Strahd's "The lost Caverns of Tsojcanth" CLOSED

Turo takes a moment to rest after the group passes the rockslide, and peers over the edge into the canyon. "The many blessings of Garl Glittergold were certainly upon us this day. Still, let us pray that there is another route out of this area and that we do not have to cross this path again."
 

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Garon checks over all the mounts as the group rests after the ordeal.

"Yes, I am glad we're through that. These horses aren't well suited for mountain climbing such as that. We'll be in better shape if there's an easier way for them out of here."
 


Eliyyad peers over the edge, saddened by the loss of the horses. Then, his natural ebullience reasserts itself and he turns to the others, saying, "Come, my friends! Let us go forward. The call of fame and the demand of duty burns bright before us."
 

Journey to the lonely man

First Waterday, Planting 5/4/600

Two days passed uneventfully, and wondering how it comes to be so you realize that the chance of encountering someone or something in a narrow snowy trail flanked with deep chasm on one side and a tall sloppy cliff that every time it seemed that is going to crumple upon you – the chances are low (For your imagination think about the path The fellowship of the ring took on the misty mountains before they ventured into Moria…or the death road in Bolivia, the road to La Paz which took too many lives of Trekkers).
After a day you camped in a narrow crossroads under harsh conditions, where the road splits, one way splits down into the chasm and south east, the other way, according to the map climbs up and head north west, the weather during the climbing was cold and the winds threatened to blow you to your death.
In the second day you traveled in a blizzard, it slowed you down and hardened the trekking witch was difficult in the first place. Your lungs are struggling for evety pinch of air and you breathe heavily and slow your pace. After several hours all the group is fatigued and resting and puking are too common.

In the second day, after an exhausting travel, the trail begin to descends into a chasm, leaving you to walk in a frozen icy grassy and rocky ground, moderate snow falls from the endless blanket of clouds and fills the chasm 2 ft. deep making it hard for your horses to travel. After several hours when it begin to darkened, the chasm opens into a rocky wide ledge, another ledge can be seen 75 feet across a Roaring River, the river is 6 ft. down the two ledges, a narrow and completely unsafe rope bridge swings wildly from side to side and is connected with wooden long pitons to the ground on both ledges.
The chasm you walked in continues from the south where you came from to the north and disappear behind the bridge and the haze of the river.
The wide ledge where you stand is flanked from west and east with high snowy cliffs that disappear into the fog, then you spot it … on a narrow ledge, 21 ft. up the west cliff you see a cave with a wooden door, quite a sight you think, out of no where a door is placed in the middle of the cliff, sitting before the door, way up is a gaunt, dirty, disheveled man with matted hair and beard, he wears a tattered cloak over soiled loincloth, hair shirt and rough leggings. Worn sandals are strapped to his feet.
The man look at you but do not move, he just mumbles something but you can’t hear what he said due to the river's loud noise.
 




The Hermit

Rhun said:
"I say man," calls Turo, as loudly as he can. "What are you doing up there?"

The man smiles, stands and mumbles again, he then steps off the high ledge. To your Amazement he falls like a feather and touches the ground a minute later.
A wizard! Gorash mumbles
Greetings to our humble and solitude place
The filthy looking man says and smiles with a mouth with teeth that are in a shocking condition, he lowers his worn brimmed hat and bows.
A gnome, a dwarf, several humans and an Aasimar, much better, much better, Most are Good, Good Bood Zood, Ha ha ha ha…
Much better then whom?? Oh… you idiot, then the others …
What others ??? …

Psssttt. He is insane
Gorash whispers loudly.
The man, not paying attention continue to babble
… The others we saw a week ago, Oh… the others, yeah evil ones.
A big goblin, goblin shmoblin, it was a hobgoblin!! Yeah, we saw him, he was big, but not as big as the cow headed we insulted, the one who almost took our head off!!!

The man shouts and motions widly patterns of axe and arcing swings, then he runs in a circle and returns.
They fled like animals from a fire!!! How you say??? Because we told them to flee, we commanded them to flee!!
Now what do you want?!

The crazy lad looks at you, he stands 10 ft. from you, close enough for a conversation to be spoken in regular tones.

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The man radiates a very powerful aura of arcane.
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Eliyyad makes the salaam, bowing low and sweeping wide his arm.

"Greetings, great and powerful mage! We come in peace to you, on our way to right a great wrong. The others you have mentioned, they are foes who would bring disaster to the Flanaess, if only they could. We seek to thwart them."
 

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