Chapter 2 - Red Larch, continues

After returning to Red Larch, and collecting your wits, you will find two things of interest awaiting you:

- while attempting to plan any excess loot at Vallivoe's Sundries, Endrith Vallivoe says, "I don’t know if it’s relevant, but I overheard someone say that they saw a skull pinned to a tree with a black arrow, like some kind of dire warning or ill omen. It was a half day’s walk along the Larch Path, then about four miles east into the hills."

- Balak, who has spent time at the quarry, will hear from Albaeri Mellikho who claims that rumors going around of strange watchers are overblown. She then suggests that if the characters are looking for something to test their mettle, there is a legendary treasure that is said to be hidden in Tricklerock Cave, and provides directions.

Dazzle's inquiries about Tricklerock cave occasionally get him directions, but very little in the way of what to expect. The consensus seems to be unaware of any potential treasure there, but they don't seem to actually know one way or the other.

Tricklerock

A couple of hours later, you arrive at the location described to you. In a ravine, an exposed rock face is split by a vertical crevice about three feet wide and fifteen feet high. Water trickles from the opening and spills into a nearby bog. In the mud around the crevice are many overlapping bootprints. Some head into the crevice, and some come out.

Balak discerns that the bootprints lead into the crevice and then out again, in roughly equal numbers. Roughly in that maybe less leave? The bright light contrasted with the gloom within makes it difficult to make any details inside the crevice without entering, but you can hear the trickling of water into pools or puddles inside.

The crevice leads twenty feet into the hillside before opening up into a cavern. Many trickles of water combine into a pleasant sound, and the walls glisten with moisture. Stalagmites dot the floor, and stalactites hang from the ceiling.