You notice that the door to the stairway up is open once more and you can easily ascend to the chamber above. Once there, you notice that the air is far colder than when you first descended into the hidden crypt.
Baraq looks over the rest of the party. "Quickest way is through the air," she chirps, staring at Xavena and Catriona. "You two have changed into other creatures before; can you do it again, this time with wings?"
As you get to the outside, it has changed dramatically from when you entered the cave. Where before it was cool, the mountain pass appears to be blanketed with a mid-winter snow. Easily knee deep on a human, it is wet and heavy. The wind is piercingly cold and blowing at a steady gust. The sky is steel gray and full of clouds. Your breath forms dense clouds of mist with every exhalation.
You settle yourselves into the room, deciding to wait out the storm. Feel free to take a long rest and let me know if there's anything in particular you are wanting to accomplish.
You do notice that it has light carvings of different weather patterns swirling between the handle and the head of the scepter. Along the head of the scepter, Aera, you can see that it has a small jewel in which a snowstorm is howling.