Demon Cave

by hughpierre

Geography

A black and yellow sandstone cave full of water that inturn sits above a layer of upturn granite. A shallow warm lake, whose banks are covered with muddy sludge, partially blocks the cave entrance from a slightly higher elevation. The cave itself follows a gentle downward slope deep onto more water covering a granite floor.

Ecosystem

Heating Cycle

The means are not clear, but water continuously flowing into the cave basin become so hot as to boil off. Then it would cool off for a three hour time period before reheating again. This has been going on and off for thousands of years.

Localized Phenomena

Death Winds

Huacas usually come about when spirits take up residence in a natural place or when enough positive feeling are placed on it by people. This cave is the rare exception. It seems to be built on the hate of some ancient act that can slay anyone and everything, even now.
— scout from the ice tribe

Anyone who gets too close; or worse: enters it, will suddenly and without warning expire not too long after. But it is not a clean death. It can appear random when people seem to melt like ice on a hot rock. It is a brute deterioration that affects the body first and then the mind.

Climate

Snowy

The demon cave lies in the glacial region of the Hananhallpa. The topmost plateau containing intersecting and joining glaciers on all sides with some ebbing and flowing solitarily with the rapid changes in the mountain weather patterns. Snowfall melts into rain before reaching the ground and pool around the unusual rock. Thereafter, the pools evaporate and drive off incoming rainfall, before percolating again and restarting the heating cycle anew.

Natural Resources

Ground Water: Water seeps from beneath the earth's surface through pore spaces and fractures in the rock. Glowing Rocks: There are veins of yellowish-green luminous rocks along thick, concentrated seams in the cave walls and floor.