Cave Entrance

The Black King’s men drag you to a low overhang at the base of a high, rocky ridge. The cave known as the Devil’s Maw stands at the back of the overhang, wafting oily clouds that stink of sulfur. As long as your village has known of this place, it has been forbidden. To venture inside is to court death.

The brigands fearfully cast torches inside the hole. In the flickering light you can see that the floor is littered with twigs and dry leaves, but that the ceiling is black with soot.

The brigands shove you towards the cave, then back away. Your fellow villagers, bound with rope, watch you with wide, plaintive eyes. Even the Black King is silent.

All is still save for the flickering flames of the torchlight beckoning you forward into the dread caves.