The Castle - Floor 4

The party descends the spiral staircase for a minute. You reach a landing. An open doorway rests in the western wall. The stairs continue deeper down into the castle. On the bottom step of the stairs sits a black cat with violet eyes blocking your way. It meows. Coincidentally your candle has reached the end of its fuel supply and gutters out.

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Stress Level: 12
Light Spell: 10 min

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The cat meows in response to Clarence and descends the stairs down into the castle, away from the tower where the raven resides.

Beyond the doorway is the outside of the castle. A narrow stone footbridge crosses into the far tower. Wind and rain lash this small bridge. In the lightning flashes, you can see the roof of the raven's nest a few dozen feet below the bridge. A closed arched wooden door is on the far side of the bridge.

Beckoning the others to follow proved to be Gregory's downfall, quite literally. A strong gust of wind unbalances him and his next step on the wet footbridge slides over the edge. Gravity does its brutal work and sends Gregory plummeting down 30 feet onto the peaked roof below.

Gregory gets the wind knocked out of him and feels more than a few bones break. He inhales sharply and almost chokes on the rain pelting his face. He sees the raven peeking out of its large spherical nest, jet black eyes calculating and intelligent. But there is no time as Gregory slides down the peaked roof in a torrent of rain and dead leaves, sailing off the edge of the roof and into the wide open air. He plunges down, down, down into the mist...