A Strange New Desert

A few moments pass before you hear a soft female voice echoing out of the cave.

A group of three figures approach you from within the cave. They introduce themselves as Galena, Eyrwyn and Vleria, the speakers of the Emeral Grove. They point deeper into the cave and gesture for you all to follow them.

As your new hosts lead you deeper into the cave you notice a small stream starts to flow beside the rock on the left side of the path. After about ten minutes or so, the cave opens up into a massive cavern filled with tropical looking flaura and fauna. Your guides lead you deeper into the grove and you see other members of the Emerald Grove going about their daily business, picking delicious looking fruit and fishing from a massive subterranean lake.

Your guides take you to a large tree and there you find an array of delicious treats spread out before you.

Welcome friends. Be at ease and rest. We can talk as we eat.

Naardin continued scrawling rough images across sheets 9f parchment as they descended into the cave. As soon as one was full it was wrapped and replaced in a scroll case and a fresh one entered his scribbling hands. "I am Naardin Malukai. I can't thank you enough for extending us your hospitality. I'm sure this encroaching desert is just as big a concern for yourselves as it is hid lordship." at Cailean's words he jotted a not to himself to look into growing plants in the dark, then reached happily for a large red fruit with a sweet puppy flesh. "We'd heard someone else may have come poking around your Grove, and that perhaps you might be able to she'd some light on the situation. Anything you can tell us would go a great deal towards helping stop this phenomenon before it hits an irreversible tipping point."