The Crystal Wall Cave

The cave leading to the Birima'Asas resting place is difficult to find and only those lured there by the pull from the Crystal Wall or those actively looking for it will be able to find it. It sits on the western side of the mountains and since the trapping of the Birima'Asa it's a sacred place for the Surks. When the heroes gave their life to erect the crystal wall sealing of the path leading into the mountain, the One Who Guides Those Who Are Lost got back and with the aid of their people, painted the walls of the cave to explain what happened in the cave but also warn people to tamper with the crystal wall.

The art on the wall is typical Surk style of paintings and depict the following:

Four heroes waking up at standing stones in a large forest
Talking to 3 large cats with glowing eyes
Traveling through a forest with a large cat as guide
Fighting chitinous creatures that bites of the cats front leg
Crossing the river at a broken bridge, almost getting swept away by a surge of water
Resting at a campfire
Climbing sheer cliffs with magic and dexterity to reach a cave
Following a path down into the mountain and into a cavern filled with eggs and a huge monster
A intense battle with might, magic and the aid of the elements, the heroes falling through the floor into another egg filled cave, but finally manage to slay the monster
One hero dying in the heat of battle
3 heroes and a cat standing outside the path leading down, one of them putting a crystal on the floor in the opening and bending their head in prayer.
A crystal wall grows to cover the whole entrance and the three heroes getting turned into sparks and absorbed into the wall.

The crystal wall itself is of a semi opaque quartzlike mineral and standing to close to it will fill you with an urge to reach out and touch it. Doing so will mean your death however as the wall strengthens itself by absorbing the life essence of living creatures. Studying the wall closer will reveal shadows of what have been sacrificed to keep the wall strong over the years. Multiple human shapes can be seen as well as a few cat and centaur shapes. Looking even closer, there's a multitude of bugs and small critters captured in the wall. It looks just like they've gotten caught in a web but then turned into stone.

Behind the crystal wall a partially collapsed tunnel leads down into the mountain. After a while it opens up in to a large cavern, mostly collapsed during the fight with the Broodmother, and a hole in the floor shows rows and rows of undisturbed eggs. The corpse of the Birima'Asa broodmother lies buried under a large pile of rocks and debris.

Type

Cave