Entering the large cavern, the we continued forward through some rough terrain. The high ceiling and open space gave me an eerie feeling of being outside, and soon came upon the twisted remnants of dead, dry trees occasionally rising out of the piled rocks.
We followed a worn path through the forest of dead trees until we encountered a low iron fence. We passed through a creaky, rusted gate onto a low hill. As soon as we all passed through the gate, a figure approached, running in an ungainly, awkward fashion towards us and waving a nasty looking scythe around. His head appeared to be that of a pumpkin with glowing red eyes. As he drew closer, we feared for our lives and smote him mightly, sending his scythe and jaunty hat flying. It wasn't a moment after felling the creature that we noticed a figure from the top of the hill yelled "No, you fools! He kept the crows away!!" and before we could collect ourselves, two giant crows swept out of the air and attacked.
Areli and Tau did everything they could to keep the giant birds from taking Weguelia away! Areli commanded we make a fighting retreat to the small cabin at the top of the hill that the figure came from. We took some heave woulds but together we managed to fell the crows and make it to the safety of the cabin.
