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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 9572317" data-attributes="member: 6696971">THE RIVER CROSSINGDespite Neverwinter River's extraordinary warmth due to the high magma chamber below, getting soaked at this altitude in the fall is asking for exposure and hypothermia.  The river spans some twenty meters across at the shortest with a stretch of relatively quick moving waters with whitecaps and rocks.  Its apex girth here is double that span.  There, something large lurking beneath the waters and capturing surface-breaking fish with appendages can be seen...so surely the water is quite deep.The Sequoias that Thundertree is known for dot the area on both sides of the river.  Interspersed in this mixed-conifer forest are stray cedar, pine, and fir trees though stands are extremely sparse on this side of the river.* How do you cross?[HR][/HR]ACROSS THE RIVER LIES RUINED THUNDERTREE...* The density of the wood increases, blotting out much of the morning sun.* Thick, grey miasma covers the place like a fog.  It slides across the ground like a vile soup, intermittently giving your vision purchase from the morass.  What you see in those brief moments...* A foot deep layer of detritus covering everything.* Buildings incinerated from pyroclasm and cinder or collapsed from weight of ash and stone.* Two remaining structures...one large near the center of the old village along with a small outbuilding...with a candle illuminating a window...* An altar bearing red glow, of unknown alliance due to the visuals granted at this distance, set next to the structure...* Ash zombies...forming and unforming seemingly at random around the structure and the altar like mindless sentinels.</blockquote>

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