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Strong Start

Vision of two hooded priests heading towards the ruined Shadowed Keep – Valentin’s Folly. Visions of the doors of the Black Cathedral opening.

Scenes

• Journey along the way
  • Biting cold as the wind slices through the boughs of the trees, bringing chattering teeth
  • Deer and elk prancing over roots and between trees, quick to flee at the slightest sense of danger
  • Dryads flitting between trees, tempting those who wish to become lost in nature
  • Giant root systems of enormous trees, enough space between them for a Halfling to carve a home
  • Carrion Cave: An opening in a cliff face reveals a large cavern inhabited by Dire Wolves. Luckily, they don’t seem to be around right now, but their recent prey lies unprotected inside. If the party is quick, they could gather up a large amount of fresh meat and make their escape.
  • Biting cold hits the area. A trail of blood leads to a hollow under an enormous tree. Inside is a wounded villager of Raven’s Hollow named Anaxibia Faeriewind, a humorous orc. She wanted to try to help the village but was dragged down here and wounded by a huge dire wolf. There are actually two such wolves, speaking wolves who are more than happy to eat the party.
• Heading to Raven’s Hollow

Secret and Clues

• [x] The people of Raven’s Hollow are cursed. They left the civilized world because they didn’t like the politics but then became diseased and plagued and said they should stay to themselves.
• [x] Sister Maria Thornheart has been helping the people of the village. She herself is blessed by Elohanna with health. She lives in an old two-story dwelling on the eastern side of town.
• [x] Animals aren’t cursed, just the people. They seem to waste away, turn gray. Their souls are under siege.
• [x] Though small, the town of Raven’s Hollow is very old.
• [ ] A group of black-robed cultists came into town and harassed some of the people. They left and never came back.
• [x] Maria murdered the cultists of the Black Harbinger who came through here and threw their bodies into the well.
• [ ] Maria worships a twisted deity He Who Swims in the Darkness.
• [ ] Maria found an obelisk down in the depths below the village. She channels energy into it to pull on the souls of the people above. She’s done so for three generations. Through it she parlays with He Who Swims in the Darkness.
• [ ] He Who Swims hates the Black Harbinger and the Eater of Worlds.
• [ ] He Who Swims seeks an artifact lost in the depths of Valintin’s Folly and has sent agents to recover it.
• [ ] Maria has been in contact with another follower of He Who Swims – a villager in Dulwich who has conducted many blessed murders in the name of He Who Swims.