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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gregor" data-source="post: 5710278" data-attributes="member: 11751">********Caves - Northern ChamberKirio, the effigy is nothing more than a creepy collection of odds and ends that have been thrown together in the shape of a spider.  The large pool dried blood in front of it is a macabre indication that evil deeds may have taken place.The bound human reeks of dead flesh and the chemical scent of venom.  His flesh is so bloated and malformed that it reminds you of a really full waterskin.  There isn't much on him, asides from a stained and tattered robe similar to the ones used by the students at the Lyceum.  Half-hidden in his boot is a blood-stained piece of parchment.  On it are a few entries which were written in ink, and then, towards the end of the page, in what looks like charcoal.The parchment seems to be a list of spell or alchemical components: black moss, mandrake root, fire ants, mangrove bark, stirge wings, adder venom, etc.  The markings in coal read as follows:  "...came in the night, goblins by the handful.  They killed most of the party and took Cheryl and I to some camp.  There were two others here, merchants by the look of them.  One by one they were taken into the caves ... with those terrifying spider markings ... and none came out.  There are spider markings everywhere.  Cheryl was taken yesterday, her screams haunt my dreams.  If anyone finds this letter ..."Alric, you peer down the shaft, using your sword to light the way.  You can only see as far as forty feet down and it does not seem like a bottom is visible .  The shaft must have been an ornately carved circular stairwell as you can make out sections of the stairs that still jut out from the walls.  Here and there along the web clogged walls of the shaft are the desiccated bodies of humanoids, bound in spider silk and left hanging.  Additionally, there are three small backpacks that hang from the webbing at various depths.  The sound of pouring water echoes up quietly through the shaft and you can just make out a small alabaster white jug laying on its side on a section of old stairway.  A seemingly endless steam of water pours from its mouth and sprinkles down into the darkness.[GM]FYI - Given the amount of webbing, craggy rock and sections of broken away stairs, it is possible to climb the walls of the shaft.The backpacks hang at 15 feet, 20 feet and 40 feet below.  The jug is 40 feet below.[/GM]</blockquote>

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