Part 1: Lance Rock

Raktasha looked around the cave, careful to examine the walls and ceiling. There did not appear to be any loose rocks of hidden zombies. Above the entrance to this cave, he could see a ledge about 10 feet up, where he suspected the zombies had been laying in wait for any people who entered the cave.

Elly examined the boulder, trying to recall anything suspicious she had heard about the area. She recalled rumors back in Red Larch of suspicious activity among the town elders, but whether or not they had anything to do with this, Elly could not tell.

Raktasha took a running leap, bouncing off the fallen rocks towards the ledge above. He caught the edge of the ledge with his fingers but was not fully up. Muril tried to give him a boost to push him the rest of the way, but he was too short and his arms flailed in the air under Raktasha.

Muril gave up, instead taking a moment to focus and search for any undead creatures remaining around them. After a few moments, he could not detect any undead in the immediate vicinity, but he did not know if there were any undead further in the cave or completely hidden from him.

Raktasha tried to pull himself up onto the ledge, but he felt his fingertips slipping off the edge before he could get a good grasp on it. He fell backwards onto the cave floor, able to roll into to prevent any damage from the fall, but unable to climb onto the ledge.

Ralen runs near the entrance, attempting to jump off of the nearest wall to the ledge.

Ralen ran towards the wall, able to get enough speed and purchase on the wall to make it up the ledge. The ledge ran across the narrow passageway that they had entered the cavern through. On the edge, there was an empty wooden box.

"Yes, a box. Hold on."

Ralen tries to determine anything about what the box used to hold.

"Nothing up here except the box, but you can climb up if you'd like."

Ralen examined the box on top of the ledge, and it appeared to have only a few rocks in it. He suspected that it might have been what the zombies used to throw rocks at them, when a load of rocks fell from above earlier.

Elly moved to the northern exit and could see about 30 feet into the passageway before it appeared to curve to the left. She moved to the southern exit and could see about 60 feet into the darkness before the passageway trailed off.

Ralen caught the rope that Muril threw up and held firm, in case anyone wanted to climb up.

Down the passage to the south, Elly could hear the faint sound of shuffling. The smell of corpses seemed to permeate this entire place, coming from both the north and the south.