[YBA] Cait Sith in the Passage of Death

[turtle]

Cait sees no caretaker but there is a small ivory box sitting on the tomb (about 1x10)

 

[Wicht]

Cait Sith looks closely at the ivory box and if it seems fairly non-threatening, he will open it.

 

[turtle]

The box is full of incense sticks

(The box looks quite valuable. The ivory has been carved in relief. The top has a pictures of soldiers on horseback)

 

[Wicht]

my last post for tonight

Cait Sith removes one of the incense sticks and will burn it before the grave-marker.

Unless something happens, he will then pocket the box for later use.

 

[turtle]

When you burn the incense you hear a voice... The voice sounds like it is talking through a long tube, or through a thick wall...

"Ahh... thank you traveller... don't touch my box..."

Cait looks up at the smoke and can see a face forming in it...

In return for your piety I will tell you of the curse of this valley..... should you be interested

It is dusk...

 

[Wicht]

"Indeed I am interested most honorable one." says Cait Sith with a bow.

 

[turtle]

Long ago we pacified this area for the Emperor. For a time, things went well. The ancestral shrines were kept in good order and the people were content. As years went by Imperial inspectors came less and less, and gradually forgot this land. The governors stopped sending tribute to the court. In 6 Tin Hau (200 Years ago) The emperor sent an army to bring the region in order. All the signs were wrong. When they tried to cross the valley they found the very elements had risen up against them. They died, one by one, and none made it outside of the valley. You must calm both the elemental spirits and the spirits of the fallen soldiers. Only then will Heaven's rule be restored.
In this valley there are 4 pools. Each are haunted by a spirit. Assuage the spirits and the valley will become wholesome once more...

With this the smoke is blown away in the wind...

 

[Wicht]

Cait Sith closes the box and leaves it where he found it. Then rising he heads deeper into the valley to look for these four pools. Specifically he heads for the trees.

 

[tleilaxu]

Cait walks SouthEast into the trees. Everything is quite and idyllic. The air is cool and even the insects seem to be less irritating.

It is foggy and the land is soft and wet. To the south the land becomes more solid and rocky.

After Cait walks into the trees for a few minutes he notices that there are no more insects. He hears nothing.

Cait has the premonition that he is in extreme danger...

 

[Wicht]

Cautiously, Cait Sith heads south towards the dryer land. He keeps his eyes open for any pool of water he might see and/or a high spot from which to survey.