Chapter 8: The Wormwrithings

Heading north, the tunnel curves harshly eastward. As the tunnel curves, a fungus-filled chamber opens up to the north and the path continues up a steep, gravel-covered slope to the southeast

After looking them over for a couple of minutes, Xeliss is able to determine that they are safe to eat. The room is full of them and, if time was spent gathering them, could probably feed the whole group for several days.

As you move through the tunnels, you enter a large chamber. This 30-foot-high chamber is dimly lit by luminescent lichen. Thousands of bones carpet the cavern floor, including many recognizable as humanoid (primarily dwarf, elf, and goblin) and some belonging to strange and unidentifiable creatures. A crack in the south wall appears to lead into another chamber.

The next cavern is quite a bit smaller than the previous one. The 30-foot-high unlit cavern has a twenty-foot-wide pit in its center, which descends far out of your view. Thirty feet down is a small ledge holding the skeletal remains of an adventurer clad in moldering leather armor.

There are no other exits to the chamber.

Hanne shrugs, "I'm not sure what purple worms would need with a garbage pit..." she says, motioning through the tunnel toward the mess of humanoid bones in the prior room.

Sarith nods, "Sure," he says, helping to set up the spikes for an easy climb down before climbing deftly down. "Seems sturdy," he calls up from the ledge.

There are no obvious clues as to what might have brought this person down here, but Hunter does spot a ring on the skeleton's finger that's in good shape.

The ring doesn't react in any way to being poked and Hunter can easily remove the ring from the skeletal finger. The armor is rotted beyond usefulness and wouldn't be helpful to Elayna.