoes in the chamber.  A long canoe emerges from the mist and slowly drifts toward Phud.  Crouched at the boat's stern is a silvery, froglike creature the size of a human holding a paddle in one hand and a shortspear in the other.  10 feet from the water's edge, the canoe stops and the creature looks in the party's direction.  The ferryman silently watches the companions enter, waiting.[sblock=Rowan]The ferryman is a kuo-toan.  Rowan knows everything there ever is to know about kuo-toa warriors, kuo-toan cleric whips, their fish god, and their culture.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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