Part 4: Wave Echo Cave

Gimblyn stumbles down the stairs, "Good morning, all," he says, slumping into a chair and leaning his head against the table.

"I'm in. I still owe Reidoth," Gimblyn says.

You leave the tavern and head toward the ruins of Thundertree. The journey takes a couple of days before you end up outside of the cottage Reidoth occupied last you were here. You see a couple new locks on the door and you also notice that the door is now wrapped with thin vines all over.

The door opens after just a moment to reveal a gaunt, white-bearded man is flowing forest-green robes that you recognize as Reidoth, "Ah, you're back!" he says, then opens the door to let you in. The place hasn't changed much, but the walls have thin vines sprouting from them.

"Calmer ever since you chased away them cultists," Reidoth says, then looks over to Stormsong, "Ah, I see you've made a new friend? Name's Reidoth."

"Yeah, he's still here, but he's been leaving every now and then, probably raiding caravans or some such thing," Reidoth says, nodding his greeting to Stormsong, "He's at the tower on the hill most of the time, though."

Gimblyn nods and lets out a shaky breath, "Let's do this!"

At the top of the hill stands a round tower with a cottage attached. Both are in good condition, although half of the tower's roof is gone. A door leads into the cottage, and several arrow-slit windows are visible in the tower. You can't help but notice an eerie quiet in the area and a strange, acrid smell in the air.

The corpses of two hideous giant spiders are sprawled near the edge of the pathway, apparently dragged there. Their bloated bodies are puckered and blistered, and appear to have been mauled by a large animal.