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Solaris 25 1420

The Wailing Woods

by Sylvia Gerst

Went towards the dread swamp and got across a river to find a forest.
 
Felt supernatural urge to venture forth.
 
Followed the sounds of wailing into the woods where we were locked into a labyrinth
 
Found 2 big frogs and killed them.
 
*2 poison glands
 
Krug tripped on a root and it turned out to be a silverwood tree root but we couldn't find the tree it belongs to. 3 inch wire of silverwood tree root acquired
 
Going further the odor of the swamp became more apparent and the ground became wetter
 
The footprints we were following into the maze got more sluggish until it looked as if the body was being dragged.
 
We made this our priority even though the tracks were a few days old
 
Encountered a group of 3 goblins out of their wits. Attempted to make contact with them but they were unresponsive. They seemed to be too afraid to move.
 
Despite our efforts the goblins would not communicate with us and refused to move. We decided to leave them and continued
 
Found a sapling in a small outcropping and dug around it to find that it had been growing out of a humanoid foot
 
In the next room we found a tree growing in the middle of it. Upon further inspection we found that when cut its sap was more like blood and that there was a distinctly humanoid face in the back of it. We theorized that this was somehow the person we had followed inside and continued on.
 
We found a door that opened upwards but when we went to open it we forced it open and force it to become stuck on the monster inside. Which was a 12 foot tall fungal zombie monstrosity.
 
The next room was impossibly repugnant and i am ashamed to say the smell forced me to evacuate my stomach. We quickly left and made our way to another door that was trapped but due to its magical nature I was stumped on how to open it. Kurg smashed it in and we all managed to overcome the forthcoming poison attack and remain unscathed.
 
In the next room we found another door blocked by a cipher I was able to decipher the code after much difficulty and was able to translate it to.
“Venture no further lest you feel the wrath of the Scarlet Vine. Your flesh will become rot and ruin. Then your innards mulch for the Silverwoods. Heed this warning elf.”
 
As we were growing tired we decided to leave the woods and head back to town.

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